International Road Transport uniting EAST to West and North to South - the ECO experience in developing regional cooperation (28 Nov 2012 / Izmir) Dr.Esmaeil Tekyeh Sadat Director of Transport and Comunication ECO Secretariat Tehran 4/15/2017

ECO Traditional Transit Transport Connectivity Map of Marco Polo's travels in 1271–1295 4/15/2017 4/15/2017

ECO Present Geostrategic Location Features of the ECO region: 4/15/2017

ECO Geostrategic Economic Capacities Features of the ECO region: Historical transit routs – Silk Road New transit opportunities Strengthening of regional integration Dynamic development Richness of resources Relative sustainability to crises Assistance of international community Landlocked countries Access to the sea Border with the EU Border with the Customs Union (EurAsEC) Border with China Post-conflict regions 4/15/2017

Strategic North-South/East –West Transit Transport corridors in the ECO Region Kazakh – Uzbak- Turkaman- Iran- Turkey Transit Transport corridor Islamabad- Tehran- Istanbul Transit transport corridor Khergiz-Tajik-Afgan-Iran and Turkey Transit transport corridor Kazakh- Turkaman- Iran and Turkey Transit transport corridor Bandarabas – Almaty Transit Transport Corridors 4/15/2017

Islamabad –Tehran – Istanbul Road-Rail Connectivity 4/15/2017

Almaty- Istanbul – Bandarabas Railway Connectivity 4/15/2017

Almaty- Istanbul Railway Connectivity 4/15/2017

Rasht- Astara – Baku railway Connectivity 4/15/2017

Kazakhstan- Turkmenistan –Iran Rail Connectivity 4/15/2017

Key Challenges in Transit Transport corridors in ECO region Stream lining ECO border control custom procedure Clarifying inter connection among transport ,associations and customs participation actively in TIR Convention and harmonization conventions   4/15/2017

Solutions for Stream lining ECO border control custom procedure Promoting the TIR-EPD and SafeTIR Development of TIR parking places implementing TIR Multimodal System Implementation TIR in Afghanistan Accession of Pakistan to TIR Harmonization of Tariff Create, Maintain, operate and evaluate harmonized time schedules 4/15/2017

Solutions for Clarifying inter connection among transport ,associations and customs Using TTCC as a pillar for inter conection ECO Transport, Customs and associations Continues communication among Railway operational units Development of Scheduled Rail Services particularly block train 4/15/2017

Solutions for participation actively in TIR Convention and harmonization conventions   Active participation in WP30 and AC2 Active participating in TIR ExB Assistance to Afghanistan to expedite the process of launching the TIR system Accession of Pakistan to the TIR Convention Accession of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to harmonization Convention ECO- IRU Pilot projects, Join Workshop and Survey 4/15/2017

ECO – IRU Cooperation Based upon MOU and TTFA on Transit Facilitation Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Border Station Monitoring Transit Facilitation at accessible Ports Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Multimodal Terminal 4/15/2017

Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Border Station Truck Caravan 2010 ECO RMT Project 2011 4/15/2017

Monitoring Transit Facilitation at accessible Ports Bandar Abas Conference , Oct 2011 4/15/2017

Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Multimodal Terminal Further ECO-IRU study on using TIR in Multimodal Terminal 4/15/2017

ECO/IRU cooperation Joint achievements and findings (i) ECO-IRU Silk Road Truck Caravan (October 2010) was organized to identify actual road transport conditions in the Region (ii) Upon instruction of ECO Heads of State in December 2010, they agreed to implement ECO Regular Monitoring of Trucks in partnership with NELTI-3 (ECO RMT), where 29 companies in 8 ECO Member States regularly provided data 4/15/2017 4/15/2017 19 Page 19 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

key findings of the Silk Road Truck Caravan 2010 Major obstacles on implementation of TIR Convention include: Issuance of visa formalities, Border crossing points and infrastructure Lack of harmonization of customs and border crossing regulations, Duplication of controls on both sides of borders, Different requirements in terms of accompanying documents Lack of parking place, Standardization of highways, Unofficial payments, Differences of price of fuel, Manual processing of documents, Limited working hours at the border crossing points and, Long waiting queues 4/15/2017 4/15/2017 20

Good Practices on Insurance Action Plan Developing Criteria's for enhancing ECO Capacity Building for Establishment White Card like green Card & organizing Training courses Receiving National Report and developing Master Plan in cooperation with Consultant 21 4/15/2017 4/15/2017

Good Practices on ECO PPP Initiatives ECOLPAF Initiatives Initiating joint action course with IRU, UIC Use the potential of ECO Bank for transport projects Using potential of ECO member states for ECO Projects Planning for ECO Business Transit FORUMS 22 4/15/2017 4/15/2017

Good Practices on Uniform ECO Visa Sticker Organizing Six ECO High Level ECO High Official Consular meetings in Tehran Preparation Uniform ECO Visa Sticker and Comprehensive report and check list by Iran Will organizing ECO Senior Visa Officer in 2012 4/15/2017

Good Practices on Permit Initiate study on how to create ECO License similar in nature with ECMT 4/15/2017

Good Practices on ECO Key Operational Corridors Islamabad- Tehran- Istanbul Corridor (ITI) Iran-Afghanistan- Tajikistan- Kyrgyzstan Corridor (KIAT) 4/15/2017

ECO operational corridors KTAI Corridor: Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran ITI Corridor: Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul

Islamabad- Tehran- Istanbul Corridor (ITI) Action Plan Using TIR along the Corridor Pakistan accession to TIR Shortly(Cooperation with IRU) Developing a Logistic Centers and Standard Road along the Corridor Organizing High Level Working Group 27 4/15/2017 4/15/2017

Implementing TIR in Afghanistan Iran-Afghanistan- Tajikistan- Kyrgyzstan Corridor (KIAT) Action Plan (Herat Meeting, May 2012) Implementing TIR in Afghanistan Running two TRUCKS with TIR along Iran border Planning to run another two Trucks along Turkey Border Organizing High level working Group 28 4/15/2017 4/15/2017

Director of Transport & Communication PhD (Organization Development) Thanks Esmaeil Tekyeh Sadat Director of Transport & Communication PhD (Organization Development) Web: www.ECOsecretariat.org Email: Director.TC@ECOsecretariat.org 1 Golbou Alley, Kamranieh, Tehran, IR.Iran Telefax:(+9821) 2613 1409 Tel: (+9821) 2283 1733-4 Fax: (+9821) 2283 1732 4/15/2017