1. Road transport: Linking land-locked countries to markets! Implementing Aid-for-Trade Road Maps Geneva, 11 July 2013 Jens Hügel Head – Sustainable Development

2. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 2 1948: eight founder countries 2013: 170 Members in 74 countries …and 26 CRIPA Members in 22 countries Facilitating and securing trade and international road transport since 1948!

3. What is Globalisation? Source: IRU Road Transport has become a vital production tool! The combined efforts of 29 companies in 18 countries What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café? © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 3

4. Road transport tonnage distances in modern economies Page 4 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

5. 1971 1980 1990 2000 2010 Global evolution of container volumes in ports © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 5

6. US Chamber feasibility study confirms commercial viability! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 6

7. 2004: The Lisbon-Vladivostok Caravan 2005: The Beijing-Berlin-Brussels Caravan 2010: IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan IRU Caravans: No country is landlocked to road transport! 2007: Black Sea Highway Caravan © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 7

8. IRU Caravans demonstrated that adequate roads exist, but that there is little traffic!! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 8

9. …until the trucks reached border crossings!! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 9

10. 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 Page 10

11. Source: Hague Consulting Group* Includes lost opportunities Any penalty on road transport is an even greater penalty on the economy as a whole! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 11

12. How can we change this view and let road transport drive trade, progress and prosperity? © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 12

13. To bring them hope! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 13

14. Implement key UN trade facilitation instruments to allow countries to be land linked! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 14

15. Transports Internationaux Routiers Managed by the IRU since 1949 Securing and facilitating trade and international road transport © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 15

16. TIR-EPD Green Lanes blueprint Reduce border waiting times, facilitate trade, increase risk management efficiency, improve customs controls, secure trade and transport! © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 16

17. We want to see this… © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 17

18. ….instead of this by…. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 18

19. www.iru.org © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 19