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 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

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