{"id":43348,"date":"2020-01-16T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/economic-community-of-central-african-states-eccas-announces-the-organisation-of-a-round-table-in-brazzaville-to-develop-roads-and-transport-sector\/"},"modified":"2020-01-16T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T20:00:06","slug":"economic-community-of-central-african-states-eccas-announces-the-organisation-of-a-round-table-in-brazzaville-to-develop-roads-and-transport-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/economic-community-of-central-african-states-eccas-announces-the-organisation-of-a-round-table-in-brazzaville-to-develop-roads-and-transport-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) announces the organisation of a Round Table in Brazzaville to develop Roads and Transport Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The general secretariat of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) (http:\/\/www.CEEAC-ECCAS.org\/), the governments of the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Chad are organizing a round table in Brazzaville (Congo) on 19 March 2020 with a view to finance a dozen projects expected to be carried out between 2020 and 2029.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cTo establish the foundations for sustainable development and successful regional integration, Central Africa must overcome many challenges, including the construction of a multimodal transport network for the movement of people and goods\u201d,<\/em> according to the ECCAS General Secretary, Ahmad Allam-mi.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Organized with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the high patronage of the Congolese President, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the roundtable aims to raise 3 billion USD for a first phase of priority investments (Priority Investments Program – PIP 2020-2024) to continue the efforts made by the member countries of the sub-region which is at the crossroads of the continent’s major trade flows, to develop roads and transport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Despite significant progress in recent years, Central Africa still ranks last in the ranking of African countries with the best road infrastructure (barely 8% of the total road network). The same result applies to the asphalting of roads: only 2.2% of roads in the sub-region are paved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In order to accelerate regional integration in the ECCAS zone and boost growth in this region, which is particularly rich in natural resources, oil and mining, the organizers have targeted a dozen projects, including three flagship transport infrastructure projects which they will present to donors in Brazzaville next March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These projects include the construction of the Road-Railway Bridge between Kinshasa (DRC) and Brazzaville (Congo), the construction and rehabilitation of the Ouesso\/Bangui\/N’Djamena road, the missing link in the trans-African road corridor Pointe Noire\/Brazzaville\/Ouesso\/Bangui and Ndjamena; and river development works, upgrading of existing ports, construction of new ports and development of berths on the Oubangui River and its tributaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The round table will also be an opportunity for its organizers to review the Consensual Master Plan for Transport in Central Africa (CMPT-CA) and to measure its impact since its launch, in 2004, by the member states of Central Africa to connect the 11 capitals of the ECCAS zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).<\/i><\/p>\n

Media Contact :<\/strong>
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Internationally<\/strong>
\nKarl LAWSON
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More information on infrastructure projects and participation in the round table on: <\/strong>www.tablerondeinfrastructuresceeac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

About the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS):<\/strong>
\nECCAS\u00a0(http:\/\/www.CEEAC-ECCAS.org\/) is an international organization created on 18 October 1983 in Libreville (Gabon) for the economic, social and cultural development of Africa with a view to the creation of regional structures that could gradually lead to a Common Market.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

ECCAS stems from the Lagos Plan of Action in April 1980 and comprises 11 countries including: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Rwanda and Sao Tome & Principe. It has a surface area of 6,667,087 km\u00b2 with an estimated population of 187 million in 2017. (2017)<\/p>\n

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