Newsflash 281 of 07 November 2006

Newsflash 281 of 07 November 2006
MCLI At The SSATP Annual Meeting In Maseru
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Dear MCLI Reader
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MCLI would = like to congratulate the Board and Program Management Team of the SSATP on a v= ery successful week of deliberations which culminated in the AGM on Friday the 3rd of November. At the core of the program lies poverty reduction through= the design of affordable, safe and efficient transport policies and strategie= s as well as the dissemination of good practices and knowledge sharing. = It is very encouraging to experience the Transport Focus with such high emph= asis on Corridor Development and constraint resolution, which is cross cutting through all the thematic groups.
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This year t= he Annual meeting brought together relevant stakeholders from the private and public sectors out of 35 countries from the Sub Saharan African Countries, with the latest three additions being Liberia, Namibia and Sierra Leone, = with the strategic objective to deliberate how to enhance the Long Term Development Program achievements for a better SSATP contribution to pover= ty reduction and growth in Africa. What is not clear is the obvious absence = of South Africa amongst the 35 Sub-Saharan African countries, since it is believed that SA can greatly contribute to good practices and knowledge sharing in the reg= ion. The SSATP’s donors, namely the European Commission (Principal Donor), Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Ireland, The United Kingdom and the World Bank who is also the host, which finance= the Long Term Development Plan, were very well presented. The announcement ma= de by DFID at the Annual Meeting on Friday that they commit US$2M over the n= ext five years to program was very well received by all present.
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The week covered the Output to Purpose Review of the SSATP Long Term Development Program, Anchoring transport in poverty reduction and growth; A review of the Bama= ko Declaration of 2005 and, the mainstreaming of woman’s interest and demand in transport strategies and programs; thematic group meetings to t= ake stock of achievements to date and to make recommendations for the work pl= an of 2007. A ministerial advisory group meeting also took place to strategize on the way forward particularly with respect to the achievemen= ts of the goals they set for the Sub-Saharan transport sector in the Bamako Declaration when they met in Mali = last year. The various Thematic Groups covered the following areas= : · &nbs= p; PRTSR & Transport Program · &nbs= p; Road Safety · &nbs= p; Performance Monitori= ng Indicators · &nbs= p; Woman & Transpor= t · &nbs= p; SSATP Coordination · &nbs= p; Appropriate Transport Services · &nbs= p; Road Management and Financing Regional Integration &= amp; transport – in which MCLI participated, which has a very strong Corridor Focus in which the Regional Economic Councils, Corridor Management Groups and SSATP deliberated over the progress to date as well as the proposed work plan for 2007 and beyond covering matters = such as: Corridor Management Structures, Corridor Observatories, On= e stop Border Posts, Port Security; Road Safety on Corridors; Axle Load Controls and HIV Aids on Corridors.
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MCLI is con= vinced that the outcomes of all these deliberations will be made public through = the SSATP website as soon as they are finalized, where you will also be able to get access to the below hand-out material of the week, which MCLI will also k= eep in our office, should you not have access to the internet. www.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp/. You are wel= come to contact the MCLI office, should you wish to get access to these through our office.
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The pictures below are of the Mozambique Team, The REC-TTC Thematic Group hard at work= as well as some of the Ministers who attended the MAG meeting.
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To the coun= try of Lesotho, the SSATP board, SSATP teams as well as the donor countries a big applause from the MCLI board, members and other stakeholders – well done!
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	Name of Book or CD=	Organization
1<= /font>	Make Roads Safe (a new priority for sustainable Dev)	Commission for Global Road Safety=
2<= /font>	SSATP Annual Report - 2005	SSATP
3<= /font>	Roads Economic Decision Model= (Software and Case Studies) - July 2004<= /font>	SSATP
4<= /font>	A study of Institutional , Financial= and Regulatory Frameworks of Urban Transport in Large Sub Saharan African Cit= ies – July 2005	SSATP
5<= /font>	Legislation Version 1.0 ( Road Agencies) - 2005<= /p>	SSATP
6<= /font>	Road Fund Legislation Database Version 1.0= - 2004	SSATP
7<= /font>	LVSR Workshop (Low Volume Sealed Roads) - 2006	SSATP
8<= /font>	Guide lines Low volume Sealed Roads<= /span> – July 2003	SADC & SATCC
9<= /font>	Roads Economic Decisions Model Versi= on 3.2 – July 2004<= /b>	SSATP
10=	Proceedings 4^th General Assembly and Technical Workshop - November 200= 5	AFERA
11=	Review of Selected Railway Concessio= ns in Sub Saharan Africa – June 2006	World Bank
12=	Cities on the Move= ( A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review)	World Bank
13=	Road Safety in development cooperation– October 2006=	SIDA
14	Lesotho’s Transport Sector	The Kingdom of Lesotho Minist= ry of Public Works and Transport

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