REGIONAL TIR SEMINAR
Baku - Azerbaijan
2 - 3 October 2001 |
Regional
TIR Seminar in Baku on 2 and 3 October 2001
The TIR Executive Board and the TIR secretariat,
in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE),
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Baku and the State
Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan organize a Regional TIR
Seminar for countries of the Caucasus, Black Sea Region and the Central
Asia which will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) on 2 and 3 October 2001.
The Seminar will be held by senior experts
of the UNECE TIR secretariat with the participation of high-level officials
from Customs administrations of some Western European countries sharing
with the participants their experience in the application of the TIR Convention
during the last 25 years.
Participation
The TIR Seminar is designed to address
senior officials in Customs administrations responsible for Customs policy
and Customs transit procedures. The Seminar is however also open to concerned
senior officials in other Ministries, such as the Ministries of Transport,
Economy, Commerce and Trade as well as to representatives of the private
sector who are involved in Customs transit procedures (national associations
of road carriers, Chambers of Commerce, freight forwarders and/or Customs
brokers). The International Road Transport Union (IRU), backing up the
TIR Customs transit procedure, will also participate in the Seminar.
Participants from the following countries
in the region are invited: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia,
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova,
Mongolia, Romania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine.
Programme
Attached please find a first provisional
programme of the Seminar. More detailed information on the programme
of the Seminar, administrative arrangements and on the participating experts
will become available in early September. Each participant will be given
a free copy of the latest edition of the TIR Handbook. At the end of the
Seminar, certificates of attendance will be distributed to all participants.
English and Russian will be working languages of the seminar. Full simultaneous
interpretation into/from these languages will be provided to allow for
easy understanding and efficient discussions.
- Seminar
Registration and Hotel Reservation
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Participation in the Seminar is free
of charge for registered participants. Participants are however expected
to cover their own travel costs, accommodation and other personal
expenses. Each participant at the Seminar must register with the UNECE
TIR secretariat prior to the Seminar using a copy of the attached
TIR Seminar Registration Form.
This form should be returned to the UNECE TIR secretariat as soon
as possible.
Some block bookings have been made
for Seminar participants at the Conference hotel in Baku at special
rates. In order to profit from these rates, participants should sent
the attached Hotel Reservation
Form directly to the Crescent Beach Hotel in Baku as soon as possible,
but not later than 15 September 2001.
- Further
Information
Should you need any further information on the TIR Seminar in Riga,
please contact the TIR secretariat:
Tel: +41-22-917-2433 or +41-22-917-1531
Fax: +41-22-9170039 or +41-22-9170614;
E-mail: tirexb@unece.org
Postal address: UNECE TIR secretariat, Office 410, Palais des Nations,
CH-1211 Geneva 10.
Relevant information is also available on the TIR web site (http://www.unece.org/tir/welcome.html).