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Trade and Road Transport Facilitation along the GCC Region and Turkey

Trade and Road Transport Facilitation along the GCC Region and Turkey. Istanbul , 7 February 2012. Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region. This is the IRU. Evolution of IRU Membership. 1948: eight founder countries . IRU Secretariat General.

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Trade and Road Transport Facilitation along the GCC Region and Turkey

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  1. Trade and Road Transport Facilitation along the GCC Region and Turkey Istanbul, 7 February 2012 Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  2. This is the IRU (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  3. Evolution of IRU Membership 1948: eight founder countries (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  4. IRU Secretariat General 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 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  5. IRU Structure (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  6. 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 reflectionon 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. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  7. 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) (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  8. IRU Priority Issues • SustainableDevelopment • Innovation • Incentives • Infrastructure • Facilitation • Trade • Tourism • Road Transport These are also the priorities of the IRU Academy (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  9. GCC region – a bridge for theInternational Transit Trade Flows (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  10. Trade means delivery! But everything must be delivered, physically! Today, one can sell anything online! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  11. Road Transport: Driving life flexibly! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  12. Opportunities vs Challenges Efficientand 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! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  13. Barriers to Road Transport Impede Development • 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 % Source: Economic and Policy Research Institute, TEPAV, 2007 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  14. World Bank LPI 2007 vs 2010 Source: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  15. Key: UN Conventions (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  16. Key UN Conventions UNESCAP Resolution 48/11, 1992 • 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 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  17. 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 Agreementsare 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. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  18. Contracting Parties in the Regionas of 23 September 2011 21 31 12/18 37 12 14/15 10 9 12/14 21 5 4 6 6 7 1 3 9 10 4 2 5 2 7 3 5 1 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  19. Status of 57 UN Conventions in the LAS Region as of 23 Sep 2011 16 6 7 1 15 4 9 9 2 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  20. IRU signs MoU with Arab Union of Land Transport in 2007 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  21. IRU-AULT cooperation develops together with League of Arab States since 2009 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  22. 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 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  23. 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. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  24. 1st IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2009 TIR Convention For facilitated and secure transit! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  25. 2nd IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2010 Road Safety! Professional Training! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  26. 3rd IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar: 2011 Road Safety! Movement of Dangerous Goods! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  27. Arab Ministers call upon Arab States to join TIR and ADR 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. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  28. 4th IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar:Alexandria, 22 October 2012 Supply Chain Security! Transport Facilitation (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  29. The way forward... (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  30. 2012 Projects Develop new vocational training capacity for managers and drivers, notably in Egypt, Jordan, Oman and Qatar. Hold Training Workshops in interested LAS Member States, possibly in Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Conduct a feasibility study for a complete LAS Truck Accident Causation Study. Hold TIR Workshops in interested LAS Member States, possibly in Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia. Collect data from drivers on road transport conditions along main trade corridors in the LAS region according to World Bank format and UNESCAP methodology. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  31. Think strategic... (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  32. 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. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  33. Remember always! Road transport drives you a better life! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  34. Save the date! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

  35. www.iru.org (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

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