A specialized Coordination Council chaired by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is being set up in Ukraine to address issues related to the logistics of transport and road management. This was reported by Government portal.
The relevant resolution was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on April 9, 2022 No. 427 “On the establishment of the Coordinating Council for Logistics in Agriculture”.
The Council will facilitate coordination between central and local executive bodies, local self-government, enterprises, institutions and organizations, their associations, experts, as well as other advisory bodies.
The main tasks of the Coordinating Council:
· formation and implementation of state policy in the field of transport, road management, development of transit potential and logistics;
· definition of the mechanism of improvement of quality of transport and information technologies of logistic infrastructure;
· improvement of transportation logistics;
· increase the efficiency of procedures for state control during the movement of goods and vehicles across the state border;
· reduction of costs for international and domestic transportation of goods;
· improving the monitoring of international traffic;
· reduction of time for transportation of goods to the destination;
· providing qualified personnel for logistics infrastructure;
· improvement of the legal framework on transport, road management, state customs and tax affairs, state control during the movement of goods and vehicles across the state border, etc.