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First APEC Transportation Ministers
Meeting JOINT STATEMENT 1. For the first time, APEC Ministers in-charge of transportation have met to exchange views and opinions on transportation issues of common interest in the Asia Pacific region: developing and maintaining an integrated, safe, efficient, and environmentally sustainable transportation infrastructure; ensuring that transportation policies facilitate the efficient movement of goods and passengers in a manner that supports economic growth and trade in the region; and identifying the human resources needed to support the transportation sector. This meeting was held as a result of recommendations made by APEC Ministers and endorsed by Leaders in their meetings in November 1994 in Indonesia, and was one of seven important APEC initiatives launched in 1995 in pursuit of the objectives of the Bogor Declaration. 2. We recognize the important role of transportation in the economic and social well-being of each economy in the region. The ability of a transportation system to efficiently handle the movement of people and goods is critical in order to maximize economic productivity, facilitate trade, and contribute to the mobility of people. We also recognize that we must promote an institutional environment which facilitates the development of safe and efficient transportation systems that serve the region's consumers and producers. Guiding Principles for Asia-Pacific Transportation 3. Taking into account the differences in the stages of economic development and in the political, legal, and administrative systems, and with equal respect for the views of all participants, we consider the following principles useful in guiding our transportation policies as we move towards the next century:
facilitating improvement in productivity, skills and efficiency of labor
and management in the transport industry; 4. In support of the above guiding principles and the broad goals adopted by Leaders in Bogor, Indonesia, in November 1994 to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation as well as economic and technical cooperation in the region, we agree on the following priorities for cooperation and action: To pursue policies that significantly improve the region-wide transportation
system through strategic investment in infrastructure to meet the growing
and diverse transportation needs of Asia Pacific economies. conforming with and adopting, to the greatest degree practicable, accepted international safety, environmental, and technical standards in the region; and reviewing transport regulatory practices and procedures to pursue as far as possible their harmonization or mutual recognition. To pursue policies that improve the productivity, skills, entrepreneurial
capabilities, and efficiency of labor and management in the transport
sector through human resources development, including training, personnel
exchange programs, research and development, and technology transfers,
in part to narrow the gaps in human resource development and capabilities
between developed and developing economies. As a first step, we agree
to investigate the value of establishing a Technical Transportation Exchange
Program to increase the capabilities in the transport sector through the
exchange of experts among APEC economies. In addition, to further facilitate
the development of transportation human resources in the Asia-Pacific
region, we urge the Transportation Working Group to study the feasibility
of a center for transportation research, development, and education, to
determine whether such a facility is needed, taking into account issues
such as the viability, costs, benefits, etc. of such a center. 5. We urge the Transportation Working Group to draw on the principles agreed upon and the priorities for cooperation and action identified during this Ministerial in adjusting and developing further the transportation workplan, as formulated at the Seventh APEC Transportation Working Group meeting in Beijing, which will become a part of the Action Agenda for consideration at the APEC Economic Leaders' meeting in Osaka, Japan in November 1995. 6. We agree that these Ministerial discussions have promoted greater mutual understanding of transportation issues of common interest and are pleased that we have identified priorities for cooperation and action on them. We therefore look forward to continuing a dialogue among APEC Transportation Ministers.
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