Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the
Transport and Communications Working Group
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Mr. KARAGÖL emphasized the importance of Sectoral Themes, which should also be considered
while submitting project proposals, published on the COMCEC website. He enumerated the
supported topics in transport and communications cooperation area as follows:
 Preparing national broadband strategies
 Enhancing digital literacy
 Achieving high-speed Internet coverage in rural and isolated areas
 Enactment of financial incentives to operators for deploying 4G infrastructure
 Reducing the cost of broadband services through targeted public policy initiatives
 Lowering the cultural and linguistic barriers through the development of local
platforms, content, and applications
 Supporting broadband usage of disadvantaged segments
 Transforming transport routes to transport corridors
 Developing a Corridor Treaty template for enroute countries along the transnational
transport corridors
 Establishing national committees for trade and transport facilitation
 Promoting simplification of business processes among the enroute countries along the
transnational transport corridors
 Increasing awareness of stakeholders about the potential economic benefits of
transnational transport corridors
 Promoting “through railway tariff” among the countries along the transnational
transport corridors
 Preparation of a master plan for the development of transport corridors
 Engaging the private sector to develop, finance and manage transport corridor
infrastructure in partnership with the public sector
 Encouraging trade and investments along transnational transport corridors
 Facilitating visa issuance for business people and visa stickers for drivers
 Implementing the security-building measures throughout transport corridors
 Enhancing experience sharing on road safety
 Promoting multimodal legal liability
 Improving the design standards of road and rail infrastructure
 Ensuring the sustainability of transport corridor infrastructure
 Harmonization of the vehicle and operational standards
 Improving rail interoperability including a common driver licensing/certification and
common conditions of carriage
 Improving communications along the corridor including fiber optic cable and cargo
tracking
 Increasing the number and quality of logistics centers along the transport corridors
 Promoting intermodal transport
 Stimulating the use of more environmentally friendly vehicles and vessels