The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) is a legal requirement set forth in the governance structure of the pro-gram. The central theme of the 2018 AGM was “Africa’s rapid urbanization and the response to urban mobility in the digital era.” This report captures the main conclusions and recommendations coming out of the discussions held at the AGM and its associated events on July 2–6, 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria.

This document summarizes the proceedings of SSATP's Africa Transport Policy Forum and the General Assembly held in Dakar, Senegal on December 10-12, 2013. The Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Access of the Government of Senegal hosted the two events jointly with the SSATP.

The report comprises the proceedings from the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP), and presents discussions held with stakeholders towards moving SSATP's long-term strategic objective - the development of transport sector policies and strategies that contribute fully to the national poverty reduction objectives and to the promotion of regional economic integration.

During the 1999 reporting period, the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) continued to deal with two broad areas: policy reform at the national level, and the development of analytical tools to identify and disseminate policy reform. Demand from countries for the services of the program continued to be strong. Decentralization of the Program is continuing, and a new operational hub was opened in Abidjan in late 1999

During the 1998 reporting period, emphasis in the work of SSATP continued to move towards policy reform and implementation strategy work at the country level. A core of the approach of the program is that reforms have to be tailored to the particular needs and circumstances of the local scene, which in most cases means the national level, but in some cases can mean the regional level within a country. Demand from countries for the services of the program continued to increase.

The present progress report provides an update on the status of the Program, and captures the experience in running the Program since the restructuring of the Africa Region of the World Bank in mid-1996, when the administrative home of the Program, the Environmentally Sustainable Development Division, was dissolved and the staff working on the SSATP was distributed over three new groupings, Transport Groups 1 and 2, and Water, Urban and Sanitation Group 2.

As set out in the business plan for 2002/2003, this progress report provides an overview of SSATP activities conducted in the 2003 reporting period.

The 2005 Work Program maintains SSATP’s focus on the achievement of the Long-Term Development Plan's (LTDP) strategic goals, and activities are set out within the thematic framework adopted at the 2003 Kigali Annual General Meeting. The 2005 work plan benefits from the lessons of the relatively short implementation period of 2004. Program stakeholders at the Addis Ababa Annual Meetings reviewed implementation reports and identified improvements to “2004 activities” and wider issues to be addressed in 2005 and beyond.

The 2004 Work Plan is based on a matrix of priority issues and options which was a major output of the 2003 Kigali meeting. Three priority thematic areas defined at Kigali provide the locus for the bulk of the work plan's actions: (i) Road Management and Financing (RMF); (ii) Transport Services, and (iii) Regional Transport Facilitation. Moreover, the twin pillars of SSATP's Long-Term Development Plan (LTDP 2004-2007) - national and regional approaches - provide the framework for the 2004 work plan.