General proceedings - Association mondiale de la Route

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................................... 2
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................. 3
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................ 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 6
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 8
1.1. Background............................................................................................................................ 8
1.2. Organisation of the Seminar .................................................................................................. 8
1.3. Participants............................................................................................................................. 9
1.4. The Venue and Seminar Languages ...................................................................................... 9
1.5. Seminar Objectives .............................................................................................................. 10
1.6. Theme and Sub Themes....................................................................................................... 10
1.7. Seminar Programme............................................................................................................. 10
2. OPENING SESSION........................................................................................................... 11
2.1. Opening Speech by the Guest of Honour ............................................................................ 11
2.2. Key note address by Mr. Mustafa Benmaamar, Senior Transport Policy Advisor, SSATP 11
3. PRESENTATION SESSIONS ............................................................................................ 12
3.1. Day 1, Monday 16 th April 2007........................................................................................... 13
3.2. Day 2, Tuesday 17 th April 2007........................................................................................... 26
3.3. Day 3, Wednesday 18 th April 2007...................................................................................... 34
3.4. Day 4, Thursday 19 th April 2007 ......................................................................................... 37
3.5. Day 5, Friday 20 th April 2007.............................................................................................. 48
4. CLOSING SESSION........................................................................................................... 51
4.1. Remarks by the Deputy Secretary General of the World Roads Congress (PIARC) .......... 51
4.2. Closing Remarks by the Chairperson of the Tanzania’s Roads Fund Board....................... 51
4.3. Closing Speech by the Guest of Honour.............................................................................. 52
5. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................... 52
5.1. Sub-theme 1: The Role of Road Infrastructure in Achieving Millennium Development
Goals .................................................................................................................................... 52
5.2. Sub-theme 2: Road Investment Planning and its Management ........................................... 52
5.3. Sub-theme 3: Mechanisms and Modalities for Revenue Collection and its Allocation ...... 53
5.4. Sub-theme 4: Policies, Legislation and Reforms in Road Financing and Management...... 54
5.5. Sub-theme 5: Cross Cutting Issues ...................................................................................... 55
6. EVALUATION OF THE MEETING.................................................................................. 55
7. SUMMARY OF THE SEMINAR....................................................................................... 58
Appendix 1: List of Participants............................................................................................. 59
Appendix 2: Seminar Programme .......................................................................................... 66
Appendix 3: Opening Speech by Tanzania’s Minister for Infrastructure .................... 70
Appendix 4: Declaration of Accra ......................................................................................... 78
Appendix 5: Closing Remarks by Chairperson of Tanzania’s Roads Fund Board.... 80
Appendix 6: Closing Speech by the Regional Commissioner for Arusha, Tanzania 83
Appendix 7: Seminar Summary Sheet .................................................................................. 86
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