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The Interregional Seminar on the Economic Assessment of the International transport Linkages and on Transport Facilitation

26
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28
June
2007
Location: 
Cairo
Event Type: 

The Interregional Seminar aimed at strengthening national capacities in terms of assessing the economic feasibility of alternative interregional transport linkages, and at introducing transport facilitation practices in general, and simplifying border crossing procedures along priority interregional transport linkages in particular. The Seminar discussed progress made in terms of developing the following: (a) regional transport networks; (b) geographic information system (GIS) maps of interregional transport linkages; (c) the most economically viable linkages among United Nations regional commissions; (d) the current status and developments of border crossing procedures and formalities, and other transport facilitation issues; (e) selected good practices of transport facilitation; (f) funding transport infrastructure and transport facilitation; and (g) the remaining project activities.