Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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 Political and legislation: The NTI planning of Qatar has a strong emphasis on national
policy and less on international policies and agreements. This is the direct consequence of
the current diplomatic developments Qatar faces.
 Institutional and organizational: Skills and capacity are sufficiently available and NTI is
well organized and integrated with land use policies.
 Technical: Qatar has a strong methodological focus.
 Procedural and financing: A close collaboration among central Ministries, Municipalities,
and Service providers. The position of public parties is dominant. As a consequence, the
position of private parties is minor.
 Content: Qatar has a strong methodological focus and puts emphasis road, (light)rail and
port infrastructure.
 Data collection: Qatar puts a strong emphasis on data and data collection: intense
collection and applying a large variety of collection methods.
 Monitoring and evaluation: Monitoring and evaluation is in the development phase. The
majority of the Qatari infrastructure is still in the construction and early in the
implementation phase. A focus on monitoring and evaluation is expected to follow soon.
The path undertaken by the country with opening to PPP and BOT to include private entities in
infrastructure investment is indeed beneficial for a fast growth. In addition to this, the main
driver of development will still be the main source for Qatar, which is petrol revenues. The
investment of them in sustainable national assets will guarantee Qatar a prosperous and
sustainable economic future.
The response to the questionnaire also reflects that Qatar has a methodological focus and puts
emphasis on planning, procedures and techniques. Monitoring and evaluation is in the phase of
development. This can be easily explained by the spurt of infrastructure development and
construction the country is currently in. A focus on monitoring and evaluation is expected to
follow soon. The medium score on political and legislative aspects is due to a strong emphasis
on national policy and less on international policies and agreements. This is the direct
consequence of the current diplomatic developments Qatar faces.
Figure 35: NTI planning practice in Qatar
Source: Fimotions