The National Workshop on Multimodal Transport in the Kyrgyz Republic was organized in Bishkek on 20-21 October 2008. It was arranged under the auspices of the ECO/ IDB/ UNCTAD Joint Project for Multimodal Transport in the ECO Region.
The workshop was meant to foster greater understanding of different approaches and ways to promoting Multimodal Transport. The workshop comprised a process of dialogue and exchange of experiences among the concerned officials, national and international resource persons.
The two-day workshop attracted high-level participants from governmental and non-governmental sectors. They included about 60 stakeholders who, along with representatives of UNCTAD, IMMTA (International Multimodal Transport Association) and the ECO Secretariat, deliberated on ways to develop MMT throughout the ECO region.
The workshop was opened by His Excellency Mr. Mamaiev, First Vice Minister of Transport of the Kyrgyz Republic. Mr. Hooman Fathi, Program Officer of the Transport and Communications of ECO, and Mr. Sham Bathija, Representative of UNCTAD, also spoke at the inauguration.
Presentations were made by international and national resource persons and concerned local officials. Participants had in-dept discussion on key issues for improving the status of Multimodal Transport in the Kyrgyz Republic. There was a useful exchange of experiences about innovative approaches and methodologies, lessons learnt and good practices.The Workshop also stressed on the need to coordinated work by all the concerned institutions for development of Multimodal Transport and transit trade in the Kyrgyz Republic. It highlighted the need to conduct detailed corridor studies to identify the potentials of the routes passing the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Workshop was impressed by the fact that the carriers and freight forwarders in the Kyrgyz Republic had formed their associations. The participants requested the Government, ECO, UNCTAD and IDB to support these associations. The participants welcomed the ECO's current initiative to set up the ECO Logistic Provider Associations Federation. They hoped that this federation would help the Kyrgyz Associations with methodology, training and capacity building. The workshop urged the ECO Secretariat to explore the possibility of setting in place a regional regime or mechanism for Multimodal Transport.
The views expressed and recommendations made during the workshop are being prepared in the form of a formal report. The report of the workshop will, of course, include full presentations made by resource persons and national officials.
The next National Workshop on Multimodal Transport in Turkey is scheduled for November 25-26, 2008
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