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Secretariat - Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
Transport
The OSCE involvement in transport matters goes back to the adoption of the Helsinki Final Act (1975), the Bonn Document (1990) and the Maastricht Strategy Document for the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension (2003).
Under the 2006 Belgian Chairmanship, the OSCE's economic and environmental activities were developed under the objective Transportation in the OSCE area: Secure transportation, networks and transport development to enhance regional economic co-operation and stability.
At the annual OSCE Ministerial Council in Brussels (2006) the 56 OSCE participating States adopted Decision No. 11/06 on Future Transport Dialogue in the OSCE (link to the right).
Based on this document the OSCE has engaged in four transport-related areas described below.
Handbook: border crossing best practices
Handbook on Best Practices at Border Crossings
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Assistance to landlocked countries
OCEEA, together with the UN-OHRLLS and in partnership with other relevant UN system organizations is providing assistance to landlocked countries to developed efficient transit transport systems.
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Hazardous waste transport
The OSCE assists participating States in the implementation of the Basel Convention.
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Border crossing facilitation
In 2006 the OSCE and UNECE developed a joint pilot project on the promotion of the UNECE International Convention on the Harmonisation of Frontier Controls of Goods.
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Transport and security
The OSCE has organized a number of events relating to transport security.
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A train speeds across the dry land of southern Tajikistan. (OSCE/Astrid Evrensel)
Links
- CONFERENCE: 14th Economic Forum - part oneVienna, 23 and 24 January 2006
- CONFERENCE: 14th Economic Forum - part twoPrague, 22-24 May 2006
- CONFERENCE: Conference on prospects for the development of trans-Asian and Eurasian transit transportation through Central Asia until the year 2015
- EVENT: Facilitating cross-border trade and transport operations
National capacity building seminar
Documents
Brussels Ministerial Council Decision No. 11/06: Future Transport Dialogue in the OSCE
English (31.9 KB), French (65.9 KB), German (52.4 KB), Italian (65.1 KB), Russian (199 KB), Spanish (66.1 KB)
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