Cairo 23 October 2011 Jean Acri Special Advisor Legal Affairs and Customs Policy Next Actions and Projects for 2012 c International Road Transport Union IRU 2011 LAS requested Member States to implement UN facilitation instruments ID: 737613
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3rd IRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR
Cairo, 23 October 2011
Jean Acri
Special Advisor Legal Affairs and Customs Policy
Next Actions and Projects for 2012
(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011Slide2
LAS requested Member States to implement UN facilitation instruments
In 2009 and 2010, Ministers of Transport of the LAS called for the
implementation of the UN trade and transport facilitation instruments, in particular the TIR Convention, and to increase cooperation with the IRU.
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In
response
the IRU…..
…is cooperating with LAS AULT & IDB.
created
the IRU
Regional
Commitee
for
Africa
(CRIPA)
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TUNISIA
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
LIBYA
CHAD
Mediterranean Sea
Sea
EGYPT
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
SOMALIA
KENYA
TANZANIA
DEMOCRATIC
(ZAIRE)
CENTRAL
RWANDA
GABON
EQUATORIAL
ANGOLA
CONGO
NIGERIA
BENIN
DVOIRE
SIERRA
SENEGAL
GHANA
THE
GUINEA
LIBERIA
CAMEROON
SOUTH AFRICA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
Indian
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
LESOTHO
NAMIBIA
ANGOLA
South
Atlantic
Ocean
Red
UGANDA
OF THE CONGO
REPUBLIC
BURUNDI
GUINEA
REP. OF
TOGO
COTE
BURKINA
GUINEA
LEONE
GAMBIA
BISSAU
Walvis Bay
SOUTH
REPUBLIC
AFRICAN
THE
AFRICA
IRU
Regional
Committee for Africa (CRIPA)
CRIPA
covers
20
countries
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TUNISIA
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
LIBYA
CHAD
Mediterranean Sea
Sea
EGYPT
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
SOMALIA
KENYA
TANZANIA
DEMOCRATIC
(ZAIRE)
CENTRAL
RWANDA
GABON
EQUATORIAL
ANGOLA
CONGO
NIGERIA
BENIN
DVOIRE
SIERRA
SENEGAL
GHANA
THE
GUINEA
LIBERIA
CAMEROON
SOUTH AFRICA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
Indian
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
LESOTHO
NAMIBIA
ANGOLA
South
Atlantic
Ocean
Red
UGANDA
OF THE CONGO
REPUBLIC
BURUNDI
GUINEA
REP. OF
TOGO
COTE
BURKINA
GUINEA
LEONE
GAMBIA
BISSAU
Walvis Bay
SOUTH
REPUBLIC
AFRICAN
THE
AFRICA
IRU
Regional
Committee for Africa (CRIPA
)
CRIPA
covers
20
countries
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5
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…of
which
7 are LAS
membersSlide6
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IRU
Regional
Committee for Africa (CRIPA
) Objectives
To cooperate with Member Associations and the national authorities of the region in order to
develop and facilitate the transport of goods and passengers by road
at a crossroads between the European, Asian and African continents.
To cooperate with the most representative road transport national Associations and with the relevant regional and international organisations to increase the number of IRU Regional Committee Members, in order
to promote sustainable development and further facilitate trade and road transport with the aim to contribute to the region’s economic and social development.
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IRU
Regional
Committee for Africa (CRIPA
) Work Plan
Promote Public-Private Partnerships
among the public authorities of member countries, regional governmental authorities and national, regional and international professional organisations;
Extend the geographical scope
of the IRU Regional Committee to the whole African continent;
Develop and implement a programme
to promote the Committee’s objectives;
Structure and organise the IRU Permanent Delegation for Africa.
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IRU
Regional Committee for Africa (CRIPA) Resolution(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011
Call upon the governments and competent authorities of African countries to:
Work in close cooperation with associations representing transport and logistics in a constructive spirit of public-private partnership,
Implement at national level the necessary procedures to ratify major UN international conventions to facilitate trade and international transport, including as a priority the UN International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (21 October 1982) and the TIR Convention,
Appoint the competent national authorities to ensure their smooth implementation, in close cooperation with the International Road Transport Union (IRU).Slide9
IRU cooperation with LAS/AULT/IDB
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IDB Technical Assistance Grant
Component 1: Develop professional training at international standards;Component 2: Make road safety researches on commercial trucks; andComponent 3: Develop a LAS trade and road transport facilitation strategy.
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Component 1: IRU
Academy Programmes
Competence
Recognition
Safety
Compliance
Awareness
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Improve road safety by id
entifying and then targeting the main cause of accidents involving trucks
ETAC
Study
New! LASTAC
Study
Component 2: Road SafetySlide13
The objective is to facilitate trade and road transport in the LAS region through accession to and implementation of key UN transport conventions, in particular the TIR Convention.
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Component 3: trade and road transport facilitationSlide14
The TIR System
The tried and tested multilateral facilitation and security instrument for international transport and trade.Based on
TIR Convention of 1975.Provides world-wide coverage.
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TIR Geographical Scope
68
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In Negotiation Process
Contracting Parties
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TIR is multi-modal
TIR is multi-modal - road, rail, maritime, waterways and air transport – so long as one part of the journey is by road.
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TIR & WCO SAFE
Requirement
fulfilled
by
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Objectives:To promote the key UN trade and transport facilitation conventions
in the LAS region,To conduct a study to identify benefits of the TIR system for trade facilitation
in the LAS region and its economic integration with the world markets,To contribute in the organisation of three National TIR Workshops in interested LAS Member States, notably
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon to inform the national competent organs about the benefits of the TIR convention as well as the related technical and administrative conditions to join and implement it,Formulate and plan the implementation of National and Regional TIR Action Plans in the LAS region.
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Expected Outputs:Promote benefits of the TIR system for trade facilitation in the LAS region and its economic integration with the world markets,
Formulate and implement a TIR Action Plan for the LAS region,Provide technical assistance to the interested LAS Member States to accede and implementing the TIR Convention and the harmonisation convention
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Inshalla – we hope to report next year on the success of both initiatives
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Next Steps
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www.iru.org
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