Management and functional review ministry of transport and aviation
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND AVIATION
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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND AVIATIONStatutory FrameworkThe Ministry of Transport and Aviation is responsible for ensuring safe and reliable transport systems in Sierra Leone. Even though various additional mandates have been added over the past decade, this primary role of the institution remains unchanged. In 1995, there was a reorganization of the Transport sector administration, the shift being towards reducing the influence of Government whilst at the same time enhancing participation of the private sector. The Ministry was made to exercise oversight over the various autonomous and semi autonomous parastatals and departments established in the sector.
In 2002 the name of the Ministry was changed from the Ministry of Transport and Communications to its current one of Ministry of Transport and Aviation, effectively establishing its authority over the three main transport modes, road, marine and air transportation. While all of these modes are regulated by statutory bodies, the Ministry maintains oversight over policy development and implementation. In 2002, the National Commission for Privatization was established by an Act of Parliament with the mandate for the privatization of public enterprises. The NCP Act 2002 lists the functions of the Commission to include serving as “the policy and decision-making body with regard to the divestiture and reform of public enterprises, transfer the management of all public enterprises to the Commission, and remove the interference in the management of public enterprises from line Ministries thereby ensuring transparency, corporate governance and avoidance of conflict of interest in the affairs of the public enterprise.” The NCP Act 2002 established joint supervision by both the NCP and the Ministry of institutions that had been previously under the sole control of the Ministry, including the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation, the Sierra Leone Airports Authority, and the Sierra Leone Ports Authority. Nevertheless, the Ministry represents all of these agencies at the Parliamentary and Cabinet level. MandateThe Ministry is responsible for ensuring efficient, sustainable and affordable transportation networks to facilitate economic development, including access of the rural farming population and urban poor to market centres. Strategic policies to achieve this mandate include;
One of the core activities included in this mandate is the procurement and disbursement of official vehicles for Government MDAs. The key policy directives for the three key modes of transportation include;
Notwithstanding the importance of the role of the MTA in national development, the Ministry seems to have been relegated to a second class status, and is not regarded as critical. The relevance of the work of the Ministry to all other components of the national development agenda, including trade, agriculture, mining, and tourism, is made very clear in the PRSP II and, as such, there is a need to raise the profile of the Ministry to a vibrant policymaking and regulatory institution of government. The mandate of the Ministry is in place and is expansive enough to achieve the goal of developing efficient transport networks that can facilitate the movement of goods and people within the country and those leaving the country. What are lacking are the strategies to ensure effective execution of this mandate. The oversight mandate is not properly executed and there is very little monitoring of the agencies. This is certainly regrettable given the deplorable state of transportation networks in the country, and the priority placed on infrastructure development within the national development agenda. Solutions to this unfortunate state of affairs will have to come both from the Ministry making a concerted to improve its productivity and profile, and also from the external governance environment, through acknowledgment of its pivotal role in development and therefore providing more support to the Ministry. It is therefore recommended that the Ministry be prioritized in national reform initiatives, especially with regards to training in strategic planning and policy development and analysis, and resource provision. Vision StatementThe Vision statement of the Ministry reads, “To have a modern and efficient transportation system that can support the development of Sierra Leone.” Mission StatementThe Mission statement reads, “To develop policies and provide guidelines and effective and efficient implementation mechanisms, which will ensure safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable transport and Aviation systems throughout Sierra Leone” Both the vision and mission statements are acceptable, but we recommend that the Ministry also develop a Values Statement exemplifying positive guiding principles. Some suggestions include honesty/integrity, dedication, innovation, professionalism, teamwork, customer service, perseverance, and empowerment. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> sites -> default -> files files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status sites -> Brdzola Khma Vladimir sites -> Berlin Airlift and Stalin's losing Strategy Stalin against Tito sites -> I am here today to urge the commission to act immediately to restore Atlantic menhaden. We need more menhaden in the water sites -> Diary of a walking butterfly files -> Accreditations Download 224.8 Kb. Share with your friends:
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