Technical Assistance of the “Support to ECOWAS Commission for Transport (SERVICE PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE)

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Date : 04 Dec 2018 - 08 Jan 2019
Venue : Abuja, Nigeria,
Town : Abuja
Country : Nigeria

Technical Assistance of the “Support to ECOWAS Commission for Transport

Governance in West Africa” (Project Transport Governance)
Location – ECOWAS Region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) as well
as Mauritania.
1.    Publication reference
EuropeAid/139992/IH/SER/MULTI
2.    Procedure
Restricted

3. Programme title
Support to ECOWAS Commission for Transport Governance in West Africa
4. Financing
Financing agreement ROC/FED/39-218
5. Contracting Authority
The Regional Authorizing Officer (RAO) for the EDF representing the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria
6. Nature of contract
Fee-based
7. Contract description
The Technical Assistance will work with the ECOWAS Commission and will liaise and coordinate with the WAEMU Commission, in order to enhance the capacity of these Regional Organisations to ensure proper technical, operational and financial management of the 11thEDF project. A Project management Unit will be established in Abuja for the transversal coordination and monitoring of Transport Governance project.

Moreover, the TA will be in charge of achieving the following results:
– Harmonised and synchronised implementation of regulations adopted by the countries of
the regional organisations;
– Promotion of national initiatives, which have led to significant progress (regional added
value) in improving management of the sector
– Improved governance of road maintenance and efforts to prevent overloading;
– Improved fluidity of transport on regional road corridors services
– An equipment facility for local needs is established.
– Development of advocacy, visibility, follow-up to policy-dialogue platforms and
promotion of transparency,
– Updating the policy reference frameworks and regional regulations.
8. Indicative budget
EUR 2,400,000.009. Intended timing of publication of the contract notice
8 January 2018
10. Additional information
No additional information
11. Legal basis
Annex IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of
the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010. Reference is made to Annex IV as revised by Decision
1/2014 of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers of 20 June 2014.

Remarks:
There must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days between the publication of this prior information notice and the
publication of the corresponding contract notice.
No applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage.