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

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