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

HOW TRADE LOGISTICS MATTER IN THE ARAB REGION

A Strategic Region: The Arab World

Where is the Center?

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

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

World Bank LPI 2007 vs 2013 CountryLPI Singapore1 -1 Netherlands2 - 5 Hong Kong8 - 2 UAE China Turkey Bahrain India Saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar Oman Jordan Tunisia CountryLPI Brazil Sudan Iran Morocco Egypt Lebanon Russian Federation Yemen Somalia Syria Libya Iraq Algeria Source:

Status of 58 UN Conventions in the Arab Region as of 30 Jan

Contracting Parties in the Region as of 30 Jan /1514/ /1412/ /1812/

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

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.

TA Grant to AULT Three Focus Points

TA Grant to AULT The Project in Figures