  THE APEC TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
１．Summary
This Working Group deals with issues in the APEC transportation field. In the 3rd APEC Ministerial Meeting, it was established to enhance efficiency and safety in the region's transportation system. Since October 1991, it has usually been held biannually. The 3rd Working Group was held in Tokyo and the 18th Working Group was held in Miyazaki.
２．Particpating Countries
APEC's 21 Member Economies
ASEAN7 (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mexico,
Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Peru, Chile, and Russia
３．Organization (As of July 2007 in the 29th APEC Transportation Working Group)
- Special Advisor for Human Resource Development: The Philippines
４．Discussion in Recent Transportation Working Group
In the 29th APEC Transportation Working Group (July 2007 in Taipei), the following issues, which were directed at the 5th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting (March 2007 in Adelaide, Australia), were discussed.
- Balance between safety and efficiency while maintaining harmonization and security measures
- Serious approach on total supply-chain management
- An approach on public transportation security and new fields such as emissions
- Implementation of recommendation toward achievement of Bogor Goals（＊） in each Experts' Group Meeting and continuous approach by drawing up an action plan
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Adopted in Indonesia in 1994 with the goal of free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific by 2010 for developed economies and 2020 for developing countries. |
５．Activity in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In the Experts' Group Meeting on Maritime, Ports and Harbors, which we serve as chairman, we make an effort to promote mutual understandings and WTO negotiations by leading active discussions regarding the liberalization of marine transport. We also make a great contribution to extract mutual issues and draw up action plans to improve capability and efficiency regarding harbor investment.
The next meeting is supposed to be held in April 2008 in Manila.
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