Coordinated development of road
transport auxiliary infrastructure – a
pragmatic approach, the Model
Highway Initiative
International Conference on Prospects of Trade and International Road
Transport Development in the Black Sea, Central Asia and Middle East
Regions
November 28, 2012, Izmir, Turkey
Igor Rounov,
IRU Under Secretary General
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IRU Truck Caravans
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IRU New Eurasian Land Transport
Initiative – NELTI
Launched in September
2008
Commercial road transport
deliveries performed by
road transport companies
from the Eurasian continent
5 routes
In cooperation with the
Asian Development Bank
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NELTI: Problems are Procedural!
1.
1. Time
Time spent
spent en
en route
routeby
byallallvehicles
vehicles 55 041
041 days
days
40%
of time
Bakshish
at thelost
border
accounts
for
at border
30%
of
additional
crossings!
2. Distance covered
1 560 000 km
3. Amount of official levies paid
167 200 USD
4.
4. Sum
Sum of
of unjustified
unjustified levies
levies paid
paid
143
143 700
700 USD
USD
5. Number of stops en route
5 917
6. Number of state border crossings
1064
costs!
7. Length of downtime en route
1 880 days
8. Cargo carried
4 200 tonnes
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Model Highway Initiative (MHI)
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MHI Letters of Support
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Decision of the Ministers of Transport of
BSEC Member States
…
8. Assist to the implementation of transport, auxiliary and logistic infrastructure
development projects in the BSEC region in cooperation with other international
organizations and financial institutions and by involvement of the business
community, particularly on the basis of the public-private partnership, notably
by inclusion of the IRU Model Highway Initiative (MHI) into the future project of
the BSRH Master Plan and cooperation in preparation of required feasibility
studies.
…
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Model Highway Definition
“Model Highway is a chosen
section (2-3 stretches) of an
internationally rated trunk road
of 1500 – 2000 km in length,
crossing the territories of
several Eurasian countries and
of strategic importance for
interconnecting and promoting
Eurasian trade and transit by
road to major world markets.”
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1st key aspect of the MHI
Creation of modern ancillary roadside infrastructure
Border crossing points (BCP) and facilities
Rest areas (RA)
Service areas (catering, shops, gaz stations, parkings, etc)
Safe parking lots for trucks and buses / coaches
Roadside hotels, motels and campings
Dry ports and multimodal logistics centres
Maintenance and repair centers for cars, trucks and buses
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2nd key aspect of the MHI
Institutional reforms and implementation of best
practices in the road transport sector
Liberalisation of international road transportation
Harmonisation and facilitation of border crossing
procedures
Accession to and effective implementation of international
agreements and conventions on trade and road transport
facilitation
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3d key aspect of the MHI
Multilateral Investment Mechanism
(Regional Infrastructure Fund - RIF MHI)
Allocate funds for MHI infrastructure projects
Public-private partnership
Involve business community (international, national and
local businesses) into the process of creation, and
modernisation of ancillary roadside infrastructure
Model highway functioning management
Other measures (Including ancillary MHI infrastructure
clause into long term credit lines, etc.)
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MHI Group of Experts
1. The First meeting of the Group of experts on ancillary
infrastructure development (September 14, 2011, Yalta,
Ukraine, organised jointly with the Ministry of infrastructure of
Ukraine);
2. The Second meeting of the Group of experts on ancillary
infrastructure development (October 10-11, Batumi, Georgia,
organised jointly with GUAM and the Ministry of Economy and
Sustainable Development of Georgia);
3. The Third meeting of the Group of experts on ancillary
infrastructure
development
(February
16,
Astana,
Kazakhstan, organised jointly with the Ministry of Transport and
Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
4. The Workshop on investment, financial and
technological issues of the MHI implementation (March 6-8,
2012, Thessaloniki, Greece, jointly with BSEC and Black Sea
Trade and Development Bank)
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MHI sections
MHI South Caucasus (BTBT) section:
Trabzon - Sarpi (Georgia/Turkey BCP) –
Batumi – Tbilisi – Krasny Most
(Georgia/Azerbaijan BCP) - Baku
Future extension (under negotiation):
Baku port (BCP) - Turkmenbashi port
(BCP) - Ashgabat
MHI Central Asia section:
Pol-eXomri - Nizhniy Panj (Afghanistan/
Tajikistan BCP) – Dushanbe – Karamyk
(Tajikistan/ Kyrgyzstan BCP) – Bishkek –
Kordai (Kyryzstan/Kazakhstan BCP) Shimkent – Kzyl-Orda
Branches :
- Kordai – Almaty – Khorgos
(Kazakhsatn/China BCP)
- Sarytash -Irkeshtam (Kyrgyzstan/China
BCP)
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Multilateral Cooperation and Respective
Responsibilities
National Governments
Institutional reforms in the road transport sector
International Finance Institutes and development banks
Regional Infrastructure Fund MHI (RIF MHI)
International Professional Organisations
Coordination governments and business activities
Local and transnational businesses act as main contructors
Ancillary roadside infrastructure creation and operation
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Prefeasibility Study on the development
of Model Highway
Pre-Feasibility Study
presentations:
1. Baku, Republic of
Azerbaijan, October 30,
2012
2. Tbilisi, Georgia,
November 1, 2012
3. Ankara, Turkey,
November November
14, 2012
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MHI - what’s next?
1
Feasibility study (Master Plan)
2
Negotiations on Regional Infrastructure Fund
creation (RIF MHI)
3
Involving contractors (creation of the contractors
pool)
4
Creation of the MHI coordination committee
5
Implementation study
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