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Round Table IIRound Table II

Best Practices in the formulation of Best Practices in the formulation of investment policies in LLDCsinvestment policies in LLDCs

1 October 20081 October 2008

Eva MolnarTransport Division

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

High-level Investment High-level Investment ForumForum

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LLDCs in the Global villageLLDCs in the Global villageAfghanistan      Armenia Azerbaijan Bhutan * Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso * Burundi * Central African Republic * Chad * Ethiopia * Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic * Lesotho *

Malawi * Mali * Moldova, Republic of

Mongolia Nepal * Niger * Paraguay Rwanda * Swaziland Tajikistan The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia

Turkmenistan Uganda * Uzbekistan Zambia * Zimbabwe

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Border crossing is an issue also in UNECE!

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Free flow of transit transit freedom

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driver vehicle

cargo infrastructure

B/C and transit proc.

business

Condi t ions

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Minimum conditions for international mobility - I

• Infrastructure– Availability – multi-country investment

planning– Quality and safety

• Classification• Road signs• Traffic rules and signs

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New horizons for investment planning

• TEM and TER Master Plan – revision

• Euro-Asian Transport Linkages

• The Hinterland connection of seaports

• Investment Planning tools

• Network Agreements

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The Investment Planning Tools offered for multi-country planning

• The UNECE Governments have developed methodologies for planning the “E” networks:– Inter-modal approach– Definitions of bottlenecks and missing links

• Traffic Censuses – On E-roads every 5 years

• Guidelines for Socio-Economic Cost Benefit Analysis of Transport Infrastructure Project Appraisal in conformity with EU, EBRD, EIB and WB practices

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EATL Project

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projectsprojects

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A New Paradigm – GSC shapes government decisions in

investment

• From modal approach to Supply Chain approach– Investments for integrated transport modes

• From state planning to PPP at planning stage– Hubs, ports, railways have a growing say in investments

• From local to corridor level and freight based traffic management– UNECE Agreements and projects– See the case of Rotterdam port

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The speakers will address all these and many more issues

• Lead presentation by John S. Wilson, World Bank

• Panelists:– H.E. Soulivong Daravong, Lao PDR– Mr. Ryaz Shamji, Ethiopia– Mr. Oleg Dyachenko, Kazakhstan– Ms. Suzana Mjuweni, Malawi