"Sustainable Development of Corridors in Senegal" is the theme of the workshop that opened today at the Riu Baobab Hotel in Pointe-Sarène. Organized by the Senegalese Shippers' Council (Cosec) under the chairmanship of the Minister of Fisheries and Maritime & Port Infrastructure, Dr. Fatou Diouf, this seminar aims to launch the reflection on the issue of corridors and to make them a lever for economic growth in relation to the Senegal 2050 vision.

Dr. Fatou DIOUF: Minister of Fisheries, Port & Maritime Infrastructure

Logistics is the foundation of any economy. A country cannot succeed in the challenge of development without resolving its logistical problems, particularly in the transport of passengers and goods by sea, air and land. African countries are generally faced with transport problems that cost their economies enormous financial losses. These constraints are linked to the lack of modern & competitive infrastructure in terms of roads and railways, the absence of multimodality between the main transport systems (ports/airports) and secondary transport systems (roads/railways) to ensure the continuity of the logistics chain, the lack of modern storage infrastructure and the lack of coordination & application of States in border transport.

These are, in summary, the problems that motivated Cosec to organize this workshop on corridors that brings together all the stakeholders in trade & logistics as well as other state & international bodies involved. Indeed, logistics corridors play an essential role in the economic development of a country. Mainly made up of road and rail networks, they constitute the hub through which goods transit and ensure the continuity of the supply chain up to the last kilometer.

Ndeye Rokhaya Thiam: Director General COSEC

Thus, during this seminar several themes focused on corridors will be addressed, the most noted of which by the Minister Dr. Fatou Diouf during his speech, is Sustainable financing of corridor-related transport infrastructure which comes at the right time because Senegal is threatened by the negative consequences of climate change, the damage of which is already beginning to be felt in the national territory. Global warming is largely due to the emission of greenhouse gases from transport, the most active of which is road transport. It also affects transport infrastructure by destroying roads, bridges and interchanges, which end up causing a halt and slowdown in the supply chain.

As a reminder, Cosec is the body, under the supervision of the Ministry of Fisheries, Maritime & Port Infrastructure, responsible for the promotion and assistance of shippers who are economic operators, importers & exporters or owners of goods. It is currently headed by Mrs. Ndeye Rokhaya Thiam, a business lawyer by profession.

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