Stakeholders Meeting in Addis AbabaOctober 26, 2012

SSATP Progress ReportUrban Transport – Mobility &

Accessibility Cluster

Objective: to reach a consensus and a common understanding on urban transport policy issues related to mobility and accessibility in sub-Saharan Africa, and to provide a strategic vision for the proposed SSATP DP3.

Policy priorities: (i) Institutional framework; (ii) Capacity development;

(iii) Financing

Focus on:Institutional (governance and legal) framework: urban transport institutions, coordination and integration (shared vision), and the respective roles of subnational and national governments;Implementing these strategic orientations require adapting to the level of readiness of countries to promote urban mobility and adopt appropriate institutional frameworks. Levels of readiness:•Countries which have already made progress in implementing these orientations;•Countries which are aware of urban mobility issues and interested in taking actions but are uncertain on the way forward;•Countries which are unwilling to take actions because they are not aware.Strategies to facilitate development of urban transport policies adapted to each case of readiness and pilot these strategies in countries as examples from which other countries could learn to develop their own strategies.

Dimensions: Leadership competence in urban transport

planning Technical competence at the municipal level

◦ operationalizing devolution of urban transport authority to local levels;

◦ five key functions identified as critical, which could form the basis for a core set of SSATP CD activities in this area.

Advocacy and awareness building ◦ six key areas ◦ At national and continental levels, advocate

importance of sustainable urban transport to high level policy makers;

◦ Use of EST-Africa & academia

Finance the gaps in the operating cost of public transport projects; ◦ need to make transparent the distinction between

compensation and subsidy; ◦ possible sources for generating resources to pay the subsidy -

high parking fees, congestion charging and fuel tax, commercial exploitation of land held by the transport agency;

◦ use of private sector to bring about greater efficiency. Finance the cost of the institutions/authorities to be

set up for the coordinated management of urban transport;

Possible measures◦ help develop capacity around fiscal framework for urban

transport; ◦ develop models of funding mechanisms for urban transport ◦ explore the financing aspects of PPP for urban transport;

educate / sensitize top political leadership to global best practices in financing public transport.

We are here to listen to answers, not to respond to questions

Is there something that does not belong in this cluster?

Is there something critical missing?◦ Should it be in the specific needs cluster instead?

Which partners are relevant for this cluster? How far should we go along the priorities? How should we continue the consultation

process?

Institutional Framework Capacity development Finance

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