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The African Road Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA)

The First African Conference of Road Maintenance Funds and Creation of the African Road Maintenance Funds Association

Proceedings

Libreville, Gabon
December 15-18, 2003

Photo of the founding members

Press Clippings

Key Documents

Executive Summary. This 26-page booklet includes a foreword by the SSATP Manager (Mr. Nigel Ings), a President's Note by the first President of ARMFA (Mr. Jean-Valentin Leyama), the Conference Summary by the general facilitator (Mr. Jérôme Obi Eta), as well as a selection of reference outputs: the conference program and attendance lists plus the Charter and Statutes of ARMFA. A bilingual hard copy is also available upon request.
Program of the Conference
General List of Participants to the Conference
Constitutive Meeting of ARMFA: The Official Attendance List

Monday December 15

Official Opening

Word of Introduction, Mr. Nigel Ings, SSATP Manager, The World Bank
Welcome Speech, The Minister of Public Works, Equipment and Building, H. E. Mr. Egide Boundono-Simangoye
Opening Speech, The Prime Minister, H. E. Mr. Jean-François Ntoutoume-Emane

"The Gabonese Day"

Introductory Speech "What road maintenance strategy for Gabon", H. E. Mr. Egide Boundono-Simangoye
The example of the Ghana Road Fund, Mr. Kingsford Amoah, Secretary of the Ghana Road Fund
The example of the Cameroon Road Fund, Mr. Claude Gwed-Bi-Menyem, Manager of the Cameroon Road Fund

Tuesday, December 16

Technical Seminar "The Practical Experience of the African Road Maintenance Funds", Part 1

Preliminary presentation "Road Funds in Africa, comparative experiences", Mr. Steve Brushett, RMI/SSATP, The World Bank
Introductory speech "Missions and organization of the RMF", Mr. Louis Fernique, RMI/SSATP, The World Bank

Theme 1. "Channels for revenue collection"

Channels for revenue collection, Mr. Mory Kante, Director of the Roads Authority of Mali
The Road Maintenance Fund of Chad, Mr. Ahmed Djamalladine, Executive Director of the Road Maintenance Fund in Chad.
Road maintenance management and financing in Chad, Mr. Ahmed Djamalladine, Executive Director of the Road Maintenance in Chad

Theme 2. "Management methods and accounting Tools"

Case of the Road Maintenance Fund in Gabon, Mr. Jean-Valentin Leyama, Manager of the Road Maintenance Fund of Gabon

Theme 3. Supervising roadwork programs"

Supervision of the roadworks, Mr. Kingsford Amoah, Director of the Road Funds in Ghana
Monitoring of work program, Mr. Claude Gwed-Bi-Menyem, Director of the Road Funds in Cameroon

Wednesday, December 17

Technical Seminar "The Practical Experience of the African Road Maintenance Funds", Part 2

Theme 4. "Fair revenue distribution to the road authorities"

Resource allocation amongst network managers, Mr. Claude Gwed-Bi-Menyem, Director of the road funds in Cameroon

Theme 5. "Performance monitoring tools"

Performance monitoring tools, Mr. Louis Fernique, RMI/SSATP, The World Bank
Performance monitoring indicators, Messrs. Armand Der-Stephanian, Road Department, ISTED and Idossou Tchona, consultant
Information sheet - Test for Benin
Information sheet - Test for Ghana
Information sheet - Test for Togo

The Constitutive General Assembly of the ARMFA

Thursday, December 18

Official Closing

Appendices