INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE ROAD FINANCING & INVESTMENT
16 – 20 APRIL, 2007, ARUSHA, TANZANIA

Session 1: Mechanisms and Modalities for Revenue Collection and its Allocation (one paper only. NB: Other papers in the same sub-theme presented on Thursday 19th April 2007

• The Harmonization of Cross-Border Road User Charges in the SADC Region, Paul Lombard (South Africa) Presentation

Session 2: Policies, Legislation and Reforms in Road Financing and Management  

• Best Practices in Managing Road Funds, Frank Nyangaga (Kenya) Presentation - Full Paper
• Status of Road Sub-Sector Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, Addo Abedi (Tanzania) Presentation - Full Paper

Session 3: The Role of Road Infrastructure in Achieving Millennium Development Goals

• Estimating the Impact of Rural Road Investments on Socio-Economic Developments, Paul Lombard (South Africa) Presentation .- Full Paper

Session 4: Road Investment Planning and its Management

• IRF experience on road financing and investment worldwide, Anthony Pearce (Switzerland) Presentation.
• History of Road Finance and Investment in Japan, Takaaki Nambu (Japan) Presentation.- Full Paper
• The importance of infrastructure investments in the urban agglomerations cities of Africa, Aka Assafou (Cote D'Ivoire) Presentation.
• Transport infrastructure and the transport supply chain, Tony Dufays (Belgium) Presentation.

Session 5: Road Investment Planning and its Management (Cont..)

• Road Investment for Sustainability of Network and Domestic Contractors, Adam Andreski (UK) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Roads in the Marketplace, A Search for Sustainable Growth Engines for Sub-Saharan Africa, Fred Amonya (UK) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Development Corridors: Emphasizing Economic Function to Accelerate Infrastructure Development, Smak Kaombwe (Rwanda) Presentation.
• Presentation on PIARC by Chair of the PIARC TC1.2, Sherri Alston (USA) Presentation.

Tuesday 17 April 2007

• Welcome Address by President of ARMFA and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Joseph Haule (Tanzania) Presentation..

• Remarks by the Chairman of the Tanzania Roads Fund Board,  Philip A. Magani (Tanzania) Presentation.

• Speech by the Chief Guest, Minister for Infrastructure Development, of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Andrew Chenge (MP) (Tanzania) Presentation.
• Vote of Thanks by the Chair of The World Road Association (AIPCR/PIARC), Technical Committee 1.2, Sherri Alston (USA) Presentation.
• Key Note Address by Sr. Transport Policy Advisor, SSATP, Transport Sector, AFRICA, Mustafa Benmaamar (Cameroon) Presentation.
• Session Chair : Mr. Adam Andreski, Manager Infrastructure Development, I. T. Transport, UK )

Session 6: Performance Based Contracting

• Performance Based Road Management & Maintenance - Experiences Worldwide, Gunter Zietlow Presentation.- Full Paper
• Session Chair : Mr. Ousmane Thiam, President of African Association of Public Transport (UATP) & President of Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains de Dakar (CETUD)).

Session 7: Road Investment Planning and its Management (Cont..)

• Application of the Performance Assessment Model (PAM) now renamed Road Network Evaluation Model (RONET) as a decision support tool for road management - Ugandan Experience, David Luyimbazi Preasentation.- Full Paper
• Road soft GIS, A Transportation Asset Management Solutions for Counties and Cities in Michigan and It's Application to Agencies in Africa, Fernando de Melo e Silva (Brazil) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Challenges in Financing Road Maintenance in Sub-Saharan Africa by Addo Abedi (Tanzania) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Road Asset Valuation & Management - Case Study Finland, Jani Saarinen (Finland) Presentation.- Full Paper
• (Session Chair: Judith Mulongoti, Director, National Road Fund Agency, Zambia)
• The Walvis Bay Corridor Group Experience, Johny M. Smith (Namibia) Presentation - Full Page
• Sustainable Asset Management System in the Context of the Namibian Road Sector Reform - A Model for Africa & Beyond, Sophia - Belete Tekie (Namibia) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Presentation of ASANRA by Chief Executive Officer of TANROADS, Addo Abedi (Tanzania) Presentation.
• Presentation  of  SSATP by Sr. Transport Policy Advisor, SSATP, Transport Sector, AFRICA, Mustapha Benmaamar (Cameroon) Presentation
• Presentation on the Technical Field Visit, Arnold Maeda (Tanzania) Presentation.

Wednesday 18 April 2007: Field trip & Arusha town tour

• Technical visit to the Arusha – Makuyuni – Ngorongoro Road

Thursday 19 April 2007

• (Session Chair: Mr. Samuel Nengue, Director General, Road Fund of Cameroon)

Session 8: Road Investment Planning and its Management (Cont..)

• Public - Private Partnership as a Viable Alternative of Road Financing under Public Budgetary Constraints, Massimo Marconi (Italy) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Public Private Partnerships in South Africa, J. J. Smit (South Africa) Presentation.

Session 9: Mechanisms and Modalities for Revenue Collection and its Allocation

• Financing Community Roads – TASAF Experience, Elisifa Kinasha (Tanzania) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Sustainable Road Financing in Developing Countries: A Pragmatic Cost - Revenue Model, Charles Amoatey (Germany) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Session Chair: Sarah Nansubuga Nyombi, Member of Parliament, Uganda).

Session 10: Mechanisms and Modalities for Revenue Collection and its Allocation (Cont..)

• The Evolution of Road Funding in South Africa - within it's SADC Context, Peter Copley (South Africa) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Road Tolls and Road Pricing: Innovative Methods to Charge for the Use of Road Systems, Daphnée Benayoun (France) Presentation.- Full Paper.
• Developing Effective Communication Strategies for Organisations Funding & Managing of Roads. Mark Thriscutt (Australia) Presentation. - Full Paper
• (Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Salifu, Ghana Road Fund Board Member and Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Ghana) . -

Session 11: Cross Cutting Issues/ Good Governance

• Round Table Discussion on Governance in Road Transport, Charles Melhuish & Stephen Vincent, global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP – UK) Presentation.
• Presentation of AMRMFA, Jerome Obi Eta, ARMFA Coordinator - Presentation Presentation.
  

Friday 20 April 2007

• (Session Chair: Mr. Alfred Charles Juma, Kenya Roads Board Chairman).

Session 12: Cross Cutting Issues/ Good Governance (Cont..)

• Project Anti-Corruption System (PACS) for Construction Projects, Catherine Stansbury (UK) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Good Governance and Integrity through Institutional Capacity Building - Some Experiences & Strategies, James Odeck (Norway) Presentation.- Full Paper
• Presentation on AGEPAR by 2nd Vice President of AGEPAR, Auguste Nambea (Central African Republic) Presentation (French).
• Seminar Recommendations, Rapporteurs (Tanzania) English.
• Remarks by President of ARMFA and Chairman Organizing Committee, Joseph Haule (Tanzania) Seminar Recommendations.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary General of The World Road Association (AIPCR/PIARC), Franck Charmaison, (France) Presentation.
• Closing Remarks by Chairman of Tanzania Roads Fund Board, Philip A. Magani, (Tanzania) Presentation.
• Closing Address and Official Closing of the Seminar by the Regional Commissioner of Arusha, Col. Samwel Ndomba (Tanzania) Presentation.