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TMEA One Stop Border Posts (OSBP) Tanzania Country Programme
Development Partners
Dar es Salaam, 15 May 2013
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What are expected results by 2016
10% in total value of exports from EAC region
25% increase in intra-regional exports, compared to total exports in region
15% reduction in average time to import or export a container from Mombasa or Dar es Salaam to Burundi or Rwanda
30% decrease in average time a truck takes to cross selected borders
Estimated value of benefits = $7 billion, or $14 return for every $1 invested
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The Concept of OSBPs
Reduce delays at border posts, result reduction in costs
Juxtaposed SystemsFormalities carried out in the exit country or
country of entry.
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Legal basis for OSBP in place
Integrated Border Management implemented Infrastructure improved
Bilateral Agreements in place.
- Operating procedures agreed. - Greater transparency and sharing of information between agencies.- Reduced cross border transit time
- Buildings and layout fit for purpose - Reduced congestion.
Reduced Cross Border transit time
OSBP Components
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The TMEA OSBP Programme
TMEA OSBP programme is part of the larger TMEA Economic Corridor Programme. •5 integrated programmes:
– OSBPs / IBM programme– Trade Facilitation-Transport– Trade Facilitation-Non Transport– Infrastructure– ICT for Trade and Transport Facilitation
•TMEA is funding 7 OSBPs, 4 in Tanzania: Holili/Taveta (TZ/KE), Mutukula (TZ/UG), Kabanga/Kobero (TZ/BU) and Tunduma/Nakonde (TZ/ZM).
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The TMEA OSBP Programme
• TMEA is funding 7 OSBPs in East Africa• 4 in Tanzania
– Holili/Taveta (TZ/KE)– Mutukula (TZ/UG)– Kabanga/Kobero (TZ/BU)– Tunduma/Nakonde (TZ/ZM).
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Other OSBPs in Tanzania
• World Bank -- Horohoro (TZ/KE) and Sirari (TZ/KE)• AfDB/JICA -- Namanga (TZ/KE) • JICA - Rusumo Falls (TZ/RW)
Regional OSBP activities coordinated through a multi-donor task force established by TMEA
National OSBP activities coordinated and managed through a national OSBP Committee overseen by MEAC
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How to Achieve the Objectives
Enhance national and bilateral collaboration among border control agencies
Implement OSBP controls Implement Integrated Border Management (IBM),
including IT, inspection facilities and office equipment Simplify and integrate border clearance processes Encourage processing of documents before arrival of
goods at the border (i.e. pre-lodgement) Improve infrastructure, including staff housing where
funding allows.
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Steps for Developing OSBPs
• Enable consultations and bilateral agreements between governments
• Conduct relevant technical studies• Establish key committees and sub-committees• Resolve pre-construction issues, e.g. land
compensation• Resolve Construction issues• Implement IBM during beginning of construction
phase
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Progress to Date
TUNDUMA:• Bilateral agreement signed in 2010• Survey of traffic volumes and a schematic design carried
out in 2011• Schematic design approved by OSBP Steering
Committees of Tanzania and Zambia in February 2011• Cadastral survey to demarcate the area to be occupied
by the OSBP completed in 2012• Design and Supervise contract to be awarded
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Congestion at TundumaDue to:•No parking on the Zambia side resulting in trucks cleared by TRA having to wait on the Tunduma side of the border•Only one gate for crossing the border in both directions•The road is too narrow for modern container traffic. Immediate Solution:•Pre-arrival processing of documents by the Zambian Revenue Authority (ZRA)Possible Solution:•Find alternative remote parking for trucks bound for Zambia where pre-clearance could be conducted.
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Progress to DateHolili:• Construction to be completed by mid-June 2013• Construction of Taveta OSBP on the Kenya side will be completed in
October 2013• Tanzanian and Kenyan border agencies will relocate to new building
on Tanzania side in June 2013• OSBP arrangements will start in July on a pilot basis until
construction of Taveta OSBP is completed.Kabanga:• Construction contract awarded, expected completion December
2014• OSBP arrangements will commence using shared facilities at
Kabanga/Kobero in June 2013.
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Progress to DateMutukula:•Construction to be completed by August 2013•Tanzanian and Ugandan border agencies will relocate to new building in August 2013•Construction on the Uganda side will be completed in the last quarter of 2014•OSBP arrangements with Mutukula (UG) will start in August on a pilot basis until construction on the Ugandan side is completed.
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