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7.4 Capacity and tools
Capacity
The Mozambican government realises that successful implementation of proposed projects
requires the presence of appropriate institutional arrangements and capacity of the
organizations and individuals involved. In the case of the Transport Master Plan for Greater
Maputo (JICA, 2014), the government recommended the establishment of a Greater Maputo
Metropolitan Transport Agency (GMMTA) and Institute for Transport and Traffic Studies (ITTS).
In 2017, the proposed GMMTA was created, with the purpose of managing all the activities that
form part of the master plan for transport in the Greater Maputo area, which covers the period
between 2013 and 2035. All modes and aspects of transport including railway, waterborne
transport, roads and road transport, bridges, and traffic management, in the Greater Maputo
Metropolitan Area are addressed by the agency. The proposed Institute for Transport and Traffic
Studies has the purpose to provide graduates that can work in central/local governments, state-
owned enterprises, transport operating companies, and private consulting firms on transport
projects.
To ensure that the road sector succeeds in playing its developmental mandate, projects will
include components for selected capacity building activities, as was the case for Nacala Road
Corridor Project (ADF, 2012). These capacity-building activities are selected based on detailed
lessons learnt during implementation of previous projects, and validated by an assessment
study. The validation study examines roads maintenance and provides a program that will
strengthen the capacity of the ANE. The activities target the development of short- and long-
term capacity, in the area of procurement, contracts administration, technical management,
disbursement flows, as well as environmental, social and gender mainstreaming.
Tools
For road projects, WB’s Highway Development and Management Model (HDM-4) is used.
The model has four evaluation options, as can be seen i
1. Calculate Road User Costs - used to compute unit road user costs and emissions for a road
section. Detailed results are presented for a road section with a length of 1 km.
2. Calculate Sensitivity Analysis - used to perform a sensitivity analysis on (1) roughness, (2)
speed limit, and (3) traffic. The calculations are performed for the road defined on the first
option.
3. Calculate Network Road User Costs – this option is used to compute unit road user costs and
CO2 emissions and total road user costs, CO2 emissions and casualties for a network of road
sections with different length and condition and traffic characteristics.
4. Compute Cost Benefit Analysis - used to perform a basic cost benefit analysis of a project
considering two project alternatives (with the project and without the project).