1. Welcome Speech 13 November, 2013, Riyadh IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT FACILITATING ROAD TRANSPORT FOR MORE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB WORLD Welcome Speech 13 November, 2013, Riyadh Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region

2. HOW TRADE LOGISTICS MATTER IN THE ARAB REGION

3. A Strategic Region: The Arab World

4. Where is the Center?

7. Efficient and professional services of the road transport industry will enable the LAS member states, at the crossroads of world trade flows, to seize better the opportunities of globalisation of trade! Opportunities vs Challenges

8. Barriers to Road Transport Impede Development  Each day of delay = reduces trade by at least 1%  Each day of delay = 85 km of distancing from trade partners  Poor trade facilitation affects the composition of trade prevents countries to export time-sensitive goods prevents countries to export time-sensitive goods a day’s delay reduces a country’s relative exports of time-sensitive goods on average by 7 % a day’s delay reduces a country’s relative exports of time-sensitive goods on average by 7 %   Source: Economic and Policy Research Institute, TEPAV, 2007

9. World Bank LPI 2007 vs 2013 CountryLPI Singapore1 -1 Netherlands2 - 5 Hong Kong8 - 2 UAE20 - 17 China30 - 26 Turkey34 - 27 Bahrain36 - 48 India39 - 46 Saudi Arabia41 - 37 Kuwait44 - 70 Qatar46 - 33 Oman48 - 62 Jordan52 - 102 Tunisia60 - 41 CountryLPI Brazil61 - 45 Sudan64 - 148 Iran78 - 112 Morocco94 -50 Egypt97 - 57 Lebanon98 - 96 Russian Federation99 - 95 Yemen112 - 63 Somalia127 - 155 Syria135 - 92 Libya132-137 Iraq148- 145 Algeria140 - 125 Source: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp

10. Status of 58 UN Conventions in the Arab Region as of 30 Jan 2013 16 16 0 5 1 7 9 30 5 4 0 2 1 6 0

11. Contracting Parties in the Region as of 30 Jan 2013 3737 2121 6 7 9 5 1 3 9 14/1514/15 3131 1 12/1412/14 1010 6 5 2 4 4 3 1212 12/1812/18 1010 5 2 7 0

12. IDB Supports IRU-AULT cooperation since 2011 13 June 2011 TA Grant Agreement signed

13. TA Grant to AULT Main Objectives a. Increase professional competence for fleet managers and drivers; b. Improve road safety through scientific research, identifying the main causes of accidents; and c. Optimise road transport facilitation strategies.

14. TA Grant to AULT Three Focus Points

15. TA Grant to AULT The Project in Figures

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