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Role of Transport and Infrastructure in Ensuring International Cooperation, Stability and Sustainable Development

Role of Transport and Infrastructure in Ensuring International Cooperation, Stability and Sustainable Development . New York, 28 April 2014 Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General. What is Globalisation ?. What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café? .

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Role of Transport and Infrastructure in Ensuring International Cooperation, Stability and Sustainable Development

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  1. Role of Transport and Infrastructure in Ensuring International Cooperation, Stability and Sustainable Development New York, 28 April 2014 Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General

  2. What is Globalisation? What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café? The combined efforts of 29 companies in 18 countries Road Transport has become a vital production tool! Source: IRU

  3. Evolution of sea containers in ports 2010

  4. Daily telecommunications activities Telecommunications gap corresponds to the regions that have not been interconnected to global trade Source: Centre for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC

  5. IRU’sNew Euro-Asian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI) • Launched in September 2008 • Commercial road transport deliveries performed by transport operators from 12 Euro-Asian countries • 5 routes • In cooperation with the Asian Development Bank Up to 57% of transport time = border crossings 38% of transport costs = unofficial levies 200,000 border crossings monitored

  6. How to reduce the “economic distance”Scenario 1: construct new roads If road construction is always beneficial, it is always more expensive, complex and time consuming than to implement the UN facilitation instruments

  7. Implementkey UN facilitation instruments to allow road transport to drive trade!

  8. The most effective UN facilitation instrument

  9. Global Anti-Corruption Initiative (GACI)

  10. Model Highway Initiative (MHI)

  11. MHI Key Elements • Creation of modern ancillary roadside infrastructure • Institutional reforms and implementation of best practices in the road transport sector • Establishment of a multilateral investment mechanism

  12. Creation of modern ancillary roadside infrastructure

  13. Institutional reforms and implementation of best practices in the road transport sector

  14. Multilateral Investment Mechanism(Regional Infrastructure Fund -RIF MHI)

  15. MHI-South Caucasus section Rest area Service area Parking lot BCP (border crossing) Dry port (logistics centre) MHI South Caucasus (MHI-SC) section: Trabzon - Sarpi (Georgia/Turkey BCP) – Batumi – Tbilisi – Krasny Most (Georgia/Azerbaijan BCP) - Baku Possible extensions: Baku port (BCP) - Turkmenbashi port (BCP) - Ashgabat; Trabzon – Samsun

  16. MHI-Central Asia section Rest area Service area Parking lot BCP (border crossing) MHI Central Asia section: Pol-eXomri - NizhniyPanj (Afghanistan/ Tajikistan BCP) – Dushanbe – Karamyk (Tajikistan/ Kyrgyzstan BCP) – Bishkek – Kordai (Kyryzstan/Kazakhstan BCP) - Shimkent – Kzyl-Orda Branches : Kordai – Almaty – Khorgos (Kazakhsatn/China BCP) Sarytash - Irkeshtam (Kyrgyzstan/China BCP)

  17. Connecting China and Europe

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