EC: € 5,6 billion in 10th EDF

Yokohama Action Plan: [1] Provide financial and technical assistance for the planning, construction and improvement of regional transport corridors and international ports.

Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners: ● Development/expansion of national and regional transport corridors

Potential Resources, Possible Contributions: EC: € 5,6 billion in 10th EDF (all infrastructure including energy and ca. € 300 million contribution to EU-Africa infrastructure Trust Fund) for next five years

Related Links: WBG: Scale up co-financing, estimated financing of $ 600 million
AfDB: $ 5 billion
GoJ/WBG/AfDB/ICA: Use the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) as a platform to promote regional infrastructure development
Implementation of study and support for development of road infrastructure

Status: On Target.
Some examples include:(i) Zambia: support to Road Sector Budget Support addressing special transport needs coupled with Support to Aviation Sector, (ii) Uganda: Support of the rehabilitation of the Northern Corridor to ensure transport needs of landlocked countries (including Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda) are met, (iii) Tanzania: Sector Budget support was in the pipeline, with the aim of strengthening the intermodal transport although it mainly focuses on roads, and (iv) National Indicative Programmes (NIP’s) and Regional Indicative programmes (RIP’s) were studied and evaluated to identify individual projects.