EVENT PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

ROUND TABLEImplementation of the SCO Intergovernmental Agreement on Creation of Favourable

Conditions for International Road Transport and its Influence on the Euro-Asian Transport Links

09:00 – 09:30 Transfer from “Hilton Garden Inn Ufa Riverside” (4 Aksakova St.) to “President Hotel-Ufa” (2 Avrora St.)

09:30 – 10:00 Registration of the participants in the “President” conference hall10:00 – 14:00 The Round Table meeting14:00 – 15:00 Lunch in the “Premier” restaurant15:00 – 16:30 The Round Table meeting16:30 – 17:00 Transfer from “President Hotel-Ufa” to “Hilton Garden Inn Ufa Riverside”19:00 Lunch in the “The Garden Grille” restaurant of “Hilton Garden Inn Ufa Riverside”

Thursday, 14 May 2015

18:30-19:00 Transfer from “Hilton Garden Inn Ufa Riverside” to the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan (14 Sovetskaya St.)

19:00-20:00 Tour at the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan20:00-21:00 Reception in the Pillar Hall of the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan21:00 Transfer from the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan to “Hilton

Garden Inn Ufa Riverside”

Friday, 15 May 2015

9:00-18:00 The International Conference on the Exchange of Experience in the Organisation of Transport for Major Sports Events Venue - Sports and Concert Complex Ufa Arena (114 Lenina St.)

13 MAY 2015

ROUND TABLE PROGRAMMEImplementation of the SCO Intergovernmental Agreement on Creation of Favourable

Conditions for International Road Transport and its Influence on the Eurasian Transport Links

9:30-10:00 REGISTRATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS

10:00-10:45 OPENING SESSION Mr Umberto de Pretto, IRU Secretary General H.E. Mr Nikolay Asaul, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Mr Aziz Nosirov, Deputy Secretary General, SCO Mr Ilyas Munirov, Chairman of the State Committee for Transport and Road Facilities, the Republic of Bashkortostan Mr Aleksey Klug, General Director of State Unitary Enterprise Bashavtotrans, the Republic of Bashkortostan

10:45-11:30 SPEAKER PRESENTATIONSProspects for the development of SCO routes as part of the Eurasian transport links Problems and prospects for road transport links development in the SCO region

Mr Umberto de Pretto, IRU Secretary General Implementation of transport potential of Tajikistan in connection with the SCO transport routes development Mr Mahmadali Shokirov, President, Association of International Road Carriers of the Republic of Tajikistan Role of the SCO transport routes in the development of Eurasian road transport links Ms Wang Limei, Secretary General, China Road Transport Association

11:30-12:00 COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:00 Topical issues of harmonisation of national legislation of the SCO member states in the area of international road transport Information on the SCO Intergovernmental Agreement on creation of favourable conditions for international road

transport Mr Ulugbek Abdullaev, the SCO Secretariat

Role of multilateral permit system in the development of road transport along the SCO road transport routes Mr Davron Khodjaev, International Logistics Centers and Transport Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade, the Republic of Uzbekistan

Prospects of Russian road transport operators’ contribution in the implementation of the SCO Agreement Mr Andrey Lokhov, Head of the Department of transportation organisation, the Association of International Road Carriers of the Russian Federation

Harmonisation of the weight and size standards for motor vehicles Mr Erlan Dzhumashev, Deputy Chairman of the Transport Committee, Ministry of Investment and Development, the Republic of Kazakhstan

13:00-14:00 Facilitating international road transport and simplifying border-crossing procedures TIR Convention as a tool to facilitate international road transport and border-crossing procedures in the SCO

region Mr Vyacheslav Vikentiyev, Regional Manager, Customs affairs, IRU

Activities of the Association of International Road Carriers of the Kyrgyz Republic on facilitation of international road transport and cross-border procedures Mr Temir Niyazbekov, Executive Director of the Association of International Road Carriers, the Kyrgyz Republic

Development and maximising efficiency of international road freight transport Mr Mirkhamid Dalilov, Secretary General of the Association of International Road Carriers, the Republic of Uzbekistan

14:00-15:00 LUNCH

15:00-15:40 Development of the roadside infrastructure along the SCO routes Role of roadside infrastructure and services in the development of efficient and safe transportation along the SCO

road transport routes Mr Adylbek Akmatov, Head of the Transport and Railway Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Kyrgyz Republic

Model Highway as an effective tool for development of the roadside infrastructure along the SCO road transport routes Mr Mahmadali Shokirov, Head of the Technical Secretariat of the MHI Working Group in Central Asia

Prospects for the use of natural gas as motor fuel for international road transport in the SCO region Ms Irina Ivanova, First Deputy General Director of LLC Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo

15:40-16:00 Improving the safety of road transport via the SCO routes by raising the level of professional competence of road transport operators IRU Academy initiatives – focus on road safety

Ms Larissa Dobrukha, Chairperson of the IRU Academy Accreditation Committee

16:00-16:30 DiscussionsAdopting the Round Table Recommendations