1. 2nd IRU-LAS-AULT international seminar on trade and road transport facilitation in the LAS region
Alexandria, October 2010
Jean Acri IRU Special TIR Advisor
Legal Affairs and Customs Policy
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2. League of Arab States (LAS)
On 28 October 2009, Ministries of Transports of the LAS asked for the implementation of UN facilitation tools for trade and road transport, namely the TIR Convention, and to increase the cooperation with the IRU.
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3. Next actions and projects
The IRU helps and assists countries and Customs Authorities of the LAS region to implement the TIR Convention by :
TIR distance learning activities, made in collaboration with WCO, available in Arabic
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5. Next actions and projects
Revitalisation of the TIR System in Morocco through:
Public-Private Partnership between Customs Authorities of Morocco, National Association and IRU
signature of a protocol on technical cooperation to implement teh most advanced TIR IT Risk Management Tools (SafeTIR and TIR-EPD)
Objectives:
reinforce security through risk management and advance cargo information (as per WCO Safe Framework)
reduce and speed up formalities at borders
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6. Next actions and projects
Revitalisation of the TIR System in Morocco through:
Realisation of TIR pilot transports by moroccan road transport operators
Objectives
9 scenarii of transport operations to demonstrate the benefits of the TIR Convention for multimodal transport
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7. Next actions and projects
Revitalisation of the TIR System in Morocco through:
Extensive cooperation with port authorities of Tanger MED and Customs
Objectives:
Ensure priority treatment
for TIR, RO-RO and
container trafic.
Concrete result: TIR,
RO-RO and container go
through port in 1 hour
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8. Next actions and projects
IRU and UNCTAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding (27 April 2010) outlining areas of future cooperation between the two partner organisations
ASYCUDA WORLD TIR
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9. ASYCUDA WORLD TIR Objective:
Allow the many countries of the League of Arab States using ASYCUDA to benefit from the most modern instruments of the TIR Convention (ie. Syria, Tunisia, etc.).
MCC
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10. Next actions and projects
Cooperation with Minister of Transport of Syria in the drafting of the new Syrian Transport Law.
Objectives:
Modernise Syrian Transport Law
Facilitate implementation of international conventions
Introduce compulsory professional training for transport managers and drivers
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11. Next actions and projects
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
LIBYA
CHAD
Mediterranean Sea
Sea
EGYPT
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
DJIBOUTI
ERITREA
SOMALIA
KENYA
TANZANIA
DEMOCRATIC
(ZAIRE)
CENTRAL
RWANDA
GABON
EQUATORIAL
ANGOLA
CONGO
NIGERIA
BENIN
DTVOIRE
SIERRA
SENEGAL
GHANA
THE
GUINEA
LIBERIA
CAMEROON
SOUTH AFRICA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
Indian
Ocean
LESOTHO
NAMIBIA
South
Atlantic
Red
UGANDA
OF THE CONGO
REPUBLIC
BURUNDI
REP. OF
TOGO
COTE
BURKINA
LEONE
GAMBIA
BISSAU
Walvis Bay
SOUTH
AFRICAN
AFRICA
Next actions and projects
At the initiative of Morocco, creation on 10 October 2010 of the « African Union for Transport and Logistics » by 13 countries, 3 of them members of LAS: Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania

12. African Union for Transport and Logistics
Objectives:
Promote road transport towards governments and regional institutions
Invite African states to join the main international instruments aiming at facilitating trade and road transports such as the UN Harmonisation Convention of Border controls of goods and the TIR Convention
10 more countries should join by the end of the year to fully cover Maghreb and Western Africa
Create an IRU Regional Commitee for Africa
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13. CONCLUSION All these actions will be continued over 2011.
IRU will be happy to report on the progress during at the next meeting of Ministers of Transport of the League of Arab States in October 2011.
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