AIRTRANSPORTANNUALREPORT2012 - Archive

Democrac Republic of Congo MulModal Transport Project
(P092537,P129594)
In2010,theBankapprovedanIDAgrantof
US$255millionforthefirsttransportproject
inDemocracRepublicofCongosincethe
endofthecivilwar.TheobjecveoftheMul
modalTransportProject's(MTP)isto(i)to
improvetransportconnecvityinthe
DemocraccRepublicofCongo(DRC)soasto
supportnaonaleconomicintegraon,(ii)to
restoreSociétéNaonaledesCheminsdeFer
duCongo’s(NaonalRailwayCompanyof
DRCSNCC)financialandoperaonalviabil
ity,and(iii)toimplementasectorwidegov
ernanceplanandstrengthentransportstate
ownedenterprises(SOEs)operaonalperfor
mances.
US$10 million of the grant are dedicated to
theaviaonsector.Thefundsfinance(i)the
procurement and installaon of ADSB sur
veillanceequipmentbytheNaonalAirways
Management Agency (RVA), (ii) a new
categoryIIILS/VOR/DMEsystemforthecapi
tal’s internaonal airport Kinshasa/N’Djili
(FIH),(iii)twostudiesonthedevelopmentof
airportsinthecountry(oneonfreightdevel
opment at FIH, and one on secondary air
ports),and(iv)trainingforRVApersonnelin
airtraccontrol,andairportrescueandfire
fighngservices.
Based on the Bank’s aviaon component in
DRCwhichincludesaSOEreformcomponent,
the African Development Bank (ADB) pre
pared an airport/air transport project of
US$180 million, which provides complemen
tary investments to the RVA modernizaon
plan.
Asignificantreduconinaverageannual
numberofAirTracSystem(ATS)incidents
relatedtofailedcommunicaonshasbeen
achieved.
Contact person is Jean Charles Crochet at
jcrochet@worldbank.org
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