Road transport: Making land-locked countries land-linked!

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Road transport: Making land-locked countries land-linked! OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee Meeting on Transport Vienna, 18 September 2013 Umberto de Pretto IRU Secretary General

Evolution of sea containers in ports © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

IRU Caravans: No country is landlocked to road transport! 2004: The Lisbon-Vladivostok Caravan 2005: The Beijing-Berlin-Brussels Caravan 2007: Black Sea Highway Caravan 2010: IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

IRU Caravans demonstrated that adequate roads exist, but that there is little traffic!! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

…until the trucks reached border crossings!! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

IRU New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI) From September 2008 to date Monitoring of over 200,000 border crossings 57% of transport time lost at border crossings! 38% of transport costs due to unofficial levies © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Any penalty on road transport is an even greater penalty on the economy as a whole! Source: Hague Consulting Group * Includes lost opportunities © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

How can we change this view and let road transport drive trade, progress and prosperity? © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

To bring them hope! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Implement key UN trade facilitation and security instruments to allow countries to be land linked! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

www.iru.org © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013