Institutional Support to the Kenyan Transport Sector

Institutional Support to the Kenyan Transport Sector

Since September 2017, NTU International A/S is leading the implementation of the EU-funded project “Institutional Support to the Kenyan Transport Sector” (ISKTS). The project is coordinated by the State Department of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, and Urban Development.

The overall objective of ISKTS is to contribute to poverty reduction and accelerated and inclusive economic growth through a more sustainable and efficient transport sector.

There are three results to be achieved through this institutional support:

1. Improvement of the sector governance, planning, as well as a legal and regulatory framework;
2. Improvement in technical skills in priority areas; and
3. Successful implementation of the institutional framework of the urban mobility sub-sector, and technical skills specific to the sub-sector, with a specific focus on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System development.

NTU’s team primarily supports the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, the road authorities, and the Nairobi City County.

Context

The Kenya Vision 2030 is the long-term development blueprint with the goal to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country, providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment.

A part of that Vision is the Integrated National Transport Policy, ratified in 2009 and a 50-year Integrated National Transport Master Plan prepared to provide the longer-term framework for road sector development. Within this Integrated National Transport Policy Kenya aims to create “a world-class integrated transport system responsive to the needs of people and industry”, therefore, it is necessary to reconstruct the transport system in a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable way. To achieve that, the transport system has to be efficient, cost-effective, safe, and secure as well as link the transport policies to other sectoral policies.

Within Vision 2030 the Roads 2000 programme was introduced, to attain and sustain excellence in road development and management. The objectives of the programme are to create and sustain an enabling environment; to develop quality cost-effective and socially responsive road works; to develop national capacity and to integrate cross-cutting issues within the programme. 

The strategy and structure

The dynamics of this project involve simultaneous implementation of a variety of specific cross-cutting activities in support of a multitude of institutional support actions grouped into three result areas, intended to assist the Kenyan transport institutions and other transport sector stakeholders in their coordination efforts to enhance transport sector governance and overall sector performance.

Based on experience with institutional support elsewhere, NTU has adopted an approach that is:

• Process-oriented: linking capacity building to ongoing discussions and decision-making processes;
• Task-oriented: focussing on the projects and challenges at hand;
• Client-oriented: aiming at putting the client in the lead, providing demand-driven support;
• Learning-oriented: through formal training, discussions, brainstorming, training on-the-job, and feedback.

The project focuses on three Result Areas (Components):

• Result 1: Improve the governance of the transport sector
• Result 2: Improve transport sector technical skills in priority areas
• Result 3: Institutional support in the urban mobility area

For example, during the last reporting period that ended on 28 February 2022, the main activities undertaken focused on the development of policies to improve governance, the development of tools to improve skills in the transport sector, and the development of instruments to build capacity in the area of urban mobility.

In carrying out the activities, the key experts are:

• Providing strategic advice and hands-on support to the beneficiaries.
• Supporting the beneficiaries in their dealing with the development partners.
• Supporting the beneficiaries in coordinating projects.
• Organizing and supervising the support by ISKTS STEs.
• Doing what is necessary to make the institutional support effective.

Collaboration

EU funded related Programmes

The following related programmes are currently implemented and funded by the EU.

• Six transport-related projects are currently still under implementation under the 10^th EDF funding
• Northern Corridor Rehabilitation Programme phase III (NCRP III)
• Construction of Merille River -Marsabit Road;
• Improving Access to Kenya's National Parks (tourists roads);
• Nairobi missing link roads and non-motorized transport (NMT) facilities (urban roads in Nairobi)
• 10th EDF Rural Roads Project
• Institutional Capacity Building to the Transport / Road Sector (ICBTRS) in Kenya
• feasibility and detailed design study for BRT Line 3 and BRT Line 4 West (under 10^th and 11^th EDF funding)

Additionally, under the 11^th EDF Kenya national envelope (2015-2020) support to sustainable infrastructure focusing on the transport and energy sector as well as for focal sector Food security and resilience to climate shocks a new rural roads project is foreseen.

Other Development partners programmes

The DP-Transport sector working group consisting of 11 development partners currently provides support in the following areas of the transport sector:

• Regional corridors/Trade facilitation
• Other roads
• Urban mobility
• Port
• Aviation
• Rail
• Institutional issues/Capacity Development

Additionally, specific focus is given to the urban mobility-related issues in the Nairobi Metropolitan area with support provided by AfDB, JICA, UNDP, UNEP, UNEP/UN-Habitat, and the World Bank.

Furthermore, the Development Partners provide support regarding capacity development to the transport sector. It includes the following programmes and projects:

• the main support currently provided by DPs is the EU-funded ICBTRS programme
• the World Bank is willing to provide specific support to the MOTIHUD PS transport unit, MOTIHUD PS infrastructure (IT expert support), and possibly to NaMATA
• JICA is supporting Nairobi City County and Mombasa City County with regard to urban planning and will provide training to MOTIHUD on the Performance-Based Contract guidelines which have been previously developed with JICA support
• UNEP is supporting Nairobi City County in implementing a Non-Motorised Transport strategy.

Institutional Support to the Kenyan Transport Sector

Since September 2017, NTU International A/S is leading the implementation of the EU-funded project “Institutional Support to the Kenyan Transport Sector” (ISKTS). The project is coordinated by the State Department of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, and Urban Development.

The overall objective of ISKTS is to contribute to poverty reduction and accelerated and inclusive economic growth through a more sustainable and efficient transport sector.

There are three results to be achieved through this institutional support:

1. Improvement of the sector governance, planning, as well as a legal and regulatory framework;
2. Improvement in technical skills in priority areas; and
3. Successful implementation of the institutional framework of the urban mobility sub-sector, and technical skills specific to the sub-sector, with a specific focus on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System development.

NTU’s team primarily supports the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, the road authorities, and the Nairobi City County.

Context

The Kenya Vision 2030 is the long-term development blueprint with the goal to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country, providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment.

A part of that Vision is the Integrated National Transport Policy, ratified in 2009 and a 50-year Integrated National Transport Master Plan prepared to provide the longer-term framework for road sector development. Within this Integrated National Transport Policy Kenya aims to create “a world-class integrated transport system responsive to the needs of people and industry”, therefore, it is necessary to reconstruct the transport system in a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable way. To achieve that, the transport system has to be efficient, cost-effective, safe, and secure as well as link the transport policies to other sectoral policies.

Within Vision 2030 the Roads 2000 programme was introduced, to attain and sustain excellence in road development and management. The objectives of the programme are to create and sustain an enabling environment; to develop quality cost-effective and socially responsive road works; to develop national capacity and to integrate cross-cutting issues within the programme. 

The strategy and structure

The dynamics of this project involve simultaneous implementation of a variety of specific cross-cutting activities in support of a multitude of institutional support actions grouped into three result areas, intended to assist the Kenyan transport institutions and other transport sector stakeholders in their coordination efforts to enhance transport sector governance and overall sector performance.

Based on experience with institutional support elsewhere, NTU has adopted an approach that is:

• Process-oriented: linking capacity building to ongoing discussions and decision-making processes;
• Task-oriented: focussing on the projects and challenges at hand;
• Client-oriented: aiming at putting the client in the lead, providing demand-driven support;
• Learning-oriented: through formal training, discussions, brainstorming, training on-the-job, and feedback.

The project focuses on three Result Areas (Components):

• Result 1: Improve the governance of the transport sector
• Result 2: Improve transport sector technical skills in priority areas
• Result 3: Institutional support in the urban mobility area

For example, during the last reporting period that ended on 28 February 2022, the main activities undertaken focused on the development of policies to improve governance, the development of tools to improve skills in the transport sector, and the development of instruments to build capacity in the area of urban mobility.

In carrying out the activities, the key experts are:

• Providing strategic advice and hands-on support to the beneficiaries.
• Supporting the beneficiaries in their dealing with the development partners.
• Supporting the beneficiaries in coordinating projects.
• Organizing and supervising the support by ISKTS STEs.
• Doing what is necessary to make the institutional support effective.

Collaboration

EU funded related Programmes

The following related programmes are currently implemented and funded by the EU.

• Six transport-related projects are currently still under implementation under the 10^th EDF funding
• Northern Corridor Rehabilitation Programme phase III (NCRP III)
• Construction of Merille River -Marsabit Road;
• Improving Access to Kenya's National Parks (tourists roads);
• Nairobi missing link roads and non-motorized transport (NMT) facilities (urban roads in Nairobi)
• 10th EDF Rural Roads Project
• Institutional Capacity Building to the Transport / Road Sector (ICBTRS) in Kenya
• feasibility and detailed design study for BRT Line 3 and BRT Line 4 West (under 10^th and 11^th EDF funding)

Additionally, under the 11^th EDF Kenya national envelope (2015-2020) support to sustainable infrastructure focusing on the transport and energy sector as well as for focal sector Food security and resilience to climate shocks a new rural roads project is foreseen.

Other Development partners programmes

The DP-Transport sector working group consisting of 11 development partners currently provides support in the following areas of the transport sector:

• Regional corridors/Trade facilitation
• Other roads
• Urban mobility
• Port
• Aviation
• Rail
• Institutional issues/Capacity Development

Additionally, specific focus is given to the urban mobility-related issues in the Nairobi Metropolitan area with support provided by AfDB, JICA, UNDP, UNEP, UNEP/UN-Habitat, and the World Bank.

Furthermore, the Development Partners provide support regarding capacity development to the transport sector. It includes the following programmes and projects:

• the main support currently provided by DPs is the EU-funded ICBTRS programme
• the World Bank is willing to provide specific support to the MOTIHUD PS transport unit, MOTIHUD PS infrastructure (IT expert support), and possibly to NaMATA
• JICA is supporting Nairobi City County and Mombasa City County with regard to urban planning and will provide training to MOTIHUD on the Performance-Based Contract guidelines which have been previously developed with JICA support
• UNEP is supporting Nairobi City County in implementing a Non-Motorised Transport strategy.