Multinational - East Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Project

The institutional support for the East Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Project is designed to address the development constraints caused by poor transportation and logistics systems in the region. The project is consistent with the objectives of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and part of its short-term action plan for infrastructure. It is expected to contribute to enhance trade and regional integration, by reducing general transport costs, increasing market sizes beyond national boundaries, increasing economic output, and giving rise to other socio-economic benefits. The project is building on the achievement of previous projects financed by the Bank and the World Bank as well as other donors especially the European Union which now have substantially improved the condition of the road infrastructure of the two major transport corridors. The project includes country specific components in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, and regional components targeted to the East African Community Secretariat the Northern Corridor Transit Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA), and the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency. The World Bank component provides national level assistance to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda that is designed to improve the facilitation process. The African Development Bank components provides regional level assistance to the East African Community, and the two main Corridor Authorities to strengthen their role in policy, planning, harmonization, advocacy and implementation of facilitation measures on specific corridors.