West Africa Regional Transport and Transit Facilitation Project

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The objective of the West Africa Transport and Transit Facilitation Project for Africa is to facilitate trade within the sub-region and improve access to world markets by Burkina Faso and Mali. There are three components to the project. The first component is the corridor road infrastructure improvement. It is expected to improve the road corridor to carry inter- and intra-country traffic by: (i) rehabilitating and strengthening key road sections; (ii) constructing rest stop areas; (iii) implementing social and environmental mitigation measures for the civil works; (iv) implementing a corridor-specific Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) action plan; and (v) designing and implementing a corridor-specific physical road safety action plan. The second component is the corridor transport and transit facilitation measures. It is expected to strengthen the capacity of customs and transport authorities to better manage the movement of transit traffic along the corridor by: (a) constructing a Satellite Transit Truck Village - Ghana (STTV) adjacent to the port of Tema; (b) rehabilitating and equipping faladie multi-functional platform in Bamako; (c) supporting the upgrading of customs-related Information Communication Technology (ICT) and extension of cargo tracking system to better monitor and secure transit traffic; and (d) logistical, capacity building and Technical Assistance (TA) support to improve the effectiveness of customs and transport authorities to monitor and control transit traffic. Finally, the third component is the project management, monitoring, and evaluation. It is expected to fund the management, monitoring and evaluation of project implementation activities in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Mali.