4th Country Analytical Workshop Brussels, 21 June 2004

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4th Country Analytical WorkshopBrussels, 21 June
2004

• Country and regional coordination
• Good practice in the transport sector

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Outline

1. Transport in EC development cooperation
2. Country Strategy Paper leads to an EC transport
   response strategy
3. Coordination shapes EC country transport strategy
   and interventions
4. Harmonised implementation maintains coordinated
   government and donor strategies and interventions
5. EC regional transport strategy a similar
   approach
6. A continental strategy Sub Saharan Africa
   Transport Programme (SSATP) EC the major
   donor
7. Country and regional examples
8. What works and what still needs to be done

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Transport in EC development

• Demanded by EC partners
• EC support in all regions
• 30 of ACP country programmes of 9th EDF
• 2.2bn or 0.5bn p.a over 32 ACP countries
  (27 SSA)
• NEPAD focal sector
• Increasing IFI support- World Bank IAP, AfDB...
• Essential service for reducing poverty,
  supporting economic growth, social development

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Country Strategy Paper leads to an EC transport
response strategy

• Country analysis is a consultative process with
  government involving EU MS, donors, IFIs and
  local stakeholders.... that defines EC focal
  sectors
• Sectoral analysis reviews transport strategy,
  sector programme, donor support...that shapes EC
  response strategy..... endorsed by EU MS
• EC interventions determined by sector-wide
  approach to produce a mix of policy, capacity
  building and investment support
• EC strategy annual operational review, Mid Term
  Review 2004, End-of-Term review end 2006

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3. Coordination shapes formulates EC
country transport strategy and interventions

• Analysis based on a sector wide approach that
  promotes safe, affordable and sustainable
  transport
• At macro-economic level - review of
  affordability of sector programmes (TIP,
  RSDP)..involves sharing budgetary info, PER etc
• At sector level - review affordability of
  transport mode standards in road sector using
  tools such as HDM IV or similar
• Review capacity of transport budget to cover
  maintenance of modal networks Road Fund audits,
  government audits, share donor studies
• Review institutional capacity of key sectoral
  institutions
• These reviews demand extensive coordination with
  government and between donors

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4. Harmonised implementation maintains
coordinated government and donor strategies and
interventions

• Key aspects that strengthen impact of coordinated
  analytical work
• Financing mechanisms project approach, pool
  funding and sectoral budget support
• Procurement procedures works contract
  conditions, in particular
• Reporting procedures by government to donors
  and donors to parliaments at home
• Periodic review of sector programme and donor
  support strategies based on common indicators
• Mixed success on these key aspects but all
  progressing

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5. EC Regional transport strategy a similar
approach

• Consultative process focuses on dialogue with
  RECs, SROs, EU MS and donors operating at
  regional level
• Sector analysis principally linked to inter- and
  intra regional, and international trading
  patterns
• EC interventions again driven by a sectoral
  approach which focuses on transport corridor
  development
• Mix of interventions supports transit transport
  strategy development, REC capacity building and
  less physical investments
• Regional process less mature than at country
  level but improved with stronger ownership of
  RECs in NEPAD and SSATP

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6. A continental strategy SSATP- EC the
major donor

• Partners UNECA, RECs, SROs, 32 SSA countries 12
  donors and partners IL0, PMAESA...
• Vision Long term development plan 2004-07 of
  25m financed by EC, World Bank, Sweden, Ireland,
  Denmark, France, Norway...
• Regional Integration (TT), Poverty Reduction
  Transport - Road Management Financing,
  Affordable Transport Services HIV/AIDS, Gender,
  Safety Security, Micro-enterprise, Environment
• Analytical tools and products RED model,
  Performance Assessment Methodology, Railway
  concessioning toolkit, TT Audit toolkit,
  Transport-Poverty analysis Road Funds and Agency
  strategies.....and indicator development
• SSATP utilises shared approaches, develops
  analytical processes and tools, and thrives on
  strong coordination

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7. Country and regional examples

• Sectoral transport programmes in SSA countries
• Approximately 14 SPs (SWAPs) currently in
  operation Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun,
  Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
  Mauritania, RCA, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia
• SPs predominantly in roads sector
• All donors currently use project financing
  approach
• EC piloting sectoral budget support in 4
  countries Benin, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
  targeting backlog of periodic maintenance
• Regional transport programmes
• SADC Protocol on Transport, Communications and
  Meteorology associated transport policy action
  and investment programme

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8. What works - what still needs to be done

• Good practice
• Shared policy between donors and with governments
• Dialogue at sectoral level in formulation of SPs
• Reporting of the implementation of SPs
• Challenges
• Moving to sectoral budget support or pool funding
• Harmonisation of procurement works contracts,
  particularly
• Systematic and rigorous periodic review of SPs,
  common indicators
• Sustainability of SPs