Project Information Document - Horn of Africa Initiative: Djibouti Regional Economic Corridor Project - P174300 (English)

The HoAI was launched in October 2019 by the Ministers of Finance of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, and Somalia with the support of three Development Partners (DPs): the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Union (EU) and the World Bank (WB). [...] The project will help relieve congestion near the port, reduce emissions, reduce the chaotic condition of the truck waiting areas, improve the connection to the lagging regions of Djibouti and connectivity to economic opportunities. [...] To improve the efficiency of transit between Djibouti and Ethiopia, a technical committee has been set up to establish the Single Administrative Document (SAD), which allows for the harmonization of customs declaration models and the systematic mutual recognition of the document between the two countries. [...] The sub-component will also finance a logistic study and the implementation of its recommendations, road safety audits and road safety screening and appraisal tools (RSSAT) including: (i) construction of safe, climate resilient and energy-efficient platforms and rest stops for trucks along the corridor (location TBD - around PK12 at the entrance of Djibouti ) and the rehabilitation and upgrading o [...] The project will financially support the purchase the CTS package, IT-hardware, software implementation and training to operationalize the system; (iii) technical assistance to the Djibouti customs to support the operationalization of export transit procedures of the current Ethio-Djibouti Customs Transit Agreement to support the implementation of the export transit regime process and procedures,