Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region
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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
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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 LPI
Singapore 1 -1
Netherlands 2 - 5
Hong Kong 8 - 2
UAE 20 - 17
China 30 - 26
Turkey 34 - 27
Bahrain 36 - 48
India 39 - 46
Saudi Arabia 41 - 37
Kuwait 44 - 70
Qatar 46 - 33
Oman 48 - 62
Jordan 52 - 102
Tunisia 60 - 41
Country LPI
Brazil 61 - 45
Sudan 64 - 148
Iran 78 - 112
Morocco 94 -50
Egypt 97 - 57
Lebanon 98 - 96
Russian Federation 99 - 95
Yemen 112 - 63
Somalia 127 - 155
Syria 135 - 92
Libya 132-137
Iraq 148- 145
Algeria 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
16
16
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
