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1. MoU with International Union of Railways (UIC), signed on 17 July 2003 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Signed by Dr. Abdurashid Boltaevich Tagirov, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA 






 Signed between
PS IGC TRACECA and UIC
The International Union of Railways is a non-profit international trade association registered under French law.
UIC, the worldwide professional association representing the railway sector and promoting rail transport



Statute: https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/200909_statutes_en.pdf
For more information, please follow their website: https://uic.org/about

The MoU between the PS IGC TRACECA and the UIC entered into force, taking into account the expertise that UIC, as a major international cooperation body, can contribute and the role of the Commission responsible for the Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for development of the Europe – the Caucasus – Asia Corridor.

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2. MoU with International Road Federation (IRF), signed on 03 May 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria








Signed between Mrs. Lyudmila Trenkova,
Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA and
Mr. Anthony Pearce, the Director General of the IRF






“International Road Federation” (Internationaler Strassenverband, Fédération Routière Internationale), in conformity with the provisions of Article 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code.

IRF Geneva is a politically neutral, nondenominational, non-governmental, not-for-profit association governed by the present statutes and, by Articles 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code.

The International Road Federation (IRF) established to encourage and promote development and maintenance of better and safer roads and road networks worldwide.

Statute:
https://www.irfnet.ch/files-upload/pdf-files/IRF_Geneva_Statutes2012.pdf

For more information, please follow their website: https://www.irfnet.ch/ 

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3. MoU with Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), signed on 13 December 2007 in Astana, Kazakhstan

Signed between Mr. Rustan Zhanatovich Jenalinov, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA
and Mr. Altai Efendiyev, Deputy Secretary General of the  BSEC PERMIS – (Permanent International Secretariat of BSEC)
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation as an interstate association was established in 1992 at the Istanbul Summit of Heads and Governments of the Black Sea region states. The 1998 Yalta Summit of Heads of States and Governments took a decision to transform the Black Sea Economic Cooperation into the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). It currently includes 12 countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine

Charter statute:
http://www.bsec-organization.org/UploadedDocuments/
StatutoryDocumentsAgreements/CHARTERFourthEdition.pdf


For more information, please follow their website:
http://www.bsec-organization.org/ 

The MoU between PS IGC TRACECA and BSEC is entered into force, taking into necessity to create a highly efficient regional transport system, which combines the national transport programs with the development plans of the Pan-European transport corridors in the Black Sea region and Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus- Asia.

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4. MoU with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), signed on 04 December 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Signed between 
Mr. Rustan
 Zhanatovich
 Jenalinov, Secretary General of the 
PS IGC TRACECA and
Mr. Paolo Garonna, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was set up in 1947 by ECOSOC.
It is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. UNECE's major aim is to promote Pan-European economic integration. UNECE includes 56 member States in Europe, North America and Asia.
However, all interested United Nations Member States may participate in the work of UNECE.
Over 70 international professional organizations and other non-governmental organizations take part in UNECE activities.


UNECE contributes to enhancing the effectiveness of the United Nations through the regional implementation of outcomes of global United Nations Conferences and Summits.
It gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation with other global players and key stakeholders, notably the business community.


UNECE also sets out norms, standards and conventions to facilitate international cooperation within and outside the region.

For more information, please follow their website: https://www.unece.org/info/ece-homepage.html 
https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/operact/
ECE%2008%20TC%20Overview%20Report.pdf


The MoU with the PS IGC TRACECA promotes common involvement in prompting intra-regional and interregional trade facilitation and wish to avoid duplication of work, as well as to ensure closer cooperation for the stability, prosperity and strengthening cooperation in transport field.

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5. MoU with UN Economic and Social Commision for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), signed on 16 June 2009 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Signed between Mr. Rustan Zhanatovich Jenalinov, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA and Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Deputy Under-Secretary General of the UN, the Executive Secretary of the UN-ESCAP

 
UNESCAP established in 1947 in Shanghai, China, as the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) to assist in post-war economic reconstruction, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) moved its headquarters to Bangkok in January 1949.

It’s an organization under UN partronage. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. Made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, the region is home to 4.1 billion people, or two thirds of the world’s population.

For more information, please follow their website: http://www.unescap.org/about 

ESCAP and IGC TRACECA recognize that it is important to convene periodic consultations to review what is being planned, what is being implemented and what is being achieved in terms of results as well as to discuss new challenges, opportunities and problems related to the areas of cooperation under signed MoU.

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6. MoU with Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), 16 June 2009, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Signed between Mr. Rustan
Zhanatovich Jenalinov, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA
and
Mr. Khurshid Anwar, the Secretary General of ECO
The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization which was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade and investment opportunities. The ECO is an ad hoc organization under the United Nations Charter (Chap. VIII). The objective is to establish a single market for goods and services, much like the European Union.
ECO's secretariat and cultural department are located in Iran, its economic bureau is in Turkey and its scientific bureau is situated in Pakistan.

For more information, please follow their website: http://www.eco.int/

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7. MoU with the International Road Transport Union (IRU), 17 September 2013, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Signed between  Mr. Eduard Biriucov,
the Secretary General of the
PS  IGC TRACECA
and
Mr. Martin Marmy,
the Secretary General of IRU
IRU is an independent, democratic international organization
active in over 100 countries.
Active members are non-profit-making organizations
that represent a sector of road transport, or a specific category within passenger or goods transport, at national level.
They can vote and participate in all parts of IRU’s governance.

Associate members include national and international non profit-making organizations and companies participating directly
or indirectly in road transport activities.
They cannot vote, but can participate in IRU’s advisory bodies and attend the General Assembly.

For more information, please follow their website: https://www.iru.org/who-we-are/iru-organisation

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8. MoU with the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), 17 September 2013, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Signed between Mr. Eduard Biriucov,
the Secretary General of the
PS  IGC TRACECA
and
Mr. Catalin Radu, the ECAC President
The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)
or Conférence Européenne
de l'Aviation Civile (CEAC) is an intergovernmental organization
which was established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Council of Europe.
It is located in Neuilly-sur-Seine/Paris in France.
Founded in 1955 with 19 member states,
the ECAC now totals 44 members, including all 28 EU, 31 of the 32 European Aviation Safety Agency member states, and all 41 EUROCONTROL member states.

For more information, please follow their website:
https://www.ecac-ceac.org/

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9. MoU with Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC), 8 September 2017, Xi`an, China

Signed between Mr. Mircea Ciopraga,
the Secretary General
of the PS  IGC TRACECA
and Mr. Li Zhonghang,
the SRCIC  Secretary General
Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC), composed of national commercial associations of the Silk Road countries,
is the first non-profitable and non-governmental international business confederation named after the Silk Road.

Currently SRCIC has 61 country members and millions of enterprises, forming up a community of shared interests, shared responsibilities and a shared future.

For more information, please follow their website: http://www.srcic.com/ 

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10. MoU with Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute (CI), 10 September 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan

Signed between Mr. Mircea Ciopraga,
the Secretary General of the
PS IGC TRACECA
and
Mr. Bayaraa Sanjasuren,
the CAREC Institute (CI) Director 
CAREC Institute (CI) is an intergovernmental organization contributing to the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program through knowledge generation and capacity building.
The Fifth Ministerial Conference on CAREC held in 2006 endorsed the establishment of CI.
CI became operational in 2009 and functioned as a virtual institute until 2015.
The physical base of CI was inaugurated in March 2015 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China.

For more information, please follow their website: https://www.carecprogram.org

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11. MoC with the the Association of Legal Entities of the International Association “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” (ALE IA TITR), 10 February 2023, Tbilisi, Georgia

Signed between
Mr.Asset  Assavbayev,
Secretary General of the
PS IGC TRACECA
and
Mr. Gaidar Abdikerimov,
TITR Secretary General


In December 2016, the participants of the Coordinating Committee for the Development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route - Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia - decided to establish the International Association "Trans-Caspian International Transport Route".
Since February 2017, the International Association "Trans-Caspian International Transport Route" has started its activities.

TITR is consolidating organization, which represents today an interest of number of countries and companies on the new Silk Way which now starting its functioning like in the days of the ancient Silk Road.

TITR is aimed to coordinate interaction of all the participants of transportation of goods and containers along the route from Asia to Europe and in the reversed direction, including needed informational support.

For more information, please follow the website: https://middlecorridor.com/en/

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