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Trade and Road Transport Facilitation along the GCC
Region and TurkeyIstanbul, 7 February 2012
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Haydar ÖzkanIRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region
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This is the IRU
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Evolution of IRU Membership
1948: eight founder countries
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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
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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 LPISingapore 1 – 2
Netherlands 2 – 4UAE 20 – 24China 30 – 27
Turkey 34 – 39Bahrain 36 – 32India 39 – 47Saudi Arabia 41 – 40Kuwait 44 – 36Qatar 46 – 55Oman 48 – 60Jordan 52 – 81Tunisia 60 – 61Brazil 61 – 41
Sudan 64 – 146Mauritania 67 –Comoros 85 – 120
Morocco 94 –
Egypt 97 – 92Lebanon 98 – 33Russian Federation 99 – 94Yemen 112 – 101Somalia 127 – 155Syria 135 – 80Algeria 140 – 130Djibouti 145 – 126Libya – 132Iraq – 148Palestine – –
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
216
19
3
3121
14/1512/149
410
12/1812
610
4
3
2 27
5
55
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
97
61
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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Save the date!
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www.iru.org
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