Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders

Event Date:

May 13, 2024 to May 17, 2024

Location:

Madinat Al Bahr Hotel, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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About the Event

Introduction

The Tanzania Roads Association (TARA) which is also a National Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC) for Tanzania in collaboration with the Tanzania Transportation Technology Transfer (TanT2) Centre and the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) under the Ministry of Works in Tanzania; the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, Zanzibar; Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), the Roads Fund Board in Tanzania; the African Road Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA), and other local and international institutions, is organizing the Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders to be held from 13th -17th May 2024 at Madinat Al Bahr Hotel, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

The objective of the Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders is to promote the application of Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F in the Road and Transport Sector in Africa, and facilitate sharing of knowledge, practitioners’ experiences and best practices.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are a mechanism for government to procure and implement public infrastructure and/or services using the resources and expertise of the private sector. PPPs can be an effective way to build and implement new infrastructure or to renovate, operate, maintain or manage existing transport infrastructure facilities. In both areas, PPPs can be a mutually beneficial way to solve critical transportation problems if they are properly structured and implemented. PPPs combine the skills and resources of both the public and private sectors through sharing of risks and responsibilities. The implementation of a Program of PPPs in different levels of government is a complex and long process, subject to continuous improvement. There’s a consensus among specialists that the main challenge to develop successful PPP projects, especially in developing countries, is to build capacities of public sector officials and managers and enhance their expertise and required skills to efficiently develop and manage all the phases of the PPP cycle.

The Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders will provide participants with an excellent opportunity to share their expertise and experiences and to identify challenges and explore with colleague’s innovative solutions for the benefit of all seminar and workshop participants.

Target Audience

The Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders is specifically designed for decision-makers, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), executive directors, managers and senior technical staffs in engineering practices and other road sector institutions.

Language: English
Class Size: 80 participants

Accreditation and Certification of the Seminar and Workshop

The Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders has a formal assessment component, which must be passed to achieve certification. Also, the Africa Regional Seminar and Workshop on Public Private Partnerships and EPC+F for the Road and Transport Sector Stakeholders is accredited with the Engineers Registration Board of Tanzania. Any registered engineer who will attend this course for 5 days consecutively as scheduled, is eligible to earn a total of 27 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in his/her Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programme.

Exhibitors and Sponsors

Supporters/Sponsors

African Roads Maintenance Fund Association (ARMFA) is a non-political and a non-profit making association that was founded in the year 2003 in Libreville, Gabon. ARMFA’s main reason for being is to form a platform and a network for experience and information sharing on best road maintenance practices in Africa; to discuss and find opportunities on funding options; to promote and strengthen links between members of African Roads Funds; and to that RFs achieve sustainability in funding and functions. ARMFA is composed of 34 Anglo and Francophone countries. To ensure a coordinated management of ARMFA, member countries have been clustered into four regional focal groups that include the West African Focal Group; the Southern African Focal Group; the Central African Focal Group and the East African Focal Group. Each of these focal groups meet regularly to discuss issues of mutual interest for their respective regions, which they later on in the year come together and share during the association’s annual conference, whose resolutions are then presented for discussion and adoption at the association’s Annual General Meeting (https://www.armfahqs.org/).

Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Works established under the Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997 responsible for management, development and maintenance of the trunk and regional road network in Tanzania. The aim of TANROADS is to provide cost effective and sustainable maintenance and development of the primary road network comprised of all trunk and regional road network to support the socio-economic development of Tanzania (www.tanroads.go.tz).

Roads Fund Board, Tanzania

The Roads Fund and Roads Fund Board were established by statutory instrument Road and Fuel Tolls Act CAP 220 (Revised edition 2006). The Board comprises of nine members, five from the private sector and four from the public sector. Pursuant to the law, the Board is mandated to ensure full collection of funds, disbursement and monitoring utilization of the same. Furthermore, the Act states that at least 90% of its funds should be used for maintenance and emergency repair of classified roads and related administrative costs and not more than 10% of its funds for roads development and related administrative costs in Mainland Tanzania. The Act also stipulates that “all administrative costs with regard to the Roads Fund Board shall be defrayed from the Roads Fund”. Funds are disbursed to implementing agencies such as Ministry of Works, Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) for Trunk and Regional roads, the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) for roads under the Local Government Authorities (www.roadsfund.go.tz).

Tanzania Roads Association (TARA) is a nongovernmental organization (NGO), non-political, non- profit and non-religious organization established and registered on 5th July 1991 with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tanzania under the Societies Ordinance Cap.337 whose mission is “to promote best practices in the planning, designing, construction, management and use of roads as well as appropriate measures to enhance safety, effectiveness and efficiency of road infrastructure through sharing of knowledge, experience, organizing trainings and demonstrative projects and programs that are environmentally friendly”. TARA among others encourages and provides training to both road users as well as road professionals, through conducting short courses, seminars, workshops and organizing Annual Roads Conventions for the purpose of discussing and sharing experience and technology in the roads sub sector. TARA membership is open to any individual with interest in roads and road transport who is ready to join hands in supporting and promoting vision, mission and objectives of TARA . https://www.tara.or.tz/ or E-mail: info@tara.or.tz

Tanzania Transportation Technology Transfer (TanT2) Centre

The Government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Works established the Tanzania Transportation Technology Transfer (TanT2) Centre in August 1997 whose mission is “To foster safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable transportation systems in Tanzania by improving skills and knowledge of transportation providers and users through training, technical assistance and technology transfer”. TanT2Centre is a unit under the Ministry of Works. The establishment of the Centre is an initiative that aims at improving transportation in the country at all levels through technology transfer. TanT2 Centre facilitates ways to enable users and providers of all modes of transport in the country to keep pace with the fast-changing transportation technology (www.tant2centre.or.tz).

Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA).

Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) is an Executive Agency of the President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, (PO-RALG), established under Section 3 (1) Of the Executive Agencies Act. (Cap. 245) by Order published in Government Notice No.211 dated May 12, 2017; and was inaugurated on July 02, 2017. Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) is vested with the responsibility of managing the development, rehabilitation, maintenance, axle load control; environmental and road reserve management of rural and urban roads network for the socio-economic development of Tanzania. (http://www.tarura.go.tz/)