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5.2.2 Corridor objectives and political support
The Northern Corridor is governed by the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Agreement
(NCTTA), which also established a Transit Transport Coordination Authority of the Northern Corridor
(TTCANC).
By signing this Agreement, the Contracting Parties have agreed to collaborate in matters related to
transportation of goods and people in the Northern Corridor, including but not confined to the
following:
 Maritime Port facilities;
 Routes and facilities;
 Customs Control and Operations;
 Documentation andProcedures;
 Transport of Goods by Rail;
 Transport of Goods by Road;
 Inland Waterways Transport of Goods;
 Transport by Pipeline;
 Multimodal Transport of Goods;
 Handling of Dangerous Goods;
 Measures of Facilitation for Transit Agencies, Traders and employees;
 Development of an Economic Corridor.
The objectives of the NCTTA according to Article 3 of the Agreement are:
1. To facilitate trade, the movement of persons, vehicles and goods in domestic, regional and
international transport;
2. To stimulate economic and social development in the territories of the contracting parties;
3. To transform the Corridor into a Development Corridor which, in addition to offering safe, fast and
competitive transport and transit services that secure regional trade, will stimulate investment,
encourage sustainable development and poverty reduction;
4. To implement strategies for accelerating economic and social growth along the corridor while
ensuring environmental sustainability.
Corridor founders
The founders of the Northern Corridor are Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda (1985). Later also the
Democratic Republic of Congo (1987) and South Sudan (2012) acceded to the Agreement.
Transport corridors are incorporated in national strategies and plans
The Northern Corridor strategy and plans are embedded in national plans of the Contracting Parties.
The Contracting Parties are obliged by Article 4 of the Agreement to cooperate in investment planning,
development of transport and transit facilities and to jointly seek financing for project execution and
to harmonize their standards and procedures for design, construction, operation and maintenance of
transport and transit facilities and equipment.
Memorandum of Understanding/agreements signed by countries
The countries Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda have
signed the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Agreement from 2007. The Contracting Parties of
the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Agreement have also agreed in 2007 that the existing
Northern Corridor Transit Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) established in accordance