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This proposal outlines the establishment of the China-Africa Transport Strategy Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, fostering collaboration in transport and tourism between Southern Africa, China, and Mozambique.
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Southern Africa-China Transport Co-operation Center(SACTCC) China-Africa Transport Strategy INSTITUTE(CATSRI)AT THE UNIVERSITY of Prtoria and Its Planning Programs with Teaching and Learning Proposals in South Africa and Mozambique南非比陀大学中非交通战略研究院和在南非和莫桑比克的主要进展Y Wang 王于晨SACTCC12 July 2017 Pretoria, South Africa
关于成立“中非交通战略研究所”的谅解备忘录关于成立“中非交通战略研究所”的谅解备忘录 Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on Establishing China-Africa Transport Strategy Research Institute at Xi’an, China & Pretoria, South Africa
A方:长安大学公路学院 B方:南非洲中国交通合作中心 C方:比勒陀利亚大学工学院 Part A: School of Road & Engineering, Chang’an University(CAU), China Part B: Southern Africa-China Transport Co-operation Center(SACTCC) Part C: Faculty of Engineering, BE and IT, University of Pretoria, South Africa
The SACTCC was supported by the Hon. Minister Jeff Radebe of Ministry of Transport and Tourism, Republic of South Africa(RSA) and H.E. Ambassador Liu Guijin from PR China to RSA and opened in July 2004. It has been based in Pretoria, South Africa. Last decade, SACTCC had promoted the technology exchange and co-operation at Transport and Tourism field and made progress.
It hosted and co-sponsored the Forum and international conferences between the Southern Africa and China annually. The number of specific projects and training programs on Transport and Tourism technology have been implemented in South Africa, Mozambique and China. More than 20 scholarships and fellowships between Southern Africa and China have been achieved. Currently there are more than 10 specialists on Transport and Tourism and higher education at SACTCC.
This SACTCC has assisted the officers of the Ministry of Transport and Tourism and Communications, Mozambique to visit China and South Africa last few years for visiting, the conferences and training programs, such as Ms Ana Fernanda Nhampango, Advisor to the Minister of MTC, Mr. Emanuel Chaves, Chairman of ADM(Airport Authority of Mozambique), Dr.NicolauSululo, Counsellor of High Commission of Mozambique to RSA(Republic of South Africa), etc. The one branch office will be sought to be established in Maputo soon.
2). The Reasons for Co-Establishing the China-Africa Transport Strategy Research Institute(CATSRI)主要工作目标
The Johannesburg Summit and the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) were held in Johannesburg from 3 to 5 December 2015. Heads of State and Government, Heads of Delegation, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers in charge of economic cooperation from China and 50 African countries attended the Summit and Ministerial Conference respectively.
AU and Chinese government announced that the FOCAC agree that underdeveloped infrastructure is one of the bottlenecks hindering independent and sustainable development of Africa. The two sides will take concrete measures and give priority to encourage Chinese businesses and financial institutions to expand investment through various means, such as Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), to support African countries and the African flagship projects, in particular the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa and the Presidential Infrastructure Championing Initiative, in their efforts to build railroad, highway, regional aviation, ports, electricity, water supply, information and communication and other infrastructure projects, support African countries in establishing 5 transportation universities and facilitate infrastructure connectivity and economic integration in Africa.
3). Proposal on Co-Establishing Transport University in South Africa and Mozambique under the FOCAC
4). Proposed Structures and Targets for Co-Establishing the China-Africa Transport Strategy Research Institute(CATSRI) 机构
H. E. Minister of Transport and H.E. Minister of Higher Education and Training will steer the processing. Chinese Organizations will work with the above two ministries for the establishing.
The two committees are to be built up: • 1). Steering Committee • 2). Working Committee
8). Proposed Time Frame for the Working in South Africa and Mozambique
Contact: • Yuchen Wang, South African Team • Email: wangyuchen03@sina.com • siphiwe.masilela@webmail.co.za • WenlongXie, Mozambique’s team • xiewenlong@ccecc.com.cn