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Urban Transport Strategy Review Consultations: Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program, Urban Mobility Component


Accra, Ghana, April 18-20, 2001

As part of the eleventh Steering Committee Meeting of the SSATP Urban Mobility Component, a special session was organized to present and debate the Urban Transport Strategy Paper (UTSP) drafted by the World Bank in consultation with its partners.

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Day 1: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Morning
Opening Session
Mr. I.T. Adjovu, Coordinating Director, Accra Metropolitan Assemblies 
Mr. P. Harold, Country Director, Ghana, World Bank 
Mr. Felix Owusu-Adjapong, Minister of Transport and Communications, Ghana 
Status and Perspectives of the Urban Mobility Component
Moderator: Mr. E.A. Kwakye, Ministry of Transport, Ghana
 
Impact of Urban Transport on the Economic, Social and Environmental Development of the City in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mr. P. Bultynck, World Bank
Paper (PDF, 177KB)
Presentation
 (PDF, 1,368KB)
Urban Transport Microenterprises 
The Case of Accra
Mr. S. Kwakye, Director of Planning Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ghana
 
Financing Public Transport Microenterprises: The Leasing Scheme in Dakar
(PDF, 103KB)
Mr. I. Diouf, CETUD, Senegal
 
Towards Public Transport Enterprises in Cotonou
Mr. Bachir Oloudé, SERHAU, Benin
 
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Afternoon
Urban Transport Microenterprises
The Case Studies: Bamako, Abidjan, Harare, Nairobi
Mr. A. Adolehoume, SITRASS
Lessons Learned from the Regional Perspective
Mr. A. Adolehoume, SITRASS
Mr. E. Bloy, SITRASS
Profitability and Financing of Urban Transport Microenterprises
(PDF, 56KB - FRENCH)
Mr. E. Bloy, SITRASS
 
Security at Public Transport Interchanges in South Africa
Mr. R. Kingma, Cape Town, South Africa
Paper (PDF, 35KB)
Presentation
 (PDF, 381KB)
Launching Public Transport Microenterprises in Lomé
Mr. Akakpo, Mayor of Lomé, Togo
 
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Day 2: Thursday, April 19, 2001
Morning
Urban Air Pollution
Moderator: Mr. M. Niaty-Mouamba, President, SITRASS
Short Video on the Silent Threat of Leaded Gasoline
Urban Mobility and Emissions: Towards Accurate Standards for Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 62KB)
Mr. A. Wane, Mali
 
Impact of Air Pollution and Lead on Health (PDF, 140KB - FRENCH)
Dr. Ahmadou Diouf, Senegal
 
Framework of a Strategy to Reduce Emissions from Motorized Transport in Benin (PDF, 79KB - FRENCH)
MEHU, Benin
 
Capacity Building
Training Program for the Municipalities: Experiences from the Abidjan Session
Mrs. Ezzine, World Bank
 
Capacity Building for Financing Municipal Mobility (PDF, 38KB)
Mrs. Winnie Mulongo, Senior Officer, Municipal Development Program-East, Harare, Zimbabwe
 
Strengthening Local Expertise: Lessons from Tanzania (PDF, 49KB)
Mr. C.P.M. Takule, Project Manager, USRP
 

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Afternoon
Road Safety
Moderator: Mr. M. Niaty-Mouamba, President, SITRASS
Road Safety Organization in Ghana
Mr. E.A. Kwakye, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ghana
Pedestrian Road Safety in Ouagadougou and Harare
Mr. Chris Baguley, TRL
Road Safety In Africa: Lessons from Isted Experience 1994-2000
Ms. Béatrice Adoléhoumé, Isted Transport Pole
Institutional Reform
Concession of Routes: The Cases of Douala and Yaoundé (PDF, 29KB - FRENCH)
Mr. H. Ngabmen, Cameroon
Dakar: Lessons Learned from CETUD (PDF, 62KB - FRENCH)
Mr. S. Diagne, Chief Executive, CETUD, Senegal
Closing Session
Synthesis of the Eleventh Steering Committee Meeting Session (PDF, 17KB)
Mr. Patrick Bultynck, World Bank
Closing Remarks
Mr. Kwakye, Ministry of Transport and Communications

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Day 3: Friday, April 20, 2001
Morning
Urban Transport Strategy
Moderator: Mr. J.B. Ellong-Mbassi, Regional Coordinator MDP

Presentation of the Executive Summary of the Urban Transport Strategy Paper drafted by the World Bank and Debate on the Main Issues (PDF, 4.9MB)
Mr. P. Bultynck, World Bank

Dakar Urban Mobility Improvement Project (PDF, 2.6MB)

Executive Summary of the Discussion on the Urban Transport Strategy
Paper - English (PDF, 18KB)
Paper - French (PDF, 20KB)
Mr. E.A. Kwakye, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ghana

Afternoon

Technical Visit of the Accra Urban Transport System: Visit Organized by the Ministry of Roads and Transport of Ghana

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