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3 rd IRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR

3 rd IRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR. Next Actions and Projects for 2012. Cairo , 23 October 2011. Jean Acri Special Advisor Legal Affairs and Customs Policy . LAS requested Member States to implement UN facilitation instruments.

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3 rd IRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR

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  1. 3rdIRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR Next Actions and Projects for 2012 Cairo, 23 October 2011 Jean AcriSpecial Advisor Legal Affairs and Customs Policy (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  2. LAS requested Member States to implement UN facilitation instruments In 2009 and 2010, Ministers of Transport of the LAS called for the implementation of the UN trade and transport facilitation instruments, in particular the TIR Convention, and to increase cooperation with the IRU. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  3. In response the IRU….. created the IRU RegionalCommitee for Africa (CRIPA) …iscooperatingwith LAS AULT & IDB. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  4. Mediterranean Sea TUNISIA MOROCCO ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT Red Sea MAURITANIA MALI NIGER ERITREA SENEGAL CHAD SUDAN THE GAMBIA BURKINA GUINEA GUINEA BISSAU BENIN NIGERIA TOGO ETHIOPIA COTE CENTRAL SIERRA DVOIRE GHANA AFRICAN LEONE REPUBLIC LIBERIA CAMEROON UGANDA SOMALIA DEMOCRATIC KENYA EQUATORIAL REP. OF REPUBLIC GUINEA THE OF THE CONGO GABON CONGO Indian (ZAIRE) RWANDA BURUNDI South Ocean TANZANIA ANGOLA Atlantic MALAWI Ocean ANGOLA ZAMBIA MOZAMBIQUE MADAGASCAR ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA Walvis Bay SWAZILAND LESOTHO Indian SOUTH AFRICA Ocean IRU Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) CRIPA covers 20 countries (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  5. Mediterranean Sea TUNISIA MOROCCO ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT Red Sea MAURITANIA MALI NIGER ERITREA SENEGAL CHAD SUDAN THE GAMBIA BURKINA GUINEA GUINEA BISSAU BENIN NIGERIA TOGO ETHIOPIA COTE CENTRAL SIERRA DVOIRE GHANA AFRICAN LEONE REPUBLIC LIBERIA CAMEROON UGANDA SOMALIA DEMOCRATIC KENYA EQUATORIAL REP. OF REPUBLIC GUINEA THE OF THE CONGO GABON CONGO Indian (ZAIRE) RWANDA BURUNDI South Ocean TANZANIA ANGOLA Atlantic MALAWI Ocean ANGOLA ZAMBIA MOZAMBIQUE MADAGASCAR ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA Walvis Bay SWAZILAND LESOTHO Indian SOUTH AFRICA Ocean IRU Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) CRIPA covers 20 countries …of which 7 are LAS members (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  6. IRU Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) Objectives To cooperate with Member Associations and the national authorities of the region in order to develop and facilitate the transport of goods and passengers by road at a crossroads between the European, Asian and African continents. To cooperate with the most representative road transport national Associations and with the relevant regional and international organisations to increase the number of IRU Regional Committee Members, in order to promote sustainable development and further facilitate trade and road transport with the aim to contribute to the region’s economic and social development. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  7. IRU Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) Work Plan Promote Public-Private Partnerships among the public authorities of member countries, regional governmental authorities and national, regional and international professional organisations; Extend the geographical scope of the IRU Regional Committee to the whole African continent; Develop and implement a programme to promote the Committee’s objectives; Structure and organise the IRU Permanent Delegation for Africa. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  8. IRU Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) Resolution • Call upon the governments and competent authorities of African countries to: • Work in close cooperation with associations representing transport and logistics in a constructive spirit of public-private partnership, • Implement at national level the necessary procedures to ratify major UN international conventions to facilitate trade and international transport, including as a priority the UN International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (21 October 1982) and the TIR Convention, • Appoint the competent national authorities to ensure their smooth implementation, in close cooperation with the International Road Transport Union (IRU). (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  9. IRU cooperation with LAS/AULT/IDB (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  10. IDB Technical Assistance Grant • Component 1: Develop professional training at international standards; • Component 2: Make road safety researches on commercial trucks; and • Component 3: Develop a LAS trade and road transport facilitation strategy. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  11. Recognition Competence Compliance Awareness Safety Component 1: IRU Academy Programmes (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  12. Component 2: Road Safety • Improve road safety by identifying and then targeting the main cause of accidents involving trucks ETAC Study New! LASTAC Study (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  13. Component 3: trade and road transport facilitation The objective is to facilitate trade and road transport in the LAS region through accession to and implementation of key UN transport conventions, in particular the TIR Convention. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  14. The TIR System The tried and tested multilateral facilitation and security instrument for international transport and trade. Based on TIR Convention of 1975. Provides world-wide coverage. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  15. TIR Geographical Scope Contracting Parties 68 In Negotiation Process 13 Page 15 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  16. TIR is multi-modal TIR is multi-modal - road, rail, maritime, waterways and air transport – so long as one part of the journey is by road. Page 16 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  17. TIR & WCO SAFE Requirement fulfilled by   (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  18. Component 3: trade and road transport facilitation Objectives: • To promote the key UN trade and transport facilitation conventions in the LAS region, • To conduct a study to identify benefits of the TIR system for trade facilitation in the LAS region and its economic integration with the world markets, • To contribute in the organisation of three National TIR Workshops in interested LAS Member States, notably Saudi Arabia,Egypt and Lebanon to inform the national competent organs about the benefits of the TIR convention as well as the related technical and administrative conditions to join and implement it, • Formulate and plan the implementation of National and Regional TIR Action Plans in the LAS region. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  19. Component 3: trade and raod transport facilitation Expected Outputs: • Promote benefits of the TIR system for trade facilitation in the LAS region and its economic integration with the world markets, • Formulate and implement a TIR Action Plan for the LAS region, • Provide technical assistance to the interested LAS Member States to accede and implementing the TIR Convention and the harmonisation convention (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  20. Next Steps Inshalla – we hope to report next year on the success of both initiatives (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011 Page 20

  21. www.iru.org (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

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