Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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Since September 2013, the public administration of the transport sector is mainly divided into
three ministries: Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Disenclavement (MITTD), the
Ministry of Tourism and Air Transport (MTTA) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime
Economy (MPEM). There follows a table that summarizes the repartition of powers among the
three ministers.
Table 13: Organization of the public administration of the transport sector in Senegal
MITTD MTTA MPEM
 Deal with road and rail
infrastructures, ensures their
quality and ensures easy access
by road to all areas of the
country.
 Ensures the functionality of the
crossing structures (bridges,
bins ..) and tracks, particularly at
the level of rural areas, as well as
the coherence of infrastructure
networks and public facilities for
better support of needs
populations.
 Implements urban and inter-
urban transport policy.
 Responsible for the development
of national and international
railway traffic
 Ensures the facilitation of transit
along WAEMU priority interstate
road corridors.
 Develops the intermodality
policy and oversees the
development of multimodal rail
and port platforms.
 Ensures the control of air
transports and ensures their
development and security.
 Responsible for the quality and
proper functioning of all airport
infrastructures.
 Makes the networks of
infrastructure and airport
equipment consistent for a
better quality of service.
 Ensures the enforcement of
the merchant navy and all the
structures, in charge of
shipbuilding and naval
maintenance.
 Oversees developing port
infrastructures and in
particular secondary ports.
Source: LPST 2016-2020 (2016)
The ministry’s structure is expected to evolve in time to focus more on policy, legislation,
regulation and strategic planning and devolve or spin out implementation to autonomous
agencies, parastatals and local government.
In the three ministries, the transport management system is branched into central public
services (cabinets, directorates, cells) responsible for planning, regulation, monitoring and
control missions; and legal entities with administrative and financial autonomy (Public
Establishments (PE), National Societies (SN), Agencies, etc.) that carry out operational
management activities.
For this reason, in the framework of the institutional response in transport planning, Senegalese
plans are said to be vertically driven. Senegal lacks the presence of an integrated land use and
transport planning authority, and planning is therefore vertically driven by the central
government through the different ministries and departments and services. This procedure is
not limited to the division in three ministries already provided, and it also involves other
services that include transport-related tasks in their missions. Furthermore, Senegal authorities
have sufficient capacity in terms of qualified and skilled transport professionals in NTI planning.