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The World Bicycle Industrial Association (WBIA) has officially validated the WBIA Sustainable Supply Chain (SSC) Operating Model during its General Assembly held at Eurobike Frankfurt 2024. This model, initially introduced at Taichung Bike Week 2024, is built around three key pillars: Education, Energy, and Ecodesign. The WBIA Board has reaffirmed …

The World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) has announced the election of a new board and the appointment of Bayram Akgül as its new president. Akgül was appointed member of the CONEBI board of directors in November 2023 and he will continue also in that position. Akgül, who leads his family …

The next year ‘might be difficult for the bicycle industry’ but there is a ‘tremendous interest’ in cycling ‘that will not disappear’, WBIA president Erhard Büchel has said. The annual General Assembly of the World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) took place remotely on Friday 21st October, with delegates exchanging on …

The annual General Assembly of the World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) took place via videocall on 30th September, discussing the global impact of COVID-19. The General Assembly also agreed that the WBIA Secretariat will continue to be managed by the CONEBI Secretariat in 2021 and Erhard Büchel, current president of …

The WBIA has been invited to participate in a new task force of THE PEP (Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme), a joint body of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN), to develop “Principles of Green and Healthy Sustainable Transport”. COVID-19 is having a substantial impact …

The World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) and its member associations are calling on worldwide Governments to allow bike repair services to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided that all necessary health precautions are respected. In most countries, including the UK, the continued practice of cycling for necessary trips like is …

"The tangible challenges ahead due to climate change all over the world expose decision-makers to high pressure"

World Bicycle Industry Association formed in Geneva to lobby United Nations' Working Parties of the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations