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We are 75

2023 is a special year for IRU: we celebrate our 75ᵗʰ anniversary. With our members, partners, staff and friends, we have helped connect societies with safe, efficient and green mobility and logistics as the voice of commercial road transport since 1948.

We are also marking the 50ᵗʰ anniversary of our European Union representation in Brussels. Together we have worked hand in hand with European authorities and governments since 1973 to help develop and advance the EU.

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Looking back, looking forward

Reaching these extraordinary milestones is testament to the importance of the road transport industry, the strength of the IRU family, and the dedication and commitment of our members across the globe.

We will be looking back at some of the momentous milestones in our history, but our focus will be on looking forward.

We will be exploring where our industry is headed over the coming decades, and its role in connecting people, communities and businesses with safe, efficient and green mobility and logistics.    

How is commercial road transport helping achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals? In combatting climate change? In reducing poverty and inequality? In driving prosperity and peace? In making our cities, towns and villages more liveable? In short, making our lives and our world better.
 

Join our events

We kick off on 12 May with a special event in Geneva, then in Brussels on 27 June to celebrate 50 years of our EU representation. Stay tuned for further dates in other regions.

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Join the debate

Join us on our social media platforms from 12 May to meet our new industry shapers and debate with us some of the big questions on our industry’s future and its role in the world.

New road transport Industry Shapers

At the heart of this special year is a campaign focused on new industry shapers. 

With our members and partners, we are inviting people from different parts of our industry, from all over the world, to be a new industry shaper.

Do you know someone who could be a New Industry Shaper?

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IRU was founded on 23 March 1948 to help a war-torn Europe rebuild devastated trade and commercial links.

Over the years, as IRU’s membership grew, we built long-standing partnerships with the United Nations, the European Union and many other international and regional organisations to drive progress in the road transport industry and its service to the world’s communities and economies.

Today, as the voice of over 3.5 million mobility and logistics companies across the globe, IRU works to connect societies with safe, efficient and green mobility and logistics.