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Land Transport Safety and SecurityEuropeAid/126786/C/SER/MultiThis Project is fundedby the European Union

The European Unions TRACECA programmefor Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

EUROPEAID/126786/C/SV/MULTI

Land Transport Safety and Security

for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Second Six Month Report August 2009 to January 2010

May 2010


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Land Transport Safety and Security - EuropeAid/126786/C/SER/Multi

This Project is funded by the European Union

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REPORT COVER PAGE

Project Title: Land Transport Safety and Security(TRACECA)

Project Number: EuropAid/126786/C/SER/Multi

Beneficiary Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine,Uzbekistan.

Project Partner Contractor

Name: EuropeAid Cooperation Office SAFEGE

Address: Rue J oseph II Gulledelle 92

B-1000 Brussels B-1200 Brussels

Tel. number: 32 3 295 26 32 32 2 739 46 90

Fax number: 32 2 295 56 65 32 2 742 38 91

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Contact person: Barbara Bernardi, ProgrammeManager, Centralised Operations (Transport) Nicolas Chomel, Senior Project Director

Signatures:

Date of report: 15th

May 2010

Reporting period: August 2009 J anuary 2010


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Table of Contents1 Project Synopsis .................................................................................................................... 42 Summary of project progress since the start ......................................................................... 7

2.1 Activities undertaken during Inception Phase ...................................................................... 73 Project Progress in Reporting Period Second Six Months Phase ....................................... 9

3.1 Project approach .................................................................................................................. 93.2 Component 1. Institutional and human resource capacity building ................................... 11

Component 1: Institutional and human resource capacity building (ToR) ........................... 113.2.1 Data Collection Existing Situation ...................................................................... 153.2.2 Data Collection on Regulatory Framework ............................................................ 153.2.3 Information on Transport Policies and Regional Action Plans .............................. 153.2.4 Functional review ................................................................................................... 173.2.5 CORTE .................................................................................................................. 223.2.6 Monitoring Regional Conferences ......................................................................... 223.2.7 Contacts with other Donors and IFIs ..................................................................... 22

3.3 FIA Affiliated clubs meeting. Minsk .................................................................................... 233.4 104th session of the UNECE SC1. Geneva ....................................................................... 233.5 Component 2. Strengthening the legal, regulatory and standards framework for landtransport safety ............................................................................................................................. 24

3.5.1 Digital Tachograph ................................................................................................ 253.5.2 Road Transport of Dangerous Goods ................................................................... 253.5.3 Vehicle Standards. ................................................................................................ 263.5.4 Digital Tachograph ................................................................................................ 273.5.5 Road Transport of Dangerous Goods ................................................................... 283.5.6 Vehicle Standards. ................................................................................................ 28

3.6 Component 3. Awareness raising and dissemination measures Land TransportSafety/Road Safety ....................................................................................................................... 29

3.6.1 Best Practices ........................................................................................................ 293.6.2 Website .................................................................................................................. 303.6.3 Non Governmental Organisations ......................................................................... 313.6.4 Road Safety Directives for EC Member States ..................................................... 333.6.5 Secured Parking Areas .......................................................................................... 343.6.6 Mission to Sarp Border Between Georgia and Turkey. ...................................... 343.6.7 Pilot Project in Kyrgyzstan ..................................................................................... 35

3.7 Inputs to date ..................................................................................................................... 364 Project planning for next reporting period ............................................................................ 37

4.1 Component 1. Institutional and human resource capacity building ................................... 374.1.1 Legal Gap Analysis ................................................................................................ 374.1.2 Data Collection Existing Situation ...................................................................... 37

4.2 Component 2. Strengthening the legal, regulatory and standards framework for landtransport safety ............................................................................................................................. 38

4.2.1 Draft Legislation ..................................................................................................... 384.2.2 Digital Tachograph ................................................................................................ 38

4.3 Component 3. Awareness raising and dissemination measures ....................................... 394.4 Missions ............................................................................................................................. 41

4.4.1 Missions in the previous reporting period .............................................................. 414.4.2 Missions in the present reporting period ............................................................... 414.4.3 Missions in the future reporting period .................................................................. 42

5 ANNEX 1 Project Planning Tables.................................................................................... 456 ANNEX 1 Revised Project Logframe ................................................................................ 497 ANNEX 2- Report Distribution List ....................................................................................... 548

ANNEX 2 - Contact details of project offices ....................................................................... 55


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NB. Wherever it is read EC Regulations should be read EU regulations


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1 Project Synopsis

Project Title: Land transport safety and security

Project Number: EuropAid/126786/C/SER/Multi

Country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic,Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Overallobjectives:

To improve the transport safety and security environments in the EC Neighbourhoodand Central Asian countries in line with European standards in the field of landtransport

Specificobjectives:

To strengthen the institutional and human resource capacities of the nationalauthorities charged with regulating the transport safety and securityenvironments

To support the elaboration and enforcement of a legal and regulatoryframework for transport safety and security harmonised with international andEuropean standards and best practises

To raise awareness of land transport safety and security regulations andstandards.

Plannedoutputs:

Legal, institutional and organizational assessment of the situation in landtransport safety and security in the beneficiary countries and definition of arelated regional Regional Action Plan in coordination with specialized EUagencies

Support to rule-making and to the establishment of legal standards for safetypractice (including for freight services and the transport of dangerous goods),institutional capacity building and awareness raising activities in line withrequirements of European standards; support to the creation of working linkswith related European agencies

Technical assistance to the national security authorities and main securityoperators in the sector of land transport in order to establish Road and RailTransport Security Guidelines and customs-related guidelines for drivers andoperators carrying or handling dangerous goods

Provision of technical expertise and on-the-job training for the development ofinspection, training programmes and certification structures to ensureimplementation of the safety and security legislation

Implementation of a safety, security and environment awareness programme


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Projectactivities

Component 1: Institutional and human resource capacity building

Functional review of the land transport safety and security sector

Elaboration of a Regional Regional Action Plan

Strengthening of institutional capacity

Strengthening of human resource capacities

Strengthening links with relevant European Agencies and professional

institutions

Component 2: Strengthening the legal, regulatory and standards framework for landtransport safety and security

Establishment of a legal, regulatory and standards framework for landtransport safety and security

Strengthening of human resource capacities with respect to legal andregulatory drafting and enforcement

Elaboration and implementation of Road and Rail Transport SecurityGuidelines

Component 3: Awareness raising and dissemination measures

Elaborate and implement awareness campaign

Elaborate and implement a Communications Strategy

Identify and disseminate best practice

Projectstarting date:

February 2009

Projectduration: 36 months

The Interim progress report is prepared every six months during the period ofexecution of the contract.

The report consist of a narrative section and a financial section. The financial sectionmust contain details of the time inputs of the experts, of the incidental expenditureand of the provision for expenditure verification.

No report or document is to be distributed to third parties prior to the approval by theProject Manager of the European Commission.


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Inputs:

Expert category Days input

Key Experts (1100 wds)

Land Transport Security Expert/ Team Leader J oaquin Rodon 500

International Transport Law Expert Menno Langeveld 400

Land Transport Safety Expert Neville Weeks 200

Non-Key Experts (2250 wds)

9 Long-Term Experts (1500 wds)

Regional Coordinator Caucasus Ketevan Gvalia 500

Regional Coordinator Central Asia Alexandra Subbotina 500

Regional Coordinator NIS Angela Huzun 500

9 Short Term Experts (750 wds)

Road Safety Expert Alastar Barlow 120

Legal Experl - Asmat Abesadze (Georgia) 15

Legal Expert - Samir Akhmedli (Azerbajan) 15

Legal Expert - Gagik Makarian (Armenia) 15

To be identified 585

TOTAL MAN DAYS 3350

Project implemented by: SAFEGE Consulting Engineers (France),

IRD Engineering (Italy),

NEA Transport (Netherlands),

Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd. (United Kingdom)


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2 Summary of project progress since the start

2.1 Act ivit ies undertaken during Inception Phase

1) Activities related to Project Management:

9 The Contract between the Commission Services and the Consortium led by Safegewas signed on the 28

thNovember 2008.

9 A k ick-off meeting was held in Brussels on the 5th March 2009,9 t was agreed that the main focus of the project should be upon road transport safety.

The possibility that at some point during the implementation of the project issuesrelated to rail transport safety might be addressed was not excluded.

9 the project should also tackle road safety issues, where possible and where resourcespermitted.

9 The Team Leader mobilised to the region at the beginning of March 2009.9 The Base of Operations has been defined as Tbilisi, Georgia, as per the Terms of

Reference.

9 Three long-term junior regional coordinators were appointed in March 2009 andare located in each of the regional offices.

9 The proposal for the use of the Incidental Expenditure budget line was accepted bythe EC Project Manager and the methodology for use of the IE budget line was agreed.

9 The newTeam Leader arrived on September2009.9 The Short Term Road Safety Expert started activities on October 20099 An increase on the Incidental Expenditure budget of Euro 300.000 is being discussed.9 The Kick off meeting took place on the 3rd of December 2009 in Baku, the

presentations and the relevant conclusions of that meeting are attached inAnnex VII.

9 A second mini Kick off meeting only for the Armenian Delegation took place in Tbilision the 21

stJ anuary 2010. Relevant information is also included in Annex VII.


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2) Activities related to Project Implementation:

9 A review of the Terms of Reference (objectives, results, risks and assumptions)

9 A preliminary review of the structures responsible for land transport and roadsafety in the beneficiary countries and familiarisation with the current institutional andlegal frameworks.

9 Meetings with the various beneficiaries, A complete list of persons/institutions metis attached as Annex 4;

9 Visibility Actions.The webpage has been translated to a Georgian server and now isfully operational.

9 Coordination activities The Team Leader met with the TRACECA PermanentSecretariat in Baku and other relevant Structures of the Beneficiary countries duringthe kick off meeting at Baku.

9 Translation and dissemination activities.

3) Missions to beneficiary countries

J oaquin Rodon (Team Leader) in November to Armenia, in December toAzerbaijan for the kick off meeting. The Mission to Armenia had as objective tosecure the participation of the Armenian counterpart in the project activities and todiscuss on the presence of Armenian representatives in the kick off meeting inBaku. On that occasion it was agreed to perform a dedicated kick off meeting inTbilisi for the Armenian Delegation.

Menno Langeveld (Legal expert) in September to Georgia and Azerbaijan, inNovember to Kazakhstan and Georgia, and in J anuary 2010 to Georgia. Themissions to Georgia, Azerbaijan and kazahkstan were aiming at building upconsensus on the training schemes to be provided by the projet. The expert wasalso present in the Kick off meeting in Azerbaijan and in a team managementmeeting in Georgia.

Neville Weeks (Land Transport Safety Expert) in September to Georgia andAzerbaijan. This mission had as objective data collection and identification andfamiliarisation with Beneficiaries in those countries.

Alaster Barlow (Short Term Road Safety Expert, based in Georgia October toDecember), in November to Armenia, in December to Azerbaijan and Belarus.The mission to Armenia had as objective to identify and familiarise with therelevant representatives of NGOs in the country, the mission to Azerbaijan isrelated to the Kick off meeting and the meeting to Belarus, was aiming atdeveloping regional contacts on Road Safety.


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3 Project Progress in Report ing Period Second Six MonthsPhase

3.1 Project approach

The basic approach will remain more or less unchanged from the one outlined in theTechnical Proposal, nevertheless two major changes have been agreed.

1) Now the priority is set to be the digital tachograph

9 As from June 2010, the Beneficiary Countries have to be ready to implement the

digital tachograph. It is clear that most countries have to update their transportlegislation to introduce the digital tachograph, and are in the process of doing so,The project team can provide technical assistance on this matter, in the form ofsupport to legal drafting, training and study tours.

9 The project will facilitate the discussions. between the National Authorities and theAssociations of International Road Transport Operators (IRU members).

In parallel, the activities related to legal harmonisation will continue:

9 Comprehensive Gap Analysis, and which will constitute the basis for the elaborationof

9 A Regional Regional Action Plan.

2) The second substantive change relates to Component 3,

9 This Component has been widened to include elements of Road Safety,particularly where there is a cross-over (e.g. drink/drugs driving seat belts speeding).

In this section we will described ourachievements in comparison with planned results, thedeviations from original planning and reasons and the specific action needed from the localauthorities

The essential points to are being monitored are:

Deviations of milestones and deliverables from their planned dates

Adherence to the work plan in terms of content of the activities actually carried out

Deviations in effort needed to complete activity/introduction of work not initially planned

Shifting of the common understanding of the objectives and priorities betweencontractor and recipient

Appearance of unexpected difficulties likely to require special measures or shift ofproject resources


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The terms of reference provide a large number of issues to be covered by the project.Nevertheless the number of expertise and the volume of incidental expenditure allocated is farfrom being in line with the ambitious objectives.

During this period DG MOVE made a clear demand to focus all training activities on theimplementation of the AETR Agreement (Digital Tachograph) and on the ADR Agreement(Dangerous Goods).

EuropeAid requested the project to follow the request of DG MOVE and the result is that thebulk of available incidental expenditure is dedicated to the organisation of Seminars and StudyTours on the AETR and the ADR Agreements. That meaning that a number of actions foreseenin the ToR would not be anymore feasible due lack of available financing.

This major shift in relation to the specific objectives of the project should be considered in future

when monitoring the achievements of the present project.


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3.2 Component 1. Institutional and human resource capacitybuilding

Component 1: Institut ional and human resource capacity building (ToR)

This Component has the following objectives:

To review and upgrade the legal, institutional and organisational framework for themanagement of land transport safety and security issues in the beneficiary states

To develop a Regional Action Plan to improve the safety and security managementinfrastructure and to define the priorities for the land transport safety and security sector inthe region

To strengthen the institutional and human resource capacities of institutions responsible forpolicy-making and management issues related to land transport safety and security in theregion

To identify and strengthen the links with the related European agencies

Following the ToR, the deliverables for this Component are as a minimum the following:

Report including Individual Country Diagnostic for all Beneficiaries based upon theFunctional Review and Legislative Gap Analysis drafted

Summary Report on functional review and legal gap analysis drafted and approved

Regional Regional Action Plan (as a compilation of Individual Country Regional ActionPlans) drafted and approved

Support to the Development of Harmonised accident and incident database probably oneharmonisation for central Asia region and one harmonisation for south Caucasus therewill be specific tasks for specific countries, like the development of compulsory insurance insome of the countries.

Training Needs Assessment of the relevant administrations in the area of Land Transportsafety and security done

Working links with relevant European Agencies and professional organisations established

TRACECA regional network on land transport safety and security established

The Project Team Leader is primarily responsible for the implementation of this Component. Heis supported by the three long-term junior regional coordinators, the other two long-term KeyExperts and the Road Safety Expert.

This component is further divided in four subcomponents. In order to make reporting clear thesubcomponent 1.1 and subcomponent 1.3 haves been divided in four, referring to the differentresponsible for each part of the subcomponent.


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With regard to the deliverables for this Component requested for this component, somecoments should be made.

The idea of a Regional Regional Action Plan may be abandon as the present level of regionalcooperation is very limited.

For the same reason the idea of developing an harmonised accident and incident database maynot be feasible.

The project is willing to establish links with relevant European Agencies and professionalorganisations but this is not always feasible as per political environment in some of thecountries.

With the present level of access to information the preparation of a Training Needs Assessment

of the relevant administrations in the area of Land Transport safety and security done seems yetfar from achievable.

The idea of preparing a report on Functional Review and Legislative Gap Analysis seems tobe still feasible.


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Sub-component 1.1.1: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector Mr. Menno Langeveld

9 To ensure that the TRACECA countries are moving into line with international andEC conventions, laws, regulations and standards.

9 The TA Team will also carry out a Gap Analysis with respect to the existing legal,regulatory and standards framework related to land transport safety and security issues,notably with respect to the digital tachograph, transport of dangerous goods and vehiclestandards.

The tasks associated to the finalisation of the Regional Gap Analysis are primarily responsibilityof Mr. Langeveld. During the present reporting period Mr. Langeveld has continued collecting

data for the Gap Analysis.

The Gap Analysis includes the revision of existing legislation on transport but also the revisionof the existing legislation related to road safety. In this sense the gap analysis is beingcoordinated with the members of the team involved on road safety issues.

Due the need for internal coordination related to the objectives of the Gap Analysis it has takenadditional time to clearly define the list of areas in which the project will perform the legal gapanalysis.

Furthermore, it should be clear that some work on the legal gap analysis has been done alreadyin the Inception Phase, when the project team concluded that two legal instruments, naming theAETR Agreement on driving times and rest periods and the ADR Agreement on road transportof dangerous goods need special attention in our project.

Based on this preliminary gap analysis and the short training needs assessment, we concludedto implement a special training programme for these legal instruments, which will beimplemented in 2010/2011.

Below it is presented the table of legal instruments which will be used as tool for the legal gapanalysis.

UN/ECE Agreements Primary

legislation

Secondary

legislation

Comments

Road traffic 1968

Road signs and signals1968

AETR (digital

tachograph)

ADR (dangerous goods)


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Road safety issues Primarylegislation

Secondarylegislation

Comments

Speed limits CarsSpeed limits on highways/motorways (km/h)Speed limits on urban roads (km/h)Speed limits on other roads (km/h)

TrucksSpeed limits on highways/motorways (km/h)Speed limits on urban roads (km/h)Speed limits on other roads (km/h)

Sanctions

Alcohol limits in traffic Limits:

Sanctions:

Safety belts(2003/20/EC)

Within the EU the UN/ECE Agreements have been addressed by specific directives which candiffer slightly from the agreements. For the legal gap analysis we only mention the UN/ECEAgreements, and not all the EU Directives covering the same issues (for instance all theDirectives and Regulations covering driving times and rest periods and road transport ofdangerous goods).

Sub-component 1.1.2: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector Mr. Neville Weeks and ST non key - Land Transport Road Safety

9 As a part of the functional review there is a need to establish what is the currentsituation regarding road safety in each of the Beneficiary countries.

9 Process of acquiring detailed information concerning the transport policies,institutional arrangements and legislative and regulatory frameworks in the variousbeneficiary countries.

9 Functional Review of the Ministries and National Agencies in charge of these issues.The initial purpose of the Functional Review will be to determine whether there is aclear separation of policy-making, administrative and enforcement functions and

to identify clearly, which institutions are responsible for which functions. The FunctionalReview will be implemented at individual country level and brief country diagnosticreports will be prepared.

The tasks associated to the Functional Review of the sector are primarily responsibility of Mr.Weeks.

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3.2.1 Data Collection Existing Situation

The logical framework mentions two basic indicators of the achievements of the project:

a) % reduction in road traffic accidents and resultant injuries and fatalities per millioninhabitants

b) % reduction in the direct and indirect costs of injuries, fatalities and damage to thephysical infrastructure resulting from transport safety and security issues

Therefore up-to-date general in formation on road safety is being collected for each of theTRACECA Member States. This general information consists of updating, when possible, to2009 the data that WHO hashashas collected and published for 2007. A Situation (progress)

Report on the data collection activities in all TRACECA countries has been prepared toDecember 31 2009. For additional information see the Annex IX .

3.2.2 Data Collection on Regulatory Framework

The project has identified three National experts:

Legal Expert - Asmat Abesadze (Georgia) 15

Legal Expert - Samir Akhmedli (Azerbajan) 15

Legal Expert - Gagik Makarian (Armenia) 15

These experts finalised the screening of all the legislation related to road safety and roadsecurity in their respective countries.

The results of the analysis of the legislative framework is now available (these reports areattached to this report asAnnex VI).

In the next reporting period more Short Term National Experts will be contracted to obtainrelevant information on the state of play on Road Safety and associated legislation in eachcountry.

3.2.3 Information on Transport Policies and Regional Act ion Plans

This part has not yet been started in the present reporting period and it is foreseen that there isa need to establish the suitable contacts at country level.

In the future it may be necessary to involve some National Short Term experts to finalise thetasks related to this section.

The project much relies on the outcomes of the project "Development of coordinated nationaltransport policies in Central Asian countries (May 2007-December 2008.www.centralasiatransport.comDuring the present reporting period the project team has been fully engaged in preparing therelevant seminars and study tours and no expertise has been allocated to identify suitable

counterparts at country level to obtain information about the regional action plan. It is expectedthat this activity will be carried out during the next reporting period.


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Tentative distribution of required expertise to cover the needs of data collection related tocomponent 1.

ShortTermExperts Tentativemandays ContractedNationalArmenia LegalExpert 15 15Azerbaijan LegalExpert 15 15Georgia LegalExpert 15 15Armenia LegalExpert 25Armenia RoadSafetyExpert 20Azerbaijan LegalExpert 25Azerbaijan RoadSafetyExpert 20Georgia LegalExpert 25Georgia RoadSafetyExpert 20Moldova LegalExpert 25Moldova RoadSafetyExpert 20Kazahkstan LegalExpert 25Kazahkstan RoadSafetyExpert 20Kirgyzstan LegalExpert 25Kirgyzstan RoadSafetyExpert 20Turkmenistan LegalExpert 25Turkmenistan RoadSafetyExpert 20Tajikistan LegalExpert 25Tajikistan RoadSafetyExpert 20Ukraine LegalExpert 25Ukraine RoadSafetyExpert 20Uzbekistan LegalExpert 25Uzbekistan RoadSafetyExpert 20

TotalNational 450 45International

RoadSafetyExpert 120 120Other 135

TotalInternational 255 120Total 705 165


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3.2.4 Functional review

Sub-component 1.1.3: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector Team Leader

9 An assessment of inst itut ional capacity . Inter alia, this will involve an examination ofthe institutional capacity to elaborate policy, draft legislation and regulations, identifyrelevant standards, implement (certification, accreditation and metrology) and enforce.

9 Summary Report which will include:

Identification of main issues to be addressed and preliminary suggestions for

priorities and objectives of the Regional Action Plan

Preliminary recommendations for institutional reorganisation in line withinternational best practise

Identification of legislative, regulatory, administrative, and standards issues to beaddressed

Identification of potential stakeholders /project partners in the private sector andamongst Civil Society Organisations

The Individual Country Reports and the Table of Concordance will be annexed to the SummaryReport.

The team leaderis the responsible for this part of the project.

In the view of compiling the necessary information during the present reporting period theTerms of Reference for Short Term National Experts have been prepared an approved by theEuropean Commission services.

The Terms of Reference state as specific objectives for these experts

a) Gather information on the Institutions involved on the management of the national andinternational legislation on land transport safety and security.

b) Gather information on the relevant legislation, such as the implementation of the AETRconvention on digital tachograph and the ADR convention on carriage of dangerousgoods.

c) Gather information and disseminate it on Road Safety, notably accidents/incidentsdatabase and Road Safety Awareness Campaigns.

It is expected that during the next reporting period the Experts will be identified and contracted.


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Sub-component 1.1.4: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector ST non key - Land Transport Road Safety

9 The Review will also address technical issues (accident database for example),communications capacity (existence of a communications policy/communications tools)and staffing levels (are sufficient staff allocated to deal with safety and security issues).It will not address skills levels or training needs at this stage.

The ST non key - Land Transport Road Safety expert will be the responsible for this task.

Sub-component 1.2: Elaboration of a Regional Act ion Plan Team Leader

9 prepare a draft Regional Action Plan. The work will be carried out in close consultationwith Advisory Group, and with experts in the TRACECA Permanent Secretariat in Baku.

The tasks related to the preparation of the Regional Regional Action Plan have started and weare now in the phase of collection of information. We are conscious that we are at the month 8of implementation and that the Regional Action Plan should be ready in the next 8 months tocome.

Figure 1.- Strategic Planning

Nevertheless there are major obstacles to achieve the deadline mentioned in the terms ofreference and in the inception report. One is related to the lack of willingness of the Beneficiary


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Countries to invest efforts on that Plan and the other is related to the limited RegionalCooperation in Land Transport Safety and Security.

Indeed the next issues were mentioned either by the Beneficiary Countries and the TeamLeader in the Baku Kick Off meeting.

a) The Beneficiary Countries expressed their willingness to have National Action Plansrather than a single Regional Action Plan and that due the disparities of thedevelopments related to Land Transport Safety

b) To achieve a Regional Action Plan there is a need to have already finished a RegionalStrategy on Land Transport Safety and Security and this one is based on the existence

of Regional Vision an Goals, which are non existing at present.

To agree in a common vision and goals it may be necessary to establish a regional workinggroup and to finance a number of regional meetings on the issue. For these activities the projecthas no funds, therefore, at the best, the project will be able to prepare a Draft Regional Visionon Land Transport Safety and Security.

Sub-component 1.3.1: Strengthening of Institutional Capacity ST non key - LandTransport Road Safety

9 The Regional Regional Action Plan is likely to throw up a series of issues related to

strengthening the institutional capacities of the beneficiary institutions. Two areaswhere we believe that we might contribute to institutional capacity building: the firstrelated to developing consultative and communication tools. This matter is dealtwith below in paragraph. The second concerns the development of improvedaccident / incident data collection, analysis and reporting tools .

This sub-component can only be dealt with once the results of the Regional Action Plan havebeen agreed by all parties.


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Sub-component 1.3.2: Strengthening of Institutional Capacity Mr. Menno Langeveld

9 The Regional Regional Action Plan is likely to throw up a series of issues related tostrengthening the institutional capacities of the beneficiary institutions. Theintroduction of the digital tachograph will represent a challenge for most of the NationalAdministrations concerned. The TA Team will ensure the identification of potentialweaknesses in the administrative structures.

This part will be dealt in those countries where the implementation of the digital tachograph willbe a reality.

At present the degree of advancement of the AETR agreement in the different BeneficiaryCountries is quite different, but in all of them is still far to be fully implemented.

Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine andUzbekistan are signatories of the European Agreement concerning the work of Crews ofVehicles Engaged in International Road Transport.

But whilst some countries have started timid actions to start implementation, like Ukraine,Moldova, Kazakhstan and Turkey other countries are still in the embryo phase, likeUzbekistan.

Georgia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan are not even signatories of the Agreement.

The up to date list of countries signatories of the AETR agreement may be found at the UNECEwebpage http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/legalinst_21_OLIRT_AETR.html

Sub-component 1.3.3: Strengthening of Inst itut ional Capacity Mr. Neville Weeks

9 The Regional Regional Action Plan is likely to throw up a series of issues related tostrengthening the institutional capacities of the beneficiary institutions. Variousareas related to road safety are in need for strengthening of the Institutional capacity.

This part will be responsibility of the Land Transport Safety Expert.

This part may be based on delivery of regional trainings and at present the project lacks of anyresources to finance those regional trainings.


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Sub-component 1.4: Strengthening of Human Resource Capacities Team Leader

9 Training Needs Analysis in parallel with the work being done on the Functional review.Based on the outcome of that Training Needs Analysis and the contents of the RegionalRegional Action Plan, other issues may also be included into the generic trainingprogramme.

9 Af ter the Training Needs Analysis it will be decided if there is a need for generictraining or for Train the Trainers. In this case the TA team will prepare in-servicetraining materials.

The tasks related to the preparation of the Training Needs Analysis have not yet started.

In future a network of Local Short Term Experts may be established and based on theirexperience the project may be able to identify areas for future training.


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Sub-component 1.5: Strengthening links with relevant European Agencies andprofessional institutions Team Leader/Team

9 To coordinate its efforts with Other international institutions: International Roadtransport Union (IRU). United Nations Economic Commissions for Europe Transport Section (UN/ECE) which is responsible for AETR and ADR Agreements. TheConfederation of Organizations in Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE).

9 Close contacts are established and maintained with the leading Europeanstructures involved in road and land transport safety and security issues: DGTREN, the European Road Safety Observatory, the CARE database, the EuropeanRoad Safety Charter, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), and the World Bank

(ECA Department).

9 Development of a regional network. Monitoring regional conferences and obtaininglist of participants and materials. Contacts with other donors and IFIs

3.2.5 CORTE

During this period there have been contacts with CORTE, to involve this organisation in theimplementation of the training programme on digital tachographs (AETR) and transport ofdangerous goods (ADR).

As a result of these contacts a full Technical Proposal has been prepared. The proposal is

attached asAnnex IV to the present report.

3.2.6 Monitoring Regional Conferences

3.2.6.1 First Global Ministerial Conference on Road safety

A high-level Conference and Exhibition on Road Safety took place in Moscow during November2009, under the sponsorship of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility, World HealthOrganisation (WHO), and the FIA Foundation. The resulting Declaration from the Conferencehas been obtained and is included as an annex to the Situation Report on road safety forTRACECA countries. See Annex IX.

3.2.7 Contacts with other Donors and IFIs

3.2.7.1 Road Safety Projects in TRACECA Member States.

Research has also been started on recent, ongoing and planned road safety projects in theTRACECA Member States.

This has obtained information about ongoing World Bank-funded road safety projects inGeorgia, Armenia and Ukraine, together with plans for a new road safety project inAzerbaijan start ing in late-2009.

Information is also being sought about other, similar projects in other TRACECA MembersStates, with funding provided by the World Bank, ADB, EC/EAR, and possibly bilateral


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agencies, which include a specific road safety component, or have elements which addressidentified safety and/or security issues within the context of the LTSS Project.

The World Bank hosted a Road Safety Workshop in Georgia on September 18th 2009 andthe LTSS Regional Coordinator attended and obtained relevant information, includingGeorgias Road Safety Law, and reports on the Road Safety Strategy and Act ion Plan.

In general, IFI agencies are expressing cooperative attitudes towards maintaining contactand sharing information to help develop an appropriate LTSS Regional Action Plan .

3.3 FIA Aff iliated clubs meeting. Minsk

The meeting was organized by the FIA federation international de automobile and theBelarusian Auto Moto Touring club.

The objective of the meeting is to raise regional public awareness and to increasecooperation between the countries in the region. Representatives of Armenia, Azerbajan andMoldova have already confirmed their participation.

This meeting was a good opportunity to increase our contacts related to the component 3 of ourproject at regional level.

Mr Barlow was invited by the PRS to attend a conference in Minsk, Belarus organised by theBelarus Automobile Club in December. He made a presentation to the attendees about theLTSS project and this produced an enthusiastic response, leading to many more contacts withinthe region and other UK and European organisations with interests in the road safety situation

in the region.

3.4 104th

session of the UNECE SC1. Geneva

The Secretariat UNECE suggested to beneficiary countries to hold a seminar regarding thenecessary issues for practical implementation of digital tachograph in countries which are not apart of EU on October 22, 2009 in Geneva.

This meeting took part under the aegis of UNECE and was connected with 104th

session ofSC1. It was organized and held by experts of CORTE working under EU MIDT project(monitoring implementation of digital tachograph).

The session provided with the valuable support to countries preparing tachographimplementation until J une 2010.

The Project financed the participation of two experts of the Kazahk Administration in the specialsession on the implementation of the digital tachograph by the non-EU Contracting Parties tothe AETR in Geneva (Switzerland) on the 22nd of October 2009.

The experts were, Marat BAGRAMOV, Key expert of Strategical Planning at the InternationalCooperation Department and Bolat ALDABERGENOV- Key expert of Transport at theCommunications Complex Department.


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3.5 Component 2. Strengthening the legal, regulatory andstandards framework for land transport safety

Component 2 Strengthening the legal, regulatory and standards framework forland transport safety (ToR)

This Component has the following objectives:

To provide policy advice and technical assistance to the establishment of a legal, regulatoryand standards framework for road and land transport safety and security;

To strengthen human resource capacities with respect to legal and regulatory drafting and

enforcement;

To establish and implement Land Transport Security Guidelines

Following the ToR The deliverables for this Component are as a minimum the following:

Support provided to legal drafting with respect to AETR, ADR Agreements

Beneficiary states assisted to meet June 2010 deadline of implementation of Tachograph

Support provided to those beneficiary states wishing to sign the AETR and ADRConventions

Training Programme on AETR and ADR designed and delivered

Study tours on AETR and ADR organised and delivered

The different tasks of this component are leaded by the Legal Expert who has the support of theTeam Leader and various National Short Term experts to be identified.

During the present period the project has focus on the preparation and delivery of the trainingsand study tours related to the AETR Agreement.

All information concerning those activities has been regularly published in the project dedicatedwebpage.

Therefore the only activity related to support the countries with new laws and regulations is thedocument called Why Georgia shall joint AETR Agreement. Here presented inAnnex 7.

The project is designed to provide support to the Beneficiary countries to meet the deadline ofJ une 2010 to implement the digital tachograph, nevertheless in some countries the relevantnecessary legislation is not yet in place and this Project or the European Commission Serviceshave no power to interact on the internal dynamics of the legislative and administrative processof the TRACECA Countries.


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Sub-component 2.1.1: Establishment of a legal, regulatory and standards framework forland transport safety and security Mr. Menno Langeveld

during the Inception Phase, it became clear that two issues, the introduction of the digitaltachograph and the road transport of dangerous goods will certainly need to be tackled duringthe lifetime of the project and support provided to legal and regulatory drafting and thedefinition of relevant standards.

9 A comprehensive legislative and regulatory drafting Work Programme for 2010 and2011 will be defined following the adoption of the Regional Regional Action Plan. It is clearthat the project cannot cover the vast range of Directives/Regulations/Standards and thepurpose of the Regional Regional Action Plan will be to define and agree on the priorities ofwhich the digital tachograph (corresponding to the AETR Agreement) and road transport of

dangerous goods (corresponding to the ADR Agreement) will be the main pillars.

9 Several of the beneficiary states are not as yet signatories of the AETR and ADR. The TATeam will, if requested, provide advice and technical assistance to those nationalauthorities, which wish to seek membership and ratify the Conventions and Protocols.

3.5.1 Digital Tachograph

Mr. Langeveld, The Key Expert 2 started to work on support the introduction of the DigitalTachograph and together with the long-term regional coordinators has begun the necessary

preparatory work for the implementation of the specialist training programme. Contact withUN/ECE were established (Ms. Virginia Tanase).

3.5.2 Road Transport of Dangerous Goods

The legal and regulatory framework for the ADR agreement will be tackled later on the projectimplementation, including a specific training workshop and study tour. See also section 3.3.5


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Sub-component 2.1.2: Establishment of a legal, regulatory and standards framework forland transport safety and security Short Term Expert to be identified

during the Inception Phase, it became clear that three issues will certainly need to be tackledduring the lifetime of the project and support provided to legal and regulatory drafting andthe definition of relevant standards.

vehicle standards (EURO 3-4-5)

9 A comprehensive legislative and regulatory drafting Work Programme for 2010 and2011 will be defined following the adoption of the Regional Action Plan. It is clear that theproject cannot cover the vast range of Directives/Regulations/Standards and the purpose ofthe Regional Regional Action Plan will be to define and agree the priorities.

3.5.3 Vehicle Standards.

The legal and regulatory framework for the vehicle standards will be tackled later on the projectimplementation. The issue was discussed during the Baku Conference, where it was agreedthat this will be of lower priority to our project.

A letter was sent to all the TRACECA National Secretaries on December 2009 in order toassess which of the countries were in need of particular assistance on the issue. At the end ofthe preparation of this report, May 2010, there has not been any reaction from the beneficiarycountries.

At the end of the second interim period, the bulk of the incidentals are committed to delivertraining on AETR issues and all the remaining working days will be committee for Short TermNational Experts as requested by the TRACECA National Secretaries during the kick offmeeting. Therefore with the present budget and the present availability of expertise this activitymay be disregarded.

Nevertheless once the activities related to AETR agreement finished the project may seek foradditional resources to appropriately focus on this part of the assignment.


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Sub-component 2.2.1: Strengthening human resource capacities Mr. Menno Langeveld

To provide training for the officials involved in the implementation of the digital tachograph(AETR) and road transport of dangerous good (ADR). training will be provided in the followingareas:

the digital tachograph;

the road transportation of dangerous goods;

The participants of the training programmes and study tours will be selected in closeconsultation with the project partners and the TRACECA Permanent Secretariat in Baku.


The project is working to define the training programme on digital tachograph. A planning isbeing prepared.

The AETR training will be done in a very tight timeline with materials in Russian and it shouldclearly be training from the EU, financed by the Commission. 6 workshops will be organized; 3in Almaty for the Central Asian countries and 3 in Tbilisi. These 3 workshops will be thematicand require the attendance of different participants, see below:

Workshop 1 and study tour 1 will

deal with following issues:

1. Type approval

2. Security policy3. Card issuing4. Data Exchange5. Data protection6. Risk managementWe look for experts involved in the tachograph cardissuing, from the type approval of these cards to theirend delivery

Workshop 2 and study tour 2 wil ldeal with the following issues:

7. Approval & audit of workshops8. Approval of workshops - Calibration equipmentsWe look for experts in metrology or any other expertshaving some knowledge of roadworthiness andtechnical conditions of vehicles.

Workshop 3 and study tour 3 willdeal with the following issues:

9. Enforcement: roadside checks10. Enforcement: company checks11. ProsecutionWe look forpolice officers, vehicle inspectorates and/orroad traffic control officers


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Study tours will be organised following the same methodology than the trainings, i.e. organisedtaking into consideration the specificities of the issues to be covered.

This training programme is to be implemented urgently as the deadline for the mandatoryapplication of the digital tachograph Is 16

thJune 2010.

3.5.5 Road Transport of Dangerous Goods

The project is working to define the training programme on ADR regulations. For this 1workshop will be organised in Almaty and 1 workshop in Tbilisi, both covering the same issuesbut for different beneficiary countries. Additionally 1 study tour will be organised.

Sub-component 2.2.2: Strengthening human resource capacities To be identified

To provide training at those involved in legal and regulatory drafting andmetrology/certification/accreditation and enforcement. training will be provided in the followingareas:

vehicle standards (EURO 3-4-5)

The participants of the training programmes and study tours will be selected in closeconsultation with the project partners and the TRACECA Permanent Secretariat in Baku.

3.5.6 Vehicle Standards.

No Training is yet defined for the implementation of the legal and regulatory framework relatedto vehicle standards. During the Baku conference in December 2010 this issue was regarded tobe of a lower priority according to the beneficiary countries.

But due the limited resources available and the lack of interest of the Beneficiary Countries onthe issue is highly probable that the project will not have any involvement on the issue.

Sub-component 2.3: Establishment and implementation of ADR Guidelines Mr. MennoLangeveld

9This activity aims to assist the Beneficiary Countries become party to the UN/ECE ADRAgreement.

To date the project has not been called to assist on the implementation of the ADR regulations.

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3.6 Component 3. Awareness raising and disseminationmeasures Land Transport Safety/Road Safety

Component 3: Awareness raising and dissemination measures (ToR)

The objectives under this Component are:

To assist in the preparation of awareness campaigns in the field of road and land transportsafety and security;

To implement a communications strategy;

To identify and disseminate best practice, with respect to land transport safety and

security

To assist with specific aspects of road safety identified on a national basis.

The deliverables for this Component are as a minimum the following:

Create a webpage with relevant materials and resources and relevant links.

Best practice identified and disseminated

One study tour organised and delivered (provisional)

Support provided to prepare and broadcast a television series on road and land transportsafety issues (provisional)

Public authorities, private sector and Civil Society Organisations networked with otherbodies.

3.6.1 Best Practices

As mention in the inception report a Road Safety Short Term Non Key Expert, Mr. Barlow, wasidentified and started activities in October 2009. Mr. Barlow has started to identify organisations,both locally and internationally, who would be prepared to allow countries within TRACECA touse their publicity and educational materials, and also whether it would be possible to sharethese materials via the LTSS Website. He is also compiling a list of resources from international

organisations which give guidance on best practice in Road Safety Engineering and RoadSafety Audit. These documents will also be available through the project website.


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Sub-component 3.1: Assisting the responsible national authorities to prepare awareness andcommunications strategies linked to road and land transport safety and security ST non key -Land Transport Road Safety

9 Implementation of a web-based awareness and communications programme. this wouldmake available examples ofbest practice from EU Member States and from the TRACECAcountries. It would also communicate information and progress, seek feedback withrespect to road and land transport safety and security issues and will be targetedprincipally at the public authorities responsible for road land transport safety/security issues. Itwould also include the translation and dissemination of European and International policydocuments, regulations and standards.

9 to advise and assist the National Authorities in each of beneficiary countries to use

their own websites as tools for disseminating information to Transport Associations,transport users and the general public and for receiving comments on draft legislation /regulations / standards.

9 To use the website to disseminate materials on four different types of best practise: first,examples of legislative and regulatory drafting; second, tools for collection and analysis ofaccident / incident data and its incorporation into policy and infrastructure design decision-making; third, modern enforcement tools and practices; and finally, awareness materialstargeted at getting the safety and security message over to the general public and transportusers.

9 To continue discussions with television producers to determine whether or not the projectmight participate in and contribute to the preparation and broadcasting of the television series.

9 The TA Team would be available to provide advice and assistance to implement theirawareness and communications strategies.

3.6.2 Website

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downloadable content for immediate use. Organisations are being contacted to determinecopyright issues and translation of materials into English and Russian. Materials will also beuploaded by organisations within TRACECA member countries, as well as Europe and the restof the world, to encourage best practice within the region.

Sub-component 3.2: Supporting the development of Non-Governmental Organisationscapable of providing high-quality services linked to road and land transport-relatedissues ST non key - Land Transpor t Road Safety

9 We intend to identify and provide support to non-governmental organisations in theTRACECA countries. The support will take the form of advice, training and theprovision of materials. The goal will be to energise these NGOs and to assist them to

undertake further awareness campaigns amongst schools and local businesses.

9 We have provisionally budgeted for a Study Tourto the United Kingdom for both publicauthorities and NGOs to witness how the public sector and civil society organisationscombine their efforts in order to raise awareness of road and land transport safetyissues. The selection of the UK as a destination is contingent upon the agreement ofthe beneficiaries

9 Networking. For example, it would be important for the national authorities, privatesector organisations and civil society structures to network with agencies (both publicand non-governmental) in their Countries and, if possible, in EU Member States.

3.6.3 Non Governmental Organisations

Mr. Weeks, Land Transport Safety Expert, has established contact with the NGO Partnershipfor Road Safety (website www.safedrive.ge), whose main focus is on improving publicawareness of road safety in Georgia, including campaigns (seat belts) and safety education inschools. The NGO is involved in the World Banks road safety activities in Georgia andreceives funding from USAID, FIA and others. Mr. Weeks is providing ongoing assistance, onan as required basis, in support of the NGOs advocacy programme to increase the use of seat-belts in Georgia.

Mr Barlow, Short Term Road Safety Expert, has also met with the Partnership for Road Safety(PRS) in Georgia, as well as representatives from the National Road Safety Council in Armenia,National Road Safety Council in Moldova and HAYAT the NGO responsible for road safety in


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Azerbaijan. He has also made contact with the Director General of the FIA Foundation who hasprovided contact details for the Automobile Clubs in the region, many of which haveresponsibility for road safety projects within their countries.

Mr Barlow was also invited by the PRS to attend a conference in Minsk, Belarus organised bythe Belarus Automobile Club in December. He made a presentation to the attendees about theLTSS project and this produced an enthusiastic response, leading to many more contacts withinthe region and other UK and European organisations with interests in the road safety situationin the region.

Sub-component 3.3: Supporting the introduct ion o f Road Safety Engineering practices inthe TRACECA Countries Mr. Nevil le Weeks

9 It is anticipated that local road safety practitioners can be made aware of road safety

engineering techniques and procedures required for accident reduction (viainvestigations and development of remedial measures at identified accidentblackspots) and for accident prevention (via road safety audits of planned new roads orroad improvements). This will require an assessment of the quality of accidentrecording and databases that is available in the TRACECA countries.

A Road Accident Database is oriented to record specific data about individual road trafficaccidents in this sense the data collected here (usually by the Traffic Police) is completelydifferent from the general data collected under component 1.

This will enable local authorities to focus resources on areas with specific problems.

It is expect that at the end of the project the process of collecting data by local authorities will beself-sustainable.

Sub-component 3.4: Supporting the introduct ion o f Road Safety Engineering practices inthe TRACECA Countries Mr. Nevil le Weeks

9 On 19th Nov 2008, the EC issued a Directive (2008/96/EC) aimed at the introduction ofa comprehensive system of road infrastructure safety management for the trans-European road network, including the formalization of procedures for road safety

impact assessments and for road safety audits.

Road safety experience is essential in enabling Safety Auditors to identify road safetyproblems and assisting them in making appropriate recommendations. The EC Directiverequires road safety auditors to have specific qualifications and training, which has implicationsfor the introduction of formal audits in TRACECA countries, including harmonisation of laws onroad safety.


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3.6.4 Road Safety Directives for EU Member States

3.6.4.1 EU Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management, Nov 2008.

On 19th Nov 2008, the EU issued a Directive (2008/96/EC) aimed at the introduction of acomprehensive system of road infrastructure safety management for the trans-European roadnetwork. The Directive focuses on 4 Procedures to be applied in the planning andconstruction of new roads and/or modifications to the existing road network and duringcontinuous operation of the road network. The Procedures focus on measures to achieveaccident reduction and prevention.

The Procedures measures require:

Road safety impact assessment

Road safety impact assessment is needed at the pre-design stage

Comparative analysis at the strategic level of the impact of planned roadworks andalternatives on the safety performance of the network;

and

Road safety audit (RSA)

Independent systematic safety check of road infrastructure projects, covering eachstage (planning to completion) to identify unsafe features.

EU has proposed a 3-part schedule for Member States to introduce the Procedures andimprove the Safety Management of Roads:

(i) By 19th Dec 2010Establish and adopt all laws, regulations and administrative provisions;

(ii) By 19th Dec 2011Establish and adopt all guidelines required to enable use of the Procedures; and

(iii) By 19th Dec 2011Establish and adopt training curricula for road safety auditors.

The Member States must introduce the procedures according to the timetable.General information about the 2008 EU Directive has been passed on during the mission

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Sub-component 3.5: Supporting the introduction of Road Infrastructure SafetyManagement in the TRACECA Count ries Mr. Neville Weeks

9 The Council of European Ministers of Transport in their resolution 93/4 on lorries androad traffic safety (CEMT/CM(93)4/FINAL) stipulated the importance of thedevelopment of ancillary infrastructure (rest and parking areas) to improve the physicalcomfort of lorry drivers and thereby create safer conditions.

9 The EU Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management recognisesthat a sufficient number of safe rest areas is important for crime prevention (security)and road safety, by reducing fatigue and tiredness of long-distance drivers.

3.6.5 Secured Parking Areas

At present the TA team has initiatedinitiatedinitiated dialogue with National Authorities on theidentification of possible locations considered feasible for the construction of the securedparking areas in the main TRACECA corridors.

Next to the earlier mentioned EU Directive, the AETR Agreement calls for regulated drivingtimes and rest periods. In order to enable drivers to use the rest periods on a safe and secureway, proper parking spaces have to be present on the TRACECA corridor.

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On October 2009 the Team Leader and the Short Term Road Safety Expert visited the bordercrossing at Sarp between Turkey and Georgia in order to assess the existing resting areas forinternational truckers.

On that occasion we where told that there where no real rest areas in the vicinity of the bordercrossing, but only some restaurants and bars with dedicated area to truck parking.

Later on February 2010 we have been informed by the TRACECA National Secretary ofGeorgia that a plan to build eight resting areas on the road Sarp to Azeri border has beenapproved.

3.6.7 Pilot Project in Kyrgyzstan

In Oct 2009, the World Bank approved a 'National Road Rehabilitation Project' for Kyrgyz,

which includes for improvement of the Osh-Batken-Isfana Road Corridor, with the assumption ofEU (and EBRD) contribution on the Kok-Talaa to Pulgon section.

Pulgon is apparently to be used to showcase road safety planning and pilot demonstrationprojects, which (presumably) could include for safe/secure parking areas for heavy trucks atstrategic (and high risk) locations along the road corridor.

In the Inception Report of the present project it was mentioned that the project mayProvide technical assistance on safe/secure parking areas p ilot project (Kyrgyz) and roadsafety impact assessments (part of EU Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management)(ref: IR para. 3.0.12/13).

At the end of the second interim period, all the incidentals are committed to deliver training onAETR issues and all the remaining working days will be committee for Short Term NationalExperts as requested by the TRACECA National Secretaries during the kick off meeting.Therefore with the present budget and the present availability of expertise this part of theproject is not feasible anymore.

At most the socio-political situation in Kyrgyzstan has much deteriorate making non advisable tosend international experts to the country in the months to come.


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3.7 Inputs to date

The following table demonstrates the inputs utilised to date (until end of J anuary 2010)

Expert category Daysinput

Man daysutilised

January 2010

% man daysused

Key Experts

Land Transport Security Expert/ Team Leader J oaquin Rodon

500 (51)+69 24%

International Transport Law Expert MennoLangeveld

400 99 24.75%

Land Transport Safety Expert Neville Weeks 200 17 8.5%

Non-Key Experts

9 Long-Term Experts

Regional Coordinator Caucasus Ketevan Gvalia 500 166 33%

Regional Coordinator Central Asia AlexandraSubbotina

500 164 32%

Regional Coordinator NIS Angela Huzun 500 216 43.2%

9 Short Term Experts

Road Safety Expert Alastar Barlow 120 59 49%

Legal Expert - Asmat Abesadze (Georgia) 15 15 100%

Legal Expert - Samir Akhmedli (Azerbajan) 15 15 100%

Legal Expert - Gagik Makarian (Armenia) 15 15 100%

To be identified 585 0 0%

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4 Project planning for next reporting period

In this chapter of the report we have tried to summarize the important observations forproject success and we have made proposals for adjustment of overall project planning andtheir consequences

4.1 Component 1. Institutional and human resource capacitybuilding

Sub-component 1.1.1: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector Mr. Menno Langeveld

4.1.1 Legal Gap Analysis

The project will continue to concentrate its activities on the Gap Analysis, which may lead to adraft vision for a Regional Action Plan.

The project will concentrate on assistance with the introduction of the digital tachograph(corresponding to the AETR Agreement).

From the view of road safety the digital tachograph is however not more than a tool to check thedriving times and rest periods of international truck drivers. As these drivers tend to makelong hours, they can become fatigue and more likely to be involved in road accidents.

Therefore the Gap Analysis will also look into detail into the legislation covering these driving

times and rest periods. Additional issues to be analysed will be: Road transport of dangerous goods (ADR Agreement) Speeding, alcohol and safety belts and Roadworthiness

The works on the legal gap analysis will continue in the next reporting period.

Sub-component 1.1.2: Functional Review of the Land Transport Safety and Securitysector Mr. Neville Weeks

4.1.2 Data Collection Existing Situation

The activities for the next 6 months will continue to be focused on the data collectionactivities, together with follow-up missions as necessary, and analyses to determine anygeneral (i.e. Region-wide) and specific needs within the context of the objectives of the LTSSProject, which are not part of other ongoing or recent road safety projects.

The timing for this will be dependent on data availability and the speed with which it may becollected and analysed for the 9 countries.

It is envisaged that the data collection will also identify, via a Gap Analysis and linked to Sub-component 1.1.1, where existing legislation in TRACECA countries requires additions in orderto strengthen road safety strategies and other requirements aimed at addressing identifiedaccident causal factors (e.g. drink-driving, non-seatbelt and/or crash helmet wearing, etc) andfor the introduction of road safety audits as per the EU Directive.

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Sub-component 1.5: Strengthening links with relevant European Agencies and

professional institutions Team Leader/Team

The project will continue to monitor for relevant Conferences, Workshops and other similarevents on road transport safety, which may be of potential interest to assist capacity building ofTRACECA Member States.

The relevant links with other stakeholders will continue in the next reportingperiod.

4.2 Component 2. Strengthening the legal, regulatory andstandards framework for land transport safety

Sub-component 2.1: Establishment of a legal, regulatory and standards framework forland transport safety and security Mr. Menno Langeveld

4.2.1 Draft Legislation

Mr. Langeveld will continue to provide support to prepare draft legislation if so requested by theBeneficiary countries. In matters of accession to international agreements the project will mainlyfocus its activities on the AETR and ADR Agreement.

Sub-component 2.2.1: Strengthening human resource capacities Mr. Menno Langeveld

To provide training at those involved in legal and regulatory drafting and

metrology/certification/accreditation and enforcement. training will be provided in the followingareas:

the digital tachograph;

the transportation of dangerous goods;


A training and study tour programme will be implemented further. This programme will be fullyimplemented before the deadline for implementation of AETR agreement, which is before J uly2010.


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4.3 Component 3. Awareness raising and disseminationmeasures

Sub-component 3.1: Assisting the responsible national authorities to prepare awareness andcommunications strategies linked to road and land transport safety and security ST non key -Land Transport Road Safety

The assessment will continue of the requirements of the various countries for assistance inproducing public awareness campaigns and suitable assistance given.

The works on the collection and sharing of regional experiences will continue in the nextreporting period.

Sub-component 3.2: Supporting the development of Non-Governmental Organisationscapable of providing high-quality services linked to road and land transport-relatedissues ST non key - Land Transpor t Road Safety

The individuals who represent the relevant Government Ministry, Traffic Police and Road SafetyNGOs for the other beneficiary countries will continue to be identified, and meetingsarranged, so that current processes can be identified and the correct help given.

The works on establishing working relations with relevant parties will continue in thenext reporting period.


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Sub-component 3.3: Supporting the introduct ion o f Road Safety Engineering practices inthe TRACECA Countries Mr. Weeks

The Road Safety Component is structured around three components, road safety datacollection, from component 1 and road safety audits and road safety engineering fromcomponent 3. The overall plan for the activities related to road safety engineering are presentedhere.


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Sub-component 3.4: Supporting the introduction of Road Infrastructure SafetyManagement in the TRACECA Count ries Mr. Neville Weeks

The project will continue to provide specific advice and appropriate support (within the scope ofthe LTSS TOR) in order to encourage adoption by TRACECA Member States of the EUDirective on Road Safety Management (2009/96/EC).

4.4 Missions

4.4.1 Missions in the previous reporting period

4.4.2 Missions in the present reporting period

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4.4.3 Missions in the future reporting period

A number of missions are planned in the period February 2010 to August 2010.

The project will pay visit to Uzbekistan in order to present the objectives of the project and tofamiliarize with the local conditions and there is also a demand from DG MOVE to have a directcontact the Turkmen administration on the AETR Agreement even if this country is not a directBeneficiary of the present project.

There will be also a number of missions for Mr. Langeveld and Mr. Rodon related to AETR seminarsand Study Tours.

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ANNEXES


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List of Annexes

Annex I Project Planning Tables and Revised Log frame

Annex II Report Distribution List and Project Offices ContactDetails

Annex III People Interviewed/met

Annex IV AETR Seminars and Trainings Technical Proposal

Annex V First Political Overview

Annex VI Legal Analysis - Caucasus

Annex VII Kick off meeting documents

Annex VIII Document Georgia to J oint AETR

Annex IX Land Transport Expert Situation Report


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5 ANNEX 1 Project Planning Tables


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6 ANNEX 1 Revised Project Logframe


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Project No: EuropeAid/126786/C/SER/Multi

Project Title: Land tr ansport safety and security

Country: Multi

Project Duration: 36 months

Prepared on: 7th

September 2008

Intervention Logic Objectively Verifiable Indicators Sources of Verification

OverallObjective

To improve the transport safetyand security environments inthe EU neighbouring andCentral Asian countries in linewith European standards in thefield of land transport

% reduction in road traffic accidents andresultant injuries and fatalities per

million inhabitants

% reduction in the direct and indirectcosts of injuries, fatalities and damageto the physical infrastructure resulting

from transport safety and security issues

EC Regular Reports

IFI reports

Annual Reports of the Ministries ofFinance and Ministries of Transport in

the Beneficiary Countries

Annual Reports of Road and RailAgencies in the Beneficiary Countries

Health data from Ministries of Healthand National Statistics Offices in the

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ProjectPurpose

To strengthen the institutionaland human resource capacitiesof the national authoritiescharged with regulating thetransport safety and securityenvironments

To support the elaboration and

enforcement of a legal andregulatory framework fortransport safety and securityharmonised with internationaland European standards andbest practises

To raise awareness of landtransport safety and securityregulations and standards

Enhanced capacity of nationalauthorities measured in terms ofimproved infrastructure design,

monitoring and analysis of accidentdata, reduction of fatalities and injuries,

definition and measurement ofperformance indicators for known

causes of accidents/incidents

N of laws, regulations and standardsintroduced which are harmonised with

international/EU regulations andstandards

Greater and more transparentenforcement of laws, regulations and

standards

% reduction in accidents and incidents

N of public awareness campaignslaunched by NGOs

EC Regular Reports

IFI reports

Annual Reports of the Ministries ofTransport in the Beneficiary Countries

Annual Reports of Road and RailAgencies in the Beneficiary Countries

Project Reports

Monitoring and Evaluation of thisProject


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Results

Result relating to specific objective 3

Awareness of transport safety and securityissues amongst public institutions, road andrail operating companies and the generalpublic is raised

Study Tour re

Awareness and Dissmaterials

Please note: the Acti vities element of the Logframe is now incl uded as the Overall Output Performa


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7 ANNEX 2- Report Distribution List

All reports are to be delivered in the numbers, languages and locations as follows:

Bound Hard Copy Electronic Copy on CD

English Russian English & Russian

EuropeAid Project Manager Brussels 2 1

Beneficiary countries relevant units 1 1

TRACECA National Secretaries of beneficiary countr

Documents

IR2 Land Safety and Security v2 July 2010