27th IRU World Congress - Brussels Highlights, 2000

>HIGHLIGHTS

IRU XXVIIth WORLD CONGRESS & EXHIBITION

"Mobility of People

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> CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS

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IRU MOBILITY PARTNERS’ MESSAGES: 6

>Setting the Stage for Mobility 2000+ 6

>The Silk Road to Mobility 12

>Mobility = Infrastructure 14

>Mobility in Partnership 18

>Safe Mobility 22

>e-Mobility 24

>Smart Mobility 30

IRU HEROES: 34

>IRU Grand Prix d’Honneur Award Winners

>TIR for Two

IRU MOBILITY 2000+ DECLARATION: 36

IRU MOBILITY 2000+ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: 38

THANKS TO IRU CONGRESS PARTNERS: 40

THANKS TO IRU CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS: 42

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IRU MOBILITY PARTNERS’ MESSAGES: 6

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>Smart Mobility 30

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>IRU Grand Prix d’Honneur Award Winners

>TIR for Two

IRU MOBILITY 2000+ DECLARATION: 36

IRU MOBILITY 2000+ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: 38

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THANKS TO IRU CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS: 42

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Setting the Stage for Mobility 2000+:

DAVID C. GREEN 6

YVES BERTHELOT 6

PAUL LAEREMANS 7

LOYOLA DE PALACIO 8

JACQUES ATTALI 8

DAVID HARTRIDGE 9

ISABELLE DURANT 9

JAN THEUNIS 10

CLAUDE SMADJA 10

JOHN DEFTERIOS 11

The Silk Road to Mobility:

KAKHRAMON SYDIKNAZAROV 12

OTTOKAR HAHN 13

CHENGZHI JU 13

Mobility = Infrastructure:

GIULIANO LAMONI 14

CHRISTOPHE EGGERS 14

ALFRED EVERS 15

MIKLOS HINFNER 16

HERMANN GREWER 16

OSVALDO JOAO PEREIRA DA COSTA 16

Mobility in Partnership:

CHRISTER BEIJBOM 19

WERNER MAYWALD 19

JOS DEKKERS 19

KAREL J. NOORDZY 20

IOURII SUKHIN 20

JANUSZ LACNY 20

CARLOS PASCUAL QUIROS 21

Safe Mobility:

ALBERTO OYARZABAL 22

JEAN WYNS 23

MANOEL SOUSA LIMA 23

PETER ELSENAAR 23

e-Mobility:

JEAN GURUNLIAN 24

MIKE STONE 24

NIKOLAI BOROVOI 25

JACQUES PUTZEYS 25

GONZALOS BASTILLOS 26

ULF BEYSCHLAG 26

DIETER SCHAPER 27

REMO MARELLO 27

MANAR TALHI 27

JEAN-FRANCOIS POUPINEL 28

STEPHEN FOWLER 28

BEHNAM FARAMARZIAN 29

Smart Mobility:

WIM HOOGSTAD 30

KPMG 30

ROGER DE BORGER 31

HUGO OSULA 31

PATRICIA MC CAULEY 32

CORNEEL GEERTS 32

KENICHI IGUCHI 33

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Setting the Stage for Mobility 2000+:

DAVID C. GREEN 6

YVES BERTHELOT 6

PAUL LAEREMANS 7

LOYOLA DE PALACIO 8

JACQUES ATTALI 8

DAVID HARTRIDGE 9

ISABELLE DURANT 9

JAN THEUNIS 10

CLAUDE SMADJA 10

JOHN DEFTERIOS 11

The Silk Road to Mobility:

KAKHRAMON SYDIKNAZAROV 12

OTTOKAR HAHN 13

CHENGZHI JU 13

Mobility = Infrastructure:

GIULIANO LAMONI 14

CHRISTOPHE EGGERS 14

ALFRED EVERS 15

MIKLOS HINFNER 16

HERMANN GREWER 16

OSVALDO JOAO PEREIRA DA COSTA 16

Mobility in Partnership:

CHRISTER BEIJBOM 19

WERNER MAYWALD 19

JOS DEKKERS 19

KAREL J. NOORDZY 20

IOURII SUKHIN 20

JANUSZ LACNY 20

CARLOS PASCUAL QUIROS 21

Safe Mobility:

ALBERTO OYARZABAL 22

JEAN WYNS 23

MANOEL SOUSA LIMA 23

PETER ELSENAAR 23

e-Mobility:

JEAN GURUNLIAN 24

MIKE STONE 24

NIKOLAI BOROVOI 25

JACQUES PUTZEYS 25

GONZALOS BASTILLOS 26

ULF BEYSCHLAG 26

DIETER SCHAPER 27

REMO MARELLO 27

MANAR TALHI 27

JEAN-FRANCOIS POUPINEL 28

STEPHEN FOWLER 28

BEHNAM FARAMARZIAN 29

Smart Mobility:

WIM HOOGSTAD 30

KPMG 30

ROGER DE BORGER 31

HUGO OSULA 31

PATRICIA MC CAULEY 32

CORNEEL GEERTS 32

KENICHI IGUCHI 33

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DAVID C. GREENIRU President

“Our historic strength has been the adaptability of road transport tomeet its customers’ needs. In a worlddominated by change and new waysof doing business, we will need toredouble our efforts to confront thosedemands; remaining competitiverequires not just improved transportefficiency but the creative ability toadd value in related parts of the business.

It is clear that only by building effectivepublic-private and business-to-businessjoint partnerships can the IRU and itsmembers play a full role in achievingthe sustainable mobility of people and goods. And in so doing, we willcontribute significantly to uniting mankind, allowing underdevelopedregions to flourish and maintain a levelof profitability in the road transportsector that enables the continuation of efficient, high quality and environmentally friendly services forthe benefit of all.”

YVES BERTHELOTUnder Secretary General, UN &Executive Secretary, UN EconomicCommission for Europe

“I am pleased that you have chosenthe theme of mobility for yourcongress as the mobility of ideas,persons, goods and services is essential to the development ofdemocracy and economic progress.The UN/ECE has been working toimprove these “mobilities” for over50 years - making analyses and political recommendations, as well asnegotiating conventions and standards. As regards road transport,I am pleased to acknowledge thatthese activities have all been developed in close co-operation withthe IRU.

If the will exists to facilitate transportbetween the countries of Asia,Europe, the Middle East and NorthAfrica, there is no need to reinventthe wheel. Instead, we should be looking to extend and possibly adaptexisting instruments.

To do this, we need your co-operation.You will no doubt be aware that the Secretary General of the UnitedNations, Kofi Annan, systematicallyencourages non-governmental organisations, companies and

governments to unite their effortswhen dealing with common international problems. We have here a unique opportunity to combine forces to boost commercialexchanges across the Eurasian continent.

It seems to me that this is an idealopportunity to apply the IRU slogan:“Working together for a better future”.

PAUL LAEREMANSIRU Congress President &Managing Director, FédérationBelge des Exploitants d’Autobus et d’Autocars (FBAA)

“The theme of the Congress,Mobility of People and Goods 2000+,is perhaps the greatest socio-economicand political challenge that we will allhave to address at the dawn of the3rd millennium. It is not merely aquestion of being able to move passengers and freight without impediments. It is more aboutdefending what has become amodern day human right.

It is about poverty alleviation and the more equitable distribution ofwealth. It is about maintaining peaceamongst men. It is about having a clean and safe environment for ourchildren and their children's children.It is about freedom.

This might sound extreme, ladies andgentlemen, but I would challengeanyone to state how we can achieveany of these human goals withoutfirstly ensuring the mobility of peopleand goods. Moreover, consider therole of road transport. Beyond itshigh quality door-to-door services,only road transport permits highquality person-to-person relations!

In this increasingly dehumanised "virtual" world, this rare quality of bringing people together is becoming more essential and precious than ever before.”


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“Our historic strength has been the adaptability of road transport tomeet its customers’ needs. In a worlddominated by change and new waysof doing business, we will need toredouble our efforts to confront thosedemands; remaining competitiverequires not just improved transportefficiency but the creative ability toadd value in related parts of the business.

It is clear that only by building effectivepublic-private and business-to-businessjoint partnerships can the IRU and itsmembers play a full role in achievingthe sustainable mobility of people and goods. And in so doing, we willcontribute significantly to uniting mankind, allowing underdevelopedregions to flourish and maintain a levelof profitability in the road transportsector that enables the continuation of efficient, high quality and environmentally friendly services forthe benefit of all.”

YVES BERTHELOTUnder Secretary General, UN &Executive Secretary, UN EconomicCommission for Europe

“I am pleased that you have chosenthe theme of mobility for yourcongress as the mobility of ideas,persons, goods and services is essential to the development ofdemocracy and economic progress.The UN/ECE has been working toimprove these “mobilities” for over50 years - making analyses and political recommendations, as well asnegotiating conventions and standards. As regards road transport,I am pleased to acknowledge thatthese activities have all been developed in close co-operation withthe IRU.

If the will exists to facilitate transportbetween the countries of Asia,Europe, the Middle East and NorthAfrica, there is no need to reinventthe wheel. Instead, we should be looking to extend and possibly adaptexisting instruments.

To do this, we need your co-operation.You will no doubt be aware that the Secretary General of the UnitedNations, Kofi Annan, systematicallyencourages non-governmental organisations, companies and

governments to unite their effortswhen dealing with common international problems. We have here a unique opportunity to combine forces to boost commercialexchanges across the Eurasian continent.

It seems to me that this is an idealopportunity to apply the IRU slogan:“Working together for a better future”.

PAUL LAEREMANSIRU Congress President &Managing Director, FédérationBelge des Exploitants d’Autobus et d’Autocars (FBAA)

“The theme of the Congress,Mobility of People and Goods 2000+,is perhaps the greatest socio-economicand political challenge that we will allhave to address at the dawn of the3rd millennium. It is not merely aquestion of being able to move passengers and freight without impediments. It is more aboutdefending what has become amodern day human right.

It is about poverty alleviation and the more equitable distribution ofwealth. It is about maintaining peaceamongst men. It is about having a clean and safe environment for ourchildren and their children's children.It is about freedom.

This might sound extreme, ladies andgentlemen, but I would challengeanyone to state how we can achieveany of these human goals withoutfirstly ensuring the mobility of peopleand goods. Moreover, consider therole of road transport. Beyond itshigh quality door-to-door services,only road transport permits highquality person-to-person relations!

In this increasingly dehumanised "virtual" world, this rare quality of bringing people together is becoming more essential and precious than ever before.”


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LOYOLA DE PALACIOVice-President in Charge ofRelations with the EuropeanParliament, Transport & Energy,European Commission

“Your profession is the prevalent transport mode in the European Unionand around the world. Consequently,it has both an irreplaceable role and aconsiderable responsibility in howmodern society works; your professioncontributes greatly to the efficiencyand the quality of our society, as wellas to our citizens’ standard of living.

In an increasingly global and hencecompetitive society, every link in theproduction and distribution chain isfacing the need to improve its owncompetitiveness as well as that of the chain as a whole. I have seen thatroad transport, through its efficiency, reliability, lowered costs or, in a nutshell, through its excellentquality/price ratio, has considerablyimproved the competitiveness of itsservices.

Year by year, as road transport opera-tors have increased their market share,they have also contributed to higheremployment figures and have managedto reinforce their position as an absolutely essential transport mode,whether in uni-modal transport or in

combination with other transport modes. This is why I would like topublicly congratulate the IRU and its members for this economic performance that also provides companies and citizens alike with a valuable service.”

JACQUES ATTALI

“The profession of road transportoperator is probably one of the leastloved and simultaneously most vitaljobs. Our societies could not functionwithout the profession which yourepresent, which just goes to provethat public figures are not the onlypeople to feel the pinch of ingratitude:you too are often victims to it.

The future of your industry is part ofa huge change in society, which willincreasingly turn, with extremeconsequences, towards increasedmobility, or even what I would call"nomadism". As always, for the moresedentary, mobile persons or nomadsare both a source of fascination andfear. Nomads are envied for theycan travel, but they are also fearedfor their travels may bring along newand dangerous things.

Each stage of economic development,each progress in world growth hasalways been linked to progress in thefield of transport and, conversely,each time mobility was put intoquestion, either through a destructionof networks or distrust of carriers ornomads, economic growth has stalled.

Beyond that, as you well know, themobility and nomadism which you

represent is also an essential factor of cultural progress, tolerance, inquisitiveness and democracy, and artistic inventiveness. Puttingmobility into question always impliesquestioning democracy. Freedom of movement is a basic right whichonly dictatorships impair.

Your industry unites people, enablingthem to develop both markets anddemocracy, to such an extent thatone may consider today that mobilityis no longer a mere complement tosedentary living: mobility has takenover, has become essential while thesettled state has taken second place.

Your profession is becoming moreand more essential; it assumes newdignity and specific social and environmental responsibilities, it is becoming a vital element of rural development, sustainable development, and global development provided that it can be harmonised with all other formsof transport in a single integratedchain from door-to-door, from production to supply. More generally,our society is evolving into an erawhere everyone will be as mobile asyou are, and where the values ofmobility and nomadism will no longer be restricted to a few peopleon the road, becoming essentialvalues to what we shall all become:travelling, producing and consumingnomads. “

DAVID HARTRIDGEDirector, Trade in Services Division,World Trade Organisation (WTO)

“Road transport is not a protectionistindustry but it is one that suffers heavily from non-transparent, heavyor discriminatory regulation.

The transport sector is like financialservices and telecommunications -part of the vital infrastructure of theworld economy - and we ought notto allow protectionism, corruption orover-regulation to increase the costor diminish the efficiency of any ofthese services on which economicprosperity depends.

Let me end by urging you to thinkabout the services negotiations as an opportunity to make known toyour governments the impedimentswhich you suffer in doing businessinternationally. Governments arenow putting together their requestlists which are their negotiatingobjectives for this new round, makesure they know what you want.”

ISABELLE DURANTVice-Prime Minister & Minister ofMobility and Transport, Belgium

“The theme that you have chosen isvery topical indeed. We know thateconomic growth almost unfailinglyresults in an increase in the demandfor mobility.

I am most pleased to note that the need to reconcile economicdevelopment with sustainable development has been one of theobjectives of the IRU and all themember associations for several yearsnow. I’m thinking, in particular,about the Charter for SustainableDevelopment that you signed in1996.

I would like to insist once again onthe importance of an integrated andglobal approach to the mobilityissue. We must take into accountboth our national specificities andour European dimensions.

As for me, I hope that in comingmonths and years, important newsteps will be taken at a Europeanlevel to achieve a good balance between the developments of theeconomic sector of transport and the essential respect of the rights offuture generations.”


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LOYOLA DE PALACIOVice-President in Charge ofRelations with the EuropeanParliament, Transport & Energy,European Commission

“Your profession is the prevalent transport mode in the European Unionand around the world. Consequently,it has both an irreplaceable role and aconsiderable responsibility in howmodern society works; your professioncontributes greatly to the efficiencyand the quality of our society, as wellas to our citizens’ standard of living.

In an increasingly global and hencecompetitive society, every link in theproduction and distribution chain isfacing the need to improve its owncompetitiveness as well as that of the chain as a whole. I have seen thatroad transport, through its efficiency, reliability, lowered costs or, in a nutshell, through its excellentquality/price ratio, has considerablyimproved the competitiveness of itsservices.

Year by year, as road transport opera-tors have increased their market share,they have also contributed to higheremployment figures and have managedto reinforce their position as an absolutely essential transport mode,whether in uni-modal transport or in

combination with other transport modes. This is why I would like topublicly congratulate the IRU and its members for this economic performance that also provides companies and citizens alike with a valuable service.”

JACQUES ATTALI

“The profession of road transportoperator is probably one of the leastloved and simultaneously most vitaljobs. Our societies could not functionwithout the profession which yourepresent, which just goes to provethat public figures are not the onlypeople to feel the pinch of ingratitude:you too are often victims to it.

The future of your industry is part ofa huge change in society, which willincreasingly turn, with extremeconsequences, towards increasedmobility, or even what I would call"nomadism". As always, for the moresedentary, mobile persons or nomadsare both a source of fascination andfear. Nomads are envied for theycan travel, but they are also fearedfor their travels may bring along newand dangerous things.

Each stage of economic development,each progress in world growth hasalways been linked to progress in thefield of transport and, conversely,each time mobility was put intoquestion, either through a destructionof networks or distrust of carriers ornomads, economic growth has stalled.

Beyond that, as you well know, themobility and nomadism which you

represent is also an essential factor of cultural progress, tolerance, inquisitiveness and democracy, and artistic inventiveness. Puttingmobility into question always impliesquestioning democracy. Freedom of movement is a basic right whichonly dictatorships impair.

Your industry unites people, enablingthem to develop both markets anddemocracy, to such an extent thatone may consider today that mobilityis no longer a mere complement tosedentary living: mobility has takenover, has become essential while thesettled state has taken second place.

Your profession is becoming moreand more essential; it assumes newdignity and specific social and environmental responsibilities, it is becoming a vital element of rural development, sustainable development, and global development provided that it can be harmonised with all other formsof transport in a single integratedchain from door-to-door, from production to supply. More generally,our society is evolving into an erawhere everyone will be as mobile asyou are, and where the values ofmobility and nomadism will no longer be restricted to a few peopleon the road, becoming essentialvalues to what we shall all become:travelling, producing and consumingnomads. “

DAVID HARTRIDGEDirector, Trade in Services Division,World Trade Organisation (WTO)

“Road transport is not a protectionistindustry but it is one that suffers heavily from non-transparent, heavyor discriminatory regulation.

The transport sector is like financialservices and telecommunications -part of the vital infrastructure of theworld economy - and we ought notto allow protectionism, corruption orover-regulation to increase the costor diminish the efficiency of any ofthese services on which economicprosperity depends.

Let me end by urging you to thinkabout the services negotiations as an opportunity to make known toyour governments the impedimentswhich you suffer in doing businessinternationally. Governments arenow putting together their requestlists which are their negotiatingobjectives for this new round, makesure they know what you want.”

ISABELLE DURANTVice-Prime Minister & Minister ofMobility and Transport, Belgium

“The theme that you have chosen isvery topical indeed. We know thateconomic growth almost unfailinglyresults in an increase in the demandfor mobility.

I am most pleased to note that the need to reconcile economicdevelopment with sustainable development has been one of theobjectives of the IRU and all themember associations for several yearsnow. I’m thinking, in particular,about the Charter for SustainableDevelopment that you signed in1996.

I would like to insist once again onthe importance of an integrated andglobal approach to the mobilityissue. We must take into accountboth our national specificities andour European dimensions.

As for me, I hope that in comingmonths and years, important newsteps will be taken at a Europeanlevel to achieve a good balance between the developments of theeconomic sector of transport and the essential respect of the rights offuture generations.”


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JAN THEUNISChairman of the IRU Commission on Legal Affairs

“Transport of goods and persons doesnot only need material infrastructurebut also a legal environment that facilitates mobility.

106 lawyers from 29 countries participated in the third symposiumorganised by the IRU’s Commission onLegal Affairs and analysed all the international conventions that havecome into existence.

We came to 3 conclusions:

1. There is no doubt that all theseconventions were made to facilitatemobility by harmonising the rulesgoverning transport, circulation ofvehicles, improving performance, promoting safety and protection of the environment.

2. We most regretfully learnt thatshort-term political decisions servingnational or regional interests are painfully in contradiction with a loyalinterpretation and implementation of internationally negotiated and subscribed rules.

This is totally unacceptable:

Indeed, this is in total conflict with one of the oldest cornerstone-rules of oursocieties: as Roman lawyers expressedit: “Pacta sunt servanda”: Agreements are made to be respectedand executed.

3. Mobility is a right; a fundamentalright.

The declaration of human rights is nota rigid set of rules: it develops togetherwith humanity.

We propose that at the next revision ofthe United Nations Human RightsCharter, you with the IRU should takethe initiative to have the right to mobi-lity recognised and included as one of the universal fundamental rights ofhumanity.”

CLAUDE SMADJAManaging Director, World EconomicForum (WEF)

Competitiveness in the New GlobalEconomy: The Six Commandments

“1. Knowledge and Innovation Power:What counts today is not only theability of a company to innovate andto integrate technological developmentsinto its activities but to be able toleverage IT developments in an optimum way, as soon as these developments occur, in order to create new business models and strategies. It is no longer a case ofbig eating small, but rather fasteating slow. The question we need to ask is; ‘are we fast enough toremain in the top league?’

2. Challenge of Speed and Mobility:As much as globalisation has meantthe disappearance of borders, theInternet dimension has acceleratedthe process of time and distancecompression. In fact, time and distance have now become almostobsolete concepts. And everything is now dependent on the ability of acorporation to be in the top leaguein the game of time compression andmobility. Anything which is enemy of speed and mobility is enemy ofeconomic efficiency.

3. Networking Power: Business leaders and corporationstoday have permanently to demon-strate their ability to master and lever-age a more and more intricate andcomplex web of relationships andpartnerships where suppliers are atthe same time customers, wherecompetitors can become partnersand where the lines which tended todefine precisely roles and activitiesbecome so blurred to the point ofalmost losing significance.

4. Complexity and Diversity: As the lines of supply get globalised,as corporations stand to operatemore and more as one entity withmany outfits, operating in different locations, and different cultures, as the search for talent compels corporations to attract the best andthe brightest, wherever they are, and whatever their origin, and asmarkets at the same time globaliseand localise, the complexity anddiversity of the environment in whichcorporations and business leadersoperate become almost limitless.

5. Communication Power: This is truly the ability not only to beable to communicate with people,with employees, customers, share-holders and stakeholders but to makethem share the same goals andobjectives – make them part of theaction – to create communities ofinterest.

6. The ability to be a Social Player:Wise CEOs and corporations, lookingat their long term competitivenesshave had to integrate more andmore this new dimension in their

thinking and in their actions. This is even more needed because of thepublic perception that governmentsare in retreat, that the consolidationand concentration of economicpower create today a disequilibriumin view of the shrinking power ofgovernments. It is becoming essentialthat business leaders and corporationsbe seen – not because of ‘cosmetics’but as a result of a genuine commitment as a social player readyto play its role for the communitybeyond the priority given to the bottom line and the maximisation ofshareholders returns.”

JOHN DEFTERIOSAnchor & Vice President,International Herald Tribune TV

“It’s amazing how much progress hasbeen made since the last Congressunder the leadership of the IRU!”


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JAN THEUNISChairman of the IRU Commission on Legal Affairs

“Transport of goods and persons doesnot only need material infrastructurebut also a legal environment that facilitates mobility.

106 lawyers from 29 countries participated in the third symposiumorganised by the IRU’s Commission onLegal Affairs and analysed all the international conventions that havecome into existence.

We came to 3 conclusions:

1. There is no doubt that all theseconventions were made to facilitatemobility by harmonising the rulesgoverning transport, circulation ofvehicles, improving performance, promoting safety and protection of the environment.

2. We most regretfully learnt thatshort-term political decisions servingnational or regional interests are painfully in contradiction with a loyalinterpretation and implementation of internationally negotiated and subscribed rules.

This is totally unacceptable:

Indeed, this is in total conflict with one of the oldest cornerstone-rules of oursocieties: as Roman lawyers expressedit: “Pacta sunt servanda”: Agreements are made to be respectedand executed.

3. Mobility is a right; a fundamentalright.

The declaration of human rights is nota rigid set of rules: it develops togetherwith humanity.

We propose that at the next revision ofthe United Nations Human RightsCharter, you with the IRU should takethe initiative to have the right to mobi-lity recognised and included as one of the universal fundamental rights ofhumanity.”

CLAUDE SMADJAManaging Director, World EconomicForum (WEF)

Competitiveness in the New GlobalEconomy: The Six Commandments

“1. Knowledge and Innovation Power:What counts today is not only theability of a company to innovate andto integrate technological developmentsinto its activities but to be able toleverage IT developments in an optimum way, as soon as these developments occur, in order to create new business models and strategies. It is no longer a case ofbig eating small, but rather fasteating slow. The question we need to ask is; ‘are we fast enough toremain in the top league?’

2. Challenge of Speed and Mobility:As much as globalisation has meantthe disappearance of borders, theInternet dimension has acceleratedthe process of time and distancecompression. In fact, time and distance have now become almostobsolete concepts. And everything is now dependent on the ability of acorporation to be in the top leaguein the game of time compression andmobility. Anything which is enemy of speed and mobility is enemy ofeconomic efficiency.

3. Networking Power: Business leaders and corporationstoday have permanently to demon-strate their ability to master and lever-age a more and more intricate andcomplex web of relationships andpartnerships where suppliers are atthe same time customers, wherecompetitors can become partnersand where the lines which tended todefine precisely roles and activitiesbecome so blurred to the point ofalmost losing significance.

4. Complexity and Diversity: As the lines of supply get globalised,as corporations stand to operatemore and more as one entity withmany outfits, operating in different locations, and different cultures, as the search for talent compels corporations to attract the best andthe brightest, wherever they are, and whatever their origin, and asmarkets at the same time globaliseand localise, the complexity anddiversity of the environment in whichcorporations and business leadersoperate become almost limitless.

5. Communication Power: This is truly the ability not only to beable to communicate with people,with employees, customers, share-holders and stakeholders but to makethem share the same goals andobjectives – make them part of theaction – to create communities ofinterest.

6. The ability to be a Social Player:Wise CEOs and corporations, lookingat their long term competitivenesshave had to integrate more andmore this new dimension in their

thinking and in their actions. This is even more needed because of thepublic perception that governmentsare in retreat, that the consolidationand concentration of economicpower create today a disequilibriumin view of the shrinking power ofgovernments. It is becoming essentialthat business leaders and corporationsbe seen – not because of ‘cosmetics’but as a result of a genuine commitment as a social player readyto play its role for the communitybeyond the priority given to the bottom line and the maximisation ofshareholders returns.”

JOHN DEFTERIOSAnchor & Vice President,International Herald Tribune TV

“It’s amazing how much progress hasbeen made since the last Congressunder the leadership of the IRU!”


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KAKHRAMON SYDIKNAZAROVMinister of Transport, Uzbekistan

“For more than two millennia, theconnections between East and Westand between China and Rome, whichemerged in approximately 100 BCwith the opening of the Silk Road, haveplayed a prominent role in the history,culture and prosperity of this region ofthe world now known as the CentralAsian States.

Now, at the outset of the 21st century, the idea of rehabilitating the Silk Road,which would be an alternative to theestablished overloaded routes linkingChina to Europe through Central Asia,has become a reality.

The Republic of Uzbekistan is advancing in a planned manner torehabilitate the Great Silk Road.

The completion of a motorway sectionrunning through the territory of Chinawill make it possible to carry goodsfrom Europe to China using the bestfeatures of road transport, such asmobility, delivery ‘from-door-to-door’(or directly from supplier to consignee) and others. Ultimately, it will mean the rehabilitation of theGreat Silk Road which contributed for so many years to both economic

and cultural development of Europeanand Asian countries.”

OTTOKAR HAHNFormer Ambassador of the EuropeanCommission to the Russian Federation

“The globalisation of the economy,especially the fast changing conditionsand the emerging markets of theCaspian and Black Sea, as well as theCaucasian and Central Asian regions,neighbouring China and Japan,require the continuous evaluation of all existing infrastructures and development strategies in the transport sector in view of:- the future EU enlargement;- the acceleration of new tradeflows;- the diversification of cargo transit

and supply options.

The economic benefits of the revitalisation of the Silk Road are:- increasing trade;- increasing tourism;- improvement in regional co-operation;- cheaper transport costs and better

efficiency;- improvement of the investment

climate for all areas along the SilkRoad.

The co-operation with professionalorganisations like IRU will be rewardingfor all sides to solve the existing problems and to bring the Silk RoadConcept to its full success.”

CHENGZHI JUDeputy General Director, Ministryof Communications, People’sRepublic of China

“China has actively collaborated with countries concerned to realisethe great cause of revitalising the Silk Road. Many pragmatic measureshave been taken to develop roadtransport between China and theCentral and Western Asian countriesand great positive achievements have been made.

We sincerely hope to further developroad transport with the countriesalong the Silk Road to promote tradeand personal exchanges and enhanceeconomic development amongst the Central and Western Asian countries and the European countries.

Our gathering here today will surely contribute to promoting connection, communication andmutual understanding between the transport sectors of different countries. The IRU has made its due contributions to promoting co-operation and exchange.”


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KAKHRAMON SYDIKNAZAROVMinister of Transport, Uzbekistan

“For more than two millennia, theconnections between East and Westand between China and Rome, whichemerged in approximately 100 BCwith the opening of the Silk Road, haveplayed a prominent role in the history,culture and prosperity of this region ofthe world now known as the CentralAsian States.

Now, at the outset of the 21st century, the idea of rehabilitating the Silk Road,which would be an alternative to theestablished overloaded routes linkingChina to Europe through Central Asia,has become a reality.

The Republic of Uzbekistan is advancing in a planned manner torehabilitate the Great Silk Road.

The completion of a motorway sectionrunning through the territory of Chinawill make it possible to carry goodsfrom Europe to China using the bestfeatures of road transport, such asmobility, delivery ‘from-door-to-door’(or directly from supplier to consignee) and others. Ultimately, it will mean the rehabilitation of theGreat Silk Road which contributed for so many years to both economic

and cultural development of Europeanand Asian countries.”

OTTOKAR HAHNFormer Ambassador of the EuropeanCommission to the Russian Federation

“The globalisation of the economy,especially the fast changing conditionsand the emerging markets of theCaspian and Black Sea, as well as theCaucasian and Central Asian regions,neighbouring China and Japan,require the continuous evaluation of all existing infrastructures and development strategies in the transport sector in view of:- the future EU enlargement;- the acceleration of new tradeflows;- the diversification of cargo transit

and supply options.

The economic benefits of the revitalisation of the Silk Road are:- increasing trade;- increasing tourism;- improvement in regional co-operation;- cheaper transport costs and better

efficiency;- improvement of the investment

climate for all areas along the SilkRoad.

The co-operation with professionalorganisations like IRU will be rewardingfor all sides to solve the existing problems and to bring the Silk RoadConcept to its full success.”

CHENGZHI JUDeputy General Director, Ministryof Communications, People’sRepublic of China

“China has actively collaborated with countries concerned to realisethe great cause of revitalising the Silk Road. Many pragmatic measureshave been taken to develop roadtransport between China and theCentral and Western Asian countriesand great positive achievements have been made.

We sincerely hope to further developroad transport with the countriesalong the Silk Road to promote tradeand personal exchanges and enhanceeconomic development amongst the Central and Western Asian countries and the European countries.

Our gathering here today will surely contribute to promoting connection, communication andmutual understanding between the transport sectors of different countries. The IRU has made its due contributions to promoting co-operation and exchange.”


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GIULIANO LAMONIDirector, Commercial OperationsInstitutional Relations and TransportPolicy Department, IVECO

“There is a strong connection between infrastructure, logistics andthe process of production, thereforepublic authorities, through theiractions or inactions in providing adequate infrastructure, influence the production process.

Europe needs mobility. Europe needsinfrastructure. We need a radical change in our approach to providingadequate infrastructure.”

CHRISTOPHE EGGERSTransport Director, Kodak France

“We’re moving away from a logisticsnetwork where we ship to variouswarehouses around Europe to directshipping to customers. We can'tallow any delay because it hits thecustomer directly. As time is animportant factor, more than 90% of the 900' 000 tonnes moved byKodak per year goes by road. In fact100% goes by road at some point.So road infrastructure is critical to the mobility of our goods.

The availability of infrastructure interms of space and its efficiency interms of time is not at an optimallevel.

If our delivery is delayed, and notthe one from our competitors, Kodakfilm will not be on the shelves andthe customers will pick anotherbrand. It's as easy as that.

I am not sure Governments understand this problem in detailand this is of concern because they are the people building ourfuture. The impact on customers is something they don't understandas much as they should.”

infrastructure. We could encouragethis through tax breaks for companies unloading outside working hours.”

ALFRED EVERSManaging Director, Ghemar Transport, Belgium & President, Fédération RoyaleBelge des Transporteurs (FEBETRA)

“Mobility is not a transport issue. It is a societal issue. Nothing more,nothing less. Public authorities arenot yet convinced of the importanceof providing adequate infrastructureand measures to make best use ofexisting infrastructure.

Road infrastructure currentlyaccounts for only 0.5% of land use,but even a slight increase to just0.6% could bring huge benefits interms of less pollution and betterquality of life.

Politicians are always saying thatthere has to be a switch from road torail. In Belgium our railways are nowturning into a road logistics haulagecompany. At the same time, I seethat the same politicians are cuttingtrains and railway services becausethey are not profitable. Where is thelogic in that?

Penalising transport is not a solutionto congestion. We should look,rather, to alternative remedies suchas allowing night time driving, a better management of existing


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GIULIANO LAMONIDirector, Commercial OperationsInstitutional Relations and TransportPolicy Department, IVECO

“There is a strong connection between infrastructure, logistics andthe process of production, thereforepublic authorities, through theiractions or inactions in providing adequate infrastructure, influence the production process.

Europe needs mobility. Europe needsinfrastructure. We need a radical change in our approach to providingadequate infrastructure.”

CHRISTOPHE EGGERSTransport Director, Kodak France

“We’re moving away from a logisticsnetwork where we ship to variouswarehouses around Europe to directshipping to customers. We can'tallow any delay because it hits thecustomer directly. As time is animportant factor, more than 90% of the 900' 000 tonnes moved byKodak per year goes by road. In fact100% goes by road at some point.So road infrastructure is critical to the mobility of our goods.

The availability of infrastructure interms of space and its efficiency interms of time is not at an optimallevel.

If our delivery is delayed, and notthe one from our competitors, Kodakfilm will not be on the shelves andthe customers will pick anotherbrand. It's as easy as that.

I am not sure Governments understand this problem in detailand this is of concern because they are the people building ourfuture. The impact on customers is something they don't understandas much as they should.”

infrastructure. We could encouragethis through tax breaks for companies unloading outside working hours.”

ALFRED EVERSManaging Director, Ghemar Transport, Belgium & President, Fédération RoyaleBelge des Transporteurs (FEBETRA)

“Mobility is not a transport issue. It is a societal issue. Nothing more,nothing less. Public authorities arenot yet convinced of the importanceof providing adequate infrastructureand measures to make best use ofexisting infrastructure.

Road infrastructure currentlyaccounts for only 0.5% of land use,but even a slight increase to just0.6% could bring huge benefits interms of less pollution and betterquality of life.

Politicians are always saying thatthere has to be a switch from road torail. In Belgium our railways are nowturning into a road logistics haulagecompany. At the same time, I seethat the same politicians are cuttingtrains and railway services becausethey are not profitable. Where is thelogic in that?

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MIKLOS HINFNERSecretary General, Hungarian RoadTransport Association (ATRH)

“Europe needs more roads. Hungaryneeds more motorways. There is noquestion about that. But politicians saythat we need to pay our way. We alreadydo! Can we not at least decide on whatis right for our economy and what isright for Europe and mobility!”

HERMANN GREWERCEO, Grewer GmbH, IRU Vice President, President, BundesverbandGüterkraftverkehr Logistik undEntsorgung (BGL) e.V.

“We all agree that mobility and logistics rely on sound infrastructureand on road transport in particular. So what must happen for politicians to start addressing this problem in anobjective way? We have to take theemotion out of the debate.

It cannot be objectively right that 50%of resources are invested in rail, amode of transport that has overlooked external costs and that provides only10% of all transport operations.”

OSVALDO JOAO PEREIRA DA COSTAPresident, Associaçao Nacional deTransportadores Públicos Rodoviáriosde Mercadorias (ANTRAM)

“Sufficient infrastructure is obviously a key issue for ensuring everyone’smobility and will continue to be so as future demand grows.

How many times do we have to say it before it sinks into governments’heads ? Why don’t they do what isright for mobility and invest more ininfrastructure?”


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MIKLOS HINFNERSecretary General, Hungarian RoadTransport Association (ATRH)

“Europe needs more roads. Hungaryneeds more motorways. There is noquestion about that. But politicians saythat we need to pay our way. We alreadydo! Can we not at least decide on whatis right for our economy and what isright for Europe and mobility!”

HERMANN GREWERCEO, Grewer GmbH, IRU Vice President, President, BundesverbandGüterkraftverkehr Logistik undEntsorgung (BGL) e.V.

“We all agree that mobility and logistics rely on sound infrastructureand on road transport in particular. So what must happen for politicians to start addressing this problem in anobjective way? We have to take theemotion out of the debate.

It cannot be objectively right that 50%of resources are invested in rail, amode of transport that has overlooked external costs and that provides only10% of all transport operations.”

OSVALDO JOAO PEREIRA DA COSTAPresident, Associaçao Nacional deTransportadores Públicos Rodoviáriosde Mercadorias (ANTRAM)

“Sufficient infrastructure is obviously a key issue for ensuring everyone’smobility and will continue to be so as future demand grows.

How many times do we have to say it before it sinks into governments’heads ? Why don’t they do what isright for mobility and invest more ininfrastructure?”


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CHRISTER BEIJBOMVice President and GeneralManager, Swedish Rail

“The service and mobility solutionsoffered by rail companies to road haulage companies and forwardingcompanies are not yet good enough.Here is the real challenge for railwayswho operate combined transport: toincrease profits and services.

Rail organisations, old monopolists, still have a long way to go to be reallymarket oriented. We in Sweden havereduced costs and are now in a positionwhere we actually start to earn moneyon the bottom line. It is very hard toexpand a business that doesn't makemoney.

Railways must make their operationsmore effective by, amongst otherthings, reducing the number of terminals and hauling the trains overlonger distances between terminalsand increasing average speed by reducing the number of stops required.”

WERNER MAYWALDCEO, Kombiverkehr

“In Germany, last year, we had a decrease of volume of intermodaltransport of about 40% because the quality on the rail was a disaster.Punctuality was not comparable towhat the lorry can offer customers.Also, the pricing did not meet thespecial requirements of the markets.

This year, volumes have increased by 25%, due to better quality andpunctuality resulting from our decision to buy 26 block trains to run throughout Germany for distancesof more than 500km up to 800km. If trains are able to give good qualityand punctuality to the customersover these distances, we will havesuccess in intermodal business.

Road and rail are not enemies ; instead road should be seen as rail'sbiggest mobility partner.”

JOS DEKKERSDirector, Corporate Communications,Europe Combined Terminals BV &President, Federation of EuropeanPrivate Port Operators (FEPORT)

“There is still a strong tendency to look at the different modes as competitors. I think that an important part of the solution for the future of mobility would be to see road, rail and inland shipping as partners. Let's move away fromcompetition between modes to competition between intermodaltransport operators.

There is already a strong basis for thinking in terms of partnershipinstead of competition, because of course, trucking is indispensablefor short distances and also for the connection between the inlandterminals and the final destination.”


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CHRISTER BEIJBOMVice President and GeneralManager, Swedish Rail

“The service and mobility solutionsoffered by rail companies to road haulage companies and forwardingcompanies are not yet good enough.Here is the real challenge for railwayswho operate combined transport: toincrease profits and services.

Rail organisations, old monopolists, still have a long way to go to be reallymarket oriented. We in Sweden havereduced costs and are now in a positionwhere we actually start to earn moneyon the bottom line. It is very hard toexpand a business that doesn't makemoney.

Railways must make their operationsmore effective by, amongst otherthings, reducing the number of terminals and hauling the trains overlonger distances between terminalsand increasing average speed by reducing the number of stops required.”

WERNER MAYWALDCEO, Kombiverkehr

“In Germany, last year, we had a decrease of volume of intermodaltransport of about 40% because the quality on the rail was a disaster.Punctuality was not comparable towhat the lorry can offer customers.Also, the pricing did not meet thespecial requirements of the markets.

This year, volumes have increased by 25%, due to better quality andpunctuality resulting from our decision to buy 26 block trains to run throughout Germany for distancesof more than 500km up to 800km. If trains are able to give good qualityand punctuality to the customersover these distances, we will havesuccess in intermodal business.

Road and rail are not enemies ; instead road should be seen as rail'sbiggest mobility partner.”

JOS DEKKERSDirector, Corporate Communications,Europe Combined Terminals BV &President, Federation of EuropeanPrivate Port Operators (FEPORT)

“There is still a strong tendency to look at the different modes as competitors. I think that an important part of the solution for the future of mobility would be to see road, rail and inland shipping as partners. Let's move away fromcompetition between modes to competition between intermodaltransport operators.

There is already a strong basis for thinking in terms of partnershipinstead of competition, because of course, trucking is indispensablefor short distances and also for the connection between the inlandterminals and the final destination.”


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CARLOS PASCUAL QUIROSSecretary General, Asociación del Transporte Internacional por Carretera (ASTIC)

“At the last IRU World Congress inMarrakesh, we adopted the principleof co-operation and reciprocity. We have since then adopted a numberof agreements whereby we have developed trust between the haulageassociations and customs. Trust and confidence will underpin anyco-operation to increase mobility.”

KAREL J. NOORDZYChairman, Transport en LogistiekNederland (TLN)

“Despite what politicians think, it is not true that road transport is the enemy of rail transport. We would like to be their biggestclients, provided that costs go waydown and that service improvesconsiderably. It is difficult to explainto our clients that if we send theirgoods by truck to Paris from Brusselsit takes 4 hours and by train 3 days.

Railways also say that they would like to be our mobility partners but there is a big strategic problem. As soon as the railway companies try to do business over our headsand go directly to our clients offeringdoor-to-door service, you have a strategic blockade for developingpartnerships with road hauliers and then of course, people go the natural way, they go by road.”

IOURII SUKHINPresident, Russian Association of International Road Hauliers(ASMAP)

“One key reason for the lack of com-bined transport has to do with tech-nical difficulties, whether for transfersor for operations between regionswhere electricity or guage may vary.This is certainly the case with rail traf-fic between Russia and otherEuropean railways.”

JANUSZ LACNYPresident, Association ofInternational Road TransportOperators of Poland (ZMPD)

“Practical efforts need to be undertaken by customs to ensurethat agreed upon conventions and procedures are understood and implemented by all concernedparties to ensure mobility.”


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CARLOS PASCUAL QUIROSSecretary General, Asociación del Transporte Internacional por Carretera (ASTIC)

“At the last IRU World Congress inMarrakesh, we adopted the principleof co-operation and reciprocity. We have since then adopted a numberof agreements whereby we have developed trust between the haulageassociations and customs. Trust and confidence will underpin anyco-operation to increase mobility.”

KAREL J. NOORDZYChairman, Transport en LogistiekNederland (TLN)

“Despite what politicians think, it is not true that road transport is the enemy of rail transport. We would like to be their biggestclients, provided that costs go waydown and that service improvesconsiderably. It is difficult to explainto our clients that if we send theirgoods by truck to Paris from Brusselsit takes 4 hours and by train 3 days.

Railways also say that they would like to be our mobility partners but there is a big strategic problem. As soon as the railway companies try to do business over our headsand go directly to our clients offeringdoor-to-door service, you have a strategic blockade for developingpartnerships with road hauliers and then of course, people go the natural way, they go by road.”

IOURII SUKHINPresident, Russian Association of International Road Hauliers(ASMAP)

“One key reason for the lack of com-bined transport has to do with tech-nical difficulties, whether for transfersor for operations between regionswhere electricity or guage may vary.This is certainly the case with rail traf-fic between Russia and otherEuropean railways.”

JANUSZ LACNYPresident, Association ofInternational Road TransportOperators of Poland (ZMPD)

“Practical efforts need to be undertaken by customs to ensurethat agreed upon conventions and procedures are understood and implemented by all concernedparties to ensure mobility.”


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JEAN WYNSPresident, Eurolines

“The coach and bus have perhaps the greatest contribution to make inensuring the mobility of all citizens.Buses and coaches are able to take passengers from door-to-door. They are the partners of all othermodes of transport. Moreover, a bus or coach can replace up to 30 cars,which represent 90% of the vehicleson the road, contributing significantlyto alleviating the principal cause ofroad congestion and making roadssafer!

Bus and Coach Transport sets highsafety requirements for drivers. Trained drivers ensure passenger and vehicle safety. Strict rules and rigorous training, including upgradingcourses throughout a driver’s career, contribute to the impressive safetyrecord of bus and coach transportthroughout Europe.

Coaches are 29 times safer than cars,23.5 times safer than planes and 4times safer than trains!”

MANOEL SOUSA LIMACEO, Argos Transport, Brazil

“When it comes to safe mobility, no type of transport undergoes greater scrutiny than the transport of dangerous goods by road. The result has been a plethora ofrules and regulations aimed atmaking dangerous goods transportby road around the world safer.

However, rules and regulationsgoverning the transport of dangerousgoods are not really what drivestransport operators, like myself, to ensure that my operations meet all the regulations. It’s simply a question of good business!”

ALBERTO OYARZABALDirector of Taxation & CustomsUnions, European Commission

“Through the T and TIR transit systems, we try to reconcile the needto verify and inspect with the needto make sure there is fluidity in thetransport of goods across borders. So we all have a shared interest inmaking sure goods reach their destination in time, safely. When I talk about safety I talk about fiscalsecurity and you're talking aboutcommercial security, but we sharethe same interests so that mobilitytakes place in the best possibleconditions whilst respecting the law.”

PETER ELSENAARAdvisor, GRSP

“The Global Road Safety Partnershiphas started activities in 15 developingcountries and countries in transitionin which a number of IRU membersare active. IRU can contribute to safer roads. The role of road hauliersis underestimated. They are profess-ionals that can help raise public awareness, influence national govern-ments and lead by example. Weneed your assistance and I wouldencourage you to go down thisroad.”


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JEAN WYNSPresident, Eurolines

“The coach and bus have perhaps the greatest contribution to make inensuring the mobility of all citizens.Buses and coaches are able to take passengers from door-to-door. They are the partners of all othermodes of transport. Moreover, a bus or coach can replace up to 30 cars,which represent 90% of the vehicleson the road, contributing significantlyto alleviating the principal cause ofroad congestion and making roadssafer!

Bus and Coach Transport sets highsafety requirements for drivers. Trained drivers ensure passenger and vehicle safety. Strict rules and rigorous training, including upgradingcourses throughout a driver’s career, contribute to the impressive safetyrecord of bus and coach transportthroughout Europe.

Coaches are 29 times safer than cars,23.5 times safer than planes and 4times safer than trains!”

MANOEL SOUSA LIMACEO, Argos Transport, Brazil

“When it comes to safe mobility, no type of transport undergoes greater scrutiny than the transport of dangerous goods by road. The result has been a plethora ofrules and regulations aimed atmaking dangerous goods transportby road around the world safer.

However, rules and regulationsgoverning the transport of dangerousgoods are not really what drivestransport operators, like myself, to ensure that my operations meet all the regulations. It’s simply a question of good business!”

ALBERTO OYARZABALDirector of Taxation & CustomsUnions, European Commission

“Through the T and TIR transit systems, we try to reconcile the needto verify and inspect with the needto make sure there is fluidity in thetransport of goods across borders. So we all have a shared interest inmaking sure goods reach their destination in time, safely. When I talk about safety I talk about fiscalsecurity and you're talking aboutcommercial security, but we sharethe same interests so that mobilitytakes place in the best possibleconditions whilst respecting the law.”

PETER ELSENAARAdvisor, GRSP

“The Global Road Safety Partnershiphas started activities in 15 developingcountries and countries in transitionin which a number of IRU membersare active. IRU can contribute to safer roads. The role of road hauliersis underestimated. They are profess-ionals that can help raise public awareness, influence national govern-ments and lead by example. Weneed your assistance and I wouldencourage you to go down thisroad.”


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NIKOLAI BOROVOIPresident, Belarussian Association ofInternational Road Carriers (BAIRC)

“We need to improve our mobility and efficiency, not only during nighttime but also during day time travel.We need to use satellite and electronicmeans in order to ensure that when alorry arrives at a border the documentsare ready and it can be usheredthrough the customs point.”

JACQUES PUTZEYSMember of the Governing Councilof UNIDROIT

“We need to look at all documentationsupporting trade transactions.Transport and insurance documentationshould be included in the "electronicdebate" so that we can achieve uniformity and harmonisation between the required customs, transport and commercial documentation, which is of greatinterest to the IRU's Commission on Legal Affairs.”

JEAN GURUNLIANExecutive Secretary, United Nations Conference on Trade& Development (UNCTAD)

“We are projecting that in 2003, some-thing like 10% to 25% of world tradewill be done by electronic commerce, or in other words, through the web. This offers fantastic opportunities for theindustry. But it is clear that if we look attransport and logistics, we haven't seenthe same pace of change taking place.Much could be done and much remainsto be done in this area.

I would say that even computerisationhasn't brought all it could have to themobility equation. The electronic systems that have been put in place are,to a large extent, translations of themanual procedures people were usingpreviously. Today, with the technologiesthat are at our disposal, we should havecompletely rethought the approach and had a much more effective system.There should be a total interaction ofcourse between the private and publicsector. This is not done yet fully, even in developed countries.

If we introduced the right technologiesand procedures, many developingcountries could leapfrog their developedcounterparts and go straight to state-of-the-art systems.”

MIKE STONEService Director, DHL

“It's not about simply computerising to change the way we work, it's alsoabout changing the way we undertakethe physical process. And then, by computerising these processes you will create real efficiencies ratherthan simply assuming technologies will make the difference for us.

The ability to move goods across borders,in particular across road borders, is hindered by one very simple process,traditionally that of customs!Facilitation through computerisedtransit will take that a long way forward.Around the world, everybodyis at varying stages of developmentand sophistication, which handicapsoperators from ensuring the qualityand consistency of service that theyprovide to customers. Inconsistencymeans that you cannot deliver qualityservice at a reasonable cost, which hasto be passed on eventually to the enduser.

There is no more important movementfor DHL and the entire express industrythan the movement that either picksthe shipment up from the customer or delivers the shipment to the finalconsignee…we have yet to find a wayto do that by air, we will continue to

do it by road. So road transportremains an absolutely integral andessential part of the business. We findthat road movements are the mostreliable part of the transportation chain that we can offer and thereforethey will remain fundamental to ourbusiness for the foreseeable future andin fact, forever.”


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NIKOLAI BOROVOIPresident, Belarussian Association ofInternational Road Carriers (BAIRC)

“We need to improve our mobility and efficiency, not only during nighttime but also during day time travel.We need to use satellite and electronicmeans in order to ensure that when alorry arrives at a border the documentsare ready and it can be usheredthrough the customs point.”

JACQUES PUTZEYSMember of the Governing Councilof UNIDROIT

“We need to look at all documentationsupporting trade transactions.Transport and insurance documentationshould be included in the "electronicdebate" so that we can achieve uniformity and harmonisation between the required customs, transport and commercial documentation, which is of greatinterest to the IRU's Commission on Legal Affairs.”

JEAN GURUNLIANExecutive Secretary, United Nations Conference on Trade& Development (UNCTAD)

“We are projecting that in 2003, some-thing like 10% to 25% of world tradewill be done by electronic commerce, or in other words, through the web. This offers fantastic opportunities for theindustry. But it is clear that if we look attransport and logistics, we haven't seenthe same pace of change taking place.Much could be done and much remainsto be done in this area.

I would say that even computerisationhasn't brought all it could have to themobility equation. The electronic systems that have been put in place are,to a large extent, translations of themanual procedures people were usingpreviously. Today, with the technologiesthat are at our disposal, we should havecompletely rethought the approach and had a much more effective system.There should be a total interaction ofcourse between the private and publicsector. This is not done yet fully, even in developed countries.

If we introduced the right technologiesand procedures, many developingcountries could leapfrog their developedcounterparts and go straight to state-of-the-art systems.”

MIKE STONEService Director, DHL

“It's not about simply computerising to change the way we work, it's alsoabout changing the way we undertakethe physical process. And then, by computerising these processes you will create real efficiencies ratherthan simply assuming technologies will make the difference for us.

The ability to move goods across borders,in particular across road borders, is hindered by one very simple process,traditionally that of customs!Facilitation through computerisedtransit will take that a long way forward.Around the world, everybodyis at varying stages of developmentand sophistication, which handicapsoperators from ensuring the qualityand consistency of service that theyprovide to customers. Inconsistencymeans that you cannot deliver qualityservice at a reasonable cost, which hasto be passed on eventually to the enduser.

There is no more important movementfor DHL and the entire express industrythan the movement that either picksthe shipment up from the customer or delivers the shipment to the finalconsignee…we have yet to find a wayto do that by air, we will continue to

do it by road. So road transportremains an absolutely integral andessential part of the business. We findthat road movements are the mostreliable part of the transportation chain that we can offer and thereforethey will remain fundamental to ourbusiness for the foreseeable future andin fact, forever.”


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DIETER SCHAPERCEO, Mannesmann VDO

“We have all the necessary componentstoday - GSM, GPS, Navigation, Radio,Tachograph, and the On BoardComputer - but the connection andinterface between these elements isthe big piece of work that remains tobe done.

We have the task today to make aman-machine interface, which is easyto understand, easy and safe to use,reliable and trouble free, because themain job of the driver is to drive!

We talk about the movement of peopleand goods from A to B and this has tobe as smooth and fast and cost effectiveas possible. So we're talking about fastmobility at low cost.

We need to get the right data to thedriver using Telematics technologies toenable him to make best use of it andavoid accidents and congestion.”

REMO MARELLODirector, Business Unit Heavy Range,IVECO

“European demand for IT in the transport market is still in a beginners'phase.

What is impeding the implementationof IT in the European transport marketis lack of standardisation, in terms of communications, software andhardware.

What we need are system integrators.”

GONZALOS BASTILLOSDirector, Business Development,Microsoft Automotive Business Unit

“There are 100,000 new internetusers every day, and the rate continues to increase. The role ofthe internet in society - what we dowith this technology, what we dowith this infrastructure - has a pro-found effect on what our lives andbusinesses will look like in the future.

Historically, the cost of moving goodsto the end user has been biasedtowards production and manufactur-ing. This is because it was difficult toproduce, expensive to manufacture,and goods were not distributed toofar away from production sites. But with technological advances, it isa lot easier to produce, and cheaper to manufacture. Now production andmanufacturing costs are much moreheavily weighted towards the cost oftransport and distributing the goodsto clients. This is why IT will have a profound effect on reducing thecosts along the value chain.

There will be an industry redesignfrom resource based to knowledgebased. Transport is the physical gluein the value chain.

The 3 vectors of change in the

transport industry will be the Internet,wireless networks and new devices.

We don't need to reinvent the wheelin the transport sector. We shouldborrow existing technologies andstandards and adapt them to yourend-to-end service.”

ULF BEYSHLAGWorld Wide Mobile e-ServicesManager, Hewlett Packard

“While there might be 100,000 newsubscribers on the Internet everyday,NOKIA alone ships over 2 millionmobile phones per week. Add to thatthe figures of the other suppliers andyou easily have 3 times the rate ofsubscribers for mobile phones versusthe Internet. By 2001, there will bemore data-capable mobile phones on the market than PCs… so thinkwhat this means!

The market will evolve in a way that we cannot imagine today.Everything will have a web page. We can even envisage a parcel beinga computing platform having its own URL and being addressable.

The internet will become the backend to mobility in future.”

MANAR TALHIDirector, Commercial & StudiesDepartment, Office National desTransports (ONT), Morocco

“As we saw at the last IRU Congressin Marrakesh, the Maghreb regionfaces many problems in trade andtourism due to procedural barriers.For the benefit of trade and tourismworldwide, it would make good economic sense for Microsoft to workwith governments and NGOs, likeIRU, to develop a software thatwould actually eliminate the need for paper and facilitate trade andtourism transactions between allcommercial and customs partners.”


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DIETER SCHAPERCEO, Mannesmann VDO

“We have all the necessary componentstoday - GSM, GPS, Navigation, Radio,Tachograph, and the On BoardComputer - but the connection andinterface between these elements isthe big piece of work that remains tobe done.

We have the task today to make aman-machine interface, which is easyto understand, easy and safe to use,reliable and trouble free, because themain job of the driver is to drive!

We talk about the movement of peopleand goods from A to B and this has tobe as smooth and fast and cost effectiveas possible. So we're talking about fastmobility at low cost.

We need to get the right data to thedriver using Telematics technologies toenable him to make best use of it andavoid accidents and congestion.”

REMO MARELLODirector, Business Unit Heavy Range,IVECO

“European demand for IT in the transport market is still in a beginners'phase.

What is impeding the implementationof IT in the European transport marketis lack of standardisation, in terms of communications, software andhardware.

What we need are system integrators.”

GONZALOS BASTILLOSDirector, Business Development,Microsoft Automotive Business Unit

“There are 100,000 new internetusers every day, and the rate continues to increase. The role ofthe internet in society - what we dowith this technology, what we dowith this infrastructure - has a pro-found effect on what our lives andbusinesses will look like in the future.

Historically, the cost of moving goodsto the end user has been biasedtowards production and manufactur-ing. This is because it was difficult toproduce, expensive to manufacture,and goods were not distributed toofar away from production sites. But with technological advances, it isa lot easier to produce, and cheaper to manufacture. Now production andmanufacturing costs are much moreheavily weighted towards the cost oftransport and distributing the goodsto clients. This is why IT will have a profound effect on reducing thecosts along the value chain.

There will be an industry redesignfrom resource based to knowledgebased. Transport is the physical gluein the value chain.

The 3 vectors of change in the

transport industry will be the Internet,wireless networks and new devices.

We don't need to reinvent the wheelin the transport sector. We shouldborrow existing technologies andstandards and adapt them to yourend-to-end service.”

ULF BEYSHLAGWorld Wide Mobile e-ServicesManager, Hewlett Packard

“While there might be 100,000 newsubscribers on the Internet everyday,NOKIA alone ships over 2 millionmobile phones per week. Add to thatthe figures of the other suppliers andyou easily have 3 times the rate ofsubscribers for mobile phones versusthe Internet. By 2001, there will bemore data-capable mobile phones on the market than PCs… so thinkwhat this means!

The market will evolve in a way that we cannot imagine today.Everything will have a web page. We can even envisage a parcel beinga computing platform having its own URL and being addressable.

The internet will become the backend to mobility in future.”

MANAR TALHIDirector, Commercial & StudiesDepartment, Office National desTransports (ONT), Morocco

“As we saw at the last IRU Congressin Marrakesh, the Maghreb regionfaces many problems in trade andtourism due to procedural barriers.For the benefit of trade and tourismworldwide, it would make good economic sense for Microsoft to workwith governments and NGOs, likeIRU, to develop a software thatwould actually eliminate the need for paper and facilitate trade andtourism transactions between allcommercial and customs partners.”


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BEHNAM FARAMARZIANTIR Department, Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines(ICCIM)

“Acceleration in contacts and contractsthrough the Web has not been matched by an equal progress in the movement of goods. But theremust be a physical limit to this! Surely, the speed of trucks cannotimprove radically… especially with current political mindsets.”

JEAN-FRANÇOIS POUPINELChairman of the SupervisoryBoard, ERTICO

“The potential exists to have IntelligentTransport Systems turn the commercialvehicle into an intelligent productionunit. Applications, which today arecarried out at the home base, such as transport orders, querying transportorders, trip planning etc., will go onboard.

The drive towards mobility will seean increase in the need for real timeinformation, a significant increase inthe demand for on-board computersystems, the development of open,"plug and play" platforms, theentrance of many new players in the technology market, an increasein the number of light commercialvehicles, and leadership being taken by vehicle manufacturers tointroduce a one-stop shop in vehiclesfor their customers.”

STEPHEN FOWLERPresident, Yellow TransportationLLC, USA

“What has been most dramatic for us in the US has been the GlobalPositioning Application for the taxioperation or the people mover operation. We have automated andcomputerised what has been donebefore.

The next step will be to take thattechnology and link it beyond justmatching people and vehicles, tousing it for billing. We have created a technology where, by using GlobalPositioning, we are able to link thatlocation with the billing system. Thisnow allows us to bill each individualon their internet account.”


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BEHNAM FARAMARZIANTIR Department, Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines(ICCIM)

“Acceleration in contacts and contractsthrough the Web has not been matched by an equal progress in the movement of goods. But theremust be a physical limit to this! Surely, the speed of trucks cannotimprove radically… especially with current political mindsets.”

JEAN-FRANÇOIS POUPINELChairman of the SupervisoryBoard, ERTICO

“The potential exists to have IntelligentTransport Systems turn the commercialvehicle into an intelligent productionunit. Applications, which today arecarried out at the home base, such as transport orders, querying transportorders, trip planning etc., will go onboard.

The drive towards mobility will seean increase in the need for real timeinformation, a significant increase inthe demand for on-board computersystems, the development of open,"plug and play" platforms, theentrance of many new players in the technology market, an increasein the number of light commercialvehicles, and leadership being taken by vehicle manufacturers tointroduce a one-stop shop in vehiclesfor their customers.”

STEPHEN FOWLERPresident, Yellow TransportationLLC, USA

“What has been most dramatic for us in the US has been the GlobalPositioning Application for the taxioperation or the people mover operation. We have automated andcomputerised what has been donebefore.

The next step will be to take thattechnology and link it beyond justmatching people and vehicles, tousing it for billing. We have created a technology where, by using GlobalPositioning, we are able to link thatlocation with the billing system. Thisnow allows us to bill each individualon their internet account.”


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WIM HOOGSTADSenior Vice President, Supply,Unilever

“Unilever sells about 120,000 differentproducts around the world, ships 20 million tonnes per year and sells300 consumer units every second! All this needs to be done in a very costeffective way. Transport is very veryinfluential on our total cost and therefore it is extremely influential on the prices that you, as consumers,pay for our goods.

In the United States, a country that islarger than Europe with fewer consumers,it is far cheaper to produce theretoday, not because we can't use the same manufacturing technologiesin Europe, but because transport ismuch more efficient over there.

We need common IT platforms becausethe market share of the largest singletransport company is so small; we the-refore need the government to play arole.”

HUGO OSULAGeneral Manager, Mootor Reisi A.S.,Estonia

“Passengers who opt for bus orcoach travel reduce the number ofcars and use the most fuel efficientvehicle on the road.

The city of Tallinn introduced comfortable trailer buses for heavytraffic streets. They became popularand the traffic load has now evendecreased.

Profitability of route traffic has beenincreased by organising the transportof small parcels and goods by passenger coaches in Estonia andFinland.”

KPMG found that European business faces major competitive disadvantages:

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ROGER DE BORGERSecretary General, Belgian Ministryof Communications and Infrastructure

“When you want to achieve mobility,given the congestion we have, it cannotbe solved by one action or by oneorganisation working alone.Concerted action is required at alllevels, working as one team.

Other than making new roads, whichis evident, we should make better useof existing road infrastructure, promotinguncongested complementary meansof transport and making transport, to the extent possible, superfluous,through IT!

75% of traffic is on roads between7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., it's another 12.5%, leaving 12.5% during9 hours at night. So, why not have 24 hour road transport?”

Trade lane Comparison withIntra-European road transport

Intra-Asian container transport 20’ & 40’ unit transport costs are239 - 279 % the cost in Europe

Inter-continental container transport 20’ & 40’ unit transport costs are 152 - 177 % the cost in Europe

Domestic US road transport 0’ & 40’ unit transport costs are 138 - 139 % the cost in Europe

Source: KPMG. Comparison of transport costs

Transport costs comparison


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WIM HOOGSTADSenior Vice President, Supply,Unilever

“Unilever sells about 120,000 differentproducts around the world, ships 20 million tonnes per year and sells300 consumer units every second! All this needs to be done in a very costeffective way. Transport is very veryinfluential on our total cost and therefore it is extremely influential on the prices that you, as consumers,pay for our goods.

In the United States, a country that islarger than Europe with fewer consumers,it is far cheaper to produce theretoday, not because we can't use the same manufacturing technologiesin Europe, but because transport ismuch more efficient over there.

We need common IT platforms becausethe market share of the largest singletransport company is so small; we the-refore need the government to play arole.”

HUGO OSULAGeneral Manager, Mootor Reisi A.S.,Estonia

“Passengers who opt for bus orcoach travel reduce the number ofcars and use the most fuel efficientvehicle on the road.

The city of Tallinn introduced comfortable trailer buses for heavytraffic streets. They became popularand the traffic load has now evendecreased.

Profitability of route traffic has beenincreased by organising the transportof small parcels and goods by passenger coaches in Estonia andFinland.”

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ROGER DE BORGERSecretary General, Belgian Ministryof Communications and Infrastructure

“When you want to achieve mobility,given the congestion we have, it cannotbe solved by one action or by oneorganisation working alone.Concerted action is required at alllevels, working as one team.

Other than making new roads, whichis evident, we should make better useof existing road infrastructure, promotinguncongested complementary meansof transport and making transport, to the extent possible, superfluous,through IT!

75% of traffic is on roads between7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., it's another 12.5%, leaving 12.5% during9 hours at night. So, why not have 24 hour road transport?”

Trade lane Comparison withIntra-European road transport

Intra-Asian container transport 20’ & 40’ unit transport costs are239 - 279 % the cost in Europe

Inter-continental container transport 20’ & 40’ unit transport costs are 152 - 177 % the cost in Europe

Domestic US road transport 0’ & 40’ unit transport costs are 138 - 139 % the cost in Europe

Source: KPMG. Comparison of transport costs

Transport costs comparison


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KENICHI IGUCHIManaging Director, Japan TruckingAssociation, (JTA)

“Japan represents a huge market forthe express industry. Given the needfor high quality, high speed mobility,the role of road transport will be key tothe future of the express, and indeed,any business!”

PATRICIA MC CAULEYDeputy Director, World CustomsOrganisation (WCO)

“One of the top priorities of the WorldCustoms Organisation has been toupdate and modernise the KyotoConvention on the simplification andharmonisation of customs procedures.

The IRU participated in most all meet-ings and was a very strong, valuableand helpful voice on behalf of all ofyou in the road transport industry.

We are very proud of our new revised Kyoto Convention but it willnever simplify, never harmonise customs administrations around the world unless it enters into force.

I would ask all of you to speak toyour governments. Politicians needto hear that people in trade andindustry want simplification and harmonisation of customs. No one ismore aware of your problems andyour concerns - the differences between a 2 hour delay and a 12 hour delay at a border - than weare at the WCO.

In the revised Kyoto Convention we have changed the rules, we havemade it obligatory for governmentsand we have introduced the obligation

to use Information Technology tofind new ways to do away withpaper and pass messages betweenmanufacturers, transporters, customsand consumers electronically. Bringthis to the attention of your govern-ments so that we can help you to doyour jobs more effectively and moreprofitably.”

CORNEEL GEERTSPresident, Transport CorneelGeerts, Belgium

“One of the problems we transportoperators face is legislation that isnow 40 years old and needs to berevised. We can't work with it anymore on a daily basis.”


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KENICHI IGUCHIManaging Director, Japan TruckingAssociation, (JTA)

“Japan represents a huge market forthe express industry. Given the needfor high quality, high speed mobility,the role of road transport will be key tothe future of the express, and indeed,any business!”

PATRICIA MC CAULEYDeputy Director, World CustomsOrganisation (WCO)

“One of the top priorities of the WorldCustoms Organisation has been toupdate and modernise the KyotoConvention on the simplification andharmonisation of customs procedures.

The IRU participated in most all meet-ings and was a very strong, valuableand helpful voice on behalf of all ofyou in the road transport industry.

We are very proud of our new revised Kyoto Convention but it willnever simplify, never harmonise customs administrations around the world unless it enters into force.

I would ask all of you to speak toyour governments. Politicians needto hear that people in trade andindustry want simplification and harmonisation of customs. No one ismore aware of your problems andyour concerns - the differences between a 2 hour delay and a 12 hour delay at a border - than weare at the WCO.

In the revised Kyoto Convention we have changed the rules, we havemade it obligatory for governmentsand we have introduced the obligation

to use Information Technology tofind new ways to do away withpaper and pass messages betweenmanufacturers, transporters, customsand consumers electronically. Bringthis to the attention of your govern-ments so that we can help you to doyour jobs more effectively and moreprofitably.”

CORNEEL GEERTSPresident, Transport CorneelGeerts, Belgium

“One of the problems we transportoperators face is legislation that isnow 40 years old and needs to berevised. We can't work with it anymore on a daily basis.”

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INTERNATIONALROADTRANSPORTUNION

All citizens aspire to mobility that for most people has become the most modern expression of freedom.

The irreversible process of globalisation leads to new interdependencies, travel and business relations, and willincrease society's demand for greater personal mobility as well as availability and choice of goods.

Given the fast pace of the "new economies" and moderninformation technologies, one of the greatest political andsocio-economic challenges of the new millennium will be toensure the sustainable mobility of people and goods.Restrictions on mobility will constitute an infringement ofindividual rights and freedom, a hindrance to economicgrowth and to a better distribution of wealth.

Road transport is the only mode of transport available everywhere. Everybody is dependent on road transport.Operators of trucks, buses, coaches and taxis, representedby the IRU and its Member Associations, face the greatestchallenge, under extremely competitive conditions,in meeting the growing demands of society and industry inthe face of increasing obstacles to mobility.

The road transport industry is committed to ensuring the sustainable mobility of people and goods 2000+through the provision of high quality, reliable, cost effectiveand environmentally friendly services. In view of this commitment, the road transport industry has undertakenseveral initiatives to maintain and further improve the highquality and sustainability of its services:

4 through its Agenda for Sustainable Development, the IRU and its Member Associations are undertaking substantial efforts for achieving sustainable development;

4 through its Safety Management Manual and strategic partnerships, the road transport industry is improving road safety;

4 through the IRU Academy and various training programmes, the industry is improving the qualification of transport managers and drivers; and

4 through its international quality/comfort star rating system for touring coaches, the IRU is setting technical and performance criteria for coach operators.

The road transport industry is equally prepared to work in concert with its relevant governmental and commercialpartners to achieve unimpeded mobility. This will also,however, require a joint and determined effort on the partof governmental partners to:

4 work in partnership with the road transport industry to develop policies that aim at facilitating, rather thanimpeding mobility, making best use of existing technologies and allowing users the freedom to choose their preferred means of achieving mobility;

4 alleviate traffic congestion due to inappropriate use ofexisting infrastructure and inadequate road infrastructureinvestments that halt mobility;

4 put an end to ever-increasing taxation that tends to make mobility a luxury for the rich and penalises the ability of an economy to enlarge its markets and create employment, due to non-competitive transport costs;

4 establish equal conditions of competition for all modes of transport;

4 introduce incentives to promote use of the safest, cleanest, most efficient mobility that best practice and current technology will allow;

4 promote the complementary use of transport modes, notably of combined transport; and

4 liberalise all other transport modes and extend the freedom to provide transport services to increase competition and efficiency for the benefit of economies, transport users and sustainable mobility.

This will also require a concerted and determined effort on the part of road transport's commercial partners to:

4 accelerate technical progress that can quantifiably improve environmental performance and road safety;

4 work more closely with the road transport industry, as the natural partner and necessary link in all pick-up and drop-off operations and the link between all modes, to ensure efficient door-to-door mobility;

4 stress to governments that barriers to road transporthave an even greater negative effect on their own operations and mobility;

4 make best use of all transport capacities, to optimise the mobility solution offered by each modal partner; and

4 develop common information technology solutions to increase modal interoperability and enhance mobility.

The IRU and its Member Associations around the world arecommitted to ensuring the sustainable mobility of peopleand goods 2000+ and, in so doing, preserving – in theinterest of society as a whole – the fundamental right tomobility and permitting economic growth and a better distribution of wealth in all societies.

Brussels, 20 May 2000

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All citizens aspire to mobility that for most people has become the most modern expression of freedom.

The irreversible process of globalisation leads to new interdependencies, travel and business relations, and willincrease society's demand for greater personal mobility as well as availability and choice of goods.

Given the fast pace of the "new economies" and moderninformation technologies, one of the greatest political andsocio-economic challenges of the new millennium will be toensure the sustainable mobility of people and goods.Restrictions on mobility will constitute an infringement ofindividual rights and freedom, a hindrance to economicgrowth and to a better distribution of wealth.

Road transport is the only mode of transport available everywhere. Everybody is dependent on road transport.Operators of trucks, buses, coaches and taxis, representedby the IRU and its Member Associations, face the greatestchallenge, under extremely competitive conditions,in meeting the growing demands of society and industry inthe face of increasing obstacles to mobility.

The road transport industry is committed to ensuring the sustainable mobility of people and goods 2000+through the provision of high quality, reliable, cost effectiveand environmentally friendly services. In view of this commitment, the road transport industry has undertakenseveral initiatives to maintain and further improve the highquality and sustainability of its services:

4 through its Agenda for Sustainable Development, the IRU and its Member Associations are undertaking substantial efforts for achieving sustainable development;

4 through its Safety Management Manual and strategic partnerships, the road transport industry is improving road safety;

4 through the IRU Academy and various training programmes, the industry is improving the qualification of transport managers and drivers; and

4 through its international quality/comfort star rating system for touring coaches, the IRU is setting technical and performance criteria for coach operators.

The road transport industry is equally prepared to work in concert with its relevant governmental and commercialpartners to achieve unimpeded mobility. This will also,however, require a joint and determined effort on the partof governmental partners to:

4 work in partnership with the road transport industry to develop policies that aim at facilitating, rather thanimpeding mobility, making best use of existing technologies and allowing users the freedom to choose their preferred means of achieving mobility;

4 alleviate traffic congestion due to inappropriate use ofexisting infrastructure and inadequate road infrastructureinvestments that halt mobility;

4 put an end to ever-increasing taxation that tends to make mobility a luxury for the rich and penalises the ability of an economy to enlarge its markets and create employment, due to non-competitive transport costs;

4 establish equal conditions of competition for all modes of transport;

4 introduce incentives to promote use of the safest, cleanest, most efficient mobility that best practice and current technology will allow;

4 promote the complementary use of transport modes, notably of combined transport; and

4 liberalise all other transport modes and extend the freedom to provide transport services to increase competition and efficiency for the benefit of economies, transport users and sustainable mobility.

This will also require a concerted and determined effort on the part of road transport's commercial partners to:

4 accelerate technical progress that can quantifiably improve environmental performance and road safety;

4 work more closely with the road transport industry, as the natural partner and necessary link in all pick-up and drop-off operations and the link between all modes, to ensure efficient door-to-door mobility;

4 stress to governments that barriers to road transporthave an even greater negative effect on their own operations and mobility;

4 make best use of all transport capacities, to optimise the mobility solution offered by each modal partner; and

4 develop common information technology solutions to increase modal interoperability and enhance mobility.

The IRU and its Member Associations around the world arecommitted to ensuring the sustainable mobility of peopleand goods 2000+ and, in so doing, preserving – in theinterest of society as a whole – the fundamental right tomobility and permitting economic growth and a better distribution of wealth in all societies.

Brussels, 20 May 2000

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MARTIN MARMYIRU Secretary General

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ALCATEL MOBICOM BV

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