Official logo of the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA), serving as the primary brand identifier for the regional transit and trade facilitation website

Technical Committees

The NCTTCA institutional structure is made up of a Council of Ministers comprising Ministers responsible for transportation matters in each of the contracting States as the topmost policy organ. Next to the Council of Ministers is the Executive Committee, being an inter-governmental committee composed of Permanent Secretaries or their equivalents also responsible for transport matters in each of the contracting States; is primarily responsible for initiating general principles and policies governing the Secretariat.

Specialized committees which are in place to synthesize and make appropriate recommendations to the Executive Committee include:

  1. Transport Policy and Planning Committee,
  2. Customs and Transit Facilitation Committee,
  3. Infrastructure Development and Management Committee,
  4. Private Sector Investment Promotion Committee; and
  5. Northern Corridor Public-Private Stakeholders Forum.

Technical Programmes

The NCTTCA Secretariat comprises Specialized Technical Programmes with the mandate to conduct research and advocacy on transport infrastructure issues and promote investment in infrastructure projects in association with development partners such as development finance institutions and national governments.

The NCTTCA Technical programmes include:

  1. Transport Policy and Planning Programme with the objective of achieving uniformity in transit transport policies and regulation across Member States; enhancing policy harmonisation; maintaining a transport database; and integrating relevant cross-cutting issues.
  2. Customs and Trade Facilitation programme to remove non-tariff barriers to trade and reduce the cost of doing business.
  3. Infrastructure Development and Management programme to improve performance of infrastructure and facilities; develop sustainable investment schemes and establish mechanisms for management and maintenance of the corridor infrastructure.
  4. Private Sector Investment Promotion programme to enable a policy and legal framework for the promotion of private sector participation in public infrastructure development through various ways, including Public Private Partnerships (PPP); adopt marketing strategies to enhance PPPs and enable the private sector to participate in policy-making.
  5. Monitoring and Evaluation programme to facilitate joint planning and monitoring of activities, identification of crosscutting themes and capacity building needs to link all other programmes.