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| EATL Expert Group Meeting and Regional Workshop on Developing Euro-Asian Transport Links (EATL) Regional Workshop |  11-13 November 2009 |The 3rd EATL Expert Group Meeting and Regional Workshop on Developing Euro-Asian Transport Links were held in Istanbul, at the BSEC Headquarters, on 11-13 November 2009. The events were organized jointly by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Turkey, UN Economic Commission for Europe and Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
The representatives of the UNECE and BSEC Member States, governmental organizations (BSEC, BSRH JPTS, OSCE, OSJD, OTIF, PABSEC, UNCTAD, UNECE) and non-governmental organizations (BASPA, BSEC-URTA, CIT, FIATA, IRU, "PLASKE" JSC, TEN-T, TOBB, UIC) took part in the events.
The event was structured under 2 main sections:
Session 1. Transport infrastructure , facilitation and policies in the BSEC region
Session 2. International initiatives in the EATL Region
See the detailed Information about the event
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| Seminar on the Implementation of Annex 8 to the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 | 23 June 2009 | In Geneva on 18 June 2009, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organized a seminar on the implementation of Annex 8 to the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 (Harmonization Convention).
The Harmonization Convention establishes commonly agreed requirements for coordinated border management and reduction of border formalities as well as the number and duration of all types of border controls of goods. 53 countries and the European Community are Contracting Parties to this Convention. It is worth to be mentioned that all 12 BSEC Member States are parties to the Harmonization Convention.
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| UNECE-BSEC Joint Seminar on Implementation of the Annex 8 to the Harmonization Convention | 22 May 2009 | UNECE informed BSEC that the necessary arrangements has been made to hold a joint seminar on the implementation of Annex 8 to the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 18 June 2009. To ensure wider participation, the Seminar will be organized in conjunction with a session of the UNECE WP.30.
The Harmonization Convention eslablishes commonly agreed requirements for coordinated border management, aimed at reducing border formalites as well as the number and duration of all types of border controls of goods: 53 countries and the European Community are Contracting Parties to this Convention, including all BSEC Member States. New Annex 8 covers, inter alia, facilitation of visa procedures for professional drivers, standardizes weighing operations and vehicle weight certificate, minimum infrastructure requirements for efficient border crossing points and provisions to monitor the border crossing performance - i.e. issues which are high on the agenda of both BSEC and UNECE.
The seminar aims at capacity building to ensure a more effective implementation of the Harmonization Convention and is designed for government official responsible for customs, transpot and trade policies. As public-private partnership is indispensable for the efficient border crossing operations, representatives of the road transport industry, including IRU and its member associations, will also be invited to the Seminar.
See the Provisional Programme of the Seminar.
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| Moldova: Moldova accedes to the Harmonization Convention, 1982 | 6 January 2009 | The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, has communicated that the Republic of Moldova has acceded to the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 ("Harmonization Convention") on 3 December 2008. The Convention will enter into force for Moldova on 3 March 2009 in accordance with its Article 17 (2).
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| UNECE MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT OF EURO-ASIAN COUNTRIES IN GENEVA | 24.01.2008 | This very important UNECE event will take place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 19 February 2008, on the first day of the 70th annual session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC), will consider plans for implementation of priority Euro-Asian inland transport routes and priority projects and will address border crossing issues highlighting facilitation measures undertaken.
The UNECE invited Ministers of Transport of the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan and it is expected to be signed a Joint Ministerial Statement on Future Development of Euro-Asian Transport Links.
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| New Director of the UNECE Transport Division | 20 September 2007 | Ms. Eva Molnar from Hungary has been appointed Director of the UNECE Transport Division. Ms. Molnar has spent more than twenty years in transportation and other infrastructure sectors, like telecommunications. She has gained broad experience in governmental, private sector and intergovernmental organizations, as well as in academic life. (Source - UNECE Weekly, www.unece.org ).
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| Events: OSCE-UNECE Seminar on Implementation of the Harmonization Convention 1982 | 28.11.2006 | The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in cooperation with the Republic of Serbia and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia will hold a training seminar concerning the implementation of the UNECE International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods to be held in Belgrade on 14-15 December 2006.
The organization of this joint OSCE-UNECE seminar stems from the UNECE reform, which has
identified assistance and capacity building in the implementation of UNECE legal instruments in the field of transport as a new UNECE priority, and from the conclusions of the 14th OSCE Economic Forum on “Transportation in the OSCE area: Secure transportation networks and transport development to enhance regional economic co-operation and stability”. It is funded by the Belgian 2006 OSCE Chairmanship.
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| Development: Last Accessions to the UNECE International Conventions | 20.09.2006 | The UNECE Transport Division informs about latest accessions to the UNECE International Conventions.
Azerbaijan accedes to the CMR Convention: On 18 September 2006, Azerbaijan deposited with the UN Secretary-General an instrument of accession to the UNECE Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). This brings the total number of States Parties to the CMR to 50. The CMR will enter into force for Azerbaijan on 17 December 2006.
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