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Africa: Louis Berger to support sub-Saharan Africa transportation sector development under A.C.P.-European Community Partnership

2015/07/22

Louis Berger (http://www.louisberger.com), as part of a consortium led by NTU International A/S, has been hired to support the development of the transportation sector in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (A.C.P.) Group of States, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

This 2.3 euro million ($2.6 million USD) project aims to promote inclusive political, economic and social development through enhanced regional integration by strengthening African nations’ ability to regulate, organize and finance better inter-regional and continental transportation infrastructure through safe trans boundary transportation corridors and integrated transportation policies. The project as well will support evolution toward the Millennium Development Goals in A.C.P. nations.

The consortium will help the African Union Commission’s Department of Infrastructure and Energy improve its sector management capacity inclunding support the implementation of the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Priority Action Plan projects. In addition, the consortium will strengthen the transportation pillar of the 2014-2017 Infrastructure Schedule of the Joint Africa-European Union Strategy, an initiative that outlines a long term shared vision of the next of Africa-European Union relations in a globalized world, and will promote the startup of smart corridor activities.

“Taken together, these efforts will lower in general transportation costs and create safer, additional affordable transportation facilities that will result in better market access, socioeconomic development, welfare and regional stability,” said Pascal Houdeau, deputy general manager of operations in western and eastern Africa.

A.C.P. is an organization created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Apart from Cuba, it includes 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific national signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, as well known as the “ACP-European Community Partnership Agreement,” that binds them to the European Union. As well, PIDA is promoting socio-economic development and poverty reduction in Africa through improved access to integrated regional and continental infrastructure networks and services.

Louis Berger has additional than 50 years of experience in Africa and nearly 25 years of experience in Ethiopia, where the firm has implemented almost 20 projects. These assignments cover a broad range of professional services in transport, agriculture and economic and institutional development.

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