This document provides an overview of what the expert panel session on 'Ensuring the Sustainability of Corridors Management Institutions' will be about. The main objectives of the panel discussion were as follows: (i) Discuss and re-confirm or otherwise the relevance of the CMIs with permanent secretariat; (ii) Take stock of innovative practical /implementable recommendations/resolutions from selected key players (ie the continental organizations AUC/UNECA, Development partners, Private sector representative) that can lead to tangible results aimed at strengthening the sustainability and effectiveness of existing CMIS; (iii) Agree on strategies to promote the establishment of CMIs with permanent secretariat in sub-region where they do not exist yet.