PROJECT BRIEF

Contractor : DHV Consultants - the Netherlands

Subcontractors : NIIAT - Russia;
Freight Transport Association (FTA) - UK;
AFT/IFTIM - France

Project objectives:

· To assess the existing legislation in the field of domestic road transport/haulage.

· To identify missing legislation or rules (including environmental aspects) and to establish implementation priorities.

· To provide a unified legal, contractual and organisational basis for the existing and future new regional associations for domestic road haulage companies.

· To create a minimum of four new associations as pilots.

· To provide recommendations for the future institution building process of creating similar associations in other regions (Oblast or similar level) and at the federal level.

Planned outputs:

* Proposal for a comprehensive legal framework, and a draft basic legislation, regarding road transport.

* Recommended strategy on the introduction of a ‘standard cargo carriage document’.

* Proposal for the elaboration of selected priority topics of legislation and by-laws.

* Draft policy document on the role, functions and structure of associations for domestic road transport.

* Draft statutes and recommended organisational structure of the associations, including relations with external bodies.

* Minimum four fully operational pilot associations, including trained key staff.

* Equipment, software and database installed to assist the pilot associations.

* Analysis and recommendations on RF-wide association development.

Project activities:

1. Analysis and elaboration of domestic road transport legislation

• Inventory of existing legislation including the identification of missing laws/rules
• Definition of overall law concept, selection of priority issues, and framework for elaboration
• Elaboration of proposed legislation, including support to MoT on the development of legal documents

2. Association establishment and development

• Assessment of the role and functions of the associations
• Elaboration of legal, organisational and financial concepts/set-up, and technical issues (certification, etc.)
• Pilot association selection, establishment of priority action programme and management information system (MIS)
• Assessment of association training needs and development of training programme for associations
• Equipment and software procurement and installation for the pilot associations

3. Seminars/workshops

• Brainstorm seminar on role/functions and organisation of associations
• Legislation improvement strategy
• Association development strategy
• Presentation of the pilot associations training programme
• Final project dissemination seminar

4. Association staff training

• Test of training programme for associations
• In-house association staff training

5. One-week Study tour to EU associations for ten selected association managers staff

Target groups: Staff of MoT (particularly Department of Automobile Transport) and other Government bodies involved in the legislation elaboration, implementation and enforcement; representatives, managers and staff of the existing and future associations

Project starting date: 11 November 1997