Major activities undertaken by ECA related to the transport needs and problems of land-locked countries in Africa

Abstract

The problems of land-locked countries are clearly recognized in the UNTACDA II Programme as illustrated in the global objective of the programme the item: OBJECTIVE I: Implementation of phased and balanced programme of development and management of transport and communications infrastructure, taking particularly into accounts the needs and requirements of island and land locked countries. The UNTACDA II is a co-operation programme designed to co-ordinate activities for the development of transport and communications in Africa at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels. Accordingly, the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programme are being carried out at each of the above levels. The fifteen land-locked countries in Africa namely: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are participating in the implementation of the programme with ECA as the lead agency.