By Rudolfo Huici, Inter-American Development Bank. Transforming Transportation 2011. Washington, D.C. January 27, 2011.

2. Development of a Network of Freight Logistics Observatories in Latin America and the Caribbean Rodolfo Huici January 27th, 2011 Washington, DC

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4. Presentation Contents Why freight logistics observatories Lessons from other transport observatories Proposed actions: a Regional Observatory and a network of local observatories

5. Freight transport needs of data, information and analysis Freight transport is relevant in the public agenda due to … … its positive impacts: it facilitates trade and is a key factor in the economic competitiveness … its negative impacts (local and global) and resources consumption (energy, space) There is a growing need for information on this sector, for public policy purpose and for strategic and operational decisions made by private actors The major problem is road transportation - with multiple operators, partially informal – who carries about two thirds of domestic freight flows in the Region The observatory - usually viewed as an institution aimed at generating data, information and knowledge - seems to be an appropriate response to help reduce the gap

6. Freight transport observatories International experience regarding freight transport observatories shows that their action is centered in data generation and analytical work Examples are scarce: it is a relatively new type of institution There is a growing trend to combine freight transport with logistics and supply chain management In some cases observatories are traditional government offices, redesigned and named as observatories In Spain, i.e., even some public agencies are named observatories Transport observatories are usually organized by mode or by region

8. Inter-institutional cooperation and private-public connection

9. Attraction and development of expert knowledge

10. Key performance indicators definition, harmonization and estimation; benchmarking

11. Basic studies, contribution to the sector knowledge

13. Modal scope: unimodal versus multimodal

14. Audience at which it is directed: statistics and analysis, versus real time data (portals)

18. Implementation strategy The Regional Observatory will be created and managed by the IDB It will involve the Bank areas with responsibility in the matter: transport and infrastructure, integration, trade facilitation, private sector development The National Observatories will be implemented gradually They will be promoted through agreements between the Reg. Obs. and the country; the creation might be supported by Bank technical assistance and lending operations The implementation in each country deserves a detailed analysis on its institutional location, organization type, etc. Several countries in the Region have already shown interest and are preparing the Nat. Obs. implementation