dc.description | LAPSSET Ministerial meeting was held on June 28, 2021, at UNECA for the LAPSSET Corridor infrastructure project linking the East African countries to Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. A signing ceremony was held for the Establishment of the project.
In a speech at a ministerial meeting to inspect projects under the corridor in Addis Ababa, Ms. Songwe said the ECA was supporting the project, which connects the three countries by roads, and ports, not just as an infrastructure project but as a gender project that would see women traders benefit from lower costs of doing business that the facilities would engender. Also, Ethiopia’s Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges called on development partners and regional economic communities for support to realize the goals corridor. At the same time, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for East African Community and Regional Development, Adan Mohammed, said the project would play a significant role in reversing the challenges posed by poor infrastructure to the region’s development. | en |
dc.title | Signing Ceremony Establishment of Asterring committee for the Lamu port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project (LAPSSET) | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-12T06:38:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-12T06:38:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-28 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855.1/2327 | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |
dc.coverage.spatial | ETHIOPIA | |
dc.coverage.spatial | KENYA | |
dc.coverage.spatial | SUDAN | |
dc.format.medium | JPEG | |
dc.language | en_US | |
dc.type | Photo | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | TRANSPORT CORRIDORS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ROADS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | PORTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | WOMEN WORKERS | |
ags.subjectClassification | 02.04.00 DEVELOPMENT | |
ags.subjectClassification | 06.03.00 LAND TRANSPORT | |
ags.subjectClassification | 14.01.00 ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN | |
ags.descriptionNotes | Meeting | |
ags.rights.TermsOfUse | Public | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |