Overview

Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) is a multilateral agency formed through an Agreement by the five Governments of the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda.

The Central Corridor is the integrated multimodal transport and logistics network that connects the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) Member States to the sea through the port of Dar es Salaam.

Cooperation among the Member States for the development of the Central Corridor is governed by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agreement, which was signed on the 2nd September, 2006. Under the agreement, the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) was established with the mandate to coordinate the Member States’ efforts of ensuring coordination and cooperation in the management of transit transport along the corridor.

CCTTFA delivers its mandate through four main institutions i.e., the Interstate Council of Ministers (ICM), the Executive Board, the Stakeholders Consultative Committee (STACON) and the Permanent Secretariat. The Permanent Secretariat was established in July 2010 with its head office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Vision, Mission, Objectives

Vision
“Central Corridor, The Competitive and Sustainable Trade Route of Choice”

Mission
“To Facilitate the Development of Integrated Transportation and Trade Networks along the Central Corridor”

Goals:

To promote the use of Central Corridor Transport and Trade Facilities
To guarantee the reliability of the Central Corridor Infrastructure and its Services
To ensure that Member States grant each other the right of transit in order to facilitate movement of goods through their respective territories
To ensure that Member States provide all possible facilities for traffic in transit between them
To take all necessary measures to ensure that Member States enable expeditious movement of traffic and avoid unnecessary delays in the movement of goods in transit through their territories
To ensure the competitiveness of costs involved in using the Corridor by minimizing delays and enhancing the predictability of cost and time involved in moving goods along the Corridor
To coordinate the harmonization of procedures to ease movement of goods and services along the Corridor and across borders
To strategically position the Central Corridor as the most efficient in East and Central Africa so as to contribute positively in poverty alleviation programmes in Member States