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Transcript of Welcome Speech 13 November, 2013, Riyadh IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT FACILITATING ROAD TRANSPORT FOR...
IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT
FACILITATING ROAD TRANSPORT FOR MORE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB
WORLD
Welcome Speech13 November, 2013, Riyadh
Haydar ÖzkanIRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region
HOW TRADE LOGISTICS MATTER IN THE ARAB
REGION
A Strategic Region: The Arab World
Where is the Center?
Where is the Center?
Where is the Center?
Efficient and professional services of the road transport industry will enable the LAS member states, at the crossroads of world trade flows, to seize better the opportunities of globalisation of trade!
Opportunities vs Challenges
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
World Bank LPI 2007 vs 2013
Country LPISingapore 1 -1Netherlands 2 - 5Hong Kong 8 - 2UAE 20 - 17China 30 - 26Turkey 34 - 27Bahrain 36 - 48India 39 - 46Saudi Arabia 41 - 37Kuwait 44 - 70Qatar 46 - 33Oman 48 - 62Jordan 52 - 102Tunisia 60 - 41
Country LPIBrazil 61 - 45Sudan 64 - 148Iran 78 - 112Morocco 94 -50Egypt 97 - 57Lebanon 98 - 96Russian Federation 99 - 95Yemen 112 - 63Somalia 127 - 155Syria 135 - 92Libya 132-137Iraq 148- 145Algeria 140 - 125
• Source: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp
Status of 58 UN Conventions in the Arab Region as of 30 Jan 2013
1616
0 5
1
7
9
3 0
54
0
2
16
0
Contracting Parties in the Regionas of 30 Jan 2013
•37 •21
•21•6•7
•9•5•1
•3
•9•14/15
•31
•1
•12/14
•10
•6
•5•2
•4
•4
•3
•12•12/18
•10•5
•2•7
0
IDB Supports IRU-AULT cooperation since 2011
13 June 2011 TA Grant Agreement signed
TA Grant to AULT
Main Objectivesa. Increase professional competence for fleet managers
and drivers;
b. Improve road safety through scientific research,
identifying the main causes of accidents; and
c. Optimise road transport facilitation strategies.
TA Grant to AULT
Three Focus Points
TA Grant to AULT
The Project in Figures
www.iru.org