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Regional Integration and Transport

The REC’s Action PlanProgress and Next Steps

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Northern Corridor 1. Establishment of Observatory

Data Collection Methodology and First Trial

40 Questionnaires returned out of 500+

Suitability of the process ? Implementation of an Adjusted

Methodology

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Northern Corridor (2) 2. Updating of the NC Treaty

Consultants being hired Workshop to be held in second quarter of

2005 Completion expected in June 2005 Adoption aimed for 2006

3. Mombasa Port Security Bids for Security Assessment to be Received

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Dar es Salaam Corridor 1. Establishment of Observatory

ToRs drafted in May, 2004 ToRs to be adjusted following review

of other observatory projects. Procurement to start in November,

2004 2. Dar Port Security

THA expected to draft ToRs

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Dar es Salaam Corridor (2) 3. Road safety pamphlet

Lack of a champion on the ground: to be linked to the road safety action plan

4. Future actions: assistance to the

Dar Corridor Management Committee?

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North-South Corridor 1. Beit Bridge pilot project

Started in June 2004 Continuation of an earlier effort by public and

private stakeholders to solve emergency problems in 2003

Intends to reduce transit time at border Facilitates stakeholders consultation to

design and implement an Action Plan Matrix Matrix already in place To be continued through 2005 Identified the need for observatory

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North-South Corridor (2) 2 Establishment of Observatory

ToRs drafted in May, 2004 ToRs to be adjusted following review of other

observatory projects. Procurement to start in November, 2004

3. Study on best practices in axle load control ToRs prepared by ECA and under review by

SADC and COMESA Procurement to start in November, 2004

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North-South Corridor (3) 4. Design of an HIV/AIDS transport

program Review ongoing and proposed

interventions and value added of SSATP; Ways forward and ToRs for program

design to be agreed upon by November, 2004

5. Future actions: support to the set up of a Corridor Management Committee?

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Douala-Ndjamena/Bangui Corridors 1. Establishment of Observatory

Methodology still to be elaborated, and request by stakeholders for preliminary consultation

Financing by existing WB Grant to CEMAC Start expected for early 2005

2. Douala Port Facilitation & Security Regional consultation ongoing for

implementation of ISPS code CEMAC/ECCAS to propose SSATP priority

Actions by December 2004 Implementation to start in 2005

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Pointe-Noire-Brazza-Bangui and Matadi-Kinshasa-Bangui corridors (2) 1. Establishment of Observatory

Objectives different from the other observatories (multimodal rail-river and road-river corridors)

Methodology still to be elaborated by CEMAC, ECCAS and CICOS

ToRs to be drafted by Dec 2004 2. Future actions: set up of corridor

management committee? Need for a baseline survey of corridor operations Need to further investigate regulatory implications CEMAC/ECCAS to propose SSATP set of actions by

December 2004

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West African Corridors 1. Observatories

Pilot trial completed on two corridors (end 2003) Methodological and data collection issues Revised methodology to be devised Additional support expected from USAID on data

collection design and IT set up Next round of surveys to be carried out early in

2005, with validation workshop by April 2005 SSATP support required for data collection,

processing and dissemination Extension of the scope to other corridors during 2nd

half of 2005

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 missions des Chargés de liaison  & structuration moyens mis à disposition des Chargés de liaison structuration des fiches d’enquête méthode de conduite des enquêtes ;communication entre parties prenantes au projet rapports avec le Consultant conduite des enquêtes modalités de restitution des données d’enquêtes ;conduite des contre enquêtes modalités de restitution des résultats des contre enquêtes ;modalités de rapprochement des résultats des contre-enquêtes avec ceux des enquêtes diffusion des informations pérennité du projet problèmes financiers

Problèmes identifiés

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Revoir l’approche méthodologique 2

Revoir le programme informatique

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Réorganiser les mécanismes de coordination1

Revoir la stratégie de communication4

Solutions

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Téma – Ouaga – Niamey - Bamako 2

Lomé - Cotonou

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Lomé – Ouaga – Niamey - Bamako1

Extension future à Abidjan – Lagos après atelier

de validation

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L’OPA / PRF

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West African Corridors (2) 2. Study/workshop on institutional and legal

framework Three ongoing studies on transit system and

guarantee regime, border posts and corridor management legal status (NEPAD and AfDB financing)

Validation workshops will be organized before end of 2004 (RECs and donors financing)

Support from SSATP may be sought to help update of national regulations to comply with agreed regional legal provisions.

ToRs to be drafted by January 2005

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Multi Corridor issues/Inter REC Cooperation 1. Areas of inter-REC cooperation:

status of actions SADC-COMESA-FESARTA-PMAESA-ECA

consultation in May 2004 on observatories and overload control;

Internal coordination ECOWAS-UEMOA now complete in almost every subject

No progress on ECCAS-CEMAC No action undertaken involving Africa wide

inter REC cooperation or multi corridor issues since the Nairobi Feb 2004 meeting.

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Multi Corridor issues/inter REC Cooperation (2) 1. Areas of inter-REC cooperation: next steps

Facilitation action by SSATP and ECA to improve CEMAC-ECCAS coordination by December 2004

Global reconsideration of the observatories (during ongoing SSATP meeting)

Information sharing to be developed on one stop border posts issues (legal-management- procedures- infrastructure)?

Develop the process of inter REC trade facilitation cooperation involving Customs (starting with COMESA-SADC on regional bond guarantees)

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Inter REC Coordination Draft Terms of Reference for a

coordination mechanism to be discussed during ongoing meeting

Relationships with NEPAD, AU, etc… to be clarified, proposals to be done during the meeting

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Improve SSATP response Long procurement procedures Clarification required in role of the

RECs/SROs on contract management Lengthy payment process Follow up by SSATP team to be

improved