At the 15th BiH Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Transport in Sarajevo we presented the findings of the feasibility study on introducing the eCMR in Serbia and the Western Balkans, and showed the eFTI Connect platform live.
bitsEverywhere took part in the 15th Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Transport – Roads, held in Sarajevo on 21–22 September 2026. The congress was organised by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (UKI BiH) together with the European Union Road Federation (ERF), and brought together academia, public institutions and international organisations to present current work and to connect the professional and business communities.
Among the congress themes was the digitalisation of transport — smart systems, artificial intelligence and digital twins — alongside the development of the TEN-T network and regional transport connectivity in the Western Balkans: the areas bitsEverywhere works in through its products.
Our paper: the eCMR as an instrument of digitalisation
We presented the paper “eCMR – the electronic consignment note as an instrument for digitalising road freight transport”, written by Željko Bajšanski (bitsEverywhere), Prof. Dr Pavle Gladović (Engineering Academy of Serbia) and Aleksandar Pavlović (CIS Inženjering). We wrote about the question it asks and the figures behind it before the congress.
The paper starts from a plain fact: the CMR consignment note, the basic document that proves a contract for the carriage of goods by road was concluded and performed, is still mostly on paper in Serbia and the region, however far the digitalisation of transport and logistics has gone. The consequences are high administrative costs, slow processing, a risk of errors and limited exchange of information.
The paper rests on the Feasibility Study for the Introduction of the eCMR System (CIS Inženjering, 2026), with 2026–2035 as its reference period. The Republic of Serbia is treated as the reference scenario, while the Western Balkans is shown as an indicative regional potential.
We closed the presentation with a live demonstration of the eFTI Connect platform, so the audience could see what creating and tracking an electronic consignment note looks like in practice.
Messages from the opening
At the opening, Talis Linkaits, Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community, warned that the Western Balkans records twice as many road deaths as EU countries, and said that what the region lacks is not strategies but their consistent implementation. Prof. Dr Ešref Gačanin, President of UKI BiH, stressed that transport is not only about building roads and railways, but also about greater safety, more efficient traffic management and the use of modern technology.
That is exactly where we see the role of digital solutions such as the eCMR: infrastructure without digital processes cannot reach its full potential.
Thank you
Thank you to the organisers for an excellent congress, to our co-authors for the collaboration, and to everyone who took part for the useful discussions. We continue our work on digitalising transport documents in the region through the eFTI Connect platform.
More about the congress: uki.ba
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