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Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region

IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT FACILITATING ROAD TRANSPORT FOR MORE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB WORLD Welcome Speech 13 November, 2013, Riyadh. Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region. HOW TRADE LOGISTICS MATTER IN THE ARAB REGION.

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Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region

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  1. IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT FACILITATING ROAD TRANSPORT FOR MORE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB WORLDWelcome Speech13 November, 2013, Riyadh Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region

  2. HOW TRADE LOGISTICS MATTER IN THE ARAB REGION

  3. A Strategic Region: The Arab World

  4. Where is the Center?

  5. Where is the Center?

  6. Where is the Center?

  7. Efficientand 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

  8. 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

  9. World Bank LPI2007 vs 2013 • Source: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp

  10. Status of 58 UN Conventions in the Arab Region as of 30Jan 2013 7 1 6 16 4 16 9 5 2 0 0 3 0 5 0 1

  11. Contracting Parties in the Regionas of 30Jan 2013 • 21 • 37 • 31 • 12/18 • 14/15 • 12 • 10 • 12/14 • 21 • 9 • 5 • 4 • 6 • 6 • 7 • 10 • 1 • 3 • 9 • 4 • 2 • 5 • 2 • 7 • 3 • 5 • 1 0

  12. IDB Supports IRU-AULT cooperation since 2011 13 June 2011 TA Grant Agreement signed

  13. TA Grant to AULT Main Objectives a. Increase professional competence for fleet managers and drivers; b. Improve road safety through scientific research, identifying the main causes of accidents; and c. Optimiseroad transport facilitation strategies.

  14. TA Grant to AULT Three Focus Points

  15. TA Grant to AULT The Project in Figures

  16. www.iru.org

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