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information on the condition of the vehicles in order to improve and accelerate the replacement
procedure as well as the vehicle permits and servicing.
4.3.3. National, Urban and Transport Strategies adopted for Dakar
As Senegal is aiming to become and emerging economy by 2035, a number of documents and
strategies have been adopted in order to put the country in the right path to achieve this goal.
Transport plays a key role in the development strategies and so does Dakar, which will remain the
centre of economic and social activity in the country, despite the plans to achieve a certain degree of
decentralisation. Not surprisingly, the strategies that have been adopted at a national level involve
ambitious plans to improve urban transport in Dakar and significant reforms in institutional
structures and functions in order to accelerate growth. At the city level, the urban and transport
masterplans (covering a period until 2025 and 2035 respectively) are covering the same study areas
and are closely linked, recognising the importance of coordination between urban and transport
planning. In addition, a ten year National Strategy for Road Safety was adopted in 2011, aiming to
improve the road safety conditions at a country level.
In order to provide an overview of the current strategic framework for Dakar, a summary of four key
strategy documents and their role in shaping the transport conditions in Dakar is given below. Some
of these documents have not yet been officially adopted and were provided to us by the authorities
we met in Dakar.
4.3.3.1. Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE)
The Plan for the Emergence of Senegal is aiming to accelerate the country’s progress towards
becoming an emerging economy. The PSE is the reference for economic growth and social policy in
the medium and long term. The plan is based on three strategic pillars:
 The structural transformation of the economy in order to improve the capacity of existing and
new sectors to grow, strengthen the exporting capacity of the country and attract investment.
 Improving the well-being of the population and reducing social inequality.
 Reinforcing security, stability and governance, and consolidating the rule of law.
The first, urgent actions of the plan involve the improvement of the administrative procedures of the
country and the establishment of a fiscal and legal framework which is simple and motivating for
investors by 2016. If the necessary resources and funding are attracted the plan is expected to achieve
annual growth rates averaging 7.1% during the period 2014-2018, and the reduction of the fiscal
deficit from 5.4% in 2013 to 3.9% in 2018. The current account deficit will be brought below 6% in
2018 and the rate of inflation, will remain below 3%.
4.3.3.2. National Strategy for Road Safety
The study was funded by the European Union and produced by the Danish Consultancy CONSIA for
the Ministry of Land Transport, Rail Transport and Land Use Planning and the Ministry of Economy
and Finance The final version was issued in November 2011.
The National Strategy for Road safety is based on the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety
2011-2020. Senegal is interested in developing a National Strategy for Road Safety which will cover
the management and financing of road safety, the management of accident data collected by the
Division of Road Safety, Regulation and Circulation (in the form of Analysis Report of Road Accidents),
the management of road infrastructure safety, the information, education, communication and
awareness raising on road safety, the technical control of vehicles and the post-accident reaction.
The overarching objective of the Strategy is to achieve a 35% reduction in the number of the heavily
injured and killed in road accidents until 2021. The Strategy also has nine specific objectives:
 Create an organization responsible for the efficient management of road safety powered by a
continuous financing structure.