Annex 6 to OIC/COMCEC/36-20/REP
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Original: English
2- THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS HIGHLIGHTED BY 15TH
MEETINGOF THE COMCEC TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
WORKINGGROUP
The COMCEC Transport and Communications Working Group (TCWG)
successfully held its 15th Meeting on July 7th, 2020, in a virtual-only format, with the
theme of “Pricing of Transport Infrastructure in the OIC Member Countries”. During
the Meeting, TCWG made deliberations on the policy recommendations related to the
pricing of transport infrastructure. The policy recommendations were formulated by
taking into consideration the research report titled “Pricing of Transport Infrastructure in
the OIC Member Countries” and the responses of the Member States to the policy
questions sent by the COMCEC Coordination Office. The policy recommendations are
as followings:
Policy Recommendation I: Developing contemporary transport infrastructure
pricing policies and making use of implementation instruments such as PPPs, where
possible, and public transport operations for a well-functioning transport system.
Rationale:
An enabling legal framework accompanied by an integrated transport policy is of
particular importance for the success of transport infrastructure pricing systems. This
would also facilitate the effective participation of the private sector in the development
of transport infrastructure. The contemporary transport policies envisage an enabling
legal framework that explicitly highlights the government’s commitments and the
mechanisms for risk transfer between public and private stakeholders by streamlining all
the different pricing implementations and convert them into a single transport
infrastructure pricing act. In this vein, contemporary transport policies encourage the
participation of the private sector in transport infrastructure projects. The success of
transport infrastructure pricing schemes depends largely upon the implications,
externalities, and people’s perception of transport infrastructure pricing schemes. In this
framework, the contemporary transport policies attach particular importance to the social
and economic conditions of the users.