The “Regional Forum on Promoting Better Vehicular Fuel Quality and Fuel Economy Policies for the Arab countries” was held on 24-25th November 2014 at the League of Arab States headquarters, Cairo, Egypt. The Forum supported by the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV), the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI), the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE). The participants were representatives of the government, private sector, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations.

The Forum discussed the current status of clean fuels and vehicles in the Arab countries, the main challenges and opportunities, and identify key strategies needed to enhance cleaner and more efficient fuels and vehicles in the region. The Forum was an active platform for sharing international and regional success stories and lessons learnt about fuel economy and fuel quality practices, leading to cleaner air. The Forum included a dialogue on the proposed strategy for reducing fuel sulfur content and improving fuel economy in the Arab countries.

Documents: 

1. Fuel Quality Roadmap: Arab Sulfur Reduction Strategy (Draft) – Arab_Sulfur_Roadmap_Arabic or Arab_Sulfur_Roadmap_eng
2. Fuel Economy Case Studies (Draft): Bahrain, Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt 
3. Meeting agenda: English
4. Meeting report: English – Arabic
5. Presentations:

    

    

    

    

   1. Global    Overview    on    Cleaner    Fuels    and    Vehicles,    UNEP
   2. ​Development    of    Cleaner    Fuel    Production    in    Arab    Refineries, Organization    of    Arab    Petroleum Exporting    Countries    (OAPEC)
   3. Promoting    Cleaner    Fossil    Fuels    in    the    Transport    Sector    in    the    Arab    Region,    United    Nations Economic    and    Social    Commission    for    West    Asia    (ESCWA)
   4. Case    study    on    Fuel    Quality    Roadmap    for    Asia,    Asian    Clean    Fuels    Association    (ACFA)
   5. Political    and    Market    Conditions    Delay    Uniform    Approach    for    Fuel    Quality,    Hart    Energy
   6. Proposed    Arab    Region    Strategy    for    Sulphur    Reduction    in    Fuel,    CEDARE
   7. ​Introduction    to    Fuel    Economy,    CEDARE
   8. The    GFEI    Tools:    An    overview    of    the    tools    available    to    policymakers,    UNEP
   9. ​Fuel    economy    Case    Studies    in    the    Arab    Region
      Tunisia
      Morocco
      Bahrain