Date: 14 June 2022, 10:00-13:00 (CEST)

Luanda

Background and objectives:
UNCTAD, under the EU-UNCTAD Joint Programme for Angola: Train for Trade II, with funding from the European Union, will organise two presential back-to-back activities in collaboration with the Regulatory Agency for Cargo Certification and Logistics of Angola (ARCCLA), Ministry of Transport (MINTRANS) and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MINDCOM) as part of its capacity-building and training activities on PPPs.

The technical workshop on 14 June 2022 will focus on PPP models for logistics platforms in Angola in the context of the Lobito Corridor. The event is open to the public. Its objective is to build capacities and promote discussions among key stakeholders on logistics platforms and PPPs development in Angola with a special focus on the role of the logistics platforms projects of Caála (Huambo) and Luau (Moxico), linked to the Lobito Corridor. This specific corridor has been chosen because of the two above-mentioned logistics platforms for which the tender for concession has been launched recently by ARCCLA, and for their added value in complementing other concessions of the Lobito Corridor, namely the Port of Lobito terminals and the railway Caminhos de Ferro de Benguela (CFB). This will promote trade and supply chain development including agriculture along the Lobito corridor. Further, the Caala platform in Huambo has the potential to drain agricultural products from the hinterland to the port of Lobito, either to be exported or to be sent to the main consumer center in Luanda. The target participants are stakeholders from public and private sectors involved in trade, transport, agriculture, and logistics activities, and entrepreneurs and investors interested in developing and implementing logistics platforms in Angola.

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