1. 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
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2. ECO Traditional Transit Transport Connectivity Map of Marco Polo's travels in 1271–1295
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3. ECO Present Geostrategic Location
Features of the ECO region:
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. Islamabad –Tehran – Istanbul Road-Rail Connectivity
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7. Almaty- Istanbul – Bandarabas Railway Connectivity
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8. Almaty- Istanbul Railway Connectivity
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9. Rasht- Astara – Baku railway Connectivity
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10. Kazakhstan- Turkmenistan –Iran Rail Connectivity
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11. 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  
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12. 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
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. 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
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16. Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Border Station
Truck Caravan 2010
ECO RMT Project 2011
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17. Monitoring Transit Facilitation at accessible Ports
Bandar Abas Conference , Oct 2011
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18. Monitoring Transit Facilitation at Multimodal Terminal
Further ECO-IRU study on using TIR in Multimodal Terminal
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19. 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
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(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

20. 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
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21. 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
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22. 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
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23. 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
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24. Good Practices on Permit
Initiate study on how to create ECO License similar in nature with ECMT
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25. Good Practices on ECO Key Operational Corridors
Islamabad- Tehran- Istanbul Corridor (ITI)
Iran-Afghanistan- Tajikistan- Kyrgyzstan Corridor (KIAT)
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26. ECO operational corridors
KTAI Corridor: Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran
ITI Corridor: Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul

27. 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
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28. 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
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29. Director of Transport & Communication PhD (Organization Development)
Thanks
Esmaeil Tekyeh Sadat
Director of Transport & Communication
PhD (Organization Development)
Web:
1 Golbou Alley, Kamranieh, Tehran, IR.Iran
Telefax:(+9821)
Tel: (+9821)
Fax: (+9821)
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