The webinar is reserved for the Members of the UIC African Region.
Programme
10:00 – 10:40 Official Opening
Minister of Transport of Ethiopia, Her Excellency Mrs Dagmawit Moges
Minister of Equipment and Transport of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr Moussa Ahmed Hassan
Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie, President of the UIC African Region
Mr François Davenne, UIC DG
Mr Tilahun Sarka, EDR DG
10h40 – 11h Railway Rolling Stock and Port Activities Coordination
The Luxembourg Rail Protocol: A New Rail Rolling Stock Financing Tool
Speaker : Soteri Gatera, Lead Infrastructure Expert - Private Sector Development and Finance Division, UNECA (10 min)
New Port Operations Djibouti
Speaker : Moustapha Idriss Nour, Directeur Commercial & statistiques, Djibouti Multipurpose Port (DMP) (10 min)
Q&A Session
11h – 11:50 Concession Models in Africa and Vision 2063
Rail partnership models in Africa and development prospects : Vision 2063
Speaker: Younis Touitha, Infrastructure Technical Expert, AUDA-NEPAD/ UMA (10 min)
Overview of Concession Models in Africa
Speaker: Said Chandid, UIC Representative in the Regional Bureau Office in Rabat (10 min)
EDR Concession Model
Speaker: Tilahun Sarka, EDR DG (10 min)
CAMRAIL Concession Model
Speaker: Charles Yombo, CAMRAIL (10 min)
Q&A Session
11:50 – 12:00 Conclusions
Mr Tilahun Sarka, EDR DG
Mr François Davenne, UIC DG
Language
English & French
Presentations
Key speakers official opening
Mrs Dagmawit Moges – Minister of Transport of Ethiopia
Mr François Davenne – UIC DG
Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie – President of the UIC African Region
Mr Saïd Chandid, UIC African Regional Office
Moderator of the Webinar
Mr Thierry Bera, CFO & UIC African Region Coordinator
Speakers
Mr Younis Touitha – AUDA-NEPAD/ UMA
Mr Tilahun Sarka – EDR DG
Mr Soteri Gatera – Lead Infrastructure Expert, Private Sector Development and Finance Division, UNECA
Mr Charles Yombo – CAMRAIL
Contact
UIC: Maria Lafont, lafont at uic.org