Governance of Transport Corridors in OIC Member States:
Challenges, Cases and Policy Lessons
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Financing sources
The national TTF programme is financed by the Government of Jordan and supported by the EU (see
above). No regional transport governance body is active; hence no funding is provided by governments
for international or regional governance.
The EU has provided the TTF programme with a €33 million grant, as presented above. The allocation
of the EU support is illustrated above. The defined governance structure, with the NCTTF and the
supporting TCTTF and ESTTF may have an advising role in investments at national level, but
prioritisation of investments is not its mandate.
Advocating for and coordinating themaintenance and upgrading of corridor infrastructure and
facilities
Coordinating the maintenance and upgrading of corridor infrastructure and facilities is outside the
scope of the defined corridor governance structure.
6.1.6 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination
Monitoring: corridor performance and management performance
The ESTTF is conducting research to collect data, organizing and reporting on meetings of the two
committees (NCTTF, TCTTF). The collected data can be used for monitoring purposes at a national
level. Studies are carried out on an ad hoc basis, contributing to a better understanding of TTF and
corridor performance in Jordan. No formalised system is available for monitoring the performance if
the transport corridor.
Dissemination and making statistics publicly available
No insight is available on how relevant statistics are made available. It should be noted though that on
a periodic basis regional workshops are organised on the topic of TTF, as illustrated below. At such
events, information is made available and trends and developments are discussed extensively.
6.1.7 Promotion and stakeholder consultation
Promotion of the corridor
The use of the corridor is actively promoted through the created corridor governance structure. Efforts
are made to focus more on the performance of the logistical chain as a whole (or part of it), instead of
concentrating only on a single part of the chain. Supporting studies are carried out, for example Trade
and Transport Facilitation in Jordan (2014), including a range of aspects, such as logistics performance,
time release studies by Jordan Customs and dwelling in Aqaba Port. Such studies are not carried out
on a regular basis.
Involvement of stakeholders
Given the complexity of governance of corridors, stakeholders’ involvement is critical for improving
the performance of the transport corridors. Stakeholders are actively involved in the TTF programme
in Jordan, as illustrated in Sectio This is reflected in the composition of the committees (NCTTF
and TCTTF) and the broad group of private sector and Departments and Commissions involved.
Stakeholders are also invited to participate in regional workshops that are organised on the subject of
TTF. Recently, the Second Regional Workshop on Trade and Transport Facilitation in Strengthening
Arab Economic Integration and Connectivity (6-7 November 2017) was organised (see .
This following a first regional TTF workshop in Amman in 2015. The workshops provide an excellent
platform for regional debate on improving TTF in the region.