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Trade and Road Transport

Facilitation along the GCC

Region and TurkeyIstanbul, 7 February 2012

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Haydar Özkan

IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region

This is the IRU

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Evolution of IRU Membership

1948: eight founder countries

IRU Secretariat General

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1948 – IRU founded in Geneva

1973 – IRU Permanent Delegation to the European Union in Brussels

1998 – IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia in Moscow

2005 – IRU Permanent Delegation to the Middle East and Region in Istanbul

2012 – IRU Permanent Delegation for Africa in Casablanca

IRU Structure

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IRU Mission and Activities

Mission: to uphold the interests of bus, coach, taxi and truck operators to ensure economic growth and prosperity via the sustainable mobility of people and goods by road worldwide.  

The IRU is involved in activities which include but are not limited to: strategic reflection on global, road transport related challenges; dialogue, cooperation and public-private partnerships with intergovernmental bodies,

international organisations, policy makers, legislators, opinion-makers and relevant authorities

promotion of the role and importance of the road transport industry, of its position on various issues and of reliable data and information;

provision of practical services and information, to road transport operators; training to promote professional competence, improve the quality of services and ensure

compliance of road transport training standards with international legislation, through the IRU Academy.

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IRU Partner Organisations

Global partners

• UN (United Nations) and its bodies

• WTO (World Trade Organization)

• WB (World Bank)

• WCO (World Customs Organization)

• International Transport Forum

Regional partners• ADB (Asian Development Bank)

• AU (African Union)

• BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation)

• Customs Union (Russian, Belarus, Kazakhstan)

• ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization)

• EU Institutions

• EurAsEC

• IDB (Islamic Development Bank)

• LAS (League of Arab States)

• OAS (Organization of American States)

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IRU Priority Issues

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Sustainable Development• Innovation• Incentives• Infrastructure

Facilitation• Trade• Tourism• Road Transport

These are also the priorities of

the IRU Academy

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GCC region – a bridge for theInternational Transit Trade Flows

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Trade means delivery!

But everything must be delivered, physically!

Today, one can sell anything online!

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Road Transport: Driving life flexibly!

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Efficient and professional services of the road transport industry will enable the GCC region, at the crossroads of world trade flows, to seize better the opportunities of globalisation of trade!

Opportunities vs Challenges

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Each day of delay = reduces trade by at least 1%

Each day of delay = 85 km of distancing from trade partners

Poor trade facilitation affects the composition of trade• prevents countries to export time-sensitive goods

• a day’s delay reduces a country’s relative exports of time-sensitive goods on average by 7 %

Barriers to Road Transport Impede Development

Source: Economic and Policy Research Institute, TEPAV, 2007

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Source: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp

Country LPI

Singapore 1 – 2

Netherlands 2 – 4

UAE 20 – 24

China 30 – 27

Turkey 34 – 39

Bahrain 36 – 32

India 39 – 47

Saudi Arabia 41 – 40

Kuwait 44 – 36

Qatar 46 – 55

Oman 48 – 60

Jordan 52 – 81

Tunisia 60 – 61

Brazil 61 – 41

Sudan 64 – 146

Mauritania 67 –

Comoros 85 – 120

Morocco 94 –

Egypt 97 – 92

Lebanon 98 – 33

Russian Federation 99 – 94

Yemen 112 – 101

Somalia 127 – 155

Syria 135 – 80

Algeria 140 – 130

Djibouti 145 – 126

Libya – 132

Iraq – 148

Palestine – –

World Bank LPI 2007 vs 2010

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Key: UN Conventions

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Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Good by Road (CMR), of 1956

Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 Convention on Road Traffic, 1968

TIR Convention, of 1975

Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 1968

Customs Convention on Temporary Import of Commercial Road Vehicles, 1956

Customs Convention on Containers, of 1972

Road Traffic, 1949

Key UN Conventions

UNESCAP Resolution 48/11, 1992

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Key UN Conventions

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (1957)

Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) (1970)

Note: These two Agreements are not included in the UNESCAP Commission Resolution 48/11 of 1992. However, their implementation would benefit to the road transport industry in the LAS region, significantly.

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Contracting Parties in the Regionas of 23 September 2011

21

619

3

3121

14/1512/149

410

12/18

12

6

104

3

22

7

5

5

5

37

1

7

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Status of 57 UN Conventions in the LAS Region as of 23 Sep 2011

0

0

0

0

1

9

15

16

05

0

0

53

9

76

1

4

20

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IRU signs MoU with Arab Union of Land Transport in 2007

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IRU-AULT cooperation develops together with League of Arab

States since 2009

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IDB supports IRU-AULT-LAS cooperation since 2011

On 14 February 2011, the IDB approved a Road Transport Technical Assistance Grant to the AULT upon the IRU’s initiatives.

The IDB will support:- LAS TIR Study Prefeasibility of a LASTAC Study NELTI-4 for LAS Region Transfer ADR Training to LAS Region Expand CPC Manager Training 3 Training Workshops 3 TIR Workshops IRU-LAS-AULT Ministerial Conference

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Cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology

and Maritime Transport

The AASTMT College of International Transport and Logistics (CITL) in Alexandria applied to deliver vocational training under accreditation by the IRU Academy.

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1st IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2009

TIR Convention

For facilitated and secure transit!

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2nd IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2010

Road Safety!

Professional Training!

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3rd IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2011

Road Safety!

Movement of Dangerous Goods!

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LAS Council of Arab Ministers of Transport endorsed past Seminar Conclusions, regularly, and supported expansion of the UN Conventions, notably TIR and ADR and launched work for compulsory vocational training at its sessions in 2009 thru 2011.

Arab Ministers call upon Arab States to join TIR and ADR

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4th IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar:Alexandria, 22 October 2012

Supply Chain Security!

Transport Facilitation

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The way forward...

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1. Develop new vocational training capacity for managers and drivers, notably in Egypt, Jordan, Oman and Qatar.

2. Hold Training Workshops in interested LAS Member States, possibly in Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

3. Conduct a feasibility study for a complete LAS Truck Accident Causation Study.

4. Hold TIR Workshops in interested LAS Member States, possibly in Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia.

5. Collect data from drivers on road transport conditions along main trade corridors in the LAS region according to World Bank format and UNESCAP methodology.

2012 Projects

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Think strategic...

WHAT? Efficiency Professionalism

WHO? Governments Industry

HOW? UN Conventions:Notably TIR, Harmonisation, ADR, CMR, ATP...

Training

WHY? Less border waiting times,Safer roads,More trade,

Growing economy,Better life.

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IRU is ready to cooperate with the GCC and Chambers

• Promote expansion and implementation of key UN trade and transport facilitation agreements and conventions, notably the TIR Convention, ADR, 1982 Harmonisation Convention, CMR and ATP.

• Support interested states to develop compulsory vocational training of fleet operators and professional drivers at IRU Academy international standards.

• Assist requesting LAS Member States to establish new or improved road transport legislation in compliance with the global facilitation instruments.

• Contribute to national and regional actions for improved road safety.

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Remember always!

Road transport drives you a better life!

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