AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP
GABON
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN LIBREVILLE AND PORT-GENTIL AND OTHER INLAND CENTRES
Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER)
OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT (OPEV)
7 August 1990 TABLE OT CONTENTS
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CURRENCY DQUIVALENTS A}TD ÀBBREVIATIONS i LIST OT ANNEXES ii PREFÀCE iii PRO.'ECT DÀTA iv SI'IN,IARY APPF"AISAL viii
A. PERTOru|ANCEAUDIT MET'TORA}IDT'M 1
I. INTRODUCTrION I
1.1 General overview of the economy 1 L.2 The t.eleconununl-cations gector 1 1.3 Project baekground 2
rI. PRO,'ECT IMPLI,I{ENTATION
2.L Loan effectivenegs 6 2.2 Proçurerncnt of goods and serviees 6 2.3 Major modifications in the projects 6 2.4 Implementation scheduLe 6 2.5 Costs and disbursements 7 2.6 Project rnanegement and monitoring 7
III. pROJEqf PEREoRMAIûCE RESULTS AND EVALUÀTIoN
3.1 Background I 3.2 Project rqsultc I 3.3 Tectrnical performance I 3.tl Operational performance 9 3.5 FLnancial performance 9 3.6 Institutional perforrnance
rv. PERI!'ORMANCf, EVALUÀTTON OF lHE PANÎTES TWVOLTITD 14
4.1 OPT t4 4.2 Consultants 1rt 4.3 SupplLers T4 4.4 Àf,rican Developrnent Bank 14
v. gusTArNÀBIIrIly Or lHE PROJECIS 15
vI . coNclrqj;roN, LEssoNs ÀND RECOMMEIIDÀÎrONS 16
B. ÀTTÀCHMINTS
ProJect eorqrlction report on the nrodernization and extension of the Ll,breville telephone network.
Project eonpletion report on teleconununications development in Port-Gentil and Eight Inland Centres.
Thls report lras prepared by t'lessrs V. VALAYDON, Principal Economist and D. NIKIEI.tÀ, leleconununications Engineer and ConsuJ-tant, foJ.lowing Èheir rnission to Gabon from 06 to 18 November, 1989.
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CURRENCY, AeRONylrtS_ÀND AgBREVIATTONS
Currencll eguivAleuL,s
1) At aporaisal (1978)
uA1 Ê uss 1.30279 Ual - CFA.F 285.76000
2l Duriugr-tha PCR (Nov. - Dec. 1988)
uÀ1 = US$ 1.29039 UA1 : CFA.tr412.63500
3t puring rhs PPÀR (Nov. - Dec. 1989)
uÀ1 * USS L.2798L UA1 = c['4. F 405. 41200
0 ,'r'' ,. t'" ACTEL t Agencê CormnercLale de Telecormnunications APTV : Afriean Post and Telecorrununicat,ions Union BDEAC : Development Bank of Central- Àfrican StaÈes 8GD : Gabonegs Development Bank BT : Base lax BUA : Bank Unit of Àccount CCCB : Caigse Centrale de CooperaÈion Economique (france) CENÀCOM : C€ntlo Nat,ional de Conununication CfA.f : franc dc la ComrrunauÈe Financiere A,fricaine DPC 3 Detr Processj.ngf Centre llfPÎ : EcoLc Nationale de Postes et Telecorununications GDP : Gross Domcstic Product IIIC ! International Manual Centre IMf : Intcrnational Monetary Fund ISB : Independcnt Side Band ITU : Intsrnatl"onaL TéIecorurrunications Union IOrt : Kilomreter U : Metcr ML : Mal.n tine NSf I Nurnber of S5.gmalling of Faults NfC : National Transit, Centre OCTRÀ : Office dcs Chèmins de Fer Trans-Gabonaie OPT : Offlce dss Postes et Teleconununications PATU : Pan-African Teleconnnunications Union (Specialized Àgency of ùhe oAu) PCR : Project Completion Report PPAR : Project Perfor:mance Audit Report RTG : Radio Television Gabonaise SÀP I SÈructural Àdjustmênt Progrranrwre SM : Sguare MGt€r SCU : Subscribers' Connection Unit SEC : Second T\I : lelevision U : Unit UPU : Universal Posta1 Union SfG : SocieÈe de TelecormunLcations Internationales du Gabon SOfRECOM : Societc Franca:Lso de ReaLisation des Teleconununications
ACCOLNTTNG ÀNp UISCÀ,L_lrEAA.
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IJrsl 0r Àr.rNExEs
1. Gabon: Econornl-c Trend
2. EOUÀSÀTNctwork
3. Key lelcconnunlcatLons Data
4. IrLbrcvl.Ll-c: Disbursments
5. Post-Ccnt{I and I Centrcs: DisburuGmenta
6. Sum.ry of, OPl's Operating Accounts (1991-88)
':."'. ?. Surunary of (OpTrs 1981/88) Balance-She€ts
8. CâIsulaÈlon of, Èhe fRR (Calcul+Èion Àssunrptions)
9. Teleconununications rêvenuest 1L982/88,
10. Supplanrcntary RÊvanucs and Calculations of the fRR (Ll.brev:[I1c, Port GênÈiJ- and Eight Centres) .
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PRETACE
1. This ProJect Perforrlance Audit Report (PPAR) Ls on th€:
Modernization and ExÈension of the Libreville Telephone Network;
Tcleconnrunieationg Development in Port-Gentil and Eigrht inland CGntresi
for rhl.ch tro ÀIlB loang of UÀ 5.0 nillion each werê grantêd to the Republic of Gabon Ln Dccember 1978.
2. Although two sêpante loans were granted, they were for one sJ-nglc- telecomttunications project which was split, into tvfo becàuse of the ceiling of UÀ 5.0 million fixed for ADB loans at the t.ime. In addiÈion, they were approved and sJ-gncd in the same 1978t which explains why there ig only one Audl-t Rcport for the two Loans.
3. the first project airts aÈ remodeJ-1ing and extending Èhe f.ibsevLJ-le n€tsork with a view to meeÈing the pending tetephone and teLex ingtalLation regueets for a period of 10 years.
thg tGcond proJcct seeks to Lnstall a modern tele;rhone exctrange at Port-Gentil and to set up local networks in I inland centres. In L918t the entlre project costs (inlcuding OPT's share) were estj.mated at UA 7.4 million for the first. and UA 8.1 million for the second.
{. Works rare completed in December 1984 for the Libreville network and in Dcccrnbcr L987 for Port-Gentil and the eight centres. À Bank rniesion visLÈed Gabon Ln Novcnber/Deccnber 1988 to prepare a project conrpletion report (PCR).
5. Thc present PPÀR nas prepared following a Bank'g audit missj-on to Gabon frqn 06 to 18 Novenber 1989. It referg to the PCR and the appraisal report and' is bassd on: thc data avaiJ.abl-e in all the project-mission docrrnrents at the Bank; Èhe discugsl-ons and conversations which the auàLt had with thc of,ficials of PTD in Gabon; the docr:rtrents and data submitted by the PTD.
6. The PPAR comprises (it a review of thê economic background and the tclecomnunications sector Ln Gabon; (ii) a study and an appraisat of the resu^lts and perfonnences of the proJects and the parties involved and (iii) the vl-abl.Iity of the projccts. It draws the lessons and makes reconrnendâtions to the PTD and the Bank for future projects in the teleconfirunications sector.
1. Copies of the PPÀR trere gent to the PTT, Gabon and to the operational departrnentg of the Bank for corfirents. CorTnrents receiwed have been duly incorporated in this report. - l-v
PRO.'ËCT DÀTA
À. LIBRGVILLE
1. Country Republlc of Gabon 2. ProJcct Modernization and ExtencJ.on of the Lj.brcville tclcphone nêtwork 3. Loan NO. ADÈ/Ce/eB/rL/18/OO4 t. Dorrowcr Govcrn$rent of ths Rcpublic of Gabon 5. lrccut,Lng ÀEËney Post and lelacomnrunicationc Department, (PfD).
I. ffltu
1. Loan rGquCBt : Septembez L977 2. LOan amOunt : UA 5.0 million 3. Intérort rat. (appraJ.aal) : 7t on the swûs dLsburgcd and outstanding t. Statut,ory charge (appraisal) :1t 5. Csilnl.tincnt chargc (appraisal) : 0.75t on t,ho undLcbursqd portion of the t.oan 6. Ralraymcnt Bcriod ! 16 ycars inclusivc ?. Grecc Pcrlod 4 years 8. Datc of appraisal Àpril 19?8 9. Datc of approval 8 .Iune 1978 10. Datc of SJ.gmaturc 04 Dqccmber 1978 11. Datc of cffcctlvencss December 1979
II. PROi'ECÎ DÀTA
1. ProJcct cott (appraLcal) : UA 7.44 m.t]-lion 2. finencLng plan (appraisal)
ÀDE : UA 5.0 nillion Govcrnrncnt : UA 2.44 mi].lion
3. DcadlLne for lct dlsbursscnt 3L/L2/78 tl . Actua]- datc of 1sÈ disburs€nênt 02/0L/80 5. Dcadlinc for ].aat dicburgensnt 3LlL2l83 extsndcd to 3L/t2/87 6. ÀctuaL datc of last digbursorrênt 13/to/s7 7. (Planncd) Îfork starÈ-off L5/A8/78 8. Data of eonplction of, planncd works 3L/0L/82 9. Àctual project sÈârt-off date February 1979 10. Àctual project corqrletJ.on dat,e 28/LL/e4 11. âmounÈ of di.sburccd ÀDB loan uÀ 4 998 277.35 ]-2. OutrtandLng balance tJA"1722.65 (cancelled) rIr. PRO TECI TrINA TCIÀL I}IPLE!4BNTAIION
1. Projcct cost ovonun : + UA 3 424 974.13 (equivalent) 2. Ncr financlng plan
ÀDB uÀ 4 998 277.35 BDEAC CrÀ.r 815 ml.llion (uA 2 238 72L.291 PgD CrA.f ?88 million (uA 2 321 138.79) Rcal ProJêct cost uA 10 838 974.13 ÀDB baLance VA I 722.65 (cancelled) 3. Other loans
GDB BDEâC
Amount (mitlions of, crA) 500.000 815.000 Interest rata 9.5t t3* Conunl-tment charge 1..25t Rei.rnburgement, time 7 yrs 7 yrs Grace poriod NITr NII, v. DISBURSEMENT (ADB) in millions of UÀ
At appraisaL ActuE]. -
1978 500 , 1979 '' z 000 .t 1980 1 500 1981 1 1 373 r 614 7982 1 oo2t392 1983 3]l.8,32'' 1 1984 aooo 7t3r 482 1985 1Ot7t5 1986 406r237 1987 1 02CI,499 Total 5 ooo 4 998,211 Balance Lr123
B. PORT GINTIL AI{D ETGHÎ CENIRES
1. Country Republic of Gabon 2. Project Teleconununications dev€lopÛnênt in PorÈ- Gent,iL and I other inland c€ntres 3. LOan NO. ADB CS/GB/T L/78/005 4. Borrower Government of the Republl-c of Gabon 5. Executing ag€ncy Post and Teleconrmunications Department nPTD|'
I. LOAII
1. Loan reguêst September 19?7 2. Loan Amount UA 5.0 million 3. fnterest rate (appraisal) 7* on the amountE digbursed and outstanding 4. Statutory charge lt on the amountg disbursed (appraLsal) and outstanding 5. Corunitmcnt charge 0.75* on the undisbursed (cvaLuation) portion of the loan 5. Rêpayment period 16 years incJ.usive 7. Grace period 5 years 8. Date of appraisal iluly 1978 9. Date of approval 18 Sept,ernbex L978 10. Date of, sJ-gnature 04 December 1978 11. Datê of effectLvsnesg 03 Decernber 1980 v:. rT. PROJICÎ DATI
1. Entire project coat (appraisal! UÀ 8.104 mi-lLlon 2. Financing plan (approval)
- ADB UÀ 5.0 millLon GovernmGnt UA 3.104 million
3. DeadLLne for lst disburs€rrent 3L/t2/79 extended to 3L/L2/80 {. Actual datc of 1st disburgement 27/06/80 5. Dcadlinc for lact diaburgement 3L/L2/83 ex,têndÊd to 3t/1,2188 6. Actual drtc of Lact dicburgêment L6/02/89 1. (Planncd) rork gtart-off 08/18 8. Corqrlction datc of planned workg LL/8L 9. Actual projcct start-off date a8/02/82 10. Actua1 proJect coryrletion date L2/87 11. Amount of, digburccd ÀDB loan vA 4 978 856,30 L2. Outstanding balance UA 21 LA3t7 (cancelled)
III. PRO{'!CÎ TIIXÀITCIÀI, IITPI.EIIENIÀTION
1. Cost ovârrun of thc project lrrt 2. New financlng plan (after proJcct inrplcocntlon
ÀDB uA 4 978 856,30 PTD uA 938 705,88 - ÀDB bâlânce UA 2L 143'7A (cancelled)
Iv. DISBURSEMENTS (EADI ln nil-Iiont of, UA
At apgraisa]- Àetua].
1978 10 1979 2 498 : 1980 1 502 580,801 1981 990 227,7t4 1982 740,773 1983 808,800 . 1984 t4ot9o2 1985 L93.681 1986 803r565 1987 884.6LO 1988 492rL71 1989 97 r8t6 TotaI 5 000 4 918,85630 BaIâncê 2L,L437 - vii
SUMMARY APPRAISAI
thLs audlt performance report is on the folloring -neÈroikprojeets Modernl-zation and extension of the LibrevilLe Èelephone and, leleconununicaùions development in Port-Gentil (PG) and eight inland centres f.or which thc ADB granted two loans of UA 5.0 mil].ion each in ,Iune and September 1978 respectively.
the implementation of these projects fa1ls rithl.n the telecorununicationg deveJ.opment pJ.an which is an integral part of Gabonrs third economlc and socLal development plan for the period rgzg - 1990.
The loan for the Libreville telephone network becanne effective in December 1979 and' that for telecorsnunicaÈiong deveJ-oprnent in pG and I inl-and. centres' in Dccember 1980. the first project was completed in November Lgg1, 1:9: roughly two (21 years behind the schedule and, the second., in December 1987 wl-th six (6) yêars lateness.
the inrplementation of the î,ibreville project encountcred mainJ.y civil engineering problems (road repairs). The maJor--inl-and. problem encounÈcred, in the inplementation of the Port-Gentil and eight centres project is the bankruptcy of the E8ÀTEL company responlibLe for imptementiingi the .Local networks of the eight centres. ?his led to the deJ-ays ment,ioned àbove in the completion of the proJects.
Sollowing the modifications made during implemenÈation and the civj-l cngJ.neerJ'ng problems encountered (repairs of tlie rôad surface), there was a 57* ovÇrrun Ln the actual total cost of the Libreville project. The cogt of the PorÈ-Gentil and eight centres project remained wit[in the projected, f:lnancial package.
The ADB loans for the financing of these projects g^ showed a balance of L722.6 and uA 2LL43t? respectiwely for the rol-iowing reasons: (i) the oFT of Gabon sccured funds (Loans from private banks) to f-Lnance the overruns of Èhe Llbrevill€ net$ork, (ii) the jmplementation of one of thê eight Lnland nctworks (Lamvarene! was dcferred, (iii) exchange profit resultinf from thc fluctuationg of the UÀ in rclation to the CFÀ.r ana ff.
the rseultg of thc two. projects are in keeping with the objectLves - s€t at their appraisal the equiprnent installed ensuie à good increasé in thc connection of thê main lines (11.5t on the average). During audit,, the equipmcnt was gatisfactorily maint,ained,
the OPT made an appreciabl,e effort in the training of its personnel,. the telecomnunications workers increased by 133 in L978 ana Uy lZi Ln 1g8g; their standard improved considerably.
In 1988' the volume of unpaid bitts increased markedly-fgg-g, by 144.8* (in rclatj.on to that of 1987) thus cornpelling the oPT to adopt in a dragt,ic policy of tcrrninlting the contracts of bad payers. that J.ed Èo a drop in the nurnber of subscribers in 1989
Àlthough the OPTts operational performance was pooitive, compared to the total proceeds, it dropped from 916?r in L98L to 1,2t* in r9B8 duâ to ttre Lncrcase {n charges (16.6t on the average) and the financi-a} expensee (10.3t of the total proceeds). However, the oPT maintained a good cash ratio od f.S8 on the. average and generated a posi-tive working capitàJ- which enabLed it to cope wLth its running exPenses. OPT's debt reàcheà an extrernely high 1eve} trith a dcbt ratio of 0.6t Ln 1989. - vLL]-
From Èhe point of view of performance of the various parties involved Ln the implementation of the projects, it can be noted thal: although the setting up of the project unit within t,he OPT was late, it helped solwè from 1983r many problems which arose: in the specifications, the consul-tant did not give a satisfactory description of the LibrevilLe road structure. This shorteoming accounted for Èhe Èemporary suspenoion of the civil engrineering works in 1982. Apart from the problems of repairing the Libreville carriageways encountered with Signalisation and the bankruptcy of t,he ERÀÎEL comPanyr the cornpanies on the whole carried out the workg t,hey were Eiven satigfactorily. Bct,ween 1980 and t982t the Bank carried out no technical suparvision migsion of the projects. However, the missions carried out from 1983, at the rate of two rnissLons every 18 months on the average, helped solve the problems.
trinally, the OPT, the Consultant and Èhe Bank l-aeked vigilance in the case of the ERAIEI, Company which, despiÈe its poor financial situation , had won the contract on the networks of the eight inland centres. Unt,il it becarne bankruptr ERATEL'e bills were paid whereas the sÈart-off adwance was not cowered by a bank guarantee. ' i^ lhe internal rrite of return tecalculated by the Audit is L7.45* for Libreville and 9.8?t for PG and the eight centreg. These rates are indicative as only the internal rate of return of OPT'g overall- investment programre over the period 1980-87 would be more significant.
lhe sugtainability of the projects will depend mainly on OPT's naintcnance capacity.
' Conclusion
Dcspitc the nurnerouô implementation problerns encounÈered, these projects rnosÈly financed by the ÀDB hawe contributed a great deal towards the expansion and reliability of Gabonts telecommunications network: considerable incrcase in the countryts màin Èelecorwrrunication lines (13.9E) and number of subscribcrs as wcll- as improvement in the gualiÈy of serviceg.
LèlJOnl
The following lessong can be learnt from the implementaÈion of these projects:
at project appraisal, it is essential that the objectives be well defined and laid outi the results expected from Èhe projects should be guantified and indicated year by year' 8o should the various technical and financial performance indicators. Such an approach makes it possible a posteriori to carry out, a major objective conÈrol.
the Èime beÈween tlre date of signature of loan agrreetnênts and Èhe date of their entry into force should be as short as possible; to that end, the borrower should do aII in his potrer to expedite the various ratifLcation procedures and fulfil wit'hout, delay the condltione preo€dent to first disbursement. Project launching missions by the Bank are indispensable in order to initiate Èhe abowe aetions.
with regard to bid analysis, particular attention should be paid to the èontractors' financial capacity prior ùo selection. This financial capacity ehould be given as much weight as the Èechnieal criterion.
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iir Regardlng proj€et implernentation, it is Lrnportant to egtablish a proJect unit wLthin the e:recuting agency. This unit required t,o ptray the role of projecÈ rnanager, will have at its disposal all the logist,ical facilities (vehicles, fue1, staff etc) necessary for its funcÈioning. The establisbnent of this unit (wherc it does not exist) could be a project component and constitute a condition prececient to first disbursement. The problems thât arose during the implementation of t,he projects could not be solved pronptly due to inadequate tecbnical aupervision missiong.
Rccornncndations
In the light of the above lessons, the audit reconnrends to:
3hS--_OPI,--.l8lbeg: to ensure that t.he projects are viabJ-e and of good guality, thê audit reconunends the eetablishment, without de1ay, of a national improvement and maint,enânce pJ.an; thJ.s plan wi.Ll asgess the additional maj-nÈenanqe requirements, ldentify the nreagureg neeessary to achieve the international standards as well as estimâte the varioug acÈions to be undortaken - rnake a descript,ive study of the job positions in order to provide the t€rinrg of refer€trce for st,af f . rnanage the hrrman resources better and êvolve a still more efficient organizaLional gtructure; - expeditc Èhe seÈting up of :i.ts planning unit; - limit investments in conring years until sounder management ratios are found;
the Bank: to rnake a cost estfunate of the projecÈs by taklng into account the tirne reguired to final-ize Èhe procedurês for intcrnational competitive bidding, and consider as the base those corts updated on the bid submigsion date; carry out,r in coopcration with the ot,her international institutione (ttNDP, ITU, PATU, àPfU), a sectoraf study on the economic r€turn ôf, teleconnunicatLons in Africa as well as a study of the irnpact of the ner tclccqsrrunications services (telecopy, data transnuissJ.on) on the standard services (telephone, telex); - suppletrcnt its op€râtJ.ons rith support to tecornnunicat.i.ons rchabilJ.tation and mâlntcnance on thc basis of, its action with the INDP./IrU in this ârê! (projcct RÀf,/80/018 on maintenance, located in Ouagadougou) - undertake a larger nurnber of launching and supervision mlssions in order to solve the problems hampering the impJ.ementation of projccts. r. rNlRODUClrOlr
1.1 General overview oJ the economy
1.1.1 tfhsn thc Librevillc Telecorrnunicationg proJect, was appral.scd {19?S) and up to L982, Gabon's real GDP grew at a remarkable rate of a.a* per annurn owing to :Lncrsased o11 production and the oiL price spiral on Cfre world narket. Thig vcry tr€nd pevailed in 1984 (compJ.etion date of Èhe LibrovilLo project') as the oil sector accounted for 48* of GDP, 848 of thé exports and 66* of the Government revenus. Ilowever, in 1985, th€ oiI aectorrs share of the GDP began to diminLsh follovring Èhe slump in world prices. This d,or+nward trend wag gradual-Iy revèrsed in 1988 througih an increase in the contrLbution of oLl scctor to the gDP and expoEts which stood aÈ 25t and 64* reopectJ.vely. rn,1989r thc GowsrnrnenÈ projected Èhat the GDP would grow at a modcit rate ôf 1.5* .
1.1.2 Meanvh:ile, undcr the cornbi.ned effects of over-leverag:lng and tha contracÈj.on of -oil rov€nuegr tlre Government had. under an IMF recovcry ProgtâImte, to take eusterit.y mcasures such as cutbackg on the salar:lee of thc civLl s€rvice, the amountg allocated to gtoods and gervices and. or1 domegÈis subsldles in order to maintain publ.ic expendiÈures at an accept,able level. The extsrnal debt (1) rrac rescbeduled in order to bringr the OeLt ratj-o down frorn 30t Ln 1989 to 27.5* in 1990 - !992. fncentiwe rneasulos ai:ned at brl'nglng Gabon's econglnfr back on the growth path wete taken to stfunulate thê traditj.onal eectors (J.oggtng) and non-trad.itionaL sectors {such as sêrvices) . But thcrc measur€s arè not likely to bear fruit before 1990 - !992.
1.1.3 In the developrnent plan epanning the period 1999 - 1991, empahsis is 1lso pgt on the productive sectors of the economy, particularly.agrlcul-ture. fn 1988' this sèctor rapresented 9A of GDP and 235 of public-invlstment as againct 21* ln 1987 and legs than 7* an the averâge between 1984 and 1986. the cmphesis on the agricultural scctor sought to check rural-urban migration, ncct the countryt e food requiremente, reduce the i:nport of cormoditieg and cnhancc the production of export elops. the volume oi ttre cxports of non-oil mLncral products (rnangancsc, uranium-and iron ore) which accoùnted for 138 of thc totaL êxportsr wLtl be maintained at the eame J-eveJ. despite the Lor world, priccs as the overhead prices paid by Francê are higher than the spot prices.
1:1.! ?J.nally, Lt Ls hoPed Èhat al'l. these efforts wiJ't' halp curb Gabon's hJ.ghly dctcrJ.orat:lng balancc of palzment,s. fgith the cxception of gotd, '1_9g2,thc Lntcrnat:l.onel rcsorvès which amounted to $ 312 miLLion ai, the cnd-of droppcd to $12 rntflion at the end of 1987 and rogc again to S 66 milllon ai thc cnd of, L988. It is projected that at the end of iggg trrese earnJ.ngs will nâls-Lt pocsiblê to cov6r only 3 months'imports l2l. This import rcgtiiction arl-sJ.ngr from thc shortage of foreigrr exchange to purchase t,he éssentiaL inputa tLll bG largely offset by the cut back on coneumption due to the reductioà of thc purchaslng power in Gabon.
1.x.5 thc key daÈa on Gabon'a economy are suîrned up in Anncx r.
L.2 the t,q].econsnunl.cations sector
1.2.1 Gabon's geogtaphical data (relief, cJ.imate, hydrography, vcAetation) (see PCR 1.2) ar€ a handicap to the const,ruction of a dénse-anâ êff,ecÈive road network in the country. fo daLe, Libreville and Port-Gentil are only linked by_plane or by boat. Teleconrnunications have therefore a still more i:nportant role to PIay in bringing pcople closer and in the socio-economic d,eveiopment of the count,ry.
(1) tstimâted at about crÀ.F 800 billion or 77* of estirnat€d GDP. t2'/, In 1988, food imports represent.ed 208 of the volume of importe. -2
L.?.2 ALproject appralçal (I,larch and rTuty 1978), Gabon's teleconununications network data were as fol.l_ows:
Telephone: 18 teJ-ephone exchangee (8 of which were to be replaccd) and, manual exchanges with a maximum capacit,y of 36,000 linee (16,000 bt wtrictr had been installed) and ùo which subecribers were connected by 6600 maLn lines (Mf) (0.66 PL for 100 inhabitants).
LocaL nctrorks: Cable networks of the overhead,/underground type vrele mostly inadcquatc Ln capacity and, unadapt,ed to automatic opera-tion.
rnter-urban links: Automatic at 45*, the int.er-urban Links trere mainlv operated by (direct or Èropospheric) microwave radio-relay systems. The tei wire connectlong which existed provid,ed poor qua1ity setviée owing to the climat,e and vegetation.
InternaÈional Links: they srere provided by radio links for Cameroon and Congro, and by the carth gtat,ion for the rest of the worLd.
TalegrraPh and lelex serviq!às: A telex exchange of 400 lines which wac nearing saturat,J.on, and a gentex network* heJ-ped meet the telegraph and, telex serviceà needs .\ . È. t MainÈcnancc: lack of trained pereonnel (133 telecorsnunications workers) was a setback to an adeguate maintenance of ttre ingtallat,ions.
trinance: the subsc:;i.bers' .;-n';ir:i+ilrg was bi*'rrorithly, the producÈivity was 20 workerg for 1000 ML t,he rate of return was 11* the operating ratio wae 88*
1.3 Projcct backgrround
1.3.1 Under its 3rd five-year deveJ-opment plan (1976 - 80) Gabon drew up a telecqnnunLcat,lons progrtrmne comprising :
a) Nationa]. network
constructlon of radio-relay links 9E link : Librevill-e - Francevi.lle South link - Lafiibarene - Mayumba
Apart from the telephone and telex, these links were to re].ay televisl-on and radio broadcasting signals;
- Modernizing, extending and equipping wit,h automatic devices the telephone exchange systemo and local networks ln the I toetns. Priority wil.} be giwen Èo Libreville and Port,-Gentil. b) InternationèI Network
The establishment of direct and automatic ]-inke with Àfrican and Europaan countr:lee.
c) the FÀ}{A?TEL Network
The establishment of earth ]-inks between Gabon and its neighbours: Canneroon, Congo, Sao-Tome and Principe.
1.3.2 In early 11977, the total coEt estimâte of the prog;arune ùras crÀ.r 18 bilLion (UA 65 million incJ-udinE UA 53 million in foreign exchange at the time of appraisal).
*Gentex: telegrraph and telex serviceg offered Èo cllentg who arc not subscribed to telex. -3
1.3.3 ThG Post and Telecortnrunications Department (OPT) of Gabon appealed to g€veral sources of finance for the imptementation of the proçtraflune. By an offieial request of Septembar L977, the covernment of Gabon àppioached thJ ADB for a part financing of t,he prograrme.
1 .3 . 4 An ADB preparat.ory rnigsion to Libreville (oct, . 1977't enabled, the collection of the documents which rnade it possible to det.ermine ùhe J-oan objectivcs and to decj.de on the appraisal mission. Durj.ngr the fLret appraisal - -ôt mLssion (Feb March 1978) the ADB laid down the priorities the telecornnunications progranme; if the Gabonese Aut.horities sô deeired, it nj.glrt aftèr thc Libreville project, in a second phase, be int€rÊsÈÊd in itre telephone exchange and Port-Gentil network whose ouÈdat.ed system r{aÉr completely caturated (object of anot,her appraisal mieeion in ,fuJ.y 197S) .
1.3.5 The consequsnce of these efforts was the approval within an interval of three monthc, two loans of UA 510001000 each. The termg and conditions of these loanc arê found in t,he key data given earlier.
1.4 Project objectives and description
1.4.1 objectives
1 the proJcct objectives at appraisal rere as followg. I
a) Project 1: Modsrnization and extension of Lhe IJl.breville telêghone network
remodel and extend the telephone neÈwork in the Libreville town;
meeÈ oututandLng telephone inetallation reguests and makc provicions for future connections ovêr a ten-yèâr period,.
:l-ncrcagc the number of telex subscribers
take advantage of the connection possibilities in the two tclcphone €xcheng€s existing at the tirne.
b) Projcct 2: lclaconunurricat,ions development in port-Gentil and
j.nstall in Port-Gentil, Gabon's second major town, an autonratic telcphonc exchangre designed for 8000 lines but init,ially equipped for 4000 ll-nes;
renodel and exÈend the telephone network in eight major :lnland c€ntres rhere 2000 to 4000 Line capacity automatic tclephone exchang|Gs have recently been ingtall-ed. These c€ût,rgs included: franceville, Moanda, N,Djole, LambareneT Oyem, Bitam, Mouila and Rou1amsut.oui
- m€Êt outsatanding telephone installation reguests in these cêntrês and rnake provision for future connections over a ten-year period.
L.4.2 Rcmarks
fn rclat,ion to the prioriÈies laid down (7.3.U, one notes !hât, the Gaboncse Government has preferred replacing the Port.-Gentil net$rork (which was financed by tho CCCE) with those of the eight in.].and centreg.
1.{.3 DesoriptLon
Thê project,s rêre wall described in the project compleÈion report (PCR} (2.L1. Th€ ghort description given below wi]-l however facLlitate the read.lng of thLs r€port. 4-
Project 1: Llbreville Network
- At appraisal, the project included the following supplj-ee and terviees:
a) procur€mont and laying of pipes inctuding, the nraking of fJ_ap doors and connecting boxes; eupply, drawing and connection of transmisgLon and distribution cables;
b) Procur€ment and laying of subscriber overhead/underground telephone cablcs together with the inst,allatj-on of teJ-ephones;
c) procuremont of vehicles and special- machinery for the project implementation and correet maint,enance of the facilit,ies after they have been coruniesioned,.
d, Use of consultancy cervice for
prcparatJ-on of service and technical specifications and tcnder documents;
tendcr opening and analygis in close cooperation with the P & t I Department and the ADB; works and the provisionar rinar' ;:i:::î:1"1.1to""îliiïction
training of network rnaint.enance technicLans and the installetion of new Èelephone sets,' an in-dcpth study of the train.l-ng problem in Gabon, whose terms of reference wil-J- help to monitor the training of instructors outgide, and that of teehnicians in the National P & T School, librevLlle.
.t equipping the training centre with adwuatê Èeachingr aids.
Project 2: PorÈ-Gentil telephone exchançrc and thc netwodcg of the eigrht centres
At appral.sal, the project implernentation l-ncluded:
a, At Port-GcntLl : the supply and instal-lation of a modern autometic tcJ.ephone exchange that couLd be inÈegrrated into the nêtwork of the P e T DepartmenÈ, Gabon, includingr a power gtation (with autmratic startLngf device) i inst,alLation of digtributor futGs, monltoring eguipment and spare PâttE stock;
b) ln the eiqht c€ntres
the supply and ).aying of conduLte the supply, drawing and connection of transmission and dictribution cables Èhc supply and laying of eubscriber ovcrhead/underground connection cables
el and (d) - the sa$re as in (e) and (d) of ProJeet 1 above
1. tl . { Current situat:Lon
Cornpared to thê gltuation descrlbed ln the PCR (para. 1.3.2) the P & T Department hac conmisgLoned its domestic atatellite network (Equagat) and has movcd lnto its ngw adminLstrative head office (Delta Postal). -5
a) EOUASAT
Sincs Àugru-ct L987,. the OPT has put into operation th€ equ!.parent, of ltg f-Lr-at phaac of a nationwide telecorununicationj, rad.io uroadc-asÊing and tclevicion projcct. The networlc known ag Equasat, is based on the sateiLite U.nks and cceka to securitize the existinf transmission nctrork, Link the hardly acccssiblc localities and reliablli transmit t.elevisLon and radio broadcastLng slgmals. This first phase provides Links between 1ibrevil,le and tho- clght othcr provincial centres in a itar network structure i t.vo localitieg (Mclcanbo and I't'Bigou) arè also linkcd. A mobile station cornplct,es the network rhosc trnplarcntatl.on cogt amount,ed to CFÀ.f 25 billion (see e;nex II) . b, Del.tr poste1
Sincc 1988r the P t I Department (OPT) has bcen occupyingr a nGï aùninLstratlve head office cal.led Delta Posta]. . This infragt,ructùie malces it poasiblc to providc offices for 800 workerg; i,t has many facilitLes (confcrcncc rootrrc' auditorir.ur, library, r€staurants, cafetari.a, ete) on its 29r0OO t'12. thic very modern buildLng is ext,ensible and coct about crj,.f 10 bLll.ion. cl Frenccvl.lt.c tal.gghonc exchanqe
- .In Augruct l'989' thc oPI corrnissioned,, in FrancevLIle, an E 10 B GlcctronLc !'Gl6phona gxchânge- of 3200 lines. tirig tetephone exc-hange wiJ.t be thË countryrs second LntGrnCiional transit centre. l.{.5 lhc pcrfotmâncG LndLcators of Gabonts telecqrununLcatLons are found Ln Anncx III of thLc t€port. Thê drop observed in the number of telephone and j.s - tcl'cx subgcrj.bars partly due to the counÈry, s econmic recessioï and to 9?l'c cenpal.gm to digeonnect bad payers. The introd.uction of nerù sêrvicca llka thc tclccopy (fax) càn atso taptain the steady faLl Ln the nrrmber of tclcx subsorlbcrs. -6
II, PROJECI TMPLEMENTÀION
2.t Conditiong for loan cffectivcness
2.1.1 Thc two Ioans approvcd on I ,tune and 19 September 1978 were sigmed on tl Deeembcr 19?8.
2.L.2 Thc fulf,llnrent of some of the cormnitments such as thc amendnrent of article 756 of th6 statute eetabllshing the P e T Department (OpT), thê cotnmencenrcnt of the Port-Gentil building construction works and thê. ratLficâtion of the loan agreements, delayed the €ntEy into force of tbese loans. Thc loans became effective
ln Deccmber 1979 for the Libreville network, i.a. a yeat after thc signing of the loan agreement,s;
i.n Dccenber 1980 for the Port-/gentil telcphonê Ê:rchange and the cLght c€ntres, j..e. Two (21 years after thc signing of ths Loan agro€ment,s.
2.2 Procuremcnt_of qoods and serviceg {È 2.2.L lhc procurcnGnt procedurcs as st:lpulated :tn the lôen agrcêtnËrrt tferq ...: ' rcspectcd xt"th Eogard to the LibrevilJ-e network (FCR 3.2).
2.2.2 thc procGdurcg ncre also respected for the Port-Gcntl.l telcphone exchangc and the cight inland cenÈrea. It strouJ.d, however, be stressed that following tR"ATllIJ's bankruptcy, the OPT with the agreefirênt of the ÀDB, pursued the rorks on force eccounÈ. There was lfunit,ed shopping for the procur€nent of ccrtrain goods (cablc sheathing eguipment, vehicles, measurlng Lnctreun€nts and m-Lsccllaneous aquLpncnt). These procedures do not conform with those of thc loan aErGcmcnt, but travc the merit of bringing the proJect out of thê impasrc Ln rhi-ch ERÀTlL,s bankruptcy had put it.
2.3 Major nodl-fications
2 3.L Li.brevl]-].s nctrork
Ths srodlf,icatJ.ons nadc ln the LLbrevillc networlc arG of tro tlpcs:
those rclating to the exLension of tbe proJect througrh thc unprojccted connectlon of the new districtg of, Librevj.Ile;
thocc stemuing from the difficulties observed during Èhe impJ.ementetion of the civil engineeting works.
À11 thesc rnodifications, as the PCR stressed, brought about considerable oeerruns and ].ed to the intervention of two other sources of fiance (GDB and BDEAC}
2.3.2 Port-Gcnt:Ll tclcphone exchançre and the nctrorkg of 8 Centreg
ThGrc rore no major modifications in this project. the supplementary procurGmênÈs duc to gaps between the implementation plans and the engLneering designs rcre borne by the OPT. It shou3.d also be noted that f,or reasons indepcndcnt of tho projecÈ, thc implementaÈion of the tanbarene nctwork was cuspendcd sinc dlc.
2.4 fmolannentat ion Schcdule
2.4.I LLbravLllc network
Thc project was initially designed to be implemented Ln 3 L/2 yeaEs (Augruot 1978 to ilânuary 1992). The actual imptementation Èook 5 years, from lebruary 1979 to November 1984. A detailed description of t'he projecÈ inpfenrcntation is given ln th€ PCR (pages 23 - 36). The major ctraages, in the project - the updaling of Signalisation's contract resulted on the whole to a 57* overrun of the basic contract. 7-
2.4.2 Port-gentil telephone exchançre and net,"rrorks of I Centlee
Thc proj€ct was originally scheduled to be implementcd Ln 4 years (August 19?8 to November 1982). Its actual implementaùion lasted 9 years' iroà raU"uary 1979 to December 1987 (PCR para. 3.4). If the implementation of tlrc pogt-eenlit telcphone exchange encountered reagonabl-e delaye' that- of the n€tnorkr of I centres experieÀced a l-ot of setbacks as the delay vras essentially due to the bankruptcy, in April 1983, of ERATEL the company responsLble for implernenting these networks (PCR' para. 3.4) '
2.5 Projcct -costs and disbursements
2.5.1 Thc project costs are given and analysed in the PCR (Para, 3.6). The overrun observed does not affect ADB's participation for the foLlowing reasons:
a) thc two,projects benefited from tlre de facto dcvaluation of thc crÀ.r in relation to the uA. ?he loans wêre calculated on the bâsis of UA t - CFA.8 285.76 for afl amount of UÀ 5 mil.Lion each. During disbureements, th+ uÀ fluctuated from crA 264.98 (first disbursement dated 02/0:-/80) to cFA'F 413.3t2 (last disburgement dated L6/02/89) with a maximum of CfA.f 467.24 (August 85) ' as all- the contracts t't€re est,ablished in IlP (fixed parity wit,h Cl'À) . fhese exchangre profits resulted in a devaluation of the CFA.F in relatiot to Lfre Ue (to the tune of 19t over 8 years for Libreville' and 22"3* over 9 yeare far Port-Gent:'-l- and the 8 centres) and even enabled savings to be made in UÀ (UÀ r.722.65 for Libreville and UÀ 21143.7 f.or Port-GentiL and the I centres) .
b) The implementation of the T,antcarene netvtork ttas suspended clne dle.
2.5.2 The d:Lsbursements are sununarized in Annexes IV and V. Unllke those of the pCR, (t,ables 3.5 to 3.8) they take into account the last digbursement made in 19it8 and 1989. ft shoutd be stressed bere that OPT'g disbursements, wLth the cxception of those of 1988/89, are estimates.
2.6 Projcct rnanagrcnrcnt and monitorinct
2.6.2 It was only in 1992, three (3) years after the planned start-off of tha proJect, thât a unit was egtablished within the OPT for project-nanagrement ana inonitoring. this unit thereafter supervised smoottrly the lmplementation of thc -detriartnrentproje?ts. Thc establishrnent, in 1984t of ? specJ-alÈzed cêntraI accounts et thê OPT also facilitated the financial rnonitorlng of thc proJcct-s. Until L982, the Bank did not carry out any project technical eupcivts:ion mLgsion. frorn 1983, the missions carried out twice every, 18 monthc on thc âvèrage, hclped soJ.ve the problems and ensure proJect monitoring.
2.6.2 nLth rcgard to post evaluation, it can be added that ERATEL (the company gelected for Èhe network of the inland centres) did no!' provide any ct "àty- prJ.or to comnencing its contract. Consequently, followJ.ng the compaiyt Ë b"trf"optcy, tbe OSI is still unable to recover the grmrs due to it.
2.6.3 If ttris non-provision of surety had not escaped the vigilance of the OpT, the consultant a;d the ADB, ERÀTEL' s insolvency would have been quickly egtablished and the contracÈ awarded to another comPany.
2.6.4 The fi.rst general r€port on the project was prepared tn^ 1983 fotlorlngr the dl-fficuttl"es encou-ntered. Then, the Bank was regrrlarly informed of, the corrduct of t,h€ operations through work progress reports. III. PRO.TECTPERrORI{ANCE RESULTS AND EVÀIUATION
Backgrround
3.1 Over the period i.978 ' g7, the OPT invested a lot in ord.er to implement its t€leconmunications development progfrarme. Several sources of flnance (internal and external) participated in the implementaÈion ôf the various projects. The current situation of teleconrnunications in Gabon therefore results from al-l these measures. Without wishing to credit all the achievements to ttre sole activity of the Bank., tt is trowever neeessary to point out the consequences of its operations.
By acceptlng to finanee the networks of tibreville' Port-GenÈi1 and t.he 8 centres in 1978, the Bank had opted for a profound and long-term action nvisibfer âer at the time, sources of finance preferred only operations (radio reiay links and telephone exchanges). Sj-nce local networks account for over 75t ;f a Ècleconmunications system, any action aL this lewe1 therefore has far-reaching irnpacts.
3.2 Results " ;
'i 3.2.1 LibrevLllc ,r.i..- .1 'lrl'i
paragraph 2 of the PCR gives a detailed deseripÈion of the major assetg of the project. The multiple amendnents to the basic contract (4 on Èhe whole) hawe modified tbe j"nitiai proj:c': d:lut;-
civil engineerinçr: 100 tz]- meters of pipes out of L07 280 æ out of Gg7 have been LnstaUed; 5 069/5 100m2 of sidewalk and 17 7f33/2? 000n2 of carriageways have been repaired;
cables and linesz 268/6 3A0 supports have been plant_ed; 289 gas/zn 915 *et.rs of underground cable and 63 L46/76 200 meters of overhead cables hawe been l-aid.
ConscquenÈ1y, the nstwork of rnain .lines (ML) from Librevilfe has increassd 2.6 times ln 6 iàa.s from 6 1?5 in 1981 to 16 057 in 1986'
3.2.2 Port-Gentil and I centree
The automatic telephone exchange installed in PG has helped bring the connecting capacity of this town to 4000 Mt extensible to 8000 ML" Tbe exehange Éas a-n opJrating capacity of 100 000 calls per hour.
Eight Centres
paragrraph 2.1 of the PCR describes the resulte obtained in the 1 jmplemented' 2077 centrês wtrose networks have been fully or part'iat-1y supports have been planted, 19 682 metèrs of pipes and 9 000 meters af rnultiple conduits have been laid.
Ttre increased number of subscribere on aceount of the above resultg frotu pertly cxplain why deepite the countryt s economic difficultiee, revenues 1985' ietec-onunuiicationi in fgAS increased b;8.668 as compared to those of
3.3 Tcchnical Pcrformanoc well Generally speaking' the two projects w9r9 technlcallY international lnplcnrcnted and the equipment install-ed comply with the standardt of qualitY. -9
A. LibreviLlc Nstwork
3.3.1 Thc avoragG rata of Lncreage in the demandE for connectlon to the LlbreviLle main lines was 13.6t from 1983 to 1989. This increage ig due in great part to the availabilit,y of cables and subecriber eguipment. It should be strcsged that in most African countries, short,age of cables is the main r€ason why demands for Èelephone connections are not met for over 3 monthg. In october 1989, 16 215 out of an insta1led capacity of 24 320 main lines wers .ln operation (Ànnex III) .
3.3.2 Onê hundred and twenty-five (125) workers and 40 vehicl-es carry out adcquately the varLoug works (maintenance, connection, extengion) at thc L:lbrevlllê nêtïork.
3.3.3 In rscent years, there has been a marked improvernent in the rapidity rith which brcakdowns are detected. At the t,ime of the PPAR, 24* of the breakdowns sigmalled wer€ located in 24 hours, 78* in 48 hourg and 98t in a rreek and after. the number of fautts signalled for 100 Mt and per year, which rras about 50 during the PCR has not changed.
B. Port Gent:[] and lll-grht Centres
3.3.4 Betn€ên 1983 and 1988, the connections of the main lines increased on the av€rage by 12* for Poet-Gentil and by 88 for the other centr€s. In October 1989, Port-Gentil totalled 3050 connecÈed ML (i.e. a 77* occupancy of the telephone exchange) and thè seven centres 1888 connected Mt (298 occupancy) .
3.3.5 t{hiIe four (4) workerg are assigned to the operation and maintenance of the Port-Gentil telephone exchange, 41 workers attend to the netetork workg in the 7 inland centres.
3.3.6 In these centres, breakdowna are detected at nearly 100t in 24 hourg. thig perfor:mance is mainly due to the good quallty of the netvtorks.
3.4 OperaÈional Perrformance Strff rnr{ ôrrf nrr}
3.4.1 In comparison with t,he PCR (para. 5.3), one observes a reduction 1n the OPT personneL rhlch in October 1989 numbered 1932 workerg dietrlbuted ag follows:
Post | 646 Te l-e conununicat i ons z 72'7 General gervices : 559
3.4.2 Thc telecomnunicationa pcrsonnel therefore increaged frorn 133 workere in 19?8 (at appraLsal.l to 727 workers in October 1989. This increage is ag a resuJ-t of an intensive training poJ-icy applied by the OPT (para. 5.3.2 of. PCR) .
3.4.3 The output index (nurnber of workers for 1000 main Lines) baged on the number of technical staff i-s 32 and reflecÈs an improvement as compared to t,hat of 1987 (para. 5.3.1 of PCR).
3.4.4 Assurning that the general services staff devote haLf of Èhier tjrne to tel-ecmrunLcations, the corresponding number of workers aseigned to telecomnunications ig therefore 1,016 in October 1989 and the output index calculated on this basLs ig 45*. The country's economic recov€ry e*Pected in 1990 should help Lower this index in comingf years.
* À,n indcx of about 30 Lg acceptable. _10
lariffg and Èelephone accountinq
3.4.5 Thc tariffs in forcc have not changed since the PCR (para. 55). It should however be noted that since .Iuly 1989, OPT hag been charging local corilnun:lcations by duration (1 unit, of 3 minutes in all the tottns eguipped with clectronic telephone exchanges (Franceville, Souba, Libreville, Makokou, tl Mouila, Oyem and Port-GenÈil). This provision makes telephone a bit dearer in i these towns, but it is mlt,igated by the application of, reduced tariffs (of c Iess than 50t) during off-peak hours
3,4.6 ELIls are stLIl prepared on a monthly basis (para. 5-6 of PCR).
3.4.7 The bills unpaid t,hree months after invoicing arnounÈed to eFA,f 10.3 bil1ion, 51t of whieh is for the government and 498 for private individuals. These figures shovr a vrorsening of the siÈuation as comPared to 1987 (para. 5.6.6 of pCR). To remedy this situation, the OPT ha,E since tbe beginning of the year been systemâticatly cancelling its contracts with bad Pay€r?. The application of Juch a policy to th€ privat,e subscribere lrill bear f,ruit very quLckly. The OpT should withtn the framework of its agreement with the State try to reduce the amount of outstanding nofficial-r biLJ.s.
3.5 FlnancLal performance
Management, of OPT
3.5.1 OPTTs financial perforrnance is sunmarized in table 1 belon; details are given in Annexes VI and VII.
Table 1 Sumary of operatingr account'g (in millions of CFA.r)
YEAR 1981 t982 1 983 1984 198s 1986 1987 1988
Proceeds 13918 17534 2L974 26531 30024 32t75 30546 29652 Ogeratingr expcnges 8666 L2497 14648 r1L72 20238 20878 23018 230L7 Personnel 2648 3912 4280 5711 6228 7060 8380 8592 Others 6018 8s2s 10368 11461 14010 13818 1{638 14425 Gross margin 5252 s037 7326 936s 9?86 LL297 7528 6635 Depreciation * provisions 3914 3830 s487 8828 9s48 11118 7160 6253 Operat5-ng result 1338 L207 1839 537 238 L19 368 382
BATIOS Result,/proceeds- in* 9.6 1l. 8 8.3 2.0 0.08 0.56 0. 46 L -29 Coverage of financial expens€s 2.6 2.9 2.s 2.2 3.3 4.8 8.9 10.3 Rate of return on total net egeêts 2.4 1.4 2.3 0,05 0.7 L.2 1.6 1.6
3.5.2 OnG notês a worsenlng of the operating result which although positive, dropped from 9.6t of Éne total proceeds in 1981 to L.29* in 1988' This is due to an increase in personnel expenseg and operating costE a? b?!19 1981 1 clearly shows. The operating expenses rose from CFÀ.f 8.6 billion in to CFA.r 23.0 billl,on in 1988.' Ai paragraph 5.7.4 of the PCR points outr-the to heavy anount of the transfers (27* ôr trre operating expense^s). made by oPT be TIG (Societe de lelecornrunications Internationales du Gabon) should of the total stressed. the depreciations and provisiona averagiing .30t very high expensss per annlun--"éff-ginànci-nS are 1ae paragrapli 5.7.5 of ttre PCR points out) the new becaugê of tn" o-f irocurements, the constructsion of loan Delta Postal head off|ce, the implËmentation of the various projects and tePafrmentg. financial 3.5.3 As a result of the varioug borroirings made by t,!e 99Tr the absolute expenses junrped from cFA.r 364 rnillion in 198r to CPA.F 3 billion in rose value Ln 1988. In relative value ag compared ùo the tot'al proceeds' they from 2.6t in 1981 to 10.3t in 1988- 11
3.5.4 th€ rate of return on total rret assets ig very J.ow with a yearly averagG of L.24 over the period 1981 - 1988. Thie rate is below the level accepted by the Bank.
3.5.5 In gcncral? the OPT should cut back on the fj.nancial €rBpcnses by reducJ-ng invegtments in t,he irrnediate future in order to improve its lnternal rate of roturn.
3.5.6 OPl's performance is gunmed up as follows:
lable 2 Stlmrarv of Performances 1981 - 1988 (in milliong of CFÀ.F)
YT!AR 1981 t982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ÀssErs Current arsêtg 22313 26526 32466 45LO2 6t837 692L4 82368 86847
Capital asgêts flxed assêts 6156 9161 13358 18188 23217 288L0 339?8 34t02 On-gol-ng 11602 L2710 11893 L3143 18461 23666 52662 53106 Total capital aasets 1??s8 21aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 81t25251 31331 4t678 53476 86640 87s20
SOTETJ NlT AS9EÎS 40131 48397 577t1 76433 103515 L22694 169008 L7436'l ffi ææ
LIAEILIÎITS thort-term debtg 14091 16640 19958 29367 41883 45925 59750 66588 Long-tesm debts 68{8 81.i22 1206 5800 9351 ]-3329 43224 a23s2 Total debts 20939 24762 27t64 36167 5L234 59254 102974 108940 EquJ.ty 17854 22428 287L4 39729 52043 632s1 65666 6s0{5 Rêsult 1338 t207 1839 537 239 L79 368 382
TOTAI, ITIÀBTLITIIS 40131 48397 511L7 16433 103515 L22690 169008 L74361 EE æEEæ
Iforkl-ng eap:ltal 8282 2786 12508 1s735 19955 23289 226t8 20259
Capital accctg/ Equity ratlo 0.49 0.50 0.ss 0.s9 0.55 0,5? 0.41 0.39
Solvency rat{g {acrui trr,/}.rrtr1 dalrt sI 0.85 0.91 1.06 1.10 L.A2 L.67 0.64 0.60
L:lguLd ratio 1.59 1.59 1. 63 1.54 1.48 1.51 1.38 1.30
RcpaymenÈ capacLty 0.25 0.20 0.21 0.26 0.19 0.19 0.07 0.06
3.5.7 Thê capital assets/equ5-ty ratio ramained al.rnost coastant throughout the perl.od wLth a yearly average of 0.52, meaning that OPTrg capital assets which lncreased by about 30t per annum lrere f,inanced in great part f,rom J.ong and ncdl-r:nr-term debtg. ft should be noted in particular that the capital assets of thê 1987 and 1988 financial years were financed from borrowings.
3.5.8 The debt ratio calculated by the PCR doeg not adequately roflect OPl's debÈ situation. Considering the heavy arnount of short-term dêbts about CfÀ,f 66.5 btllion in 1988 and even exceeding the long-terrn debts (CfA.f 42.3 bil].ion) - Èh€ Àudit thLnks that a. solvency ratio, namely equity/total debts rouJ.d reflect better the magmit,ude of oPT's debts. Therefore, t,hs solvency ratio which droppcd from 0.85t in 1981 to 0.60t in 1988 cJ.earJ.y shows that OP3 should improve lts debÈ sÈructure.
3.5.9 In the PCR (para.5.8.1.) the working capital was obtained by using one of the foJ-l.owing methods (example for 1981). t2
Table 3 (in niflions of CrA.r)
llcthod A l'lethod B
Current assets On-goJ.ngcapital asset,s 11 601.91 Capital i Reeerves * SecurLtLes 29.50 lJong:& mediam-term debts - 24 702.37 Quiek ler€ts 22 343.L6 Total 33 974.57
tesg rgpavablc at short-terrn X.eSS
Short-term debts - 14 070.93 fixedassets -615611? Results L 337.44 lota]. - 15 't28 .37
'18 ItorkLng capl-tal 546.2 tùorkLng capitat t L8 546.2
3.5.10 By using th€ee methods, the PCR obtained a working capitat increasing from CrA.r 18.546 billion in 1981 to CFA.r 74.9L2 bi].].ion in 198?. Theee i : amounts âr€ very heavy and appear incompatible with OPT's debt policy during the same period.
3.5.11 In calculating the worklng capiÈal, it was advisable in Method A to exclude the current assets, on-going capital assets (as these reprosent in actual factr non-transferabLe goode) and, in Method B, to include the reeults in the investmênt capital.
3.5.12 On tha bacig of the above observat:Lons, the audLt recalculated the rorking capJ.tal and obtaLned the followingr reEults (1981).
Table 4 (in millions of CrA.r)
Method À Mèthod B
Current âggetg TnuÊetmêlrt rratrltll
Securitl-eg - 29t 5 Àppropriations * Regerveg 17 854,5 RealLzable and cash acscts - 22 34311 + IÂtT debts 6 84718 + Regults L 331t4 lotal 22 31216 TotaI 26 039,7
LêÈs rêpayable at - 14 0901 9 Less capital ascets 17 758 ehort,-teriIl (fixed asaets + on- going) lvorkLngcapLtal r 828L.7 Working capital 8 28t,7
3.5.13 The working capitals tbus obtained, though positive, renrain rnarkedly l.ower than those calculated in the PCR. they go from CFA.F 8.381 billion in X.981 to CAÀf 29.259 bill.ion in 1988 and their Ievel therefore justifles ths borrowing operations adopt€d by the OFT. (see table 2 above for the working capltals of the other financial years).
3.5.1{ ttaving said this, the Audit agrees wit,h the PCR that the exist€nce of this posltive work.Lng capital enables the OPT Èo meet itg varioug operating erspenees. thl-s fact is borne out by a good liquid ratio overaging 1.50t per annulr.
3.5.15 Thc PCR (para. 5.?1) presenta of course for the OPI during the 1981-87 flnancj.al ysar, a positive cash-flow which, according the Audit', should however be related to the totaL debt .i-n order to determLne OPT's capaclty to repay. Conseguently the cash flow/total debt, rat,io dropped frora 0.25 ta 1981 to 0.06 in 1988, thus showing a net reduction in OPl'a repayment capaeJ.ty, 13
Internal ratc of ret,urn of the projects
3.5.16 the cdnpon€nts of a telecormnnicatLons network âct by synergry, and it Ls v.ry dlffLcult to determine alf the costs and benefits of an indivj.dual project. Thè total coet/benef,iÈ analysis made for a compreh€nsive investment Prograïune and/or for a given period, gives a clearer picture of the cost-effcctLvencss of the operationg undertaken. Un]-Lke the PCR,' thè Audit ugad a method bascd on r€venues and addj-tional charges (see assumptions in !nnex VIII) wLthout usLng tbe revenue per main line and the growth of cubscrLbers.
3.5,17 thc Lntcrnal rate of return (IRR) recalculated by Àudit on thc bagic of thc PCR data (annexos L2 and 14) is 19.18t for Libreville and 13.7a18 for Port Gcntil and the eight centres instead of 18.63t and 9.47* as indicated in thc PCR.
3.5.18 Anncrcêt IX and X clarify the data on the revonues from teLeeqnnunicatLons, additional revenues and the calculation of, the fRR of LJ.brevlllc, PorÈ Gentil and the eLght centres.
3.5.19 thc IRR calcul.atcd ôn the basie of the Audit assumptions is X7.45t for Ll-brcviLLc end 9.87t for Post Gentit and the eigrhÈ centres.
3.5.20 UcLngr a diffarcnt method, one obtains rateg of return fairly close tô thosc of the PCR (but signifLcantly different from the recaLculatcd IRR of L:lbrcvillc and thê I ccntrss). These rates are purely indLcative as it is vcry dLfficult to dcternrlne wit,h scientific rigour the fRR of a project taken in isoLatlon in the teleconrnunications sector tcf. para.3.6.1). That is why t'hc PPâR rathcr stresscd the rate of return on the total net assets (para. 3.5.{ above).
laononLc rsÊurn of the pl:oject's
3.5.21 Ths aeononLc cveluation of thc projects la glven in para. 5.0 of thc PCRs. 8lncc thc Lntcrnal rate of, retutn aLone is still not enough to corrccÈIy appraiac ths proJects, it has beconre necesaary to combine it wLth ttrc cconmic ratË gf rÇturn in other to better rneasure the impact of, tha tclccqrmunicâtionc proJcats on the economy of the countries. Ag thê calculatl.on of thi.s ratG invol-ves rnacro-economic data, tt would pcrhaps bc approprl.atc to carry out a globa1 study on the economic return of thê tclccomrunlcatLong proJccts Ln a number of African countrieg in order to havo rGtGrQncG ttandards. In addition, emphasis shouJ.d be 1aid on the need for the Ioan :lmpl€mêntation agencf.ca to coll€ct the gocio-econornic data.
3.6 lnrt{fn}{anrl
3.6.1 Tha structur€ of the OPT as described ln the pCRs (para.5.2l has bcen modl.fl-cd by Èhê creatLon of two (21 positions of Deputy GeneraL l'lanagerc: the DepuÈy Gcneral Mânag€r Ln charge of General Affairs and Lhe Deputy General lrlânagGr in charge of fnrpection. That, brings the number of Deputy General DLtectors to five {5). ft shoutd also be, noted that withLn the aub-dLrectoratc in charge of the nationat telecourunications network, the cwitchLng and ncÈworks DeparÈment was spLit into the switching Department and tlrc ovctlread/undcrground ll,nes Department. The on-going reorganization which rrll,l givc greatcr power to the managerial staff in Èhe hierarchy; especially thc hsadc of provincl.al units, seÈrns to have been prompted by the conccrn for dccentraLization and decongestion. It should however be borne in m'ind that thè rl-dcr tho gap betwecn the srrrrnrit and the base the more èorununication prob]-crns the enterprJ.sc encounters.
3.6.3 Under thc meagurcs taken by thc State to cut down the enpsnsclr of thc varLoug sectors of the national economy, the salary of the OPT staff has since ilrrnuary 1989 becn cut by about 202 (less 38 of the bagic salary .and cancclJ,atLon of the operating allowances). This measure will doubtLess clow-dorn the steadily growing, share of remuneraÈions and wages in thc overall nct operatingr G*p€nacs (30E in 1984 and 36.3* in 1988). L4
rv. PERfORMA}TCE EVALUÀTTON Or THE PARÎIES II{VOI.VED
1.1 OPT
Thc abs€nce a project implernentation unlt right frorn thc onset hendLceppcd ÈhG- Lmplcmcntation of the projects up to 15S2. r,atel oîe the cstablLshl[cnt of thig unj.t helped eolve many problem facing the projects.' Ihê Àudit notes that th€ structure was not maintâined and tha{ a pIànn{ng -purposes,unit is bcLngr set up rithin the OPT. rt would be advisable, for effitiency if ovcr and abovc.lts plannlng assJ,gnments thie unlt al-so manages ana-rnoàttori aLl OPTts proJccts.
The OPI carried out efficJ.ently, on force account, the cablG drawing ând conncction works as well as the gubscribere' instatlations thankc to thà traLning given to thc tcchnical staff.
4.2 Congultantg
Thc congultant's ccrvices rlere deeply analyrcd Ln thc PCR 15.2.61. EmpharLs chould ho*cvcr be Laid on the f,act that the ànalysfs of-lF,AAElrg f,lnancial capaclty was Lnadeguate - (the premises of ttre Company were already undcr scal. xhqn Lt ras awarded the contraet).
.t.3 Srlgol-icrlr
On Èhc wbole thc services of, the supplierg were Eood in spitc of the slJ.Eht ghortconLngrc obacrvcd in the concrete resistancc of the drâwing boxeg I'nctallcd by SLgnalj.satLon Ln r.ibrcvil1e. Th€ enterprises whLeh took o;er thè rorks follorlng tnÀTELts bankruptcy r€spected the gchcdule. t.4 Àfrl.can Dcvcl.ogncnt Bank
fhe Àudit agrcalt rith the observatione of, the PCR (para. 3.9.4) on thê Bank's pcrformancc and, in particular, on the inadequate technical aupcrvllLon ni.tsLons.
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v. sllgTÀrNÀBII,rTy or TqE PRO,IECTS
5.1 the survival of a telecorrnunications network depends eseentially on how it ls maintained. Personnel init.iatives and the fact Èhat the eguipment is relatively new account mainly for the current good rnaintenance performance. If the number of workera appeaïs adequate, the other claesical maintenance problems: tack of logistic facilities (vehicles, tools, measuring instruments) and shortage of spare parts are arising and beginning to jeopardize the future.
5.2 thc drawing up of a nat.ional maintenance improvernent plan would, without doubt, help take better advantagre of the equiprnent as long as possible. The fAR/80/018 maintenance project which ttre ITU . has been implementinq since 1980 with UNDP and ÀDB support, can be arr appreciable contribuÈLon.
5.3 The increage in the arnount of bi11s unpaid in 1988 is causLns concerD. The rneasures taken i-n 1989 by the OPT should improve the situation.
5.4 lransfers to the TfG const,itute the second item of expenditure 127* of thc €xPensês - Para. 5.7.4 of PCR) after personnel expenees. Like the State measures on salaries, the OPT would certainly improve Èhe financial regults by finding a ïtay of cut.ting down the level of these transfers.
5.5 Gabon's climate is not ideaf for telecommunications eguipment. The OPT couLd therefore impose severe standards on t,he suppliers {reeistance to humidity) for the equipment dispatched to it. 16 vI. coNcl.usloN. IJESSONSL Al{D RECOMMENDATTONS
Conclusion
6.1 The objectives of t,he two projects hawe been achieve.d, witness the very sJ.gmificant improvement in thé vàrious performance indicatore of the OPT. Thesê Èwo projecÈs are the first financed by the ADB in the teleconununications sector in Gabon and, despite the difficulties in imprementatJ-ng t,hem, they are a success for all the operators.
6.2 Legsons
The J.mptementation of these proJects Lg an enrichlng experj.enee and makeg it possible to draw the following lésson:
(a) aÈ proi.cct appraisal: Èhere is need to estimate and guantify the obJectives and (technical and financia) resultg expected from the projects; the a posteriori appraisal of the projects rould be more facilitated and objective. The use of the goftware maÈrix being studied by the Bank would make it possible ln thc future to achieve this objective. Furthermore, it is ' esgential to set, at appraisal, a date for loan effectivenêss. This date would be used as a reference for the preceding measureg.
(b) Loan effectivenese
To comply with t.he implernentation schedules of the projects and Iimit the time between the signing and ent.ry into force of loan egre€mÈnts, the borrowers should do aII in their power Èo fulfil a3 quickly ae possible Èhe conditions precedent to firsÈ d:lsbursement,. A project launching mission carried out by the Bank after signature of the loan agreemenÈ would without doubt remove the earliest diffj-culties encountered at the start-off of the projects.
(cl Bl-d analyscs
the fLnancial capacity of the contractors and companies selected shouLd be carefully studied at alJ. the stages preceding cpntraet signaturc and approval. The financial capacity criterlon should be as rcLghted as the technical criterion.
(d) Prolcct :ùnlrlerncntaÈion
the borrower should set up a project implementation, pilotJ.ng and rnonitoring uniÈ. The establishnent of thiE unit (where it, does nôt exist) equipped with adequate logistic faciLities (vchicles, f,uel, off,iee equiprnent, etc) could be a projecÈ component and eonstitute one of the conditions precedenÈ Èo fLrgt disbursoncnt. the Bank shoul-d teach this unit lts project 5.mplementation procêdures (reports, lisÈs of goode and services, dlsbursements, etc) and increase the number of project supervision missions. The executing agency and the coneultant ehould at each stage, implement the local netlrorks projects on the basis of the updated urbanizaztion plans and in cloge collaboratl-on with the public works, electricity and water departments. I7
5.3 ReconurrendaÈionq
The above anaryses and the following reconunend,at,ions can be made: OPT Gabon
a marter î:::^_ -y -."" * of urgency a nationaJ. maintenance-ofn". lmprovement pran with the assistance of the rru or ".r1. partner. This pran wirr evaluate the supplementary maintenance requirements to achieve the ioternationar àtandarde and eetimate the costs of the various components;
make a descriptive study of the job positions personnel in order to have terms of refeience and manage its human the best; resources to
expedite the setting up of itg planning re-updatingr unit with â view to l-ts tereconununications mast.ef prarr â coordination and, disposing of, and supervision mechanism ftr the Gabon' 5 deveroprnent of teleconrnunications network ;
Presevere in the current tax recowery poJ.iey; improve lts finaneial performance by bringingr ratios the financial , -(debt, recovery, repa]ÆnenÈ capacity et,c) acceptable levels. down to
ADB
Àt appraisal: make a cost estimate of the project,s account taking int,o the necessary deadlines for internationaL finanJ.izing the competitivË bi-dding procedures; regrard costs the as base costs updated by the contractors at the date - bid, eubmission
fn cooperat.ion with other internationa] instiÈutions (UNDP, PATU, ÀP?U): I:TVI
(a) make a gectoral study on the economic rate of return of telecornrnunications in Africa;
(b) study .the impact of the nee, gervices (telecopy, transmission, data etc) on the demand for classicar (telephone, serviceg telex) in Africa. This study possible ,fff make it t,o better determine in the immed.iate eapacity future the of the telecommunications éq"ù;"t installed.. to be
":FP|:!.. i!: projecÈ financinsr wiÈh an action (TAÀ) rerrabil_itation on the and mainÈenance of t,he existingr teleconrnunications network :
ADB AND OPT Gabon
make any patrment of contract mobilization fee subject deposit to the of a bank guarântee by t.he suppliers and contractors. lr \ H.T t! Éd Itt!60rr\F HÊd rO(tfrNFtFl q ({(Y)(am(\ô|
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CIDOII ; lclqgotmunLcatLong
EOUÀSAI NeÈwork
1 - lcaturag of tlrc Earth Statl-ong
fl//Rsdio 11'/RadLo gcPc - rf vrLL!8 lrrtôbÉr (ral Brordoast RêcêpFion lûo- of l"lncg
LLbrcvl.llc 15 2T1/+4audio znt + 4 aué{o 206 Iranccvlllc 11 1T\t+1audi.o tl 60 0ysnr 11 I L 50 Mrkokou 11 I t 34 llout la 11 a |' 30 Port Gcntll 11 t 5 Lanbarcnc 11 n i 5 It I t(ouI.emutou 11 1 5 lchl.brnga 11 l u 6 llchrabo 7 1 Aud;lo t 6 ll'bigou '7 t t lranaporÈablc 1 lflr + 1 audio 2T1t + 2 eudlo 6
2. - rLnenoLngr (nillions da fCfAl
cccr 10 000 000 PÀRIEÀS 5 s00 000 UGB 1 s00 000 tlRcr.Àrg 8'10 000 PETCO { rl99 889 EXII,lBÀil 2 937 757,550
ToÈ,eI 25 277 6d6,550 A}TNEX IIÏ Page 1 of 3
GÀBOI{ : KEY TELf,COM"îINICATIONS DÀTâ
ïttARs 1986 1987 1eq3 1g8g (oet. l 1. TGIËIrhône l'lchrngË No. of automâtj.c telephone exchanges 20 lotal inttaucd capacity 38,090 Àvsrage occupancy ratc (t) 6r. No. of mâLn Lincs (e|I,) J.n operation 20 09â 20 695 22 L3? 22 456 Grorth of ML Ln opcration (t) 4.3 3 7 Numbcr of eubscribers 16 465 x7 886 18 001 2. fcler No. of, eutqnet:lc tclcrc âxdtrengcs 1 L 1 Totel tnatalled capacity 1 440 1 440 Capact ty Ln operat:lon 780 Ntnbor of cubscrl.bcrc 687 651 613 Grorrth of gubscrj.bcre (t) -5 -6
3. fnnrinisg:Lon Lcngrth of tropocphcric radio link (lcm) 275 LÊngrth of nuncrlcal radio lj.nk (km) '300 &cngCh of analogruq radio linlcs (km) 1 700 Tota]. 2 275
Ëqueraq (DonËæLc lfctwork) llo. of, lngÈaLlGd Êarth etations 11 11 No. of circuLts 206 206
tl . IittcËnât:lorerl- tretrfl.g Eâath Etat:lonc 22 htcrnÊtional ttengit ecntre 11 lclcphona circuLtc 267 lcla:( cLrcuLtc 115 Intcrnatlonàl câlls (nl.Llion!, nn taxcdl L3.73
5. Pcrsonncl TclécmnunLcatLons 774 8X0 721 Poct l1 160 lt 2L2 646 Gcncrel ccrviceg I I 559 lotal I 935 2 022 L 932
6. Autrcr indLcatqurg al fclccqr. rovonuos (nillLon of CfA) 29 926 28 3t2 28 275 Rqvcnucs/Ml (thousends of CfA.f) 1 489 1 366 1 016 Rcvcnuc/lelcon. rgcnt (thousands of CfA) 38 534 34 953 38 893 Rcvcnuc./Gpp (t) 216 218 2r3 OPT cxpcncca (millLons of, CrA) 31 996 30 178 29 210 lxpcnccr/O?T agcnts (thougands of CFA) 16 535 L4 925 15 150 lxpcnscc./Ml (OPT, (thourands of CFA) 1 592 1 458 L 322 OPT LnvcstnÊnts (mitlionr of CFA) 35 894 I 040 Investmenta/eDp (t) 3.6 1.4 bl Tclephonc Scrviee (!tll100 inhabitants) L.12 L.14 t.:o 1.88 Productiwity (ÀEcnt/1000 û) ) 45 t Te].ecm, + 0.5 SG c) Availabj.lity of radio Iinks (t) 98 98 Dcction of brealcdowns (t) to ,t+1 50 to J*2 78 to .r}3 98 ANTTEX 1I1 Page 2 of, 3
CTEON t lclqcqnrun.lcaÈj.ons I 'lclcphonc exchanges
a) MtLn Lincs per town
Inctalled Capacity in Capacity J.n Occupancy- capacitycapacrEy operaÈionop€raÈj_on as opcrationopêrat,l,on as retc-retc Ln as at 3t/LO/89 aL 3L/tz/gg et 31,/10/89 t
L!.brcvLlIc 25 280 16 149 16 303 6rt Fort-Gcntll 2 936 2 906 3 050 77 7 ccntrqs 6 424 L 937 1 98? 31 tha rcrt of Grbon 2 450 1 145 1 116 46
Totel 38 090 22 L37 22 456 59
b) lrlrl-n LLnes bv lechno].oqv ag at 31./10/89
IncÈallcd Connection Occupaney Capacity Capacity rete t
Elcctrmehanl.cc 2 s00 1 615 64
Elcct.ronLer 3s s90 20 840 59 lCtIAIr 38 090 22 456 59 ANilEX TIT Page 3 of 3
GÀgOi[ : felglronunun:lcatlonq
Subgcribers by cateçrory
Câtêgrory L987 1988 L989 (3L/08' t
1. lalcAhona
FrivatG | 13 791 9 018 I 999 Businctt I 5 951 Offl-cl"a1 6 050 2' 674 2 9L7 2 952 TotaI 16 465 17 386 18 001 2. Tel.crr
PrLvËto 1.1 L7 EucLncrg 581 OfficLal 542 56 54 lotet' 68? 651 613 3. oPl
lcleghonÉ
PubU_c 79 OpcreÈl-on 702 719 913 lota.l. 798 9X5 Isikrr
Publ-Lc 1 1 Opcratlon 9 I IotaI 10 9 ÀNNEX IV
GÀBON : leleconrrrunication
LIEREI'TTLE
DISBURSEMENÎS (CFÀ.F)
ÏDÀR tpb ECD BDEÀC oPT . ".* ÎCML
1980 24 101 615 3L 521 960 s6 23s 635 1981 tlo{ 358 363 90 000 000 63 05s 920 551 4L4 283 1982 340 124 21L 120 000 000 ?8 819 900 538 944 171 1983 t28 929 9?3 140 000 000 : 78 819 900 341 149 813 198{ 3{6 049 502 80 000 000 4?? 455 113 63 05s 920 258 235 073 1985 30 89s 273 70 000 000 1s7 639 800 610 312 603 1986 168 693 230 85 399 424 L4t 875 820 395 968 4?4 198? 324 42L 746 237 372 s18 * 35 356 639 s97 150 963 1988 L4 772 885 * 1 686 049 16 458 934 l(tlÂIr 1 ?68 1?1 033 500 000 000 904 928 000 6s1 837 908 3 ?35 008 941
I OPl's 198? and 1988 f,Lnancial eccounts
':a :ç;
.? AÀTNEX V
GABoN : ÎELECOùdMIINICÀ,IION$
POR:I Gfrffrt AIitD â cElfl[RES
DigbursGments (FCFA)
ÏIAF' ADB OPT ICIITÀT,
1980 159 9{2 638 50 308 699 2L0 25L 331 1981 7L 922 474 5 138 341 7? 060 815 1982 455 766 422 51 562 041 507 328 463 1983 104 789 070 24 708 343 L29 491 4L3 198r1 65 065 737 _ 65 065 737 1985 82 482 536 15 109 661 91 592 2L7 1986 329 284 946 62 982 902 392 261 848 198? 342 296 396 *10 150 200 352 446 596 1988 L86 302 444 186 302 444 1989 40 266 750 40 266 750
sotÂIl 1 838 119 433 2t9 960 187 2 058 079 620
* OPlta 198? fLnancLal aceounts INNEX Vl
GIABON : POST ÀITD IEI.ECOMMSNICATIONS SttlÂtARI of OPERATING ÀCCOUNTS 1981-88 (nLl].ions of CfÀ.Fl linencl,al Ioar 1981 1982 1983 - 198{ 1985 1986 1987 1988
OpcretLng oroccsdl
Port! 971 '.220 L302 15X4 14t16 1290 1306 110{ in (t) 7t 7* 5.9t 5.7t 4.8t 't.0* {. 9* 3. ?3t tclcphoncc L2439 15983 198?9 23gL4 21542 29926 283t2 28275 lnt 90t 91t 90.5t 90r 92* 93t 92* 95.{t
OÈhcr 488 32t 794 1109 1036 959 g27 273 llnanct crc Lnt 3t zry 3.6* 4.2* 3. 6* 31 3.1r ,* ,0. loel procccdc 1391E 1753{ 2L974 26537 30024 32L75 30s{6 29 652 lxPlrlgrg
Dcrgonncl c:3Ponscs 26{8 3912 4280 s?11 6228 7060 8380 8s 92
Otherc lqrpt. maLntcnencc êÈc... 6018 8525 10 368 11{61 14 010 13818 14638 1l{25
Operatlng cost bcforc dcprecLatlon 8666 t2 497 14 648 ].7t7l 24235 208?8 23018 230t1
DeprccLatlon f provisLons 391{ 3830 548? 8828 95{8 11118 ?160 6253
Iota]- Charocs (8) 12580 16327 20135 26000 29746 31996 30178 29270
OpGreting rccults f338 1207 1839 537 236 t19 368 382
In t of total proeceds 9.61t {.8t 8.3?t 2.A2* 0.8* 0 .56t 0. tl6t 1 .29 t
FLnancial exPGûlar l2l 364 518 5{0 5?8 993 1557 2139 3056
RATIOS 1981 -J9!2' 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Rate of Ecturn on total nct ttgst! A-B-Cl"nt 2.4 1.4 2.25 0.5 0.7 L.2 1.6 1.6 D+E
Cowcregrc ot flnrnclel exlrËntG3 (lF/total 8.9? 10.3 Procsrdr) 2.62 2.95 2. {6 2.L8 3.31 4.8{ SourcG : oPTt s f,imnolal âccourrts 1981-88
::] .: â!m{Ex ltrr ?aga I ot, 2
cll8on_: PosTËÀltD TELECOùÂ4UNIC&.TIONSpEpT {OPE}
AtIirltBX Of ÊAIÀNCE-SHEETS 1981.-88 (in millions of CilI-F)
Flnancial Ycer 1981 1982 1983 1984 198s 1986 19P7 1988
lsgrls CurrGnt À!!cts!
Rcalizablc assctr L7332 22524 28404 27957 43783 52{05 58034 57960 Ltqutd trlcrr 5011 3e42 3902 16985 L7894 166{9 24L74 28121 Stockc/partJ.- cLpationc 30 160 160 150 X60 160 160 160 totel. currGnt asaetc 22373 26526 32466 45102 61837 692L4 82360 86847
fLrcd l'asct,g Lands, bul.ldl.ngr, nctrork!, Lnctal-- lations 6156 9161 13358 X8188 2321? 298tA 33978 3{102 ?l.xcd er!Ëtr undcrray 11602 L27LO 11893 13143 81t61 23666 52662 53106 Othcr fLxcd âtrGtt fotal fi:rcd rr!Ëts (!l 17758 2L87t 2525L 31331 41678 53476 86640 87520
$o|rÀ'I iltr Ànsrrs (p+r) 10131 t8388 57717 76433 103516 !22690 169008 171367
LItBILIIIEg Short-tce'rr dcbts (rl 11091 166{0 19958 29361 41883 45925 59750 .66588 tongt-tGrn dcbtr (e) 6848 8L22 72OG 6800 9351 1 3329 43224 42352 lotâl dÈbtr tgr to Lr) (r + G) 20939 24162 27L64 36167 5t234 50254 L02974 108940 lgutÈy
Approprda- tl.ons * RcrourcÈs (H) 17854 22q28 291L4 39729 52043 63257 65666 65045 Sub-tottI (r+c+n) 38793 17190 55877 75896 tO3211 L2Z'LI 168640 173985
Nct recults aftcr dcprc- ciatl.onc 1338 L2O7 1839 537 238 L79 368 382
I|ctrAl" Î"rÀBrLlrrls 40131 t8397 5?7L7 76433 103525 L22690 169008 L14361 À}INEX VII Page 2 of 2
SOURCA: OPSS AUDIÎED FINANCIÀL ÀCCoûtS 1q81-1,988
ItrrncLel Icar 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1982 1988
EquLty/LÎ, ltÏ and 3T DcbÈs 0.85 0 . 91 1 . 06 1 .10 L.02 L.07 0. 6{ 0.60
?lx,sd Acgct/ lquity ratLo 0.â9 0.50 0.55 0.59 0.55 0.37 0.41 0.39 :î#-:::iii- cLent (nct fixed atscrt,r oY€r erPital + r€ôèrvôs 0.78 0.63 0.69 0.57 0.62 0.67 L.2l L.24
Cash rat,io
LLguid and- rea]-Lzeblc - tas€tt ovct 3r dÊbt,r 1.59 I .59 1. 63 1.54 1.48 1.51 1.38 1 .30
Repaynrcnt capacLty Cash-fLotr/ rorâr. dâbt 0,25 0.20 0.27 0.26 0.19 0.19 0.07 0.06 A}TNIX VITT Pago 1 of 2
GAEOIE: !ruLtodôtttNlcÀÎror{s
C.ALCT'IÀTION OF ÎIIE INTERNAL RATE OF RETI'RN
Calaulat ion ÀggurE t,ions
Î'hc nÊthod bagcd on thc Eevenu€s generated and addl-tiontrl' Cxpenscs ineurrcd by thc proJccta rag used.
r. RËVtNt tÉt
a) thc bulk of thc teleconrnunj.cationg rsvenuo! com'ar frm LLbrevl'Ilc and the grorrth of these rèvcnues in absoLut€ value ic also highcst Ln LibrcvLlle.
The rcvenusg frdn thc ruraL and semi-ruraL neÈworks are quite stable aad vary by a low Eâté in time (in 1988, tlre I inland centres accounÈed for about 4t of thc tslccsrununications).
- ?rqnr thssc tïo obscrvatLons it follows that Ln rèIaÈive valuo, Ll'brcvLlLc's gharc of the rcvsnue tendg to increagc while Èhat of thc othci çcatrGt dLml,nLshes. the kcy to thê breakdown hêreunder was used to sstj.mate the rcvcnuor of the variour è€ntrss (flgures int).
ïlAR 1983 1984 1985 1985 198? 1988
Ll.brcvLllc 75 76 71 17.5 77.5 71.s PoEt-GcûtLI 15 1{.5 L4 13.S 13 13 7 CcnÈrca 6. 5 6 5 .5 S 4.5 {
b) Àccordlng to economic projections, Gabon,s cDP grorth rl.Ll bc positivc (+1.5t) from 1989. Ihe Audit deemcd it prudent to ' mllnÈa.ln for 1989 tb€ 1988 ineone ]-evele and to eppfy 1* growth râtc f,or 1990 and 1991. the revenueg will be constant frorn L992.
cl Îha rarl.ar of, data has lLmited to t994/95 thc dttcs proJected for the rolràyrnênt of ADB loang.
d) 1o btcakdown t,hê rcvcnu€s among the varLoue componêûts of tslocmrunicat.i.ong, thG key Èo t.he allocations under the pCR wag ug€d, namcly:
Netrork 3 3St - iiiliiii:::r" : 3!i G) The rcvsnucs twithout projectsû are those of L9821 they are constânt after t,his date for port-Gentil and thc ? eentreg. thcy vary for r,ibreville to take account of the traffic arowth, assumLng tttat tho number of eubscribers remaLns constent. A}TNEX VIII Paga 2 of 2
rr. EXPENSES
r) Tha nêtrork opcratLng expenses ar€ high conparcd to those of thc othcr tc.l.ccqmrunlcations componcrts (oïer-stâftr;gl logiaticcr... hcevy 6tc) . Thig srctor contr.nucs to bc thc rsast dcvclopcd ln tsleconnnunications. Ths piotàcl-"}d.d ;âùrional tx'pansct rcrG êstinâtcd at 5t of thc actual lnvcatmenti during thc fLrat fLvc ycarg, and at, 10t frqn thc str, yJe"c-. bl ltrs conÈrLbutLon of the ? centreg (both in revonuc and oparating, GIPcntG!) Lc ac fol].owg accordingr to thcir conunl,sgl.onfng:-
2 centrea from 1993 to 1985 3 centreg tn 1986 6 centree in 198? 7 centreg in 1988 ÀITFEX TX
GAEON : IELf,CO&IIINTCAÎIONS
|rELEcOùfirltt![rcÀrlÔUs REVENPES {CfÀ-FI
1982 15 985 685 888
1983 19 818 025 255
1984 23 913 929 870
1985 27 54t 383 683
1986 29 926 150 543
1987 28 3t2 139 760
1988 28 275 055 562 ÀNrE:( X Page 1 of
êAnôlû ! TltlT,n(1ôùtMTt?iITeÀTTôN.q T,TBREVÏLLE
SUPPLIIMI! TARY REUENUES - CrÀ.f
IIAB urrflæf PBp,rrcs wrÎfl FROJECT supPr,. nËullçugs
1982 . 't 196 242 346 1983 5 035 {91 055 5 202 232 4L1 t66 14L 362 198{ 5 9/tX 879 rt45 6 361 105 345 4t9 225 900 1985 6 654 904 979 7 422 402 902 767 r91 923 1986 t I 117 468 335 1 1162563 356 1987 i 7 679 567 910 L 424 762 931 1988 7 669 608 gzl 1 014 703 842 1989 1 014 703 842 1990 L O2r 8s0 880 1991 1 035 099 399 t992 |l 1993 tl 1994 |' 1995 It
Rcmarkg
1. Rèv€nuËs without project increased by 2O*, 188 and 1,28 in 1983' 198{ and 1985 rcsp6ctivê1y to ÈakJ account of the fact t,hat the former Librcvllle net,work wac not gatuiated in 1983, and algo to take account of the increage ln tovenu€ pÇr linc, thc dclay ln connect,Lng subacriberc to thc nêw netwotk and the dLffLcultLca vhich dclaycd projcct irnplementation. Thêle revênuÊs rerË constant from 1985.
2. RÇvenusg tvith proJectt are obtaincd by applying the relation:
R - Rtrcf :Êt with Rt - total telecorsnunications levenu€ for the year
I - ghare of, the total r€venues atlocatcd to Librevil.Lc
(I - 0.75/0.76/0.77/0.775/0.775/0.775 from 1983 to 1988' accordLng to anner 8)
t - 0.35 Lg the ghare of the LibreviLle rerrenues allocated to the network.
3. the 1988 revênuclt vtore cerried forward to 1989,' an increaee of 18 ig allocàtcd to revenuês in 1990 and 1991 to take account of the expecÈed eeongnl.c rccovery. A}INEX X Fage 2 de
cAÊôtr : TELECOT.û{IINICATIôNS (J,lBltEVILLfl
Calculation of the IRR
Supplenentary Supplementary Year lnvcntnrnte Rêvênrrês . Cahg-flor
1 980 56 236 635 ( 56 23s 635) 1981 557 tlltt 283 ( 55? 41{ 283) 1982 538 944 171 ( s38 944 17X) 1983 341 149 813 31 629 154 166 7{1 36i ( 238 638 265) 1984 ?04 ?02 005 "'ilr" 75 017 198 4t9 225 900 .(, 360 493 303) 1985 610 312 603 Lto 452 298 767 497 923 46 933 022 1986 395 968 474 L40 767 928 t 462 563 356 925 826 954 1987 597 1s0 963 160 s66 3s2 L O24 752 93L 261 045 6L6 1 988 16 458 93{ 380 847 800 1 014 703 842 6X7 397 108 x989 382 493 694 1 014 703 842 632 2r0 148 1990 386 318 63L L 024 850 880 638 532 249 1991 390 181 817 1 035 099 389 644 9L7 572 L992 It tf n 1993 d i I 1994 t
fRR - 17.4518
:i
;r rtrltdt\Flb(9rtN tYt<)O$lFl$l(\r-ôl r-6OAO|o|'|tntl, I !|{ Nrr\Dr:)F{rov rtotC)(nFr0 @t-..lol@@ dtolgr{AtJ) l- (tt F ro ot or rlOF H q! T r{ F,l Ê{ ôl !t df; oooooo €0æot*rilol otororoororor ddtlu É gr ot ot rf or rt' tl loo@coo(o(o I tll û: Flr{dË1 1-Urr{ OrrldF{rg(vtOr fiH Otr{r{r{F{(Yl(n Ctrg$lO(Oc! 8I rrNoroNrt ('lOFlrttf)ôl .{ ÉI o arl rft u) 0 It l(ll I I .ld \l'|.s I 0l frt I H$l I qor I I g."àS +l l- -A r0 ÈlF N(vrrrl'troF6drodN(nr!|o€ GO@O@@A@@OIo)o)ôOrOrgr o,t ol o\ or o! or or or dt or ot ol or ol or d F{ d r{ r{ r{ r-{ Fl Fl F{ F{ Fl Fi r{ Ff AIiINEX X Pâgc 4 da GlÀBCtN : IELECOùî'fllNICiAlldIiIS PORI-GENÎII, AltD SEVqF CEMInES Calculation of the fRR Supplcrnentary Supp1uncnterlt Ânnéc Insrlrf4Ênl.a' ExDtcnscg Rêvenr.r,eg Ceclr-flors 1980 2L0 25L 337 ( 210 251 337) 1981 77 060 815 ( 77 060 81s) LgA2 s07 328 463 ( 507 329 463' 1983 L29 497 4r3 32 732 031 141 rt15 731 ( 27 813 ?131 198{ 65 065 737 46 206 901 304 566 804 193 254 165 1985 97 592 2L7 49 460 188 429 003 001 281 950 s96 1986 392 267 845 54 339 799 546 LBt 827 99 574 180 t987 352 lt6 s96 73 953 191 383 375 011 ( 43 424 1161 1988 186 302 ara 183 X51 043 369 304 526 ( 1{8 961} 1989 t0 266 750 20L 78L 281 369 30't 526 t21 256 {89 1990 205 80? 962 372 997 57L 167 189 609 1991 380 4s7 522 1?{ 6{9 560 1992 1993 199{ 1995 380 457 522 IRR - 9.8763 -5 AFRTENI Drf ELOPNENTBÀJ|IN ?ranslated bu: IttR. S. IITUIûNGIA COWLETîON REPORT ,PRO,IECT I{0.DERNIaATIONrddf'D-EKÏENËrON OF I'ÈIE LTBRWTLLE TELEPHONENETVIORK PROJECT REPUBLTCOF GABON TNFRESTNAETURSÂIt'D TNDUSTRY DECEWER 7988 DEPARTTIIENTII o789rr -.t CURRENç.'. AEROMTI'IS,,flID ABBRgI|TA?IONS Cutrencg Epivalents I. At the tiae of Àppraisal (r97g) UAI = $7.30279 UAI = F,CFA285.Z6000 2. Àt tàe tinre oÊ PCR (IVovembet - December lggg) UAI = .f 7.2g13g UAI = F.CFA4LZ,63SOO Àcronyns_and AàDrevi ations ACTEL : Âgence Comercial.e d.es féléconmtnications (lelecownunicatàans Connetcial AgencA) AIEI( , i. Agent des fnstalfatlons Electromecaniques ( Electromecahnjca.Z Install ations Âgent ) ADB : À.frican Development Banh BCR : Bur.eau Central Radjo (Âadjo Centtal Bureau) BDEA? : Banque d.e DéveToppement des .8taÉ,s de J,AEriEue dentrare (DeveTopment Bank of Central African St.ates) BLI t Banda laterale Independante BGD : Bangue Gabonalze de DeveToppment (Gabon DeveTopment Bank) cccE : caisse centrare de cooperation Ecctnomique (France) CENACOII{ : Cêntr e ltationale da Comnutation (lfaêional Switching Centte) CIA : Centte latetnêtional Automatique ( fnternational AutomaLlc Exehange) Cnt : Centre fnternaÉ,ional ltanu eZ (Internat-ional lianual Exehange) CTX : Centre de lraiÉement de L'Information (Date Proce.s.slng Centte) c?N : centre de îtanslt Nationaz (National ?ransit Exchange) ENPT : Ecole llationare de postes et rezeconmtrnications (llatjonal Post and leZecommunications School) FCFA 3 Fîane de .Za Comrrnaute Finanelere Àfricaine (Àfrjcan Finance Coamtnity pranc) CAE : Gabonalse d,Âudit et d,Expertise (Gabon Àudjt & Expertise Company) Iru : International TeleconwntnicaÉions Union -jj Acrongms and Abbreviat ions ( contd.) ln I Ltnear lteter hû t xiTomette 7p : Ligne Princlpale (llain Line) I ! Itlêtre n2 r ,Sguare l(etre OCffRA : Office des theain^s de Fet ?tans-Gabonais (?rans-Gaâonais Railwags Author i tg ) OP? : Off,ice des Postes eÉ felecommrnications (Post E felecom. Eoard) PeR t ProJect Conpletion Report PG : Port-GentiT R1iG I Radiotelevision Gaôonajse (Ga-bon Radio and Television) RfS r Resllie et on transfert sortant' SEC .' Second Sf r fnternaÉional Systens Unit SCA I SuDscrlbet Connaction Unit SOnRECOT| : Societe Ftancaise de Realisation d'Etudes de.s Teleeonmtnications ( F tench î eJ.acotrnttn icat ions S tudj es Company ) IB s faxe de Sase (8asic Charge) ''IG : Soclet e de leTecomtmlcations lnternationaZes du Gabon ( International Telecomnttnications Conpany of Gabon) N ; lelevlsJon : Anlt tA : ADB Unit of Account llHt .' l/niversaZ Postal Unàon Un t Unlte de Rascordement d'Âôonnes Fiscal Year 7 Januatg to 37 Decenber .: "i TABLE OF CONTaNTS Page t. INrROprrwroil I 7.7 Banlr Group Opetations I 1.2 Geogtaphtc and Economl.c Setting 2 7.3 îhe îe}e6Oa64lnjeaÉjOnS SeetOt ------àd------' 5 r.4 Oàjectives at tàe tiae of the Àppraisal 11 1.5 Basic Data T2 7.6 Source of Infotmaêion 13 2. DESCRI-P TON OF THE PROJECT 74 2.7 @enatal Descttption of the Ptoject t4 3. TIIIPLEIIl8,NîA?ÏON lJlTD COSî OF îHE PROJECE 18 3.1 , CondTèLons for Entry Lnto Forcê of Éhe Project 18 3.2 Prosurenent of Goods and Services 18 3.3 È1aJor Changes Ittada t8 3.4 I mpl ementa ti on Scàedule 19 3.5 Otganization and llanagement of the Project t1 .L 3.6 Cosè of the Project 2L 3.7 Expenditure ScâeduZe pet Source oÊ Finance 24 3.8 ExpendiÉure Scàedule pet Couponent at the tl.æ oÊ Àppraisal 25 3,9 Servlces bg the ParË,ners 25 3.IO Supervlslon bg ëhe Banh 27 3.77 Ptogre.ss Reports 27 3.72 Resptect bg èhe Bôrrower its of Comitments 27 3,73 Repagænt of the Loan 27 1t. PTN,iTCTAL ATTALYSTS 28 4.7 Internal Raêe of Return 28 4.2 FLnancial Cowl.tment and tàeir Respect, 28 Pdgê 5, NESALTS ,ûID CN,JIICES IN OPT 29 5,7 IagaI Status and Ptrrpose 29 5.2 OrganlzaèJon and ltanagearent 29 5.3 Parsonncl and ?rainlng 30 5.1 Àecount.s and Àudlt 37 5.5 îartffs 37 5.6 BtTTlng and Recovery 37 5.7 Oparatlon Ânalgsls 39 5,8 Ànrlyrls of Balance Sâeets 42 6. BCONOT''C TPPR'J,SAL 44 7. coucwsroils 44 7.7 ^èCultænt ot èhc ObJect-{ves of tâe ProJect 44 7.2 Zessons froa the ProJect 45 fhts repnrt ls vrlÉ,ten Dy ltlessrs t. BAIOLA (Talecowttnjcatjons Engineet) and D. CHORX,I (Ecotrcmlst) foZTowing theit mi,ssjon to Gabon in NovamberfDecenbet, 7988. LISî OF ,d]NEXES âiViVtX: 7. l4ap of Gabon 2. Aperational Organization Chart of the proJect 3. IuplcæntatJon Scàedu.Ze of the Ptojeet at the tlæ of Àtrrpraisal 4. Actual proJect .Trplenentation Schedule 5. Status LlbtcvtTTe Arban Networh 6, ExLsting ilatlonal Netwoth 7. Coaplete ÀutoaatJc 8. Sêatus ADB Loan Disôursements 9. PresenË, Opt Organization Chart 70- Decrea SstaDrjsbing the Funct,jons oÊ opr DeparÉ,ments 77. OvaraLI SÉaff DLsttibution by 6rade Gtoups 72. Staff Distrîbtt.tlon bg categorles and Grade ârotttrts 73. Sunnary of Tarlffs ÀpplicaôIe in Gabon 74. Calailaèlon fRR PROJECT COI4PLETTONREPQR! !'0/DEBNTZ,.;TION,.}rl EXTENSTONOF TIIE LIBR8|TLLE îELEPHQNE NETWORKPROJECT REPUBLIC,QF GABOII T. TNTRODT, CTTON 7.O.L ffâen tha "Qtfice Equatotial d.es Postes et Telecomvnjcat,ions" spltt up ln 7965, tàe offlclals of the goung "OfÊice dec Po.stas et fetecomrnicaË,ions du Gabon" made a general lnventotg of their telacontrtlcatlons nêtpor* ând ilecided to linft the varlous localJtle,s a€ the tnterTot of thê eountry rJth nrdia€ntarg but aceeptabl.e line.s. Consequantlg, a five-gsar developacnt plân ra.r drawn up in 7975 whish ltÊovLded fot: I ':- the replaceûent of oDsotete equtpment wlth modern ând large capacitg orro.se. the erten.sion of exisÉing network thtoughout the country;, proviston of uscra wltà faclliêielt to profiatê the counttg's econorls, sosJùI and cultutaL deveTopaent,. L.0.2 In connaxion wlth ttre iapleaentation of this plan, the Govetnrent of 6aôon aade a request to the Banh ln September 7977 fot the ÊLnancLng of the projaet sntLtled "Itlodernization and ExÉension o€ the îel.ephone lVeêport in LLbrevLIIe." 7.O.3 the Bant gave a posCtlve reqpon.se to the request and lrent a preparàtorg nisslon to LibrevilTe in Novembet 7977 follolrzed. in Ju.ly 7978 bg an appraisal aission. I.O.4 This proJect, whlch is norv coryTeteè! faced,tef,ious diffteultlas wlrleà ret,arded tàe inpleæntatJon. ?he itplementation took ten (7O) years c/hereas three (3) gears wou,Id âave ôeen enougà. 1.O,5 The present repott is on Éhe coûpletion of the ptoJect ênt,ltled llodern.lzaÊion and txtension of the Librevi?Te ?elephone Networh of GaDon. It deals wl.th tàe varlous pàases of Êhe inrpleaentation of Éhe proJeet and jË.s real situation. 7.7 Bank-Qroup Opetatlons 1.2.1 The projeet, sublect of Éàis compfetion r€port, nâs tâs fourth Bank Group opetatlon in Gabon and the flrsÉ, ln the teZecomtnicatLons eectot. todata the Grovp has gtanted thlrteen .Ioans to Gabon totalTing BUA 736,77 ullllon lnclud,îng BIIA 30 aiTTion Êor the f inancing oÊ the stnrctural adJustaent ptograwqe. -2- 7.7,2 Ortt of 73 projects financed bg tha Groupt .seven (7), including tâe one pwIth which this report dea.Zs, have been tulZg conpleted and Éhree (3) are weII advaneed. Two ptoJecÉs in the agricuZèurai sector are in progress. On Êhe othar àand tàe rice project which did not get oîf the gtound ha.s ôeen cancelled ùg nutual agteement with the Government. The tàirteenth operation i.a. the flnancing of a ttructurâ7 adjustment ptograme, l.s the first noa- projecè opatation by the Bank in Gabon. I.2 Geogtaghic and Eeanomic Setting 7.2.I Gabon has ên ar€a of 267,622 km2. It lies astrjde tàe equator Datween laÊJÊudes 2o3o north and 4o SouÊâ. It is ôordered to tàe north ôy aainland Equitorial duinea and Cameroon, to the East and SouÉâ bg Congo and èo the llest tt ts washed bg the ÂêIantic Ocean over a 6OO-hn seaDoard. ft Js a counË,rg of average altitude (the hlghest point belng 7,575m) wiÉh tàe relief deteral.ned bg geographLc .ones, The Coastal zone is .low and flaë and 3O-2OOha wide. In the Lnterior ùàere is a chaîn of mounÉ,ajns of I.ow altjÉude running north to south: IVorth and South-east plateauN, crgstal wuntains, IldjoLe aounèains, chaiTTu aountaLn and the È4agombe shain, ôetween wblch Zte tttê Francevifte Dasin in the easÉ and tha Ngounie and Nganga vaTTegs in the foutà. 1,2.2 'îhe clllaate aL| over tàe eountrg js of the eqtatorlaZ tgpt, wJth four ,season.s. RainfaJ! varies ôeÉween l,40Orm to 3OOOna trom region to tegiott. Humiditg js high at a.LL tines. Annual mean teaperatures vary between 2Oo and 25o. Sunshine Js pool. especiallg in the dry .season, The vegetatÎon therefore .sÉop,s growing fot shott periods only. 1.2.3 The soLTs are forrned under a verg aggressive and humid cTimate. fheg are of the desaËurated fetraZitîc, chemicaTTy poor acidic tgpe. Hawevet, in eertain area.s, espêciallg in the ùorth-westr thete are soifs oÊ excellent phgsical qua|ity, verg deep and rich in cLag. In the countrg as a whole, tàe proçtottion of good araôfe soil is Low, but in terms of population figares iÉ is Targely suîficient. 2.2.4 fn 7987, offieLal esÉinaÉes put the popuiaÊlon at 7,2OO,OOO inhaDltants; 4 inhabjtanês to hnP. The population in the regions is varg unevenTg distriôuted. Woleu N'Tem province js second after Estuarg GO96 ot Éàe countrg's total population, i,e, 252'OOO inhabitanLs), and iÉs 133'5OO inhaàitants are found mostlg jn the ea^sÉern half. Lastly' 4316 of tà6 population Tive in the urôan area.s, 52% in Lhe vilTages and 5% on lunôering or construction sites. Economic Trend betwaen 7980-7985 .:; I.2.5 Stlnulated bg a favoutable internaÉjonat aconomic slÉuaÉlon ,;; characterjzed bg oi7 price jncrease.t (despite the drop in 7983' çnices .,e : fTuctuaèed around iaA a bartel up to 7956), and to the continuous appreciation of the dollar exchange rate, GDP increased. by 1.2.7% a yeat on dverage between 7g8O-IgBS. ?he Tevel of oiL production which started declining as ftom 7977 went up in 7983 to 7.8 nillion tons then to 8.7 miTTion ton.r in 7984 daspite the d.rop in prices that took place in Februatg 7983. In vaLve, the oil sectot record.ed an average annuaT growth rate of 1.5.6% ôeÉween L980 and 1984, -fts sâare in the overai,lZ êeonamg remained quite the sarne (45% of GDP) during this period. -3- 7.2.6 Tha tlnancial prosperitg which was coupled with the oil boom enablad, the counttg to modernize iLs cities (Libreville, Part-6enti7 and FranceviTTe) and to extend its infrastrusture but advantage vas not taften of the situation to dlversify the econoûV. Despite à 7O.3% pêr gear normal grovth rate, agriculture onlg represenéed 4,3% of GDP in 7985. The sams applied to industry whlch hatd,Tg reached 7.6% of GDP in 7985. Even though the consèntctLon and services sector (incLvding ÀdrninisËratiort) tecorded tapid e:(pan^tion (77.896 pet year and 74,7% per gear respectiveZg) they continued to d.epend largaly on oil revenue . GeneraTTy, as long a,r Êtrjs revênue cont,inued to exisÊ, the non-oi.l econamg sould eantinue its growth wLthout any Internrption (f3.2% nominal growth per gear) . Ilowever, ê.s the gtowtft rras not aaootpanied by acêual divetsifieation at the econamg, the counttg's econofrg remalned f,ragtle and vul.nerable to the oiL mar*et contingensjes. The coll.apse of oil revenu€.s in 7986-87 intetntpÉed ûhe financial contributian to the non- oJl econoûy and the consÉruction and services sectors stagnated nost. Ihe present crisis has f.inelighted the narronne.ss of the counttg's production as weII as tâe rnr.Inerability of êhe overal econong. 7.2.? Tha u.sê of avallaàIe resources during the period 7981-7985 (see annex) il.lusttates the favoutable econom.{c sltuation Gabon enjoged durâng the pariod. FLnal con.srrrytion (privaÉe and public) increased bg 77.8% ?er geal.. The increase was more rapid for pubLic eonsuznpt,îon (2O% pet gear) Éhan fot prlvaÉ,e consrrnptJon (76.2% a yeat). ?he improvement of con,sumers purcàasing ltow6r a,s weZl. as Jncrease in staLe budgeL re.source.s rerrulÉ,ing f rom oiL r€venues and theit exùerna.lities in Éhe economy explain thîs Eevoutable trend. fnvestnent recotded Éhe lràne rapid expansion. Wtth a 20% averags grrowêh rate, invest,nent nore than doubTed between 7980 and 7985. the nost. spect,acular lncrease rrras that of publie jnyestment which increased ftoa F.CFA8O,7 bilTton in L980 to F.CFA 359.3 bilLion in 7985, i.e., an annuaf increase of 3516, Àt Lhis râte, ttre overheating of Êhe economg àecame Jnevitaà-le. and, as patsÈ experience âas sàown ln oéàer coutTtties, when çublic Jnvestnent htts a very àJgâ .Zevet it inevitably involves a high proportion of Projects wltlrout ang economic justification and which contribuLe nothîng to developnent. htbllc Flnanççs I.2,8 Pttbltc f Lnancas repr€.renÉ a ptiviTedged contributlon to rsÉata partLcLpation in the Gabon€,$ê econorg. Iiowever, this growth în part,icipatl.on Js based on oil ravenues which bg ÉheJr verg nature are unstaà.le. In any cà,!eêr wl,th tegatd, to public finance management. there ar.e at Least, tàree ca.re.t vlrere the u,se of rovenues of this naÊure creaèes structural conditions yàJch ean De ualntained onlg tf the revenue is inexhaustjôIe but which revenue would àave disasÉrous eftects if Jt decljned. îhe first case is É,he expansion of Public àdminJstratlon (steady jncrease tn the numôer of posiÉ,ions, petlodie lncreases in personal emoluments). The second ca.se soncerns staÉ,e involvement in the econong ëhtough the insÉ,jtut,iona-Z setting (establishment to proëect certatn caÉegorles of consuaers . .. ). the third ca.se jnvoJves diteet staÉe lntervention Ë,àrougà invest,ment. AL7 these cases have .been ptevalent, in 6aôon êver .slnce the beginning of the oiL ôoon. J.2.9 Fron 7979 to 7985' oil revenues, wiÉà an average annual grovth rate of 20'695 mote than ttippled. f.his phenomenal increase tooh place patticulatlg àetween 7979 and 7982, â perlod duting which oil prices incteased from fI3 a ôarrel to about fi35. Between 7982 and 7985 (see Ànnex) oil revenue increased bg 8.8% pet gaat, and its shate in the overall receâpts reraained practically -4- the sane (aDouÉ 65%), SÈizn:laÉed by tâe trigh increase of oiL revenuê sjnse 7979, non-oj.I revenue jncreased bg 24.4% per gear àeÊween 7982 and 1.gBS, Cabon's abiTitg to import and to oltain cusûom revenue.s in imports (half, of non-oil revenues) depends primatiTy on oi7 exptort earnings which undergo a decrease with the d.ee7àne of oil revenues. thjs correLation àas been ptoved ever since Éhe .2986 crisis. 2.2.70 DespiÊe the rapid increase in operating expenses (L4% peî year) ôetween 7982 and 7985 and in debÉ services (7,9% per gear), Éhe aôundance of oil revenues enaà.Zed the counêry to mahe a consjstent budgeÉ savings of about F,CFA 23O biZlion a gea?, j.e. 14% of receipÉs on average. These savings enabled Gabon jn 7982-83 to ernàar& on a proce,ss of getting itself out of d,ebt. Thts nove couLd not be consol.idated ôecause of a specÉacular increase in capiêal expenditure. This expenditure rose bg 27.7% per gear between 7982 and 7985. f,xpenditure on Lhe consf,ruction of the Trans-Gabonai,s, wâJch was aàout one third of pubTïc capital. jnvestment grew on an averago of 4I.4% during Éhe .samê pariod, Public capital jnvesÉment alone tepresented 2L% of GDP. , ExÉernaf îrade_-ênd Bafanee of Paumeats . 7.2.77 In L985, expotts, which were essenÉially oj.I exports, represented 53.3rG of gDP and the irynrtation of goods and service.s represent,ed 23.396, ?his shows how mrch Gabon is open to the ouÉside worTd. The exports are aluost, èntiraly raw materlafs wàich have und.ergone practicaTl.g Tittl"e or no processing. with tegard to imports, the most inportant categories lncl.ude food and agricu).tural products (1.6.8v") ; machinerg and tools (16.8%) and manufacÉuted, goods (16%) . 7.2.72 In 7985, the ôafance of pagments recorded a deficit of F.CFA 22,2 blL7ion, compared to a surplus of F.CFA 77.4 biTTion recorded in 1.984. This .f ttend refTects a consjderabie detecioration of the posiÉion of the qztrent Dalance wâich recorded a deticit oÊ F.CFA 72.9 biTTion - tâe first ever sJnce 7976. à sàarp increase in the inportation of goods and service.s is tâe nain cauae. Prtbllc External Debt 7.2.13 Eefore 7985, Gabon had embarked on a poLicy ot ridding itselt of iÉs 'i. debt whieh if ït. had àeen conso.IjdaÉed, wouZd have conpïetelg ehanged tàe cowtttg's debt siÉuaÊion (see annex) . Disôursed and outstandlng debt .i jnereased bg 37.9% in 7985 eonpared to 7984. Sinilarly, in 7986, it reeorded jnsrease previous gear. Even though in 1986 the ri an of 25,6% compared to the l axternal debt outstanding remained Tower than what it was in 7980, tâe i slÊuat,ion changed fundamentallg and on 20 September 7986' Gabon announced, the strspension of its payments of principal and interest, in respact of btlateral debt' and ptincipal in r espect ot non-insured bank debt, 7,2.74 One of the main eharasteristics of Gabon's exÈernaZ debt ts that it is 66%6owned to private creditots. The opres,sjve nature of the debt (tn 7985) is reflected by the average intetest rate of 9.8/o, average petiod of matutlty of 1O.5 gear^s and an extremel.y shott gtace petiod of 2.7 years, on average. fhese terrns make Gabon's posiÉion very precarious consjdering the fall. in its e2 7.3 Thç felecowntnications Sector SltuatJon fll Éhe_tine-of the Appçgjsal 1.3.1 At the tiue oÊ the appralsal Ên 7978, Gabon's teZecammunLcations couprisad utban nêtvorhs, tntnk networhs and international networts with telegtaph and telex services. (a) Urban Telpehone Network the urôan neÉwor* comprised.: -- fA autonatjc exchanges with a maxLmua capacitg of 36,000 .ljnes out of which 76,000 had been connected bg tha end aE 1977. len of Éàese exchanges wer.e of ûadern desïgm and could, suôject to a few aodificatjonse fit into the tive-gear plan vhich wa^e being execuLed. the reaaining eigàt were Éo be replaced. -- rartuêl excâanges wêre insta-?ted in the sr.alZ buiZt-in q' rrsâs. Iheit technical design and size made tt lmposstble the tàne. -- Éàe caDle neéwor*s were ovethead/underground eixcèpt .tn snal.I l.ocalities where theg were entirely overhaad. îhett cdpacltg evetynher€ wa.s signiflcantly inadequate and aften trn.rultaàIe Eot autoaatic opetation. On account oÊ Éâc rapid, deveTopment oE most oE the tæzrs Ln Gabon, conslderable damage had been and continued to be dona to tâece cables bg prtbl,ïc worts enterprlses. (b) îrunk Netwoths These nêtwor*s which were 45% automatLc werê @lnly dl.reet vlew ax ttopospheric radio Tinh .sg.rteas. ?hese .tystens functLaned normalZg àut tàe low capacitg af most of tham did not alTow tor extensions. fn connexîon with the u.r€ of tlre LlbreviTZe earÊh satelTite staÉjon, the troposphetie ,sgst€rts x/ere to bE replaced with direct visibilitg slfsteûr f,or êhe transnissl,on of television infofmat,lon and data. ?here rere a few wire linh.s but jn most case,s the slimate and vegetatlon made theiî ut,LTization practicaTl.g inpossibl.e. (c) Internaêïonal Networks ffhê .fnÉ€rnational networ*s vere equtped, wtth 2.6 to 20 hiTovatt transaitters and receiver.t with lndependent, sideâands whlch enaàIed semi- automatic trensnission to Patis, Douala and Ààidjan. From Paris, Éhe suàscriber could be cawtected to tàe test of the world. But in L973174 an earth satellite station was constructed at some zlkn froa LibteviZle patnted to a geostationaty sateZlite of the .InÉ,elsat .rystes ovet the -6- ÀË.IanËic. A77 intetnational eowntnieations tàerefore passed though this statjon, with the exception of Éhose wièh Congo whieh used tropospheric radio Tinh instaTTed ln L9TL and rlith Cametoon wàich used the radio Zinh installed in 7974. fnternational conmunications nerê opetated by a seal-public coûpany, "Soeiête de Telecowtnicaêions fnternationales Gabonai.ses" (tIC), ovned bg Ébe Republic of Gabon and Êàe Prench coûEa;ny "Franse-Cab7e et Radio". (d) ?elegraph and leJex Services Gabon had an auËomaÉjs tehex sr,vltcà of 4OO llnes ln Llbravllle wàiclr wa,s getting saturated and wltich wês to be extended before 798L. The telegraph networh conprised, teZeprinèers and àad radio linls a,s support. À Gentex networl. installed in 7968 made it, possible to connect beÉween theû' through an automaÊic srritch, aL7 telex subscriàers of Libtevt'lle, Port-Gentil, Ogem, Bitam, FrancevilTe, Lambarene ênd lloanda. îtATNîENIJ|ICEOF îHE EXTSTTNGSYSTET4 Bacenso of the cllmata, Tack of roads between the aaJot totns and buiTt-ln arêas and partlcular lg Êàe shortagre of gualifled personnel, naJntêndneé of the .sgstêmlr faced problenw which vere aggravated to varlous degree by town deveTopment warhs. With a view to solving tltese proôIens, plans were aade to trajn specialists wào coufd detecÉ faul,ts rapidTg and who would êruturè that ptlvate JnstaZZatLons were made in conforaity wtth sÊandards sêt bV the Governaent. FurÉàeraore, Lhe P E T Department was soûpelled, still fot lac* of personnel , ta sign a eontract with ltessr.s SOFRECOIIfot the aaintainancë of LibteviTle teZephone networh and vLth l[essrs f,àorson GSP f,or tàe naintenance of radio lJnks in the interlor of the country. DWEINPMENT PROGKNûI(E In Laëe 7975, Glabon gablished. its thttd econoa.fc and soeJal developnent pian covering Êhe period 7976/80. In that plan, the developrenè oÊ èelecowunlcations $ras given considerable attention. This devcTopænt concerned the followÎng three €nÉiti€gi the natlonal network É,he lnternâtional netwoth the PINAFTEL Project (a) the Natlonal Networh t 'i Ihe obJectiva wa.r to cover the entire counttg b9 neâDs of radlo ljn.ts with television and tadio Éransaissloni in this regard tha folTowing Zinks were to ôe consÉructedl South-EaSt axis : L i br ev i 17e -N' Dj o 1 e-Booue-Lastourvi I f e - KouZ amatou-ll o anda-F r anc av Î 1'7 e i SouÉh aris : Larnbarene-llouiZa-Ndende-IchLbanga- I(agunba; Iùortà axJs : Eooue-ltitzic-Ogem-Bitam; EasÉ axis : Booue-I4akokou-Belinga'I4etanbo. -7- /t was decided to nodernize, extend and autoaat,ize Lhe taTephone excàanges and networks in the towns and Ë,he majot c€ntresi priotitg would ôe given to LibreviTle and Port-Gentil.. (b) Tha International Network : The ptograroe provlded fot the openLng of ditect l.ines .by neans of satelTites wità A.frican and Eutopean countrjes. (e) ?he P?0TAFTELPtoject The Panaftel proJact was to enable ëhe foTTovlng Ztttlcs: Gabon to Cameroon from the Notth axjs: Ogem-Bitam-Camaroon; Gabon to Congo through the Balrounba section (Gabon)-Djanôala (Congo) and 7astLg Gabon to Sao-Toæ ènd Princlpc. îhe totar eost of thls progtawe walr e.stirnated, ln earzg 2972, aÉ ?.cFA 18 btTTion or uA 65 miTl.ion incruding uA 53 nilfion in foreigrn "OÊÊice exchange. The des PosÉes eL TeZecotwunications du Gabon, approached savera.l financiers including ADB Êot the impTenentat,ion of the progtame. r..3.2 PresenÉ Sltuation I. ORCNtTZdfiON OF LERVTCES Post and Tel.acomntnjsatjons, televisian and btoad,casttttg ln Gabon are aanaged bg two distinet agencies undêr the same I4inistry: tàc .,Office des Postes et TeZ.ecowttnjcat,lons,, (Apf), & yrublic lndusË,ria-Z and conmerciaT-oriented estaàIl.shment with lega.l sË,aÊus and flnanciaT autonomg; Êhe "Rad.todiffusjon îelevisian Gabonaise,' (RtG), a .sêrvJee of the l{inisËrg. fàase two agencies work in cTose eooperation; in patticulat, Op? rouÉes on the insÉa].Iations, fot te.Zevision and ôroadcasÉing; in mo.sÉcases iÉ operates RTG's transmittets, International and national telecommunications are managed in è distinct manner.. internat,Ional teZeconmtnieations are entrusted to a Tlr.itad Tiabil.itg compang, TIG (îeleconmtnications fnternational GaDonajse) which is nanaged by the General llanager of the oPr, -8- the OP? conprises three main ôranches: nat,lonal telecomuncat ions, postal and fintiheiaf servicese connon services. 2, TilTERNATTONAL ?ELEEOMMINTCATTONS îIG operaÉes tàe foTTowing exchangres: the Nkoltang space telecommunicaÉ.ions exchange which àas a ' .standatd A antenna and a sLandard B antennai -- the auÉornaËic jnternat,ional exchange rcn) and the internat,iona.I manual exchange (Cfû with Pent,aconÉa aquipmentt the "bureau central radio international" (BCR). thesa three exchanges are l.oeated downtown Jn the CEIIACOI( buiTding in which several jnsÉalIat,ions of the national netwoth are also Located. 3. NATIONAL TELECOMTqI'NTCATTONS Swltching Equipnen| The consjderaàIe effort nade bg OPî to Vtrovide equipaent, in part.terrtar Èàe onê l.inhed to the prioritg progranme srhose inplenentatlon covetad tàe period 7978-7983, ûâdê it possiD?e to eçIuip major tawna in the countrg; theg âave automatic exchangres providing automaËlc acce.ss to the enÊire naÊional and l,nternaÉional network. Utban Automaèlc Swltches UntïL 298I, the aqtipment rra,r in dlectro-mechanjcat crossDar 8P 4OO êechnigrue. fn ilarcâ 7987, the OPî conmissioned the first tenporal eZectronic etchange in technoTogg EIOB, faTTowed in June 7982 bg a simiLar exchange at Port-GentiT tinanced bg the Banh under another ptoject,. The eàarasterisÉ,les of tàese srritcâes are given as annex. LibreviTTe the capital is served bg: an old CP 4OO Tocated, downtown in ëhe LibrevLlTe pttlnetpal' butlding; the new EIOB the chain core of which is insÉaf led in the CENACOIII build.lng adjacent to LibrevilTe principal buàld.ing with connection units siÉuaêed at; CENACOtrI, the Gtos Bouqtet satelTite (between doumtown and Éhe airpott), the Ortendo saéelllÉe in Éhe port area. -9- bg a semi-elertronie PE 7024 exchange (prefix 74) inst,alZed in the LibrevilTe-principal buidlinE and which i.s being repLaced witlt suôsctiber connecÉion units on the ETOB exchange. The @ros Bouguet and Ottendo sateTlites ère connected to CENACOil bg ICII cables and digital tadio linfts. Pott Gent,il ?.he EZOB of Port-GenâiJ uses É,àe saae data processlng centte (DPC) as the EI.OB ot LibrevilTe. The Ptovinces Thete are I majot provincial staÉjons equipped tlrith type CP 4OO y Crossbar exchanges to which extensjon.s can be made, Cne CP 4OAil excàange and three CP lOOy excàanges are being instaTTed aTong with Lhe eonstrucèion oE the coastal axis. Othet exchanges are equipped with varia;s TacaZ automatic sutitches which àave access to Éhe externaf, network bg semi-automatie ot aanual càannel. These exchanges ar e expected to be completeTg renovat,ed. ?ransit Excàances fàese suôssri.bet exchange.s are eamptïetea by: the National ?ransjt Exehange (CIN) constituted bg the same ETOB which a.lso performs the function oî transjt for a17 the exchanges in Gabon (LibreviTLe and Province) which àîe not directlg connected among them; the fnternational Automatic Exchange (CIA) oî ?Ig with eleettonic nanagenent of inLernat.ional accovnts (Ctossbat Pentaconta); an International llanuaf Exehange (Ctn1 is associated with êhjs automatic axchange. a ilaÉlonal t'lanual Exchange now associaêed with the CP 4OO oÊ LibreviTTe-principaT and which wil7 ôe assosiated wiÉ,à thè CIN ELOB. rR,Jllsr{I s s rov EQUr PMENT lines in_Operation Eecause oE t,ransport difficulties and the isoTation of the economic centres of the hinterland, considerable attention has been paid to tnznh Iines. fn the 7970 decade about half ot invesÉmenÉs went to transa.ission. (a) Tatge capacitg anaTogical transmission lines (tE 665-6 FH 665-7 ot Thonson CSF) are insÉa7Led on the foTlowing axes: LibreviTle - Four pTace equipped with 4 channel.s (2 t,elepàone channels, 7 TI channeT, 1 standby channel); an axis caL7ed "axe de 7a boueje" Fout Place - I'anbarene- PorÉ, Gentil with 2 + 7 channels; -10_ a soutà-east axis, Fout Place - Booue LastourviTTe (+ Koulamoutou braneh) ltoanda-Fransev i -ZI e -le con i -A.k i en i -Okond j a with 2 + 7 channefs. Each telephone channel has 600 or 3OO .Iines. (b) tropospheric beams, funct.ioning unevenTg, equipped with 24 channef s.' îhonson CSF 9 5 5 Librev i7 7e-Ogem-l4oanda-ltloui L a. (c) two tâonson CSF 632 local lines, used often a^s otfset between tàe hertzian sêation and the teZephone exchange: I4oanda-Bakounba Oyem-Bitam LibreviTLe-lVÈoum FranceviTTe-Nwengue. Kanga, Baaue, ltlounana, ÂÂjeni offsets. (iD one offset Tine at N'DjoLe in Thonson csF TFH 1.50, (e) radio-eTectric Jjnes linkiiry the oèher exchanges (7 or 2 channels) : Tchibanga, I4akokou' (f) ulttltiplexr tàe radio lin&s ate equîpped with ntZtipZex (model. 7A) CIT or LTT for Thomson CSF radio -?in.ks (prinary groups, 72 channels and secondary groups, 60 channeTs). Recentlg fnstatled Lines the coastal axis progranrne àas been going on since 1985 with the strengthening of the LibreviTTe-Port-GentiT Zine bg the creaÉion of digital thomson CSF a TFE 75O N (34 W/s) beam eguipped with nine 2-MBls É,rajns, the nain axjs, Port-Gentil-Tchtbanga has been equipped sjnce 1986 with a tHF 250-6 analogLeal beaa of thomson CSF fitted with a iOO-channel teZephone exchange channeT. Btanehes Éo Gamba, Omboue, llugamba and l4oabi are planned. URBâI' SUESCRTEERÀ'ENdOR.KS Before tha priority deveTopment progranne, urôan subscrjber netrvorfrs were verg inadeguaÉe. OnTg the areas of central LibreviTTe and Gros Bouquet showed average possibilities of connection with considerable 7oca7 saturatjons. Undet the ptioritg ptrografltme, major extensjon and aodet'nization wor&s were sarried out, in LibreviZle and Port-Gentil. 7. LîbrettiLTe ,i ?ihe ûvendo ând Gros Bouquet networks have been completed, and suàscriber,t can therefore be connected. The centta,l LibreviTLe netvork has been conpZeted since 7984; the capacity fot suôscriàer çonnection Ïn Éransmission and disÉrlbuÉion sabfes has ôeen practicalTy doubTed. : l,l ta 2. Pott GentiT Î.he rcdernlzation and extension of tha networh have Deen cortpleted; Pott-Gentl.I thèrefore lras a nlodern network. 3. Province Andet ttre prlotl.tg pîograme overhead-vnd,ergrovnd networ*s uere àlso con.strrrlcted in .seven major f oca.Iities: N'DJoZe' I4oul.la' Ogem, 9itam, FtanceviTTe, Koul.arcutou ênd ltoanda. À's Iarge-scale urDanizaÉion worls êre planned for Laabatence' the exÉension and aodernization of this netwotk initially envisaged wJII be done in coordinatioà with Éàese urbanization worls. f,DJs networâ is sàifÉed to the overaJZ pnogtama to be ItPlenented later. In the othet fosalJties in the întetîor, tlrere are undeaground networ*s since the overhead networls are vetg Lnadeg'uate. 4. doastal À:rlis ' Tha deveTopænt of tàe coastêI axls wllL involve tàe construstian of overhead-underEtound netwotks at llagunbat 6aaDa, Onboue, ÎcâiDanga and Ê4oabi. 1.3.3 Coryàaison of thê Sitgatioit at Ëâe Éine of tàe lppralsal trli th the-Ptgsent SiÉuation Sincc the appraisal of, this project, Éhere ftas âeen a consïd,erabhe prograas in the developreint of Gabon',s tef,ecomrctnicatîons secÉor resrrltlng Ln a .qpectacular increase in the nulaber of telephone ljnes. Betveen 1978 and 7988, the nunDer increased about 2.3 times, whjch is a very higà increa.se of l51s a year. ' 7.4 Oblectlues at the Ttne of Ar.oratsal 7.1.7 îha goal of the project suDmitÉed Éo the Bank for fînancLng was to: rcdetnf.ze and exÉend Élre LibreviZle telephone network; aaet outstanding applicatLons fot telephones and plan out Êor fuÉure connection.s over a ten-gear petÏod,; lnereare Lalex srrôscriâers and utlTize the faciTttJê.t to lltt* up tha two telephone exehanges in LibreviLTe. 7.4.2 ODJectJves after Éhe l,Vor&s this ptolaet has lmproved the qualitg of tel"ephone servJce at Ll^btevl.lle and has enabled the objectives îixed during appraisal to be attalned. 1.4.3 Inteotation oÊ the Project into the National Develoenent PZan 1.hè iuplenentaêIon of the project has contriùtrted greatly to Èàe deveToprent of tlr.e telecorattnications sector of the country. It âas enaD.led the settLng up of rcd,etn auÉomatic tetephone exchanges in tàe prov.fnces and there6g givtng LibteviTle users the possibility of cawntnicaLÎng nlità the hinterZand. fhis projeet is perfectlg integrated into the development proc€ss ot tlre countrg. .Tts inplenentation has enaôf ed the devaTopænt of jnfractructures that aalo it possiàle for econoûic agenÉs to àave re.ljaàIe oean,r ot cowunications that ere f,avouraàte to the country's esonoais ôoon. îhe inplenentation of Éhe local neêworft has opened up the districts of Lïbravi|Ie wàere tàe aàsence of nean,s of communjcatjons made Zite unpleasant. îhe matetiaiJzation of the ptojecÉ has irnproved the fjnancjal sjt'uatjon of the .'Office., bg plactng it under notmal and mote tavoutable conditions to Pr.ot()te the development of the countty's telecowtnications. 7.5 Sasic Data Countrg .. Repuàl ic oÊ Gabon Ptoject Tltle I ltodernLzatlon and extention of the LibreviLZe felephone lletworl llumôer of the ProJect , ADB Loan CSIGBITL|7Ù|OO4 Bottowet 3 Govetnment of êhe Republic of Gabon Exectttlng AgencY : Of f ice des Postes et Telecoaorrrttticatjons ttoPTt. Date of ApPtaÏsal : APriT 7978 Date of Approval by the Board : I June 7978 Date oE Loan Agreement Signature s 4 Dêcenbet L978 Date of Loan Effect,iveness Date of ProJeet CoæneeænÊ t 2 Januaty Z9So Date envlsaged for end of ltorhs ; 72 Decenber 7982 Deadltne Eor fl.rst Disbutsement Deadljne for last Djsbursement : 37/72185 (initiaT) : 37/72/87 (extended) Date of ComPletlon : 28 November 7984 Project TotaZ Cost : UA 70838974. L3 includ'ing ADB: UA 4998277.35 BGD: UA 7280836.7O BDEAC:UA 2238727.29 OPî: UA 2327738.79 -L3- tnount of ADB Loan .' U 5.OOO.OOO Ànount of Loan Dlsàursed t UA 4998277.35 undisDurs ed Balance : UA 772265 (cancelled) Intetest Rate durJng ÀppraJ,sal 3 7% pe'. annvû on the djsbursed and outstanding balance of the loan. StaÊutorg Conn^lsslon s 7% Pet annutu on the dJslursed and outsêanding baLances of Éhe loan CowLtænt Charge s O.75% per annur! on tâe undjsàutsed portion of the Joan cowneing nineûy (9O) days after signature of the Toan agreement Rcpagaent I Sjxteen (16) years including a four (4) gear graca period 6rrrent fnA€r€at Raté t 7.46l Per annum on tàe disDursed and outsÉanding balances of the Toan Comitæn t Chatge s Z% pet annuû on the undisàurse d portion oÊ the foan comnencing fortg five (45) days after signature oÊ the loan agreement ârount oE BGD Loan F.CFA 5OO,OOO,OOO fnëerest Rata t 9.5?6 Pet annur DnraÊion t 7 geats I.6 Sourec ôf, Infor@Éion thc follclting doanent.s .terved as a .source of infotmation.' ÀtI tàe doarwnts provided bg OPî r he appraisal report ?he constrlÉanÉs project completion tepott Prograw fot covering the entire counttg wiÉà èalecowtnications and television. -14- 2. PROJECT DESCRTPETON 2,1 GeneraZ Description At apprajsal, the projeet invoZved the foL7.oûng proczrreaents and servleeg.. (a) the nanufacturing and Taying of pipes,. the mahing of flap doors of connecting boxes; tàe procutèûent and. Taging of telephone transulssion cabies from exchânges up Éo subdjvjsjons; the ptocurement and the Taging of underground tahephone distriàution saôÎes,. (b) îhe purcàase and Taying af aerialunderground caDle.s Êot telepltone suàscriôers including the instalZation of telephones. (c) Proeurerent oE veàiclesr special nechinery Êor thc inplenentaÉion of the project and the majntaJnanse of works afÊer the tinaL connissioning. (d) Constrltancar services fort (preparing the specification and the tender d.ocumentsi anal.gaing and award,ing É,enders in c.Zose collaDoratlon vîth the P 6 f departnent and ADB; supervlsing the LapZementaÉion works, thê provisionat aûd f-lnal recepÉion oE the worfts once compLeted; training t,echnicians who lrere to be in, charge oE naintainance and the instaTlation of new seÉs. Since the ptoblem of training wa.s crucial. in Gabon, iê wa.r to ôe examined vetg thoroughlg together with tàe terlas of referenee providing for the èraining of trainers ouÉsjde the eountry and technicians in Gabon. The llatlonal P A î Sclroot In liDrevil.Ie rvas Éo assisÉ in the ttaining. ft was tecowended that a consultant be commissjoned to dtaw up ê ttaining scheme for the project to be financed b9 I.9.B. Îhe schene approved bg the Bank, shouLd become operational vithin èhe shortesÉ possible tine, (e) The provision of the training eentre with ad,equate teaching equipænt. Aftet inml.eaantatîou the major conponents of the ptoJeet aftet Lmp?eæntation are a.s foTTovts: (ù (CiviT engineering worhs (procurements and worhs); (b) (networh (procuteaents and works); (c) (nainÉainance egnripment (vehicZes and cabTes); (d) consuTtancA and training. _75_ thc quantl.èativê apprai.sal of tàe civiT engineering compc.nent is .snuarJzed in t"he toll,ætlt1g table: (a) Ctu77 Yotlts OUATI?TTTES Inîtial Unlt of lfort Contract 14 + AZ + A2 Done DÎf,ference (|sl Deslgmat,lon UniÈ (t) .(2) - (3) (3llLI) (31/(21 Plptfitg lt 73,9OO 86,103 8O,O95 8,1X -7,016 toreg , .jr.. A 556 537 524 -5,8% -2,1% Prvernt acptlrs Ut 5,OOA 5'zOO 5,069 7.4% -0'6% Roaôvag rep;lr'5 ni, I9'OAO 22'OOO 77 '733 -6,7e6 -I9'1% (2) t Intclr'l eonëÊact Plus cdietZ No,l and 2. B tcaatds stgmifieant units of worhs, the qtrantities done are close to the gruanÊItlas ênuiargd, boëh în respect of the initial conâtact and after èhc noèlâtcrtlon of codiclls I and 2. thjs being Lhe Gêsêe the dlf,ferences àetyeen thc wort done and the eontracè p.lus codïeil are aI.Z negat,ive: the provlslon îot supplelentary worJrs under the codiejls ttês overesttnâted eoryarcd èo tàa worl to De lrplenented. ?he on79 signifl.cant dLfference Detpcsn rcrt done ûrd ttro lnJtial contract sonsern.s Piptng (+ 8.1x); this dl.tfqtqncc ra'fZects tâc gxtansion of the projesÉ area. f||3 rrctrort couponant ætnlg eoncets. ,rupt lie.t êrrd cabling f,ror*.s, tcrlâI llttq and gongtrrtctlon oÊ subscribet lines. Its quantitative appraisal ts gtvctr bl Cb tollovtng taàle.' (b, CabTttm. Aorlel l"lnas and Con:stntction ot Subscribet l;ines OITANTlTlES r, .rl:s. Inttlal ,,. i.. Anlè oC f,orl . ,. Conttact il + Àf +.À8 Done Dl,ÊEerenee (*), D;aslanatLon Unlt ( 7\ (21 (3 ) ( 3, | ( 7, 'ri: ' : Drarlng af cabJicc Condutt U 794i7QQ.:' 222,6o.0 229,770 I8,A% 3,2% ÀcrlaI n 76,200. 76,200 63,746 -77,7% -77,1% Lagtng of lfficr- gtcnnù crbLc n 2',?oo 2,7OO . ; 732 -95,7% -93,7% Lagtngr of DistrtDul' tlon lnlnt l, Z'752 7'762 7,738 -7,296 , -2,X96 .lr Prtti,tttg try Poi,cs A 4,OOO 4,OOO 3,g7g -O,& -O,5% Relnlr and cons- tnrct.lon of strùE- ,:,,!:,_ eîlbaî llncg a l,ooa 6,0Ôë 5,337 33,4% -7r,196 _76_ fn wiring aerial and snràscriôer lines, the variancss arË nore suâstanÊjal êhan in civiL works. Às regards the laging of caôles, during tâe inplemdntation of worls, Éhere was a rever.saf of the cabf,es inÊ,ended to ôe undetgtound or overhead, into cables Taid in conduit. The totaZ num.ber of eaDle ZLnes' aLL techniques put together (conduit, ovethead and underground) Iald durLng ëhe worls onLg increased b9 7% campared to Éâe quantities esÉJnèted (i.e. respectively 292988 and 273600 netres). this var.laice is qtriËe acceptable given the verg Tong time É,hat passed between tâe prellminarg studg and èha project implementation. Ihis onTg tefl.ects the adaquacy of the guanùltias oE unJts of wor* done in terms of grovJnE needs: (creatJon of ner* districÊs). the number of dJstrjàutjon points Tatd is approxLæ.tely eqnrivalent to the g,uanÊiÉies envisaged in the inîtial. contract and aÊëet the codiells. Shis .shows that the subscriber potential in the Tong term rrè.r corteetlg perceived during the init,jal studg. The number of .rràscriôer connections nade, in terns of new wor* and the repairs of exisÊing lines, i,s lnternedJarg àatween the guanêit.ies envisaged respectively in the initial contrract and ëhe signing of the two first eodjcils. fhe varianee (3)l(1) is nornal èahtng .into account the tjae Lag in Éâe implementatlon; variance (3)l(2) reflects a slight overestimatjon during the detaîled project studg. fo thi.s gr.rantitatjve aptrrraisals should be added those resl.zlt,tng froa eodlcl.Ts 3 and 4 as sàown by the foTTowing tables: .,1 ' '. CODICIL NO. 3 ï ii'r -r r .:i1,.: i.. t- . . l,t r'., r QuantiÉies Quantities Unit of, lforft Estimated Done '' Var.tanees (f) Da.slanaf,ian Ilnit (7) (21 :' (2\l(7\ Ptptng tl ro,660 70,399 - 2,416 Eorres U 79 75 - 5'Z16 Laging of rnrDdlv'Cbloni U :3' !' "..tlt,'.",'.' 3 "f n;. 0"A?6 F.ttttng up props U 7,500 700 -53,3% Laging of self-sugtpotting cdbTê FI 20,OOO 20,ooo. o'316 Dr*ring oohduLt cablê I4 29,945 21.,559 8' 716 , -l"r CODICIL No. 4 jTi QuanttéIes Quttntities Aalt of }|ort EsÉinaÉed Done De.:.tgnation Unit (r) Piping T4 70,577 '' 9,627': Lagtng of undetgtound cable t4 3,O40 4,362 Boxes U 87 60 ?. Laglng of subd.ivisjons a 3' *.3 t Putting up ptops U 840 589 Laging of .self-suppottàng CADI€ lt 8,230 70,34O Draring conduit cable I4 35,47O 29,694 Constructing su.bsc r iber li'nes 7,72O :9'53', -17- CodieiT llo.3 signed with llessrs SignalisaÉion colûPang. conca']rrs telaphone services to be ptovided to the NZENG-AYONGârea and was financed with tàe unexpended ôalance of the BDEAC foan and rr'iÉ,h Éhe eq'uitg capl.taL of tàe "OÊfLce,,. The unexpended àalance of the MB loan was used in faru of cod,ïci[. IVo. 4 to the jnitja.I contract with Signafjsation. fhis codicil aade it possiôLe to connect 7720 additional su.bscribers' -18- 3. PROJECT TIqPLENENTATTONÀtID COST 3.7 Condïtl.ons fot Loan Effectiveness 3.I.I Conditions fat f,oan effeeÊ,igeness pere fulfiLTed within a reasonable t,ine. fndeed, after Éhe signaÉure of the loan agreement on 4 December 7978, Éhe loan Dacaae effective in JuJ.g 7979 and this zreans that a77 the conditions precedant to tàe l.tt disàursenent were fulfiTTed with effect lrom that date. tha condition focu.ssed on.' À. Conditions Precgdent to the Fitst Disbursement The àorrorcr.s will und€f,taft€ Éo have Àrtiele 756 of, Êhe statutes of tâa P and T Departnent anended. B. Other Conditions a) îhe bottowet wi77 undartahe to tecruit a consultant for: drawing up the tender documentsi anaZysing and awarding the tenderi - supervising the wor&s; - d.tafting before Éhe second disbursement the tetns of rêfef,ence for the tecruitment, training oÊ the officers who are to be responsible tor èhe maintainance oE the netwarh. b) That the P and f Department's participat,lon in the financing of the project wi77 ôe included annua.lly in Éâe budget, c, ? haè the P and. T Department will àear ang cosË overruns. 3.2 ProcurenenÊ of Goods and Services 3.2.7 Pursuant to the ptovisjons of tâe Zoan agreement, goods and servjces were procured through internationaf conpetitive bidding in aecordance with the Banh's ruJes and procedures on the matter- 3.3 llaior Changas llade 3,3.I îhe changes nade are tàose thatwere reguired to adapt the ptoJecë to the cond.itions that prevaiTed àeÉween É,he prelininary studg Preparêd bg S,OFRECOI{.in 7979 and the detaj.led engineering design ptepared by the rrjnner cgonÊractor jn 7987. The point at jssue was to ,sef,ve the new distrLcts oÊ Librevi1Te which wete not suÊficienLlg stabilized at èhe time the preliainary studg was prepared for example the Owendo area. These adaptatlons were tâe subject of the codiciZ No.l to the contract signed with SIGNALISA?ION. 3.3.2 Considerabie d.ifficultjes observed during the implementation of civiZ wor*s obLiged the contractot to u,se the tarted toadwag instead of the vetg encumbered pavements and Éàis resulted in suâstanÉjal cost overruns talen into account in cod.icil No.2 with SI9NALISAÎIAN. The ptoject afso tooft into accounÉ the telephone services provided to the foTTowing areas: Nzeng'Ayong' IVonDa Do6ine, ie1en, Rue 8a.llag and. L2 ltars and these ate the extensions aade to the initiaT Projeet. _L9_ 3.4 Irr.fi.lemeryLation âçheduTe 3,4,7 The implementaÉjon of the ptoject encountered considerable dlfficul.ttes in Jts initial phase anCl this led to an intetruption of Ëàe contractot's worh and to the signing of codicifs .Z and 2 to tàe jnitial contract. ? he causes of Éhis sjÊuaÉjon were mang. Thete urete sufficiently mentioned ln éhe varjous reports prepared bg OPf and the consultant. What îol7ows is a .runmary of êhe major evenÉs that chatacûetized projeet inplerentation. Project fqrlenentgtlon 3.4.2 the initîal contract signed with llessrs SIGflÂLISAIION Coapang is the type called "quantity" conëract estabLished on the àasis of the ptelirninary deslgn prepared bg the engineering con.su.Ztant. îhe quant,itg contract is tâe tyTn that ls often selested for the implementation of Tine worfrs. ft r.akes iL possible to pay for the guanÉities of tàe units of worft actuaTlg done (and for Êlre egrJpnent effectivaly del.iveted). These gruanÉiÉies are cross-càeckad bg tàe .nrpplier and the susÉoûer or his engineering consultant'. 3.4.3 Î he ânounê to ôe paid for each item of suppTg ot warh is Éherefore the product of Êhe unit p,,rice of the contract, pos.sibly updated if the contract come.r lnêo force after tàe quantitg has been supplied or done. À.t regards the financial aspect, this É.ype of contract âas three nain sÉages.' the initial contract drawn up on tàe ôasis of the quantitLes oÊ the preliminary design and tâe unit prices proposed in the conttactor's tênder,' codiciT No.l esÊaà.Zisâed on Éhe basjs of the qruantities deducted ftom the detalled engineering studg (bS the conttaetor) and from previous unlË, prices; the final amount of the contraet inpl.emented, ptoduct of the guantities done and previous unit prices, updated where necessary. Several conditions shouTd be fuLfi77ed so that the f,ina.Z anount of the contracL af ter irrp.Zeaentation should be a.s close a,s possiôIe to the lnitJal amountt the quantitjes of the units of work should be cotteetlg assessed during the preliainarg studg. Îhe detaiTed engineerLng design on one hand and the iarplementation on the other hand shouTd onTg conttibute to improve the quantity and not to a.ahe proîound changes. The rLsh js noreover .so slim that tâe tiae 7ag between the tàree stages (preliminatg design, proJect and implementaÉion) is sàort; the unit priees proposed bg the contraetor should ôe estaôIished after a serious fieLd studg, Lo take into account a77 constralnts and to avoid any dispute of a subsequent prleei the contract shou.ld eone into force duting the vaZiditg of the contractor's o6fer so a.s to avoid Êhe updat,ing of prices. _20_ rn case oÊ the LibreviTTe contraet, none of tàese eondltlons lrrds fu77y fuLtiL7ed.. .tndeed.. a) tafting inÉo account ÉItë considerabTe time Jag ôetween the est'aDrishnent of, the preziminarg design and the deÉai]ed engl'neeting design, the d.àveTopment of certain areas of the èown .vt'ressed theit need to be served under the project whereas theg were not envisaged in the preTiminary design (cf. chaptet 2); b) as regards the civtl worhs, the con.sulÉant,s prel.lnl.nary deslgn was estaôIished, after consuJÉ.ing the gaàonese pubttc l{or}s auÉâoriÉies on the stâte oÊ the roadwags affected. bg the p"""ag" of É'he structures envisaged. Ihose autâorjÉils orbld,æZa 3.4.-4 eonduct wlth t'he consent of Publ.ic l{or}s authorities, Éàe nece.ssèrg .surv€gs to enaôIe them Êo determine with exactitud.e Éhe cosÉ, ot tàe civil worLs, especiallg those relating to the eutting up af êhe roadrags and aahing repaJrs. 3,4.5 rt seens that at this sêage, the bujlder se.ZecÉed, had. not Ld,entifted. the features of the aaJor sÊreets in Librevijle, nameTy that Éâose streeÉs had an excepÊional design. Indeed, theg were construcÉ,ed jn z976-zz for Êhe o.A.u reeting bg a Yugo.sJavian Compang, in a non ttaditional t4nner (ro to 40 cm thich bituænous_2ager on comPr€ssed ôed roch conprising Jaterite, sdrrdc eartlr and unsorted coal). 3.4.6 The Public woths auêàorjÉiec did not seem to be àware of Éhis. Duting thc fitst votlcs, d,tfÊteulties were encountered in cutting and, repairing tàe roadwags. Condlt,ions for the tepairs of tàe roadwags fotmied, the suôJect of an agreenent. Detween SIGNALISAZION, jÉs sub-eontraetors SOWTEC and pitlD servJces. 3 -4,7 lVoneêheZess' repair wor*s were not d.one in accord.ance with Éhe agreenenÊ and were rejected bg the consultant and pubTîc wor.ks auÉhorJtjes. lhe Tatter hatdened their position, imposing larsh condjtions whjcà led to a znrch ære expensive repail.. c) f;IGNALISA:'ION' s contract became effective o:n 72 l4ath 7gg7, i,e, nearZy onê gea,. aftet the validitg of its otfer (April IIBO) entaiTing the strict app?ication of the contractual clause on the upd.ating of prices. 3.4.8 FoZhowïng thê d.iÊttcufËjes outlined above und,er b) a negotiatjon was 'i, held' between tàe contractor, OPî and the consultant Êo fina.Iize cod.icil No.2 èo the contract. Slnce SOFRECOI4djd not. agree witâ the terms and, costs of êâis codiciT. it was exc.luded from the negotiation and, onTy intervened again 9 nonÊâs Zatêt' at tàe req'ue.st of OP? Director General. to patticipate it Éhe ELnal dissussion. 7.he supplier's initiaT offer (7.3 nillion F.CFA) was fjrst reduced bg the consultant to 875 miZlion F.CFA and tàen to SOO milZion during iztplerentation. t.1.g În conchusîon, the final cost of the ptoject, incZuding cod.ieil No.Z and 2, stood at 3044 miLTion F.CFA, i.e. an overrun of 57% of the initial eontract. ? his difference is ôrofrendown as .f,olJows.. -27- 74% eorrespotd.ing to tàe up-dating of the initial. contracti 3296 are due to the special condjÊjons fot the repairs of the roadwags; 796 come fron additional worfrs requested by OPî; 4% correspond to the diffetence between Éâe consultant's preiiminatg design and the conË'racÛot's definitive gtoiect,. 3.5 OroaBization aBd l4anagement of the Proiect 5.5.7' Thè project implementation unit was teaL7y struetured onZy after 7982 wtth èha eppointmenè of the unjÉ head. À few officials in OPI parëicipated effectiveZy ïn the fulfiTment of the loan conditions. 3.5.A Before 7982, work supervision ïta.s onJlg done bg the engineerinE cons-u|tant, and djsôursement reguests were made bg APT Budget. and Àccounting Departænt. 3.f.3 Aftet 7984, a central unit, for acdounts specÏal.ized in the fl.nancial monltoring ot projecÉs was estaôIished within OPT. ?he unit was strengthened wlth the.appolntnent of a Project ltlanager, a Ditector of Operations and ttith the ê.ssgl,stance of Éhe angineerLng consultant. ?.he combÏned e€forts of thjs wtl.t, alded bg the Banh's recomendatjons culninaÉed jn improylng re1aÉjons Detween the d.LÊferent parties involved in Taging the LibrevifSe network cabfes. 3.6 Æoiect Cgst ' 9.6,2 ptoject total. eost net of Éaxes at tâe tiue of aPPraj,sat rrtart ê.etiaatêd at UA ? .471, mtl.J.ion including UA 5.235 nilTion in foreÏgn exehange and LtA Z.Zzg nillàon in local curtency co.sts. Detailed costs at the time of appraisal ate given in TabLe 3.7 beLow: -22- Table 3.7 Cost. at ApBlraisaT (in UA) Foreign Sxchange COI|,P.ONENTS Costs Local tosts TotaI 7. Ctvll. llorhs 1.7 Supp.lies I 457 874,43 457 558,30 7 903 432,73 7.2 lloths 679 400,90 412 732,74 1 032 733,03 2. t{etworts 2.7 Supplies r. 334 863,37 7 334 863,37 2.2 lforfrs 770 277,89 885 970,92 7 656 782,87 3. ltainÉainance 3.1 Supplies 209 966,47 209 966,4' 1r. Con^suftant g2 236,84 82 236,84 5. Î ralning 83 286.67 744 526.88 # Partlal total 4t 55X.840,57 r. 894 788,24 6 446 628,74 Contingenctes (75%) 682 776.L7 284 278.2,1' . 966 991,35 TotaZ 5 234 676,62 2 779 006,48 7 423 623,09 fotal Roundad UP 5 235 000 2 780 000 7 474 o,00 70,6% 29,4% 700e6 3.6.2 lhe toèal eoat of the PtoJeet net of taxes after LmPleæntatl,on sÉands at ItA 70.839 miZll'on concl.uding AA 7.462 miTZion in foraÏgn excàange and UA 3.377 miTTion in 7oca7 cur tencg, DetaiTed actual cosÉs are glv€n in the folTowlng tabl.e and in taôfe 3.5. _23- ActuaT Costs (in UA) Foreign Exeh' Local CowPnnents Costs Costs Totel' 7. Civil t{orhs 7.7 SutrTplies 37O 659,89 236 385,04 607 O44'g3 7.2 Worls 4 420 562,25 2 70r 543,43 7 r.22 105'68 2. ltleÉwork - 2.7 SuppZies 7 797 779,60 7 797 778,60 2.2 l{or}s 8OO 466,63 ttOS 237,49 7 2O5 698'72 3. IûainÊainance 3.I SuPPIies 275 555,O2 275 555,O2 4. Conaù.tant 2go 024,78 33 ?69,30 323 793'48 5. traLnino 797 O58,3O - 7O7 O58,3O Total 7 462 044,87 3 376 929.26 tO 838 974.73 69r. 37% 700% Ditference in Casts Foteign Ex- Local CornBonents chanoe Costs Costs % Total 7. CiviT ll . I.t suppt. +7o87211,51 + 74.t47 + 2J5773,26 + 47,65 +7296387,8A + 68,77 -59O,O4 J.Z Wo-ihs -3807167,35 -613,68 -228887L,29 -554,55 -6089972'65 2. Networhs 2.7 Suppt. + 137714,77 + 70,27 + 737L44'77 + 70'27 2.2Vôttlrs - 30254,74 - 3,93 +480739,43 +54,26 +45OaI'84'69 +27'2Q 3. llaintainance ' - 3.7 Suppl. - 65588,67 - 31,24 65588'67 37'24 1. Consultant - 207787,34 -252,67 - -247556,64 -293,73 - 5. rraining - 23777,69 28,54 +744526'88 +7OO +72O755,25 + 53'OI ' -24- 3.6.3 With the exception ot supplies for civil wor ks, supplies and wor*s for the telephone networft as welf as Êor ttaining, ali the othet camponents of the project tegistered cost overtruns. fhe mosÉ subsûanÉja.l overrun conserned the civjl wor}s. thjs overrun was bofne bg OPf thanks to BDEAC' BGD Toans and OpT equity capitaT; total cost overruns tàus oôserved sêand at UA 3.425'357.O4 3.6.4 The project was financed by ADB, BDEAC, BGD and OPT aecording t'o the schedufe sumarized below: TabLe 3,2 Sources of Financjng (Ïn Ue) Foreign Sourees Exchange Costs LocaL Costs totaL BAD 4 998 277,35 - 4 998 277'35 BDEAC Z 23A ZZt,29 - 2 238 727,29 BGD - 7 28O 836,70 1. 28O 836,70 OPT 2 25A A46.23 2 096 092'56 2 321- 738'79 rotaT 7 462 044,87 3 376 929,26 70 838 974'79 3,6.5 InitiaTlg, the pnoieet hras to be financed on79 by ADB and OPT according to the follæing labTe: TabTe 3.3 Sources of Financing at APPraisaI (in UA tâousands) ,Sources Foreign Exchange LocaL Currencg TotaL ADB 5 000 5 000 OPT 5 234 2 780 2 474 TOTAL 5 234 2 280 7 474 But ating to difficultles encountered during proJect start-uP' negotl.attons wère entered into between OPf and the contractor responsible fot thâ wotlrs and tlese negotiations sulninated in the signing of a codiciT. To aeet these nël' obligations OPf hqd to apPTg to BDEAC and BGD for ô period sttqp1eûentary 7oan. îhese loans suôsÉituted. the ADB Toan fot a certain after ÂDB had refused to grant a svppTementaty Toan to OPI. 3.7 ExPenditure Schedule by Souree of Financing 3.7.Z The foTlowing scheduie was envisaged at the time of aPpraisalt Table 3.4 Expanditure scheduTe at APpraisaT bu source of Finaneing (in UA Shousand) 7978 7g7g 7980 1987 TOTAL Loc Sources Fote Loc Fore Loc Fore Lac Fote Loe t'ore - BN) 500 2 000 L5OO ZOOO 5 oao 231' 2 780 ovt 50 200 700 7 200 50 600 34 780 7 474 îotal 750 3 300 2 750 7 274 _25_ 3.8 ETJpndjÉurAschedu^Ze by Conponent aê èPPraisa] 3.8.7 ?his schedule was not establlshed at the time oE aPpraJsat. 3.8.2 faDle 3.5 beTow gives the actua.I disàursement situation by components and bg .sources of financing. 3.4.3 às regards the BDEAC and BGD foans and the utiLTzatÎon of OHI equity capital wê rrera unaDle to àave Éâe actual dàsbursement position. Iloetevêt, on the Dasjs of a few daqtnents provided to u.s r{te have prepared the toZZowl.ng ÉaDles: 3.9 Servlces Randered 3.9.I Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh eBorrcnret -.Tha stabilitg ot the Ditectorate and of the lllnisêry ot posts and feleeowtnications should ôe noted. ft js tegretted tÈat the project,,s sxectrÉing agency was not suitabLg strucËured aê the tire the ptoiect conoenced. After 7983, the project unit established made Éhe necessary affort to solve tlra nany problans facing the ptoieet. 3.9.2 ifffffffffffffff hqC?xustrl.iant - the project h'a.t suPervised by SOFRECOII. a) QualiÇu gf ?echnicgl Ëegviceg: ÂPart from the inadequate description of the LibreviTle road structure a.s given in tàe specifications, tâe conseguence^s of which caused the provisionaf halting of civif worls in 1982, the gualitg of servjce.s was on the whole satisfiaetory; b) lforts Sulrervision: During the period from 7980 to 7982, worls stpnrvislon wavered and the con.sultant h'as saÉisfied with correcting the contractot's defects in a pa.rsive ûanner. Ftom Ig82 to the end oÊ the wor.ks in 1,987, the presance oî the engineating consvTtant was effective ; c) Relatjons$th the Eorrorrer: Despite the shortoaings obsenad in vorh supervision froa 7980 to X.982 relaÉion.s ôetween the consultant and the conttaetor were good; d) Quàl.ïtv of Staff: The qualitg of staff assigned to supervige Éâe woths aÊ the LibteviTTe network was good. Ihe mëthod of woth applted dutlng the period 7982 to 7987, qade it posslble to obÉ,ain exceTlent resuits. 3.9.3' fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffheCantractor: ttotks srette entnrsted. to Irlessrs. SICNALISAffON compang îollowLng internati.onal conpetitive bidding. a) Qual,ttg -cii W,ork: ?he eontractot sttb-contracted the entire eLvil worts and the network to a TacaL comPang. Tuto Pàa.se.t can be disttnguïshed in the project implementation. Thë fjrst s,tage gocs ftom 2979 to 7982 during which a fev wealmess€s in the exectttion of Éasls characterized bg negLigence in the exafrLnation of documents mahing up specifl.cations and the Tack oE tigout on the part of the sub-contraetor in implementlng the yorÉs; _26- a seeond .sÉage îtom 7982 to r.987 wàich sâoured r crear împrovaænt in Éhe siÉ,uat,ionr espêcialZg ary regatds iaplenentation t,ine Tinit and the quaTity of worhs which no Tonger gave rise èo any sgrccial obsetvation; b) lttanagerrenÉ, 9nralitgs fhe interna.l, ptoblems oÊ the coûpang, whlch Decaae an affiliate of the G.!.I4.E (Gtands Ttavaux de ltarsallle Entteprise) in 7985 did not, in ang wag affect its solvency. c) RelaÊions wiÉh tàe borower.. Despite a few ,snags which rarled tàe TmpZementation of worhs, a spitit of nttuaZ undersêandJng tlvags sâaracÉ,erized relat,ions between the worÀs o.vnet, Ëâe consulÉing fJra and the contractor, d) QuaTîtativa Evaluationt The norft done by ltessrs SIGNALISAÎZON Coupang is on the wào.Ie of a good technical. quality. fhe only r€.to:r"ve.s aada during the provisional handing ovel. of the structures centred on the toTTowing points.. CiviZ lforfrs.. during Êâe sgstamatie resisÉance testing of the conctete telephone àoxes mnde by SOFRECOITIon the structures of Éàe Lïbreville netror* (scleroneter Éest), cerÉain boxes had values beTow what tàe .qpecifJcations .rtJpulated. The difference compared to the speciffcatjons did not compromise the securitg of the structures. Consaquentlg, it, was decided that their destruction and teconstruction in the notns of the àoxes shouZd not be reg,uested, but a price reduction was aade wâen paying tar the corre.rponding itens; Itlting: certaln pal.tiaL provLslonal handing over wete aade subject to the contractor providing contrastual documentaéion at the end of the wor*s. tlhan the conttaetor .nrDaitted the required verification pr.ogramme, the rgserve,s were temoved. 3.9.1, the Àfrican Developnent Banft t) Assistance to mahe Loan Ef fective.' Zoan negotiatÏon lVo. CSlcBlTLlTS/OO4 consÉituÉed the first Tinh in the relations estaôIished between the Aftican Development Banh and the "Office des Poste.s êt TeTecowntnications". ?he Bank's as.sjstance xra,s considered necessatg and favourabfe to Joan effectiveness. b, Qttalitv oE Supstwision: Duting the period from 7980 to 7982, telatLons between the Bank and OPf adninistraÊion were characterized bg lresiÉatjon as regards the varjous yttocedures on loan adpinisêraëion. îhe supervision mjssions otganLzed bg the Bank foTTowing the problens caused bg the contractot nade it ?ossible not onZg to clarifg Éhe sjtuation but taught. fesson.s to OPI. The desctiption of tasls devo7.ving on each antlty ( OPf -SOFRECOI,I-ADB-S I GNALIS AT ION ) bec ame c I e ar er . c) DisôursenenÉ.r: On É,he vhole, disDursemenÊs ntere regaLat. Iiowevet, OPt oÊten conpLained of orzission on the part of the Banh to send disbursement vouchers required fot the financia.l nonitorjng of the Zoan. -27- d) ADB,s RgZe: îhe 8anft's strucÉural organizaèion (assignaent of a single offiser to supetvise ptojeets irrespective of Éheir numbet jn severa.? countries), consjderabTg Tiniëed between 7980 and L982 the nunôer of Bànk consultaÉions with Gabon. IloPever, through the verg effective interventions of, the 8an* aftar Êàis sterlfa period, Éhere was a very marked iaptovement Ln the technical and financial management of Lhe LibtevilTa natworh projeet. 3.IO 8an* SuPervjsion 3.fO.l fo ADB supervislon ulssion vislÉed LibrevtTle during tàe f,l'rst ttvo gaar.r oÊ ptoject impl,emenËation, Beginning from 7983, thete rras an average of two missions ev€ry three gears. Banh missions proved to ôe ver'y useful d.s regards project màrrag€Dent, and financiaZ monitoring. ft is ptobable that sorne oi tn" plo.blens encolntered, bg OPT in carrying out' ëhe oPeration during _the fîrst gea1.s eould àave àeen effectivelg solved if ADB supervi.sion àad âeen cToselg done during Éhis Period. 3.II RePoits on the-SJtuation 3,lt.,l Dvrlng tàa flrst tf,ro year,s af project inplementatl.on, althouglr aany docunents àad ôeen êataDlJ.sàed. by the various bodies involved in the proJect' no synÉàesis report had àeen addressed to the ADB. ?he first general report on ihe project was prepated foLTowing the ditficuléies in signing eodieiTs 7 and 2, in Decembet 7983, This documenÉ comprised the foZlowing fl'les: - fiTe No,7 general repott on ptoiect impleaentation" - ftle No.2 colTection of the Librevll.Le netwotk plan durl.ng the âunching of tendets; - fjle lûo.3 collection of the netwotk Blans a,s envisaged befote CodiciT No,7; - fiZe No,4 financial sjtuation of the project since the beginnÎng; - file No.S consuf,Éant's role in the varjous implementation Pâases oÊ the proiect; - Êi].e No.6 consu.Itant's recotwnendations lor detetaining the d.iff icultjes ensountered in ptoj ecL ifrItle&entation. Later, ths lant was teguZarlg Lnformed of the Progre.ss o.f the operation. Atter the genetal acceptance o.f worfrs on 28 November 7984' â gènera1 evafuaÊion of worfts and supplies wa.s estabTisbed'. Lastly' supplenentarg rorft.s, the subject oî Coclicits 3, 1I and 5 formed tfte àasjs of period.t c progtess rePorts. 3.1.2 CotnPl.iance bg Bottcrrter wlth his Obligationg 3.72.1 îhe bortover coryTled nith arl his oblÏgations' and ëhLs faclzl'tated Toan effectl.veness uithin reasonaàIe time. 3.73 Loan Disburseaent 3.73.7 Ttre gtace trnriod was four (4) geats and the fitst capital paynent was to be Ln Januarg 1983, TabZe3.7O beTow shows the bottower'.s comitments with regard to Toan tePaYaent, -28- 4. Ejn{À.rtrcrÀzârùÀ.tysIs 1.7 fnternal Rate of Return 4.7.7 Îâe fRR of the proJect at the time of appraisal was 7O.8% and on tâa ôasjs oC tatl.Efs'(BC = 50 FCFA fton 1978 ëo L982, 52.5 PCFA ftom 7985) Lower tlran those anrrentlg applled. after the appraisal of the project (see paragraph 5 .S: crurrent BC = 65 FCFA). .Indeed , tarif f s have insrea.sed three tines srrccessively (52 in 7982, 62 Ln L984 and 65 FCFA in 7988 for Z BC). Îàe nuaDer oÊ I0L also incroasêd rapid.lg, from 11,546 in 7983 to 20,595 in 7987, or an average increase oÊ nearLy 76% pet gear. Ihe gield pat lÎne (439,O0O FCFà' in 7978, 7.5?o aillion in 1.983, 1.232 miffion FCFA in 7987) aZthovgh it îeZZ relaÊIvelg betwaen 7983 and 7987, àas jncreased near lg thteefold sirrce 7978 and quite high eomparing w,ith other countries (Coêe d'fvoire.' 650'0A0 FCFAlltlL; Benln.. 32O,OOO FCFAIT(L). AÊtet impTementation, the rRR stands aÊ 78.68% (annex I1). 1.2 FinancÏal Obligations and their ComgTianee 4.2.I The onlg financlal oôIigaÊions concerned Éhe finaneing Plan. They were made loan conditions coryel7ing the Gabonese autàoritjes to ptovide annual1y în the budget of Éhe P & T DepartmenÉ's participaÉion Jn the financing of, the project in accordance wièh the financing plan and to find supplementary soutges of financing in Êàe event of cosÉ overlarns. A,2.2 'jhe Gabonese autàorJties fulfîZ?.ed tâese condjtions. Variotrs cJrcumsêances irpeded and delayed ptoject, start-up and consequently resultad jn cost overruns. Eecause of this, OPT was foteed to sign two codÏcilc to the contract wiLh SIGNALISÀf,IOIù. ?ha fjrst, signed in Àugrusë 7982, was tinanced by OpT and the second, sl.gned in January 7984, bg BDEAC. Certain wor&s rere also exesuted b9 force account wjÉh the 8anft's approval. âll tlàa d'Ïf8tsulties Êhat cau.sed tàe extanslon of time 27 to 44.5 months), did not prevenëOHf f,rotl æeting aL7 the f.{nancial obligations of the project. J; -29- 5. RESULTEJAI,TDCHaJIOES TN OPT 5.7 &egal Status and .Pgrpose 5.7.2 Lagallg, the "Office des Postes et ?eleconraunlcaÉ,ions du Gabon" @Yf) âas not changed sjnse 29 October 7964, the date it was estaàlished bg larv Àlo. 74164 and since the appraJaal of the project, It remains a state-owred, industrial and eolllog,îcial eoncern. 5.7.2 Endowed rlth a legal personaliÉg and financiaf autonomtlt OPE ûag under lts regrulations, and wità the consent of the Board of, Ditectors raise .Ioans for the con.structlon and developraent of its administtative, teelutieaT' coûrercjal and ltocial facjljties. However, the amount oE surrenê debt including Lntercst and amortization eannot exceed 20% of the revenue of OYE durtng the previous financial gear (ordinance No. 36/79/PR d.ated 27109179). ÂÉ the tiae of àppraisâl, the Tevel wâ.s fixed èt 70% in accordênce with arËicle 756 of the sÈatutes estaôIishing OPT. 5.7.3 fts soclal obJactiva àas not changed,. OPT âas postal and telecomtnisatJons monopolg over national and internaÉjona.l networhs and ensures all astlvitjes envisaged by UPU and ITU sonvenÉions and arrangeaents tegardl,ng international re.lations. 5.2 Otganlzation and l4anagenent 5.2.7 OPI js stilt managed bg a Board of Direetors aade up of a maxl.ntm nuuôer oE 72 aenDers presided over bg the l(inister Delegate at the Ptesidency of tlre RepuDlic. in chargo of Infornation and PosÉs and Telecowtnicatjons. Since tlrc gstaôll.shrent of OPT, the functions oE its Eoard have not ehanged and aaong Êhe nost inportanÉ are.' approving plans fot the generaZ organization of OPî; advising on OPT germanent staff regulations; deternLnïng procedure.s for recrttitment, salarjes and aanageænt of non-permanent staff; the function to apptove the OPt budgeè, contract ôorrowings, flx postal , telegrawe and telephone raÉese utith the exception oÊ those governed bg international convenÉions. 5,2.3 Fost and TeTecomlrlrunicatjons activities come urtdet three Targe depattænts (annex 9) each of which is headed bg a Deputg Director General, 9 Dltectorate,s and one accounting agencg. a71 directTg attached to the Dîtector Eenetal. of OPî. The latter js appointed b9 d.ecree on the advice of the supervl"sinE l4inister under whoa are the f oTTowing: -30- 7. Degartmenè of îeleeonantnteations oî Êhe lttational itleÉwor*. wiÉâ.' Switching and networks DirecÉorate. TeZeconmtnications operation and coawrctcl.al affairs diractotate. 2. Department of fieZecoawnznications of the Internatlonal l{etwort. 3. Department of Postaf and Financiaf Servicest with: Postal Services Directorate , FLnanciaZ Services DireeÉ,oraÉ,e. 4. Direetorate.s directLg attached: ,' i*llit;irï",*iiili'*'r'r"r'r'-r'r";',:.i',ï"::"'" : Budget and Àccounts Ditectoraée."oi,,. __ :::,2::i: : T,,,2:,::7:,,*,z:T",:Ttto, at e . "Comtarcial and ?echnicaf Aff airs" : Jnspectlon Directorate. ACCOANîS AGENtr 5.2.3 The present General illanager has been at post sinse 7976. His frtrrctlons and those of his imnediate assistants are given in Annex IO. The n6w organization chart of OPT is denser than what iÉ was at the tire of Êhe apprais5al of the two proJecÉs a.e a resuft of the growth of OPI (staft r;l.ttbet has doubled, budget has increased) and jn order Lo better Éachle the soeial, technical and financial ptoblens and new ptoducts.' tefemaèic etc, 5.3 Personnel and lraining 5.3.7 ghen the projeet was appraised in 1978, OPt had. Z,AZ5 enployees with . 733 for teleeonnunleaÉions. In êhe Tight of ptojects ptogtamed for the fuèute, parèic-u7arl.y in teleconmrznicat.ions, OPI has relativelg lnetaased the numhar of the technleal stafÊ; out of 7.502 emppTogees at the end of 7983' i.e. only 5 years Zater, 40% of the empToyees are with teTecomnicatLons' i . e. 64I l.ncl.uding 73 engineets (annexes 71. and 72) . Âs the tabZe beZow sâows, tà€ 40% ranained up to 7987. .rn Ju19 2988, out of a total of 2'036 js ampToyees, utoæn accounÉed for 3O% i.e. 53L women and a sustajned effott : positions responsiôiZ.itg. balng aada to appolnt woûen to of :.,. !, ï -37- frend of ProducÉivitg -Index et 9Z? Produc- lotal Nunbet lluraàer in tivity Years of Etttplogees leleeommttnicat ions UL fndex 7978 7 015 733 6 600 30 7983 7 602 64J. tr. 5i{6 55 7984 7 639 648 75 243 42 198s 7 728 69L x.9 269 36 7986 7 935 774 20 094 38 1987 2 022 870 20 695 39 5.3,2 x,he É,raining pr.ograûmes considered at the time of appraisaZ were weZl executed. thirtean telecon;rntnications technicians and L4 alectto-mechanical lnsÉallation tecànicians (À-fE?t) ftave been trained' In view of the fact that this .sactor J.y highly teclnicaT, OPI .benefjts from the expetience oÊ technlcal assjstànts (1te ai tie staff) who train nationals on the Job. OPt also has Éhe 'rEco\e Ittatjonale,' vhete worh inspecÈors and engrineers êre Érained. 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ItF {r ol ro Fl r{ (nl fl Êld (\l c{ ôl (of or ('I an@ ro (\|t rtg ol $t or \t F{ Ol G| ,fl ("l It €r il oot r.l âlË-l nl ' Ël :lt" ' c+l st Ët fr Ë, .iq cll ol .. ul .; (ô i o Citû '=l glq '; Ol ' o, oÈ (r fl FI col orl Fl rq fl flsl qËl "t gt^ fl rl!J ËIS5l É tl €l-|{ HËT Ç .gl H Irl (Yl 3l @ codrl r!l)l I s!@t or ol@l Forl (n (') 0l â d r{91 o o ct r ol Ë'l H il ., Êl c a tU|èL $É, F|.J fl c Éd d î, .J tÛ r{ Ëlfl Ë* ;r Ë* Ë Ë ilîû$O olso g Ol Él glEl âë ËlâE s â FtEr 'i''Ï .'.,' ; 'r, r i :: ; ; :o ?. -37- jndex jt 5,3.3 In I97g, the productivity was 20 employees for 7'OOO ljnes; urent up to 55 in 1983 êr.s a rê.sult of the new valume of work and the ftontiet techni1ogy OpI' has to face. The ind.ex went down to 40 on the average ln tàe subseg'uent years. fhts js satisfactory but it is possiô.Ze that with the prese;t capacities of the installaÉion.s (guite lot occuPaLion rate.' 60% jnstead of the gO% notmalZy accepted) and a Êew economlc developmenè progra4es pendjng in ëhe country despite the resession, a productÏvity index ât SO empTogees for 7,OOO line in the coming yea5.s is envisagad. 5.4 Àccounts and Àudjt not 5.4.2 Since the appraisal-of of the proJect, OP!'s accounÉlng syftêr àas changed. Àt Càe end eaeh financial gear, operating accounts' balance ,sàêet and annua; îepor t are prepated. Accounting is now computerized âÂtt cost accountJng wïI1 not be introduced untjf jn about a rnininum of two gears time. The "Gabonese d,Âudit et Expetti.se" (64.9) a franco-Gabonese consuLting firn is c'.,;,rentlg earying ouÊ, sÉ,udies Êor the reotganization and genetal eonputerizatÏon of OPf - "Cour 5.4.2 Tha accounts of OPf nag àe audited periodicalTg bg the des Cof,rptes',, an agency which was set up onlg four gears ago and whlch audlts the of tàe slate. public and semi-puôZic enêerprises. It is dlrectlg accâunts "Cai,sse under the llinisttg of Justlce. On the recommendaùjons of the CentraZe de Coopetation Econoaiqve" (CCCE) two geats ago, the account's af OPt ate now audited annually. fhe firn select'ed is HELIOS. 5.5 Tariffs S.S.L Tarîffs are regxrlated by the eonnercial teleeomtniseêions servjces code. îhis code was amended bg decree t/o. 254/PR/I4IN-INF-P! of 78 Febrrtatg 7984. -It is teproduced as annex 73 with the new taritf principle. (there 5.5.2 For focaf colmntnicrttion.s, withjn tàe same grlouP of exchanges âre g in Gabon), tariffs are Tumpæm with a basic charge of FCFL 65 Pet coraraunicaÉion itrespective of the duration. îrunk and Ïnternational cotmunicatjons are charged by duration depending on the distances. For the former, the tarlff js àased on a àasie charge eveîY 75.45,second.s and fot the Zatter ever1 L,333 seconds to 6 seconds depending on the disèance between the eounttg and Gabon: 6 seconds Êat some african countties, 3 seeonds fat Ftance. 2.4 seconds for Spain, 7.333 second fot the USA etc. For the automatic networls the eharge is bg impuTse; Sjnce the appraisal of the Lwo pl?ie.!t-"_:_ (FCFA the basic charge has ôeen increased three times, the fitst in JuIg 7983 (FCFA SO to S2), tàe sesond. in t984 (FCFA 62) and the third. in 14ag 7988 65). 5.6 B-illïng and Recoverg 5.6.I Two Bu7L llinj 6 conputats are used tot biTling; there Js an integrated set vith f,lve sub-applications: Iine regmest processing (teTephones, te7ex, specialized Tines); administrative and technical management of the cawetcial' fil.e; biTTing; Eecovetg and dlsPutes; statistieaT statements. month) 5.6,2 Bil1ing is done every nonth (atound the 22nd of the folZowing for a71 suôscriDers. It is done in three stagesl data collection,. processing of anonaliesi actual bi17in9. -38- 5.6.3 Aftet tàe anonalles àave àeen processed, the bi77 is caZculaËed. TT conprlsas.. ronÊàIy suàscrlptlons in accordance wtth the data from the cot0/etcial fiTe; consunption (aeters, tickets) ; arrears with surcharge if not paid on Éine. Àfter tâe audit stateaents lrave been cheched., êâe bt77s go onto É.he rerote qqonsotes and tâe svwatized and audit stateaent àrê edièed.. l|he standing order.r are transnitùed bg conputer invaices to the ôands and bg tape to the postal cheques. 5.6.4 thèr.e are two nodes of pagaent: bg standing ardêr, Jn cash or by càequê. ?àe Êaâle Delos gives the places and nodes of pagænt oÊ DIIIs in 6aDon. LIBRWILIE Àf,D SUAURBS HlNlEIILATID Recovery A,C. ?EL Àccounting A.C. TEL Other Centras OI]EïIN Àgencgr Port Gent,iT Localltles t ÀÉ countarl *Àt counÊer 8g ch€que *ÂÉ counter; *ÀÈ counter - fn casâ.' - fn casà - fn casà - Bg cheqtre: - 8Y cheq'ue BY service - Bg cheque po.tt order Vouchers ot ân - ot CCP ot casâ * Bg Eanh * 89 aanl *Bg Banh 5.6.5 IÊ ôlIXs are not païd, two sanctions are applted. îhe flrst ls suspension nhich ls app.lied 3O to 45 dags afÊer the Tast blll. Pagaent after Êàis sanction n,ag be madc, depnnding on Éhe case, aÉ the places and by the uodes Tndtcated aDove. IE payrent is st.ill not made within 75 day.r the Zine ls sut and a fee is càarged for reconnesÉion. If, 30 days âfter the ant paymenè is not made the ljna js auÉonaÉicaLTg removed. Legal action is then ÊaÊen Éo recovâr tàe aaount due. 5.6.6 In 7985 total publie and gtivatê unpald Dllfs were 3M, l.ê. FdFA 7.932 btlllon. thts went, down to FflFA 7.6L7 biLl.ion in 1.986 and FCFA tr,O85 bi1Tion in 798?, which repr€.sent respectively 3O%, 28% and 77% of the recovera.b.le amount.s. The dectease in 7987 rta.s due to the signature of an agreement àetween the state and OPT on teductian of, arrears owned bg pablic estaà2jshments (5g.5gb and 42%). ?.he nea.rure.s introduced in this regard were foilowed bg restrictJons on cartain mînisterial computetized btTTing and con^5eguently recoverg, and strictness on the patt of OPT against individua.Is have brought tàe sjtuaèlon undet conttoZ and partictzLatLg reduced arrêars olved bg ind.ividuals (23%, 2O%, 7796). The tabZe below gives the trend of arrears: îrend ot Recoverg getween 7985 and 7987 (L00 FCFA) RECOVERABLEA'O€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ ANTS AT4AUNTSRECOVERED OfficiaL Ptivate OfficiaZ Private Years Total SuDscrib. SuDscrib. TotaT % Subscrià. Suàscriàers '.g85 26 297,50 5 052,25 27 215'25 18 465,90 70 2 094t26 16 377,61 2986 27 720,57 5 509,75 27 61.0,82 79 509,60 72 2 251.,62 L7 257,95 2987 24 072,18 4 975,55 79 975'55 19 926,63 83 2 870,08 1.7 056,55 39 ARREARS Official Private Ygrârs Total _%: % ,?o r985 7 E31,60 30 59 23 19E6 7 61097 28 s9 20 1987 4 085,95 t7 42 lt .-t f. ,'':'. 'iri t :. 5.7 9pEiation Andysis s.7.1 The analysis deals with the inthe table below: '' ' suruarv' of operatiae' Accouois'=('198 1i198 7 ) .(lo" FTc{a) ;.; ;:, ' '-"., .;' ',:.._ 'i . .... :i ' 'i;r* rg8r teq? æ-g3 rgq,i 1s86 1987 ...... '.... 1. Postal ?evenue 97L.2O L227.80 1302?24,' :..1514'00 1446' 00 1290.00 1306,00 i .' : .,,','. . 2. lelecon. Revenue 12459,20 15985,60 19878,g0 23gL4,OO 2?541,00 29926,00 27LO4.0O inc!-uCing: lelex 1609'04 L724'L3 2035.80 26L9'22 3007'19 2510,84 leleghone 2881,5? 9889130 1318.1,4016086,40 L9L47,69 2084L,23 24006.69 79016,02 3. other p.evenue 4g7.60 32L,5O 794,30 11b9rOO 1037,00 959,00 2135,00 {. lota!- !.evenue 13918, OO 1?534, gO 2Lg75.40 26537,00 30024,0O 321?5,0030546, 00 5. Cperating Expenditure including3 12580,60 16326'90 20135'90 26000'AO 29786,0031996,00301?8.O0 personnel. 2649,40 3971î70 4280,10 5711,00 6229,00 7060,o0 8380,00 3914,60 3930,30 5487,90 gg2g,00 g54gr0011118,00 7150,O0 /rmortization 6- Cperating Result 133?,40 1208,00 1839,5 53?,00 238,00 179,00 368,oo ?. Self-financing 5252,00 5038,30 6321,30 9365,00 9786,00 1129?,OO 1528,OO :.,. 40 'Table'3:10 ': . : '..'i::. ,,a; Amortiz Comission 'Debt'Total 0bser- due ''.ÎûÊêÈêsrs Iear l{atSlity capital corresp & Others -i"o vation 1983 otl'.ls3 1q28800000 39 373 148 4X 2s1 ?68 80 ,r, oLl7l83 138st26 052 42 352 249'4L 213 s39 83 56s ?88 198{ OtlLlS4 13{707'1 603 {6 {{9 ?30 41 169 3Bs 93 619.1r,5 OL|T/84 130062'1873 {7 ?86'93?'4S'299 Z?O'' 785 2A7 t.. 1985 oLlLlSS 125313? 936 103 816 806 s6 357 39s 160 174 201 or l7l85 11t[9321 130 90 661 013 60 300 605. 150 961 619 1906 oL/L186 1058660 117 64 264 065 49 734 gLL 113 998 9?6 oLl7lg6 99{396 O52 115 677 s73 47 06L 3L2 162 738 885 f' 1987 o'.lL/s1 878718 {?9 66 589 581 38 954 463 7 10tl 948 112 648 992 oll?187 8L2L28898 100 957 625 36 318 458 6 393 473 143 669 s56 1988 01/1/88 7111?1 273 L69 684 723 44 ?80 923 I 497 377 222 963 023 2318/88 541486. 550 122 38s 381 46 8.13i381 6 482 575 175 6.S1.33? . : -. Repayment of loans granted by the otber financiers (BDEACand BGD) are shown in the following tabLes: . 'Tab1e3:11 n"p"yÆffiiEAc Lo"o ffi Amortiz CouunissionsTotal obser- Year l{aturiÈy Capital due Corresp. InteresEs & Others Debt vatiôn 8{ 3016184 81s 000 000 2 X13 540 5 705 5s3 7 819 093 7 819 093 3L/t2/84 |' 23 082 380 82 191 23 164 57L 30 983 664 85 30106/85 . 31 000 553 2 241 329 33 24L 882 64 223 546 3Al',2/85 ' 32 504 500 2 452 947 34. 957 447 99 182 993 86 30fo6186 ' 32 481 973 2 618 215 35 100 188 L34 283 181 3LlL2l86 t 32 524 653 1 696 030 34 220 683 168 503 864 87 3010618? ' 37 53s 051 1 560 s93 39 095 6{4 207 599 508 3tlL2lg7 ' 31 734 506 40 004 529 1 06s s46 72 804 581 280 404 089 88 30/O6le8 " 44 180 715 4? 864 610 1 6X4 909 93 660 224 374 064 313 4l lab1e 3. 12 wnepayilfil-ôE-EGo'Loan Amorriz. ;omnission Toral obser- vati-on Year {aturity'Caoltal clue Corresp. Interests & Others Debt 82 30/6/e2 s00 000 ooo s L75 782 g t1s 782 9 x?5 782 r 30/L2/82 13 s?s 291 13 575 291 22 75t 073 ' 83 3016183 35 71s 0oO 1s 093 055 so 808 055 75 559 128 30/t2/83 464 285 000 3s 71s 0oo- 16 114 018 626 9s9 52 48s g17 L26 045 10s 8{ 1ol6ls4 428 57o ooo 35 215 ooo L3 gzz 490 91 s99 49 7zg og9 175 77,t Ls4 301L2184 392'855 000 35 71s 000 16 912 ?91 29 122 s2 6s7 SL3 228 43L 707 85 30/6/85 35? 140 oOO35 ?1s 000 1? 016 456 , 52 ?31 456 281 163 163 301L2/85 32L 425 O00 35 71s 000 15 8os 621 5t 520 62:- 332 683 ?84 86 30/6/86 285 710 000 3s ?ls o0o 1s o?s 3s1 26s 05? 51 0s9 449 383 743 233 3OlL2/86 249 995 000 3s 71s 000 12 543 77L t. 1 029 48 259 800 432 003 033 87 3016/87 2L4 280 000 35 ?1s 0oo 10 78? 041 L Azs 46 503 070 478 506 103 301L2/81 178 565 000 35 ?15 000 I 99s ?61 I 029 44 ?11 7sO 523 2L1 8s3 88 30/6/88 L42 850 000 35 715 000 7 3s7 677 I 029 43 073 ?06 565 291 599 4r -42- 5.7,2 The analgsis of tha operating âccouns.e show the preponderance of teleeomtmznicatior-ts in OPT's actJvi ties. ËeÉween L987 and L987 teleconnunications revenue èccounted for nearly 9096 oÊ the total revenue. htài]e posÊs fetched an average of onTg 6% of revênue. IhroughouÉ êhat periad, tàe average annual gtowth rate of Êefesonnunjcations douàIed coatpared èo that of posts (L4% against 7%). Revenue increased from FCFA 12.5 blll.ion in 7981 to FCFA 27.7O biTTion in 7987, i.e. over è I.tO% increase in 7 tinancial years. :Ihe same applied to the Érend ot totaZ operating revenuè. From 2985 postal trev€nuê sÉarted going down foLTowing the decline jn the operaÉions of .some enÊerprises due to economic recession. ln 1987, there wa.s a slight increase due Éo the normal grourth which has always àeen the Zot of thjs unit. 5.7.3 Wtth regatd to teTecorwtnjcaÉions, ââe growth ôeÉween 1985 and 1986 was only 8.7% instead of 20% in annuaf average and there n'a,s a drop of about ZO% in 7987. this is due to the slight decrease in telephone traffic and the extremely difficult economic siÉuaÉ,jon prevailing jn a77 deveZoping counêrjes. Consequently, the state tooh measures not onlg ùo setÉ.Ze its debt to OPt DuÉ also to teduce jts teJecowrrunicatjons con,sunptio't. The anticipated revenue of FCFA 28.5 bilTion in 7988 is fron the already existing norna.l grrowth and also fron the reactivatàon of public booths (72O in a77) which are expected to fetch nearly FCFA 2 bilTion a 9ea1. 5.?.4 Operatlng expenditura Js eonposed mainlg of repayments (27% annua.X averàge) to îIG (Ielecomtnication fntetnationaTe du Gabon, a Ftanco-GaDonese Coapany) personnel expenses (23%) and amortizations and tre.serve.s (3096), In f986 and 1987 OPf sÉrengéhened the technjcal .Ieve.I and parÉlc'u7arlg the nunbet of iÉs staff so as to cope with new instal.ZaÉjons urrder various ptojeets and the considerabla volume of work. In L988' the wage bil7 wa,s expecf,ed to go down srràsÉantial.ly as a resul.t of II4F irnposed neasures which involved the stoppage of pagment of àonusas and alJowances to ernpToyees of StaÉe Corpotatlon, govêtnment departmenÉs and parastataZs. The repaymenÉs to TÏG constituÈe the share of revenue of that coûpang in accordance with a shating agreeaent batvaen it and OPI which is in charge of recovetg of àiJIs. 5,7.5 Alaortl.zatjonsr on the averËge 30?- oÊ total expendltute' are alÈo hÎgh a.r a re.sult oE ùàe self-Êinancing of proeutements for the constraction of the haadqvartets, yarJous proiects and repagment of oTd and neYt loans. The consideraàfa votune of expenditure has an jnevjtaàfe impact on the operating ra.srrlts. lÎlris js evidenced by the fact that the results wenÉ down from FCFA ,..839 blTTion in 7984 to FCFA 53? niTlion in 7087 due Éo the guit'e âlgh wage b111, seif-fjnancing and rôpagnents to tIg, The stoppage of aZlowances' the decrease of seTf-Êinancing in 7987 and the forecast decrease in 7988' the mainÉainance of the present total stoppage of lnvesÊaenÉs, the reducéion or t productivlty raÊe and jncrease of the occtzpation rate Êrom 6O?o to 90% sàould enabTe OP? beâore Zong to come bach to its 7982 operating profit, 5,8 ÀnalYsis of Bafance Sheets 5.g.1 7:ha capttal structure of OPT is analgsed from the balanee sheets of 198L to 79E7 which are summarized beTow: 43 I rQtPeery:of P91,"o"" sbg 'c.T. .ij 6. ': - i. (10-. FCFÀ)_r '; '_:l_"'- .r;.; : ASSEIS 19SJ \982 1983 1984 1981 1986. ..198? 'Fixeil r'i 1 f :ii r. Assets -- ,. ,' ': ; '.t - ,.. | q . ; 615611?Êt ?e 1u 9161118ôa 4l 1ô 13357,65i15ct ce 18188rO0"232L7;00.?g810eOOàq â ^^a.- 33g7gr0o i.r '''' 2;:. l.nVeStment -"' in progress ' * 11b01, gL LzTLor?B 11e93,oB. 13143; o0' 1g461,oo.'.23666r: oo-:s2662.00.. '3. - '' Participating 'Bonds 29, so 159,50 159,50 159,50 1s9,so 1sg,5o 1s9,so 4. Current Assets : L1332r4L 22523'98 28404'40 21957t00 43783'OO524O5rOO 58O34rOO 5. Liquid-Assets t' , ' 5010-75 3842.32 3902.16 16q89.00 1?845 00 16649-OOzuLf] ,OO 6. ÎoÎÂL {0130.74 48397.76 s77L6tga 76436150 10351,s0'122609,s 169002,5 LTABILITIES 7. Àopropriations and Reserves 17854.49 22427,.77 28773tL2 39732,00 52O43roO632s6roo 6s666,00 .' 8. Long and !.!edium term debts 6847r88 8L22.25 7206t23. 6800'00 9351'OO 13329,O0 43224r00 9. Short-term debts 14090,93 16639,?O 19958,OL 29367,00 41883,00 45g25rOO59750,00 10. Results. L331.44 L2!8.04 !839.44 537.s0 238.50 1?9.50 35?,00 11. lorAl /10130,74 49391.16 s71L6tgo ?6436,s0 1o3sr5.s Lz26ggrs 16900?,s L2. l.torking capital 18546,20 21388,84 2256L?6928344.00 381??,O 46115.50?{912,00 'Debt/Equirv 13. ?ario 0136 o,43 0,68 O.14 0166 0167 Or13 14. .Liquidity Ratio 2îO2 2rL3 2,3O 2,L5 2,03 2rL5 lr g{ 15. Return on Fixed arz2 or13 orl4 o,o3 0rol 01006 01011 Aesets -44- 5.8.2 It js noted frorn the aàove taô.Ze that there wa,s a sàarp jncrease (average of 29% a gear) of fixed asseÈs trom 7987 to 7987 resulting froa various projects impleaented' incl.uding the two ADB ones vhisà arê operational. ?he counterpart is llaàjlities in Éâe fotm ot Tong and ædlun-tern deDês. 5.8.3 The appreeiable Tevel of the I^iquidttg tatLo due to the volune of current assets conpared to shorÉ-term deôts ref.l,ects the exiséence of a worÈing capital enough t,o meet, varjous operating expenses. îhe 7ow level of deàt ratio from these .seven finaneiaT geats, highTight the size of OpT,s d,ebts, j.e. over 50% of a77 expen.se^ç and particularZg of short-tera debts. ?he managemenÊ àas tafren a nurnôer of mea^sure.s to improve OPf 's eapital structures no nore JnvestnenÊs folTowed bg an agreement with Éàe staÊe to bting Jts arrear,s to a reasonaô]e 7eveL, appTication of the Gov€rnnent,s decislon to stop pagment of alTowances and ôonuses (about 30% of the ptesent wage blTI) nainêainance or decrease of the productivitg index and increase of, the occupation rate. The return on fixed asseês wi77 thus improve. 6. ECONOù\ICAPPRÀJFAL 'the 6.0.7 The aia of èhe project rr'a^t to itnprove qualttg of Éeiepâone sarvjce ln LibteviTTe bg modernizing and exÉ,ending tàe t,elepâone networ&. Vltth tàis operaÉion, the gield per nain ]jne is higher.' from FCFA 329,550 in 2978, iÊ went to an annual average oÊ FCFA 962,700 and the sâare coming dltectZy from the project represents nearly 35% of tlljs reyenue. 6.0.2 fàe ôenefits derjving f,ron the project as determlned at èhe time of tâa apprai.sal were reliabiTitg and effîciency of lines and meeting of requl.rements of aconomic opetatots. Ihe improvement of reliabilitg of lines ls now verg signiticant and tàqre js a remarftaô.Ie increase in reyenue fot the operating assount (see chapter 5.7), which testity to the Lnpact of the ptoject. In Libteville, Port-GentiT and the.seuen centres, the number of main .Iines increased from 6,600 tn 7978 to 20,695 in 7987. 7. CONCII0STONS 7.1 Attalnnent of Project Oblectives 7.1.7 the ptoJect, aost of whlch lras àeen fînanced, bg ADB, àas contrthtted conslderablg èo the extension and reliabiTitg of tàe Gaôonese Êclacorraunlcations nêtwotk. Four aain indieatots na*e iÉ, possib.le to aea.surê the progc€ss tàat, has ôeen aade: a) the nunber of main Tines (I4L) in LibteviTl.a incraased ôg 2.6 in six y€ars' Êtom 6,775 at the beginning of 1.987 to 76,057 at Êhe end of 1986. ?ha nunôer of aain lines in LibreviTle cortespond^s approximatelg to three guattets of the total number in 6abon, The present numbet Js atound 16,000 lLnes, and Éâls despite an annuat Tavel of regnresês of aôouê 2,5OO, consÉant since four y€ars agot the nunber of neu', subssrjàers connected js coopensated by a substantiaTLg equivalent nunbet of cancelTed snràscriôers and those on Éransfers and owing to this fact, the Jncrease ln numôer is ainosû zero, The number of telephones tàen seerns to stabî7ize, mainly owing to the high Level. of canceTTation,s, and this despite increased demand. ù f:rhe nunôer oÊ tehex suôscrjbers jncreased bg 24% in three years' ftom 679 at the end of 1.983 to 844 at the end of 7986. -45- c) The quality of the netwoth oÊ lines aade tt possJDle to suôstantiallg lncrease the reliabiTitg ot the entite èelapbone networl in LlDrevjlle. The number of fault sÎgmalltng wanë Êron 72,357 in 7983 to 8,097'in L986 (i.e. less Lhan 35%), whereê.s during tàe sarne period tbe nuraber of main telephone lines increased bg 6O% (ftoa Z0,086 to 76'057). Ihe tatio: numbet oÊ fault signallings èo 7OO main ljnes and pet gêac (FS/70O ItLlyear) therefare went froa 724 in 7983 to 50 in 7986. â suàscriôer only âas a fault once every two year,t on tâê averag/e. fhis figure ûag seea high in absoZute tetm' but tha fact renalns that it is one of the best in Éâls reglon of Àfrjca. d) DespiÉe the consideraôJe nunber of subscriâer connections that have ôeen provided these lesÉ pêârse tàê Ll'breviTle uràan netwoth sti7L àas toom for mor e connections since the overalZ occupation rate of transnission caôJes is 72% and that of tàe dlstriôuÉion network is 55%. wtth the avaiTable numbar oE pairs, it, vi77 be possible to meet the growing nunber of subsctiption demands in the comîng gêars withouL consÉnrctJng Tatge infrastructure.t,' thjs howevet does not exclude mjnor occasional saturations in disttibution. 7.7.2 Future Plans of the Ptoiect â5l staÉ€d in thJs tepr,tt, the ftamewoth oE thë projeet àa.t been eonsiderablg changed sJnee the initja.l appraisa.Z. ?ohe successjve extensions nade undet the operatîon enabled a Targe patt of the LibreviTTe urban networh to àe eoveced. The suôseguent developaent of tàe network, in terns of the neêd for new paired eaàIes, is closelg Tinked to the evolution of the econoaic sltuatlon of the eotntry. Since a few years ago, it ha.s ôeen oôsetrr:ad that tlrc nuuler af ëelephona 2ines in the capital ciËy has stagnated. 6iven that the present nunDer of lines maÂes it. possible to meet expecâed, denands over the next fer y€ars, OPI does nat intend to launch an important aediura teta operatlon as regatds the utban netwotk, 7.2 Lessolrs fron the ProJegÉ, ?.2.7 The aodernisatlon and extension of the LibreviTLe teleghone networ& proJact was a necessity for tàe "Office des PosÊes et Telecoarrntnications". The implementaÉion of a project of this magnitude is fu77 of .Zessons fot aZl intervenjng partie,s a.s a vhole and for OPt in particu.Zar. f he diff,iqtltias recalled in Éhis teport characterized the împlementation of the ptoiect, nainly its lnitlal phase; aÊtentards the situat,ion gteatLg Luproved, tlndovbtadlg, these pr oblëns could âave àeen minimized or even avolded, tf the parties involved in the ptoject had aonitored jt more closeTg. This operation slroued tàe împortance of a tlgorous aethod of project nanageaent. Ilo phase of le is to be negleted., and ln any cè.s€ not the Taunching of Lhe ptojecè. Lastlyt despite the considerable delag in the inpTementation oÊ the project, the goals set at appraisal have àeen attained. Good qualitg wor&s have been done, and LibrevilZe àas Deen provided with a network of lines É,hat are on the wàole we.lt diaensionad, rcdern and reZiabTe à.5 the growth of the nain chatacterisêic indicators shows. 7.2.2 In order to lncrea.re the output anà efficieneg of projeet manageænt units, tt is ftigàIg desirable that the number of project supervision ajsslons esPeciaTly at start-up be increased. j:. :ô,5^. ,' GAtsON ANNEX : I LIBREVÏLLN TNT,ECO}O.fUNTCATIONSPROJECT '\ \,.Ê. -r.ra. r- Miî.çr.l t I I C O N GO EOUATORIAL I t \ GUINEA i ) --'-t a' uF"/ i M'vcdhÉO ! f'{êk!.nbo I a-.ë'i:a'-r Mitric T TER€VIIIE \. \ I \ .. €Oænpa O (' 3s I |vlfrtdroo I I /ua;s \î' J/ ( / aèA.nbl '-.-l TclÊcr,çr cor{GO AT L ANT IC 1 OCEAN ! l.lelarmbt I a -rt\. \.1 PRINCIPALROADS I''lINORROAOS c ! ct 90 {!c trn ha='*;:Jæ*d s (;,LI AI.IN É X; 6ABON - LIBI'EVILIÆ TELECOMI'I!}TICATIONSPF.OJEdT THEPROJECT,S OPERATIONAL ORGANISATION CI{AR'T M. D. 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Âctua.l end oÊ Works 20-03-7986 t Entry into force of CodiciT No.4 79-08-79A7 s End of Contractual Warks 03-08-7987 : ActuaT end af Works âod-i;-il lio.4 L7-12-7986 i Enttg into fotce of CodiciL No.3 16-72*7987 : End of Conttactual Works 20-77-7987 t Àctual and of hrorfts ANNEX4 Page 2 of REPUBLTC OF GABON LI BRW T LLÊ TELECOI'IIIONTCLT TANS PROJECT T,PPRÀTSÂ.t ACTT]AL STAGE DLTE DATE Seleetlon of eonsulting firm 75-O8-78 o2-79 Launching of Éenders 30-77-78 07-09-79 Opening of tenders 37-O7-79 7r.-72-79 Conttact Àward 28-O2-79 04-o4-80 Conmencement of Wotks 37-OL-82 28-77-84 âJfINEX 5 REPUBLIC OF G}.8'ON LT BRWT LLE TELECOT4},IT]NTCATZONS PROJECT Status of Llbteville llrban-Netwoth end of 7984 lransnission Distributed Outgoing Including D.D. f,etworis Pajrs Pai.rs Pairs Pairs Ltbtavllle 10792 20464 1'6625 3920 Centte Gros Bouquat 2972 7056 5578 2358 Avendo 73.t4 7848 7435 462 (eol 2) transnlsslon paLts.' these are the Pairs connested between tlfa genêral distribution and the stb-divisions, where theg srsi.st ln êhe networft studied; (cot 3) dlstributed pâir.s.' pairs connected' ëo the general dlsÉrJDutor in sa.se of direct disttibution, or on the suà-djvJslon device (SD) ; (col 4) outgolng pairs.. pâirll distributed and acÊuallg conneeted aÊ Éhe extreae end to a distribution box or a terminal .strip oE the bvîLdLng; (co| 5) including direct djstribuÉ,ion outgoing pairsl this Js the pèrt oE Éàe outgoing pairs, ditectLy connectèd to the general disttibutor; Éhis js t'àe entire thing in case ot slnâll nêÉwor*s without SD. AI-tNEX:6 6ABON Pogo1 of 2 LTBREVILLE-'TELIECOMMUNTCATToNS PROJECT UBREVILLE Xou;ouleu :ar- -: . ' i-\i .- t(Ar:oKou)râ,rsrJNlJL ,.+i:i+s;.:::.-' ''fu..t--^/ '}'-,r4ii""''.'u' '-1.-n7.-A)re{RrrE:"#{^\' e{** U"-";i{;Ï::Ï -\:.- il-._ r(oulxrourou7t*.== l-":"ëi:tli?:jli E ..:,..:., \-.,;...i ?1o:.f'ou' ---3.qo^tu.. 1.,.,r'.,.fi-;:;_-:::; pr.rrr "*'f'..r$(:cu. È, LoJ!:s.r | él;ii;=-=t:i{.r:V,:=;< =ilil.,"'Lornç'r râ..----rÀ.. r-\.(â z*'1À +FË'l*t"o"'?'t+i:=:=Àtrrùu'::b: /\ )*l:Irl.1l-r-r $-;:;qçyi,l"l fit':'" F=Ë1ËE=f.:l=i;ii.ff =ri:li'i.=:r-' $Jtr::,:i-'ri':5tï:.:,.', .:,,.Ï [i+,1ffi,,,,,;îf f =:':ri êt\::lu::i!.c fr:i:i,-.!} i| :: --, =NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.d^-- éri#È-+iijï:-i;f,r=,,;.;';:,',::;i itt,, liljl- . -.-Æ'::----l -:r-:' i;ËÈii;'+ ;:i:i,1= i;i.* ;li:i'l::; r i, i- _4'1.'-7-:: -\:A': -N=li:it i'iiri#:'i; -t'. -! :t .--: "'"'.*.*-L =\ +;'::;;ï-i i ;-':'; ": ' ' K E y : =\ Î;-'.f?:lÉ.f iË_iï:-_==I;-:i .:i ;r :-.' T-+51-F--:1,'--::j SCrViCA ::---....-.-: :: --+ë-:-=:1 FH Digifal| 480 linas) ,. i='Èi;1:ï;-=-- 2- Departusofrom LTBREVTLLE FF Tropsl60linos l + .'t;=i=1:..;,1'';=',; : --. ..*:j-1. -_.-;. :.j FF Izt,lincs I ll:..11'":ï"i::.:::l"l'.i:.,:l:::.i"ïï:li"i,':::.:iït.î::"::::' ,/_\ ûrcd oad aà. bôrérr..lrolh do n^: Irrl! on lh. pirr of th. tatrk croilr.n,l ncr r I lti tcnù.r. rnt Judraænt coôc.;'r:s$ ita !'til.artsa o( . terrllôtt âny.rProvrl ot.cctft.nc€ o! ! -sê | .-:t. \ -./ ANNEX:.6 , P:pg.g 1 ...... 1,rl"f.,&,,',i' lii:!} ". | :1 .'r: LIBREVILLE TELECO}O4UNICAIIONS,.PROJECT: 1::-'-r.:.. EXTSTTNGswrrc$illc CENTqEF , I orrev ! orærr cocoEE^cH LrBRE\tLLE NTOUII I sr.urorou I rirsco -J I soror-e RT GENTIL I u*tonnext I ursrot's..'rrrc liouL.{srouTOU I ovBot E slorsDr ! I rnrscrutrr I rroctt"^ 8Âtiou!tB^ 1Cilt8.r:sc GAltS^ I :.t.{TU}lB.{ *'=.::;:É=.f | 3\' ;: .r : ui.i,F*lrrr-. r- .Fil-r: C?:00 LE\'::'-r::l E!r)B-CTS CL.\.-.\€Oll KEY: E HOANDAinhgrat automatfc oxchanga O\{ENDO @ HAKOKOU ;J'INEX 7 Page 7 of REPUBLTC9L SÆON LI BRW I LLE TELECOATûIJNICAfiONS pRO! ECT corqPLE" ELt Nt TOviAîJ:C Yeat of Capacity Conmis- InstalLed and -InsÉ,afIaôIe Cantres Tgpe - sioning beino fnstal2ed Canaeitg LTBR'1II.L,LE LibrevLIle Principal CP 4OO Crossbar 7972 4800 4800 Llbrcvllle CENACOTI E7 OB 7987 5704 (6) Electronl.e Gros Eouquet sare.zlite E7 0B L987 1t028 (4) @RAD) 30000 Ottendo SateZIite EZ OB 1.987 7944 (2) (URÀD) Ltbrevllle sâÉ.ellite E7 0B 7984 20Z6 (2) (Prefix 74) (b) (URAD) IOîAL LTERWTLLE 78492 PRol'TNCE Port Gantl,I ETOB 7982 4OOO(4) 4OOOO Lambarcna CP4OOY L977 2OO ZOOO N'DJoLa CP4OOY LgTg 2OO z2OO Ogen CP4OOY 1979 3OO àOOO Bitam CP4OOY 7979 2OO ZZOO Francevllle CP4OOY L977 8OO 2OOO Xoularout,ou CP4OOV 7977 2OO I2OO Itoanda CP4OOY 7979 3OO ZOOO lfouila CP4OOY 7979 3OO 2OOO Nelr eêntr:es bel.ng set up.. Tchl.banga CP4OOIII 7985 4OO 2OOO OaDoue CPLO0Y 7985 75O 72OA ltayunDa CPTOOY 7985 3OO t2OO Ganba CPTOOY 7985 3OO 72OO TOîAL PROI|INCE 7600 TOîAL EADON 26092 (a) Capaelty olt cowîssionïng of the extensions undet way at end 7984 ercpressed in jnstalled suàscriôed equipment; in brackets number of connected units (CV), (b) Repraces: Exchanges instalzed in 7987. N{NEX 7 Page 2 of 2 REPUBLZCOF GÆON LI BRWTLLE TELECOilWNT CATIONS PROJEC? Oêher Àutomatic Centres EE fiTPES WPE TNSTALLED EAPAETTY Rango CP 25 25 CocoDeach CP 25 25 lftoum CP 25 72 lta}olou CP 4OO A 200 Bahounba CP 50 53 ZasÉourvilla CP ZAa Z 700 ÂNNEX 8 REPUBLTCCT GAtsÛi] r,rsnrv rlmolts -oPo.Tgcr Sltrration of loan DiËbursernents :BENEFICIARIES: DISBURSE},IENTS : fl' :4116g51{fTl : mn :VALUE UA : AI'I{'UNT UA : :9fEOt 1 {72.{66,fl!:01r01,t0 5,8S : t3.t5l,lc: : 9fE0it ' 2 3.51{,00: 23'061t0 5,603{: 1.t3?,1!I :9flEltt l t2.lll,s : 2{'11rt0 5,5116: 2.30t,11: :9lffiJSSfI{t { 6.t21.ttô,{ô:0{,03rtl 5,76{0: 1.280.t79,33: : SttISlTIlt I l9.5lo,&: 21,12'€1 6,8S2: 115.tS,S: :9lffi.I$llil 3 372.1/1,96: frt1ltl1 6,SS: $.t3t,{f : :Slffi.I5fiTlt 10,11 3.t{9.6t,fl: oil0?,û2 6,571îz 47t.6t1,îf: : SIffi.I$ilI 12 Lt{{.ts,00: 02r0!n2 ô,{7S: l-i.3[,ft : : 9flElll 13 36.{60,00: 0ûI03re? ô,6ffI : :.i.3!5,11: :Sl0f,.IStllll 1{ 2S.tE,t2:ut01t62 [,9{7ll: i3.63,fi: :Sltl$Itil 15 265.t6t,{ô: Gr06rt2 6,3{73: 3û.2ff,t[: :9fEûlt 16 s.t30,50: 0t,06iE2 6,3{73: 9.6tC,It: :9lf,ft.$rTlil 17rlt 1.066.10{,50:12'û6fiz 7,31't1; 1{5.â13,31: :9tffi.l$Ilo| 19 fil.tl{,11: 2t,ffir6e 7,2132 : {E.i73,2!: :9fEUll 20 20.000,0: zilûgr6it t,2{û7: ?./ô8;15: :SlGrtrt9[Illll 21 u.tît,f, : 25r01ftt 7,{ll8: 11.ô{f,St: : S[E0t n 66.5tt,0: 23,01,E3 /,{306: t.961,{l: .{0.t6,3f : SlflEfi 2t 30{J10,0: 0û,03,t3 7,{{55: : : Sletr"I9[Il0l 25 1{3.360,3t:11r0{,13 7,ô235: It.3t7,0f: 't00.tû6,t0 :9Hfffi 2{ : 1il0{,63 7,ô{1{: 1?.776,02: :9fîElll 26 u{.t{l,fl: 30,silt3 6,13t1: 21.3.{t,Ef: : 9flE[t u 75.1?9,0i:02,0tl|3 c,'l535: 9.213,65: :Slef,.Eltl0l 20 d2.û6,S: 21r0t,t3 t,15S: Ù.210,62: :Sletrl5flTlt 3t 39{.7ot,S: 2It0grt3 t,15S: {ô.3ô3,t3: :Slflf,.Elrl0l et t.t0t.{f,,fi : t2,11tc3 8,1${: t1!.271,{5: :5lG[.l5f,Ittt 3t 12.979,tt: lil01'E{ 6,139{: 1{.071,ff: :510f,.I$II0l 35 5{[.6R,2{: t2l03,t{ E,7S1: 62.552,51: : 9flÉut n t3.tB,00: 27l0{ f6{ t,{923: 8.221,79 : :Sttl5[rl0l 3t 511.50{,20: 17 r05rE{ ô,{323: 50.003,.l.|: :Stil,l5flIllll 36 355.101,2t:6'05r[{ !,{32il: {1.t1{,{l: :Stil.!$ttlll 3t 1.66t.05it,71:6roilt{ t,û112: 168.630,3?: :5tG[,15fit01 39 1.6t5.1{2,0!:15r0ilt{ t,7855: 1t3.t{t,ll: : SIGlOFfll0l {0 t15.100,16: 10r10tt{ 9,?{33: c8.17'l,41 : : Stt E[fHl {1,{t {{2.513,15:6tllll{ 3,2501: {7.ô0{,lf: :9fF(!l 12 s.c91,60: ?61111û{ 3,?5ll: 10.35t,21r : SIGfJSeIIûl {{ 6il.905,{6: 13'03rt5 t,7373: 70.1't5,51: 3t 3.373.t6{,60:lt,03rt6 t,3051: {06.237,[5: :SlGf.l$lttl 't.{70.{21,{{ :5l6ltrl9[tl0t 3ô : 30,01,!7 7,3055: 116.0011,il: :9I6[,ISil0l 39 313.{05,{2: 16t02n7 1,00?3: {0.933,95: :Sltff,.Eertfi 12 1.6il.9r5,l5: 1010{r0I |,7202t 20ô.733,33: : SlGltr$elt0l {3 1.{50.256,3i:05r06rû7 1,t250: 1û5.311,33: : 9lGlltl$Ilil {{ 113.3t5,55: 10 r0rtcr 7,t030: 2,.219,12: :SlGlil.$fiIlll {5 1.112.t73,I7:12'01n7 I,t36i: 117.?07,32: : tl6ltrl5f,Il0l {9 2{t.30{,32: 02tlutl l,BZBiz 31.ô{{,11: :StG[.]S[Il0l 51 1.551.1{2,5?:13'10ltt 7,ô28t: 19t.132,lt: : llllfif, : 3t.215.96'6{: {.99t.277,35: ,.ûINEX 7O Page 7 of I REPUBLT? OF ÊABON INODERNTSATTONI.I.ID EX?ENSTON OF THE LTE'WTLLE TELEPHONENETWSRK PROJECT DECRELESî,gu,LISHIIïq THE '|('/NÏTTONSOF TnE \EPARTîuENùS-OF THE O.P.?. CANSIDERIilG the ConstituÉion; CONSIDEIING Deeree lo. 388lPR. of 77 Aprtl 79?5 establishinE the eor;rosiËion of the Governnent and suôseguent- amendments' CONSIDERIN(- Law No, L4/64 dated. 29 October 7964 estaôIishing the Of f îce des Posêas et lelecornnrunicaÉions de la Repu.bligue Gaôonajse and subseqruent amendments,' DECREE: n*EICLE I - the present decree established the functions of the .' rl ' diffetent Departments oÊ the "Office des PosÉes et TelecomrrntnicaÉions" of the Gabonese RepuôIic. TTTLL 1 POSTAL lttD FINN'ICI?LL SïRVICES - Fostaf ARI1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111FCLE2 the operaÉion and management of the and FinaneiaZ Services shalf be entrusted to a Deputy I,tanaging Director, assisted by a Direcëot of Postal Services and a Director of Financiaf Services. He sba77 àave a secreÉariaÉ. ne sha.ltr srrpervise the operating exPen.se,e of the Postal and Financlal Services. Ite shaLL specif ica119 catrg out the foLToûng functions: - Supervjsjon and cootdinaÉion of the opetaLions of tàe Department of Postal Services and of the Department of Financial Services. - Organization, ReguTation - Studjes. CoapTaints and Clains. IJINEX IO Continued EstabTishment and utiTization of sÉatistics. RelaËlons with intetnational orEantzatlons (u.F.a.), (u.A.14,P,r.) Technical prepatation of l.ntetnational conferences. Stafting - Determination of the nunber of statf accordlng to tegulations. - . Recruitment and management of day laôourers. RecoanendaÉions of recruitment on the ôasis ot quaZificaÉions or competitive exanination of iuxiliary staft and civil servanÉs. -;:':""tto"Jr"rn"rtrn"on'ottrnrn""nr:::":""""*'"' The FinanciaT Serviees Dqpartnent is specifiealZg responsiàle tor the foLTowing: ":"i;::i": -- o'I "!,Zr'ii:Â",:' : :il::ï"" :: ;:::%,:i:i::" inss Bank PosÉal Orders VerificatÏon Centre Postal Order Àccount.s and lloney Ordets :: H;1;"3ïl'u'" :: ;:i:li.i:"*':::":::':;;.;:'ffi:i::: ARtteLE 3 - fhe DePartnenÉal of, Postal Services is sPecificallg resPonsiôIe Êor the fo-ZZowing. OPeration of PoséaZ Servlces. - donditions for acseptance of objects aÉ Tetter posts Ratesofpastage-Deposit.Catrlage-Djstriôut'jon. Frantlng sachine.s ..t:. .;r .eililEx :O Continued Airnail - Postal pac&ets PosÉ,aZ esÉaô.Zj.sàments, cteation, transfotmatlon, c.losure PosÉa.I raÉes and po.sÉâl packets Exemptian f,rom postage Àgreament on the carriage of postal desptacftes and postal pacftets Eqtipaent, of postal servjces - Postal material - Office eçtipment - Ddta processing Printed. matetial and ptint-ing office Dead,-Ietter ofÊice Establishrrent oi L.nternational accounts (tap1y-coupons, airmaiT, postal pachets, postal orders req'uest) ' ITTLE TT î ELECqï,NAN T C Afi ONS NI D_ ENG ÎE EE R I NG ARîICLE 53 the operation and nanagement of the Teleeomrunlcatlons and Engineeting Services sâall be enÉrusted to a Deputy llanaging Dîrector, assjsted bg è Ditectot of Ilational Transmissions and a Ditector of fnternaÉ,ional fransmissions. He shal.I have a secreLeriat. àrrngx ,o Continued Ile shall superulse the ntnnl.ng erlrsnsa.s of tâe lleleconmttnication and Engineeting ServJces. IIe sha71. undertake the folTowing specifjc funct,.tons.. - Supervisjon of the management and eootd.lnaèl.on of the operaÉions oÊ the Àrationaf Ttansmîssion Depattment and tàe fnternationaZ fransalsslon Department. - RegulaÉJons (ensure application) I{onopolies (see to it that telegtagthlc and telephonic a.onopoljes are obserted) . SÈudies (execuLe, otdet ot co'ra'l,rsion proJect organLzation and construstion sÉudies etc). Atganlzatlon of TeleeonmtnleaÉions; ': - Otganization of network and stations - Otganication of setvices Racommendations of majot gruidellnes fot leleconnunicatjon and Engineeting into account technologlcal èdvansement, increase in ttaffic, numbet of cowtectLons, statîons and ang othet cau.re. Pteparatlon and utiTtzation of sÉatjst,jc.s. Fixing of rates. Apptoval of Telecomnunication and Engineetlngr Revenuêa. SuparvJsJon af the esÊaà.li.srlnent and approval of Lnternattonal accounts (telephones, talegraph, tele*t marltiz,e raÊIo ate). Telecoalarttnications eguipnent, proc-r;teæntt roplaceænt, rcdetnlzatl.on. Relations with înternational organizations (I.f.U. a.r.il.P.r) . ::* Seelrnical prcpataÊi on of internatj onal contetèneas. Construction, fitting up, managment tiny"ic"z and fl.nancial), tenting and fitting up . ot operaÉions butldings (aII servjces) and staff lodglngs. 5 .1 t; j/ Àilltgx Jo Continued fndustrial Servjce and cofltmon eqwLpment oÊ Centtal Sarvices ènd exÉ.ernal, services. Inland Service ênd eormon equipment of Central Services ànd exÉ,erna.l service.s. Otganization and operation af vehicle .service. Statrfjngr Detetaination of the nutaber of staff according to regtrTations. Recruitnent of the numàer of staff according to regrulaéions. Recruitnent and management of dag laàourers. Reconnendations oÊ recruitment, on the ôasJs of qualifieations or competit,ive exaaination of auxiliary staff and civiZ servanÉ,.s. Reconsrendatjons of post,ings and Ëransfer.r. Mvice on postings and ttamsfers. Preparation ot Jeave roster. Eva.ZuaÉ,jon after directlg responsib.Ze heads of sarvjse and beÊore the t4anaging Directot. Staff uniÊorm. Organization of nissions to the Lntetiot oÊ the counêrg (prepatation of mission orders and way biZls). Ilandling of d.isciplânarg aea.rure.s up to sanctl.ons where these do not fa17 wiëhln the responsiàility of tàe Djsciplinary Board in the case of auxiliary staff or within that of the l4inistry of the Civil Servicq in thê case of CiviL Seryants. Training Deternination ln confunction with the Petsonnel Department and the Training Department' of the nunber I oÊ staff to be tralned in the various grades and specialitles. Proposals tor the otganization of traLnîng, advanced and refresher courses at the ENTP. ANNEX70 Continued Participation jn cour.ses organized aÉ ENTP through temporarg or patt-time secondment of experts reguired to give theoretlcal or practieal sour,se.s. Reconmendatjons of overseas É,rajnjng for ^sÉaff. Mvice on regnrests for çtarticipation in professional' and pre-select.ion competit,ive exarnjnations. i Search for professional training estaàIisàments that can receive Gaôonese sÉudenês abtoad, and fot fellowships. ARîICLE 6 - ?àe Departraent of ilational lransmissioninsr js slnclfieaTTy responsibie for the folTowing: firctation of the domestie telecotrrnttnicaêJons netvorh. Supervision of telephone sÉaÉu,s, radio-Llnh statjons and radio-electtonic sÉatjons. : ! ARTICLE 7 - The Ddpartmenë fnternat,Lonal '' of ftransml.ssl.on is specif icallg responsiô7e for the toTlowing: Operation of jnÉernationa.ï Éelecomrm;nicaÉion llnls. InternationaT teLegraph terminafs posit,ions. tnternational telephone and telex cirsuits. InternationaT circuits for specLTl.zed lin.ks. TTTLE TTT COI{I,AN SERVICES àRBICLE 8 - Hhe Cownon Services of the OPT General. Directorate co4prise three Depaîtments, the Budget and Àscounts Departaent ?àe Personnel and Genera.l Àffairs Departnents Ïhe ?raining DepartmenL. ARTTCLE 9 - The Budqet and Accounts Department has the ÊolLowing funcËions. Prepatation of the budget Economic and flnancial studies Genetal and adninisttative accounts' viz: Otder to pag, salaries and và!êst var.tous allowances :l \: '"i .i'ç .1 N{NEX. 70 Continued Revenues and income cont,rol 'debit Deflcits, balanee ot accounts and non-acsounting staff and encashment or Î::::::.r;:t *: unllo*""' Of tice cash and ascounÉ,s - regulat'ions and ut ilizat,ion Organization and opeîation of t'he Centte for the audit of coZTectors' accovnts ARîICLE lO - The Personnel and General Affaits Deeartment àas the folTowing funcLions: StaÊf ing control.' staÉutorg numbet af staf t, actual numbet. Rules govetning civiT servants and euxiliarJes ColTeetive Staff Agreement . Phgsical organization of tecruitment, on the àasis of qualification or thtough conpetitive exaninaÉion. -i Petsonnel l4anagement: tules, advançements, post,ings, Éransfers, leave, pensions. ÀdninjsÉraÉive organization of eompetiLive test's, examlnati on and sourse.s. Personnef transport (utban ttanspott, mission' posû,ing, Teave) . fiedical treatment, hospitaLization- Socja.Z service.' socjaJ a.ssJstance, telief , loan associatj on, spotts assosjations. DiscipZine. - Organization of DÏsclplÎnatg Soards for auxiTiarg staff. - Liaison with the CiviT Service regardlng discipLinatg mea,ture.s concetning civiT .servanÉ,s. Preparation of over,seè.t m-isslons from the point oÊ view of coordination, travels and aTTowances. Ân/Àrgx Io Continued ARTICLE 1.7 - ?he Training Department has the foTTowing functions: Ptepatation and'drawing up of teaehing pr.ogr aftqêa and rnanua.Is. Preparatory cour.se.s for the various competitive tesÉ,s and examinations. Organization and operation of ENPT and various professional courses. Physical otganization of eompetit,ive test.s and examinations. Supervision af ttaining cour.ses. Relation.s wiêh national organlzations fot pteparatory cour.se.s for career,s in Posts and îeTecotwtnicatians - Professio nai Orientation i:' '"": RelaÉ,ions withPEf traineesabroad. Technical inÊeri:eËionaf ro.laÊion,s. ARrIdLE 72: ?he ltanaging Dlrector of OPT sha77 be responsible for the implenentation of the presenÉ decree. I{e shall arrangre wiÉ,hin the framework ot his functions, Éhe detalled organLzation of Éhe Deparênents of OPT. He sâall deÉermine, in accordance with the provisions of Law l{o. 74164 of 29 October 7964 referred Éo abave, Éhe restrictive lisÉ, of matters for whteh àe shall delegate his signature ta the DepuÉg llanaging Director and Directors. He Mg in addition, and according to the Zegislative and statuÉory provisïons, entrusÉ to various ofticiaTs ang additional function.s àe nay deen appropriate fot the smooth ranning of the service. , ART|CLE 73 - The presenÊ decree sha77 be registêrêdt publ.ished and ttansmitted wherever it mag be nece.s.sary. Ptepatation of Teave tostet, - Evaluation after directTy tesponsible àeads of serviee and befote the I4anaging Diteetor. - Staff unifotm, Qrganization of raissjons to the interior of the counttg (preparation of mjssion ordets and way bills) . ediTNEX70 Cont,inued Handling of disciplinarg maÉ,ters up to the issues of sancÉions wâere the.se do not falZ wîthin the responsiliLitg of the DiscipTinatg Eoatd ln the ease of auxiTiarg .staff oî within thât of the ltinistry of CiviT Service in the ca^se of CiviT Servants. îtalning Determination in conjunetion with the Personnel Department and the Training Departaent, oÊ tâe nunber af staff to be trained in the vatious grades and specialities, Proposals for the organization of ttaining, advanced and reftesher sourses aÉ the ENPT. Participation Ln cour,se.s otganized at ENPT through temporarg or patt.-tine secondment of expers reguired to give theoretical ot practLeal course,s. Proposals to send empToyees on ttaining cour,se.s i: abroad. ,.7 Advice on reguests for pattîcipatLon l.n professional and pre-selection competitive exaainations, Searcà fot professiona.Z training estaôlishaenÉ,s Éhat can teceive Gabonese sÉudents abtoad, and for feTTowsàips. ÀJ TNËr,'.7 a)pERN;rzàrrQtI lttp ExTENs.roNQF. îlt8 LIBR,WILLE,TFLFPHONENEMIORK PROJECî OIIERALL STAFT DTSTRTBI]TTON BY GRIV)E GROTTPS I{UI{BSR OF SÎÂFF 2983 7984 1.985 t986 7987 leeânical assistance 21. 73 77 79 77 PrincipaT fnspect,ors ând cqruivalent 69 94 777 r58 785 Engineers L3 72 73 73 73 fnspectors 136 1.48 764 166 785 ConttoTTers 268 288 338 386 453 Operationaz staff 327 375 372 425 440 C.Ierfts 397 309 257 258 207 Tgpist 57 58 78 90 92 llorkmen 237 250 275 282 259 Fostnen 24 2Z 25 28 26 Day taàourers 65 77 96 I70 15L 83 84 85 86 87 roinAL 7602 7639 2728 7935 2A2Z OPT offlcers excJuding technical a^ssisÉant.t rePre^sented (29n in 7987. This high rate is exp.lained bg the very technical ellaracter of OPT which neses,sit'ates èhe use of highl.y trained personnel. lÎRArNrflG: |rU..I4BEROF TRAÏïEES 7983 798{4 7985 r.986 1987 fnltlal training 90 87 ZA8 729 X.79 Further training E special.izatjon 6 6 96 49 62 Foreign trainees I 9 r3235 TraininE poLÏcy gives preference to two majot arêa.tt Initial training and furthet ttaining. the Érends obsarved in 7986 were maintained in 7987 with particu.lâr empthasis on preliminarg enp7.ogment. 83 84 85 86 87 ,.'.TNEXT2 I{0.DERNIZATTONN{D EXTENSTONOF THE LTBRW|LLE TELEPHONENEMORR PROJECT SîLFF DTSTRTBUTIONBY EATEGORTES,.l.ID GREOEGROUPS cnnl sERvrrts 7983 7984 7985 7986 1987 Principal. fnspectors 63 87 75 70.3 722 Engineers 73 72 73 73 73 fnspectors 7L6 727 L32 725 7s2 ConètoZlets 243 267 288 326 393 OperaÉ,ionaZ staff 28s 278 224 254 229 Clerks 57 45 34 24 20 83 84 85 86 8' TO?AL 777 298 766 845 909 In Zg87 CiviT Servants repre^senèed 15% of .ttaff strength. their number increased bg 7.5%. EUPITNEES ON æIT?RACT 7983 7984 L985 7986 2987 Prîncipal Inspectors and eguivalent 6 73 42 55 63 fnspectors 20 27 32 47 53 ControTTers 25 27 50 60 60 Operational staff 36 97 748 777 271. CIar*s 340 264 21.7 234 787 Tgpist 57 58 78 90 92 lloûrmen 231. 250 257 282 259 Postue,n 24 27 25 28 26 TOTAL 739 757 849 967 945 83 84 85 86 87 ATTNEX73 Page 1 of 13 REPUBLTC OF GABON LT BRW TLLE TELECOI4I4UNI CAT TONS PROJECî srrrrnnâru of various current raÉes appJied in Gabon CHAPTER ONE TELEPHONE ARTTCLE 2: ESTABLISHI4EN? COSTS OF PERI'WNENT STIBSCRIBER LINES (Standard chatge fot connection to networh) TB À. 14A1N CONNECTTON 7. In the servJce area (a) - ordLnarg llne 7 200 (b) - Ordinary Tine tequiting the putt.ing up of several poLes in an undeveloped area on estizlaÉ,e 2. Outside the .service area on esêimate B. I'IAIN CONNECTTON À suàscrlber who alteady has a main ordinarg connection mag obtain the conce.tirion of one or severa-Z main exÉension connections. ?his justifies connection is granted when the ttaffic of the su.bscri.ber tt. The 1ines wi77 be grouped and onLy the number of, the head of the group wi77 appear in the ditectorg. L fn Èhe service area (a) - otdLnatg extension Tine 7 200 (b) - Ordinatg Tine tequiring the put'Ling up of sevaral poJes in an undeveToped atea on esÉimate 2. Otttside the serviee arêa on èÊtimate NOTE: In a77 ca.se,s Lhe pales temain the propettg of OP? which can treeLY use then to connect othet subscribers' C. SPECTAL AÎ,TACHTI'ENTLTNE AT THE REQUESTOF THE SUBSCRTBER 'ihis is a ptincipal eonnection, but the main Tine is attaehed to an jts exchange that is diffetenL from normal exchange. OPT General nanagemenrÊjs Ëhe onTy authoritg emPowered to give such att otdet. 7. The attachnent Tine is estabLished in the ,sêrvice area 2. estaôIished out'side t'he service area on estimate ÂilÀrgx .23 Page 2 of 73 D, SPECrALLTNE (7) Ordinatg eonnection or extensjon lines can be speciallzed, "DEPARTURE" (SPÀ) for outgoing communications regtrested ftom outside or specialized "INCOI4ING" (SPB) for incoming comnnrnications. 7. lJne esÉ,aàlished ln the .serviee area 600 2. .Iine estaàIished outside Éhe serv-ice area on estimate (7) wote: Speeialized Ijnes (SPÀ or SPA) are onlg extension lines and may not concern a single connection. ARTICLE 3:. SUPPLY N,ID INSTALLATTON COST OF SETS COT4PLEI4ENTARYELENENTS À. TNSTALLATTONSI{ADE BY OPT 7. lleÊer for charges 800 2. Supplementary beL7 200 3. Ordinarg supplement,arg extension 600 4. Ânswering device 80 5. Àutomatic me.s^sagerecorder 720 B. TNSTALLAîTONS IIIADE BY PRI!/ATE TNDUSTRY 7. Charges coTlected from lnstaTTers TB (a) - Installet's acceptance charge (annuaT eharge) 70,ooo (b, - Expenses fot an authorization ta impott telecommuni cat jons equipment 2% of the value ot the eguipment (c) - Eguipnenê aceeptanee chatge bg type of new periteTepâone set or sinple telepàone station 7,OOO Intetconwntnication sgsÉ,em up to 72 extensions 2'OOO ÀutomaÊic sw.itcâ of L3 to 50 3'OOO Automatic s,lritch of 57 to 3OO 4,OOO Automatic switch of more than 3OO exÉensions 6'000 2. Fees received from subscribers (a) - InstaTTers aecePtance charge Intetcommtnication system uP to 1.2 extensions 4lOO Àutomatic swiÉch of L3 to 50 800 Automatic sttitch of 51 to 3OO 7,200 Automatic sr'titch of more than 3OO extensions 7,600 NOTE: The charge is co.llected, on the basjs of the nominal capacity of the automatic swiÉch and not on the number of extenstions instaTTed. EstaàIishrnenÉ charge mag be paid. in three jnstafmenÉ,s with a mininum rate of 30% before Éhe instaTTation. ATTNEX73 Page 3 of ARTÎCLE 4: ,.r4ENDT4ENTOF VARIOUS CLAUSES (Aecessory services to te.lephone) 7. ChangÎng of social sÉaêus (for t'he user TB or Êor the owner himself) pet nunber LOO 2. ChanEing of a number at' thë reguest of the suôscriàet Per numbet 2000 3. lÎransfer ot tahing bach of an instaJ.Iation .{n service bg another user (see artjcle 53) Frea 4. ltansfer of a suDscriber Tine 600 AR?ICLE 5: CHA&GE FOR THE LTNE l.i 'ID EQUTPWNT T.A z. Ordinarg iine or speeialized in Éhe servise area, Zinhed ûo an exchange of the national automatic netwotk. (a) - ordinary set 90 (b) - Lu:cury set on estlmate 2. Grova''''''''''''''' edTlnc: tàe suscrlbet pags a monthzg chatge fot each grouP Tine 90 3. Line connected to an exchange unconnected to the networh ( exaaryle intetnational ) 1,OO 4. LJne connected to an exchange that is not Tinked to Éàe naÉ,iorral auÉomatic netwotk 50 5. Incomîng diteet sel.eetlon Tine (SDA\ (a) à9 Pair 90 (ù by number of publlc netwoth resetved (used ot not) 70 6. Exceptional atteehment Tine (a) in an area eg'ulpped with an exchange (the client ptefets to be attached to another exchange other than the one serving his area. 6,OOO b. in an area that is not provÎded with an exehange 2,700 ÀT'VEX ]3 Page 4 of 7. .Line É,ransiÉ,ino ôu a radioÉe.Zepftone (a) fixed 760 (b) mobiTe 7,200 (c) single circuit tadio Tink 7,OOO (d) Tine outside tàe servjce area on estimate NÛIE: The monthlg charge cannot be split, it .is pagable in advance and resume.s wâen the functioning of the line has been intetrupLed bg the service during a fu77 civiL manth. ARTTCLE 6: SUSPENSION AIID RE-ESTj.trjLISHMENT At SUASCRIBER'S REQUEST (maxjrmrrr duration 7 gear) îB - ((a)b ) - up to 3 rnontâs fre i;' ;i":ii"1 iZ ili,^!'r" ;":iii o":l:'n:,*'"'o 40 ARTICLE 7: MDTTIONAL EQUIPI4ENT TNSTALLED BY OP? (a) - telephone charge 4O ,*^ (b) - ordinarg supplementary station L0 (c) - supplement,ary lurury staion on estimate (d) - auÉomat'ic ans'wering devic' 700 estinate NOTE: The supplemenÉarg exterztal staËion (crossing the public highway) js billed as specialized Linh. AR?TCLE 77: COI4T\TTNICATTONDETATLS RRRRRrôIisheach month for the subscriber complete detaiTs of cotwmtnications exchanged duting the month (number tequested, tine, duraÉion) . TB A - EoL tàe -eJients subscriàins Êo Éâis special servlce 7. Subscription to the service for internati onal contmzni caêions 200 2. Subscription to the service fot national contmtnications 7OO 3. JusÉ,ifieative tatiff per conuwnication 7 B. For clients who have not subscribed to this soecial setviee 7. Justification for international comrmrnications 200 2. JustificatÏon for national eommunÎeations 2OO 3. Justification tariff per communication 70 NOTE: Certain exchanges eannat, offet these setvices. e,rMEX13 Page of ARTTCLE 72L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OTHER PACTLTTTESRESEHIED FOR SUBSCRTBERS CERTAIN EXCHAIIIGES 7. Pacjlities ineluded in the subseciptÎon autoaatic call ftee automaÉic al,atm free triple communcation frêê doubte cal.l free 2, teûEonaty Êrans.far LO 3. ÀôDreviated numbering 70 4. tegistered caZI 70 RÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ ÎTCLE73: DISPUTABLE CHARGES l.Thetl.meTinitforteceivingadisputablecharge is four rcnths ftom the date oî issue of the dispuÉed invoice. 2. fnvestigaÉion costs are chargeable Éo the suôscrjàer where the g-lajr:: i; not just'ified' i.e 200 TELEPHONg COWLE|4ENTARY SUBSCRTPT TONS ,dID SPECTAL SERVTCES Al,lNEX 73 Page 5 of ARTTCLE 74: RADIOTELEPHONE 7. Fixed radiotelephone fB (a) - Àccess to network charge 2,OOO 2. IlobiTe radiotelephone (a) - Àccêss to networh charge 2,OOO (b) InstaTTat,ion charge of the set 2,600 (c) Compulsory insurance at the expense of the client (Êhe suôscriber shoul.d furnish an insurance cover for the daterioration and disappearance of the equiprent provided to âin bg OPT). iOf11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118!EstaôIishment co.st.s san be patd in 3 instalmenÉs, with a miniua rate oE 30% before Êhe instaTTation, AFSICLE 75: DIREfiE SELEC?IOII A1 ARRIVAL Â. TN lHE SERVTCEAREA ?he incoming llne is eonnected to a privaÉe auÉomatic sr'rtteh. t. . The ptLvate automatic srttitch is analogous usino 3 paJrs ày conÉ,act (a)- for ëhe fttst 7O connections, no?maL tariff per connesËion 7,5OO (b) abatemant oÊ 2O% from the 71.th to the 2Oth sonnection inclusive i.e. 7,2OO (e) abatement of 50% beyond the 2oth connection i.e. 75O 2. îhe gtlvate automatle swlteh is nunerlca? using 2 pairs for 2O Tines - per Tine 750 3. the eonplenenÊarg eguipmenÉ reguired are aÉ Êhe expense of the client on estimate B. oITTSTDE TI'E SERVTCEAREA Incomïng direct selectîon Tine on estimate ê NOTE: A junction is Êàe connection of a Zink beLween two terminal. poinÉs. TELEPHONE TE'"'PORÆY SUBSCRTPr.IONS Âlfwtx -13 ; Page 7 of l &TTCLE 76: ÎEùIPORARYSUBSCRIPTIONS TB L. ?enporary suôscriptions are made for periods beTow ot egual to 3 months. EsêaàIjshrnenÉ cosÉs 2. Normal charge of the .line are fultr and indivisibTe month CHAPTER - TT TELEX AÏIIEX 13 Page B oÊ ARTTCLE 77: INSTALLA?ION CASTSOF SUBSCRIBERLINES Standard charge for access to netu' or.k fB 7. I4ixed line in the service area 7'8OO 2. llixed .line outside the service area on estimate 3: Soecialized Tine DEPARTUREot ARRIVAL (a) in the service area 9OO &) outside the servi ce area on esÈiraate ARTICLE 78: CLOSEDTELEX NET-TIORK - Establlshment charges 7,800 ARîICLE 79: I4ADIFICLftON OF VLWOUS CLAUSES (aecessorg servjces) 7. Changing of sociaT sÉatus 7OO 2. Ittodifjeation aÉ su.bscri.ber's resuest (a) Changing of the number and Éhe code 60CI (b) Changing of the code numbet 4OO 3, Transfet of a .suôsctiPtion 9OO 4. Change of an instaTTation 300 îELEX ,IONTELY CTTÆGES N{NEX 73 Page 9 of ARTTCLE 20: CHARGE FOR THE LTNE N,ID EQUTPI4ENT 7. In the servics area ?B (a) witàout, a vi.yuaf jzation .screen 1.,2OO (b) with a visualization screen 7,800 2. ùttside the serviee area on estimate AR?ICLE 27: CONPLEMENTARYSErlI I CES 7. ZjmiÉed services (a) partiaZ: Limited to national service 600 (b) totaT: Tinited to urban service 700 2. Detailed situaÉion of comnunicaÉions free 3. SuppTg ot a perforating keg 700 ARTTCLE 22: DISPUTED CHARGES (.sae arÉi e|.e 13) ARîTCLE 23: dTHER FACILTNES 7. Âôbrevjated nua.bering per nunbet with maximum 1O) 7A 2. lransaission sarvlee with possibiTitg of trans- nlting a aessagre to a maximtm of suôscriàers at the sane Éine free 3. Ittdlcatlon of the duration of comtmtnicatLons f ree ARTICLE 241 CI.OSEDNETIIORK 7. lrlonthlg mainÉenancd cbar.ge 7,200 2, SÉandard consunption charge up to 20 sets 200 3. Reduction for swbstantiai u.ser.' -- above 27 aets teduction of 30% above tariff ARTTCLE 25: TELEX DIREC?ORY 7. Strgplenentary reglstraÉion (per colum) 20 2. Regisêration on the professionaf fist (Per coLunrt) 20 3, Unit charge 60 îEUPORARY SUBSCRTP?TONS ,i'lINEX 73 Page 70 of ARTICLE 26: TEilrcRARY SUBSCRIPTTON Tenporary suDscript,ions are made for a period beTow TB or egual to 3 months. 7. Standard charge for access to netwoth -- in tâe serviee area -- ouëside Éhe seryice arêa on estimate 2. I4onthl.y charge Normal eharge per rcnth indivisible.. i.e. 7,2OO CÊTAPTER- ITT TELECO14PUTER â^I|TNEXT3 Page L0 of SECONDPART CITT;RGESAPPLTCASLE TO COILMUNTCM TONS ffiNTENT Pages L, Charges applleable to communications on the ndtional networ h felephone telex '*iZî1p,"f"i;#'":'"" :, "ndt"z,x charses 2. Chatges applicable to communications on the LnternationaT network Telephone f,etex :: i;;Zi"y;tZl"pnon" andrerex charses *'J::"::'ii"1:;i"i::i:';zl"::'ncot' esponding . felecomputet 3. Telegraphlc chatges :: ?:Tï:::,tliioio,"n" Urgent éetegrans Pre.r.s telegran.s ' Telegrafi Tetters âmvtt( t3 Page 70 of ItRfiCLE 61: CHARBESAPPLICADLE TO COI4WNICATIONSON ?HE- xrrrolurl, ilEmpRx I. TET.EPHOIIE l. Cowtnlcation tequested from a subscriber's îB exÊension (a) I{rlnth].g sÈandard consumptian fot lnstallatJons that do not have rate metetsi iess than 5O subscribers noÉ conneeted Éo tàe national netwotk 50 -- . rcte than suàscri.bers not connected to tha nationaZ netwotk 60 (,c) trunt colqntnieation (see tables beLow) narnualty per minute with a ninimrn of 3 ninutesl automatis: bg periodical inpulsions 2. Cowmtnteattan tequested ftom a public phone wïèh a E,lublic oPetator (a) urban connunisat,ion 2.5 $) inter-uràan comntlcation: same chatge as from a srrDscrjber phane incteased bg (cl comtnleation on credit card notmal tattlf 3. Surchage for sPecial cornraunication Request to lndicaÉe durati on or price ' 2 llatnîng caIT 5 Notice 5 Cowunication pagable by the regaestet 5 Cowtnlcation cefused bg requestet '4. Conrmrnication requested fron a sÉaÉion located in public Alace. hotel. ttain station etc Surcàage coTTectable by the person authotized who aa*es àis extension avai 7ab7e Éo cusÉomers.' (a) uràan eomtnications O'5 "B .emrE( l3 Page 70 of (ô) lnternatjonaT or tntnk comnrunications, increase of the Latter is below or aqual to SOOOF 20% k) lnerease of cowntnication charge if the Iatter is higàer than 5,OOO F 75% (d) specia.I cotumrnlcation.' PAv, Pc'v, AvP surcharge of the cowtnication cost 70 ?B !t. Connteation tron a uo.l.liTe tadio tç.lephone radio surcàarge.' every 30 seconds 7 Ndddddddddddddddd IE:thcsc surcâarges are alwags pagable by the teguestat excepÉ, PC'tf accepted Dy the reguester. B. îELEX CharEc gnt fu77 ninute 7. ConrnunicaÊio TB comrmrnications (urban and t'runk) : (see Éable beTow) i . 2. Sutcharge oÊJomunications tequested ot recglved ftom a gublic Ahone . (a) operation Dy the customet, surchage '1, (b) operation bg OPT opetator, surchage bg Il.ne, coded Zanguage ,' sutchage bg Line, coded Tangiuage 2 (e) teeaptlan of, a message to ôe distrjbttted from a public phone 4 Êa be tehePhoned in the Localitg 6 . tcrnttrly suDs ctlptlon (Pet fu1L month) 50 (d) comnunisation on credit card ,'scc" notmal tariff NtNEt( 73 Page 7O of c. IlerÊcorqPutER 7. ACCESSBY PUBLTC NETWORK 7 B (a) Aecess to public telecomputer, networh by telephone (77o3oo and 777200) bg each contact t t€.Zex.' notz,al telex charge (b, Acqess 2o private eomputers to tel.ephone (7O5, ., 735 , . ,, 765) evety 2 ainutes 7 2, PERIrâr9Eil? ÀCCA5S - s€e article 28 3. COtÛfrtNrCATrONS per minute O.1. per hiTosegment (7) 70 (Z) 1 *ilosegnent = 64.O00 octets ARfiCLE 67: TELEGRAPH À. CNARGTNGRE('{, LAîIANS telagraa chargîng ls dons bg the nutnber of words to be transmltted and bg applying a ninirnum charge to aZZ rates. B. DOPITSTTCRATE Pet urord (ninlnun raÉe.' tO words) C. TNTERNATTONALRAîE Pet wotd, with minirrl.tm rate of 7 wotds (a) ÀfrJcan countries llnhed bg an agreement wlth GABON(Benin, Cameroon, CAR, Conga, Cote d' fvoire, Butkina-Faso, i[adagascar ' Iâautltania, Nigetr Senegal , Chad, îogo 2 ÀilÀrgx Ie Page LO of (b) Francê, Overseas Tettitoties and DeparÉrnents 4 (c) Àfricar Special relations (Ahgeria, Conotos, Djibouti, EguatoriaZ Guinea, 14a7i, l{roîocco, funjsja s (d) l{estêrn Europe 6 (a) Etstêrrl Etrope and US.SR I (t) Othec countrjes of A.frica g (g) Àsla" SpacIaI relatjons (Soutà Korea, India, . Ltbanon) g (â) Àrortâ Aærlea (USA, Canada) 9 (il Other countries of Asia, America and Oc:eania ZO D. AREENT îELEERAT{S The reTation charge consid.ered is.nuTtiplied bg 2. E. PRESS TELEGRIJt (a) Ordinarg pre.s,s 713 tariff with miniarrum rate of 74 words (b) Iltgent pres.r.. fariff ô.f ordinarg telegram with miniarum rate of 74 words F. TELEGRI.I4LETTERS 712 tariff wiÊh minimrm rate of 22 wotd.s. \-E 14 Ê; 9sr U' o * ÉrJ \.çÉ û.A'-c Ér, .Fl ô1 3ô0 5 VF r a.t J .aÀ..{ Ë:33rl .Êâ HÉÉÉ93 '.rI-3=t-=:âi: .oo . .F.t t{ l, èo ''.t(Û ÉoÉ O .F{ (1, .dÉo, 'oEq)Ë aE .rl O ,O çc) tt{ a tro a(d o .oà0 t.) kÊ a.A â t{Ê. ql q)5 p rro TJ ÉK r.9 .1 - il l-{ ô0 J= N -:u = È5.iE dF =39îP vv HO<- - J!rx=z ilËËËffiËiËsg;i::;sÊA ol ?5::=3;s lrl vlOI o; .. ,{ ô0 qd É-r É ç O'F{ 'H O p> À o c\ (do I o ()t O ttt t, tD $r çi.'{ à0 rô .n >1 .t []H[ï c, t, .hÉ E >r u àtJ É(u G l{ < Êtc! x ' =>r, Eo o o Cl .,{6 t, d .3i Eg! EË.: 3çË ; ' 'tlËT H ,Ëi.r +r Ê .1'' :l |^ ; Êt : - 3. "r$.Ëëi' Ë Èl I !ql :-.( iËa;Ë :: gl .| .t- t 'T.Hsïiî T' 'l ËE+ g X E:{ d ll ça Èl Z. o -É h Ë'5.:Ë Ël Èf È o 'ÉiËE: }:l|! Èl ; Ëlv Ê o É i...d I sl F.t ,'U, z 8lE 3l ë Ir ËHËÎtE ',J rlË F Û) lll. r qr l-r 6l l î;s'".E$s' ''l(' r{ i:., i- ËtË . jir. frl lH .a, 'Ër rlÉFf lF{ ;ÊËËt IÉ: F] IlE r ÉTË,'61:Ê ËtH cAl .tslo Ëlvt 5r Jo_E_I_gÀ zl gI XANNV ÀfRrCÀN DEVELOPI.IENT BAIIK Translated by: KOR.AI|TENG BEN I.AWAI, PRO.'ECT COMP],ETTONREPORT TETJECOMMUNICÀTIONSDEVELOPMENT PRO,IEET rN PORT-GENTTIJ A}TD 8 OTHER INLÀND CENTRES REPUBLTC OT' GABON TNFR.ASTRUCTURE ÀND TNDUSTRY DEPARTMENÎ IT DECEMBER1988 3SO/0005M i- cuRRrNcY, ACRONYMSAlrD ABBREVTATTONF, Cutroncy Eslivalents 1. Àt the tirnc of ÀPPraisal t19?8) UA1 - 91.30279 UA1 r r.CrÀ285.76000 2. Àt thc timc of PCR (November - December 1988) UA1 r $1.29039 uÀ 1 - P.CPA412.63500 i Acron]'ms ?nd AbbreviaÈiong ACTGI a Agrcncê comerc:Lalc dcs téléconnrunicationg (Cmncrclal lcleconnnunications Àgency) AIEM ! ÀgËnt dec ingÈallatlong electromecaniques (Electroaecahnical Ingtallations Âgent) tDB : African DeveloPne::t Bank EC ! Bâsic Charge Ëgn ! Burcau ccntral radÈo (n'adio Central Bureau) DDEÀC : Bangue de déveloPPemenÈ des EÈats de l-'efrique centrale (Devclopnent Bank of Central African States) FGD : Banguc aaborraise de developpment, (Gabon Development Bank) Eùl : Big nodcl cccE : caissê ccntrale de cooperat,ion economigue (France) CINÀCOM 3 C€ntra nationale de conunutation (Natiorral Switching Centrq) CIA : C€ntrc international automatique (Xnternational Automatj-c Exchange) ' ' CTl.l ! Cèntrè intcrnational rnanuel (fnternational Manual Exehaagre) CTf 3 CentEe dc traitement de f informat.ion (Data Procesgiog Ccntre) ::: CTlt : Ccntrc dc trangLt national (National Translt Erchange) - rl- Àcroqyrnç and AbbrcvieÈlons (continued) ENPT : Ecole nationale de postes et teleconununications (National Post and Teleconununications School) FCFA : franc de Ia Comtrunaute financiere africaine (Àfrican Financc Corrutrunity Franc) GAE : Gabonaise d'audit et d'exPertise (Gabon Àudit É ExPêrtise Cornpany) ICtl : Inpulse and Coding Modulation ISE : Indcpcndcnt Sidê Bend IlU : IntGrnational Teleconununications Union f-n ! l'lncâr nGtor ltm : Kilornstrc : Metrc n2 : Square nretrê OCTRÀ : Office des chemins de fer t'rans-gabonais (lrans-Gabonais Railways ÀuÈhority) OPT : Office dss Postes et Teleconununications (Post & lelecom' Board) PCR : Projcct ConrPletion RePor Pc : Port-Gcntil RI,G : Radlotclcvl.sion gabonaLse (Gabon Radio and lelevision) RTS s Ragitie ct en transfert sortant SEC Sccond . . i.. Sf : fnternational SYstems Unit SCU : Subseriber Connection Unit SOfREéOi,t : Soclstc franca:Lsc da raalisation d'etudes des tslcccmtunicatlons (Frcnch Tclccogmunications Studies Company) . TIG : Societe de Teleconununicatione internaÈionales du Gabon (IntGrnationalleleconununicationsCornpanyofGabon) - iii Àcronvns and ÀbbrcviatLong (continued) T\' : Televlsion U : Unit UÀ : ÀDB Unit, of Account UPU : Unlvcrsal Postal Union UR : Unite de raccordement dtabonnes (Subscriber connection unit) Fisca]. Year 1 January to 31 December TABI"E OT CONTENTS Paqe 1. rNÎ RODUClloùr 1.1 Bank Group Operations 1.2 Geographic and Economic seÈt.ing 1.3 Thc Tcleconmrunications Sector 1.4 obJecÈives at tbe time of the Appraisal 1.5 Baslc Dat,a 2. DESCRÎPÎION OT THE PROIECÎ 2.L G6neral- Descriptlon of the Project 3. rMpLEÀrElxtATroN AUD cosT oF TtrE PRo,fEcl 3. !.' Condit,iong for Entry into Force of the Loan 3.2 Procurcnent of Goods and Services 3.3 Major Changes Made 3.4 Implementation 9chedule 3.5 Organlzation and l'lânagement of the Pro ject 3.6 Cost of the Project 3.7 Expenditure Schedule per Source of Finance 3.8 Expenditure Sehedule per Component 3.9 Services by the Partners 3.10 Supervision by the Bank 3.11 Progress Reports 3.L2 Rerpect by the Borrower of its CoûmiÈments 3.13 ltcpaltment of the Loan. 4. trTNÀNCIAIT A}TALTSTS 4.L fnternal Râte of Return 1.2 Fulfilment of Financial Obligatlons 5. RESULTS AI'ID CHANGES IN OFT 5.1 Lcga} Status and Purpose 5.2 Organization and Management 5.3 Pergonnel and Training 5.4 Accountg and Audit 5.5 Tariffs 5.6 Billing and Recovery 5.7 Operation Analysis 5.8 AnalysLs of Balance Sheete 6. ECONOMIC ÀPPR.AISAI, 7. coNcr,usloNs 7.L Attainncnt of the Objectives of, the Projêct 7.2 Lessons fronr the Project this r€port ig written by Messrs f. BATOLA (TeLeconrnunications Engineer) and D. CHOKKX (Economlst| following their mission t.o Gabon in November,/December, 1988. LIST OT ANNEXES ÀNNEX: 1. Map of Gabon 2. Opcrational Organization Chart of the project 3. Gcncral hplementation Schedule l. Schcdulc of Utilizatlon of Teams 5. ExLrtJ.ng National Network 6. Conrptctcly Àutomâtic 7. PrGcGnt Organizatlon Chart of OPT 8. Decrcc Est.ablLshlng ttre functiong of OPT DèpartnÊntc 9. Ovcrall Staff Distribution by Grade and Group 10. Strf,f Dlstributl.on by Categories and Grade Groups 11. Sumrary of Tariffs Applicable in Gabon 12. Calculation of t,he fRR 1. INTRODUCTION 1.0.1 t{hen the oOffice Eguatorial des Postes et Teleconrnunicationgt split uP in 1955, the officials of the young nOffice des Postes et Telecomnunlcations du Gabontr mede a general inventory of thel-r teleconununications network and decided to link the varioug localitieg of the interior of the count,ry wiÈh rudimentary but acceptable lines. Consequently, a fLvc-ycar developrnent plan was drawn up in 1975 whl-ch provided for: thc rcplacement of obsolete equipmenÈ wit,h modern and largre capacity ones; thc cxtengion of existing netlrork throughout the country; provisJ.on of users wit,h facilities to promote the country's economic, social- and cultural- devel-opment. 1.0.2 In connexion with the implement,ation of this plan, the Governnrent of Gabon rnadc a requcat to the Bank in September L977 for the financing of the projcct entitled rModernizat,ion and Extension of the Telephone Network in L.lbrevillc. t 1.0.3 The Bank gave e positive response to the requeat and sent a preparatory mission to Librevil-le in November L9'17 followed J.n JuIy 1978 by an appraJ-sal ml-ssion. 1.0.,1 lhLs project which is nor completed faced serious difflculties which delayed its implementation. The implement,ation took ten (10) yêars whereag thrse (3) yeers would have been enough. 1.0.5 The present report l-s on tlre completion of the project entitled Develolrmcnt of Telecomrrunications in Port,-Gentil and I other Localities in t,he fnterior of Gabon. It deals wittr t,he various phases of Èhe implernentation of the project and its real situation. 1.1 Bank Group Oge-ations 1.1.1 The proJect, ras the fourth Bank Group operation in Gabon and thè first :Ln the teleconnrunications sector. Todate the Group has granted thirteen Ioang to Gabon totalll.ng BUA 136.17 mit1ion including BUA 30 mlllion for the fJ.nancLng of thc gtructural adjusÈment prograrune. L.L.z Out of 13 proJects financed by the Group, seven (71', incJ.uding the onc rl,th rhLch this rcport deals, have been fuIly compJ-eted and three (3) aae rcll advanccd. Tro proJccts in the agricult,ural. eector are in progress. On the othcr hand the rice project which start at all has been cancelled by mutual egrè€rnent with ths Government. the thirteenth operation i.e. tbe financl-ng of a structural adjustmenÈ programne, is the first non- proJect operation by the Sank in Gabon. L.2 GcogrraDhic and Eeonomie Setting L.2.1 Gabon has an area of 267r622 km2. It lies astride the eguator betwecn latitudes 2o3O north and 40 South. It is bordered to the north by mainland Equitorial GuLnea and Cameroon, to the East and South by Congo and to1 the West it is washed by the ÀtJ-antic Ocean over a 600-km seaboard. It is a eountry of avêrage altl-tude (the highest point being 1,575m) with the reLj-ef, determined by geographLc zonea. The Coastal zone is Low and flat and 30-200km ride. In the :lnterior there is a chain of mountains of low altitude runningr north to south: Nort,h and South-east plateaux, crystal rnountains' Ndjo1e mountaJ.ns, Chal.llu mountain and the Mayombe chain, between which lic t,he trranccville basln Ln the east and the Ngounie and Nyanga valleys in the south. -2- L,2.2 Thc cl-lnate all over the country is of the equatorial È14pe, with four sGasons, RainfaLl varies between 1,400nun to 3000nEn from region to region. llwttd-t_Qr to_ high at _ all timês. Annual mean temperaturès vâry between- 20o and 25o. Sunshl.ne is Poor especial.J.y in the diy season. r}e vegetation therefore stops growing for short perS.ods only. L.2.3 lhe soilc arc formcd under a very aggressive and humid cJ.lmate. They are of thc dssaturated fcrralitic, chenicalJ.y poor acidic typê. However, Ln cortein arêes' ccpecially j.n t,he North-west, there are soile of excellcnt physical quallty, vcry deep and rich in c1ay. In the country as a whole, the proportJ-on of good arable soil ig Iow, but in termg of populaùion figures it ls largcJ,y cuf f icJ.cnt. L.2.a In 1981, officl.al estinaÈes -population-put the population at 1,20OrOOO'is inhabl,tants; tl inhabitants to kmz. The in the regions very uncvcnly distributed. tfolcu N'Tem provice is second after Estuary (30t of thc country's totel population, i.e. 252,0O0 inhabitants), and its 133,500 lnhabitanÈs aro found mostly in t,he eastern half . Laat.ly, 43t of the population live l-n thc urban areas, 52t in the vitlages and 5t on Lr:rnbering or congtruct,l-on sites. Iconornic Trcnd bstwcsn 1980-1985 1.2.5 gtl.mulated by a favourable Lnternational econonrlc situation charact,crized by oil price increages (despite the drop in 1983, pricee fluctuatcd around $28 a barrel up to 1986), and to the continuous appreciation of thc dollar exchange rate, GDP increased by 12.7* a year on averege between 1980-1985. the level of oj-l production which st,arted decl-ining as frorn 19?7 rcnt up ln 1983 t.o 7.8 million tons then to 8.7 million tona in 1984 despite the drop J.n prJ.ces that Èook place in February 1983. fn val.ue, the oil secÈor recorded an avèràgG annual growth rate of 15.68 bètween 1980 and 1984. Its shars ln the overall cconomy remained guite the eame (45* of GDP) during thls period. L.2.6 DccpJ.tc a 10.3t par yoar nominal growth rate, agrl.cult,ure only rcprcrcnÈcd 4.3t of GDP in 1985. The sarne applJ.ed to industry wh:Lch hardly rcachcd 7.61 of GDP ln 1985. Even though the construction and services gector (l.ncludLng AônLnLstratLon) expanded rapJ-dly (17.8t per yEar and 14.7t per year rcspcctLvsly) thcy contLnued Èo depend J-argely on oil levenue. Generally, Es long es thLs rcvcnuc cont.inued to exist, the non-oil economy could continue Its grovth wLÈhout any interruption (13.2* nominal growth per year). However, lr thc grorth ïet not accompanied by actual diversification of, the cconony, thc country's econoîiy rcmaincd fragile and vulnerable to the oil market cont,l,ngcncles. The collapre of oil revenues in 1986-87 interrupted the fl-nancl,al contrLbutl,on to thê non- oil- economy and t,he construction and servlcss s€ctors stagnated most. L.2.1 Thc us6 of available reeources during the period 1980-X985 illustratcc the favourabla econornie situation Gabon enjoyed during the pcriod. Fl-nal consumption (private and public) increased by 1?.8* per year. the :lncrcase eras morê rapid for public consurnption (20* per year) than for prJ,vate consumption (16.2t a year). The improvement of consumers purchasing pover es rell as increagc in st,ate budget resources resultingr from oil rGvGnu€s and thclr cxt,crnalities in the econoîry explain this favourable trcnd. Xnv€stmcnt recorded the sarne rapid expansion. With a 204 averag€ growth rat€, invegtment more than doubled between 1980 and 1985. The most spcctacular lncrèase was that of public investment which increaeed frorn f.CPA 80.1 billion in 1980 to r.CFA 359.3 billion in 1985, i.e., an annual incrcase of 35t. È -3- FublLc finances 1.2.8 publtc financeg repr€sent a priviledged contribution to state particLpat,ion l-n t,he Gabonese economy. However, Èhis growing participation is baaed on oi1 revcnues which by their very nature are unstable. In any case, with regard to public finance managiement, t,here are at least three castes where lhe use of reve-nues of this nature createg structural conditions whieb can be maintained only lf the r€venue i.s inexhaustible but which revenue would have disast,rous effécts if it declined. The first case is the expansion of Fublic Adminl-stration (steady increaee in the nurrber of positions, periodic increases ln emo.luments). The eecond case concerna state inwofvement in tbe economy through the institutional setting, (establishrnent of. St,ate enterprises, .equity invesfment in semi-compani-es, price controJ- protect certain categories of eonsumers) . The ttrirà case lnvol-ves direct state i"rtervention througrh invegtment. All thêse caaea have been prevalent in Gi,bon ever since the beginning of the oil boom. L.2.g trrom.1979 to 1995, oil revenues, with an averagre annual giowth rate of 20.6t more than trippled.-a This phenomenal increase took place particuliffY b€tween 19?9 and L982, period auiing which oiL prices inereased from $13 a barrel to about 935. Between 1982 and 1985 oil reverrue increased by 8.88 per yêar, and its share in the overall- receapts remair:ect pracLically the same iabout 65t). Stimulat,ed by the high inciease of oi1 revenue since L979, non-oil r€venue increased by 24.4* per year between 1982 and 1985. Government open policy has always been Èo promote non-oiL reverrue. However, there.is^an iirteriral Jorrelation betryeen the two tyPes of receipts since the basis for charging taxeg on non-oLI revenues has itself become increasingly dependent on revetrues in oif iroâuction. Gabon's abitity to irnport and to obtain eustom impoits (half of non-oil revenues) depends primarily on oil- export earnings whj.ch undergo a decreaae with the decline of oil revenues. this correl-ation has been proved ever gince the 1986 crieis. L.2.LO Desplte the rapLd increage in operating enPenses (14* pe! yea:l,) betwcsn 198t and 1985 and in deUt services (?.9* per year), the abundance of oil revenuag cnabled the country to make a consistent budget sawings of about f.CIFA 23O billl-on a year, i.el 14* of receipt,s on averaçfe. these saving:s cnabled Gabon j-n 1982--83 to embark on a move to get out of debt, a nove which could not be consolidated because of a spect,acu]-ar increase in capital expendlture. This expenditure rose by 27.7t per year between L982 and 1985. Exfenditurc on thc cônstruction of the Trans-Gabonais' which was about one third of publJ.c capital investnent grew on an average of 4_L.48 during th€ same period. publl-c capital investment alone represented 218 of GDP. Externa]. Tradc and Balance of PavmenÈs L.2.Lt In 1985, exporès,-irnportation which r'rere essentially oil exports, represent,ed 53.3t of GDP and the of goods and services rePresented 23-3*. The practically exports are alrnost ent-irely - raw malerials which have undergone liltfe or no processing. with regrard to imports, the most important categorieg incluâe food and agriculÈural products (16.88),' machinery and tools (16.8t) and manufactured goods (16*). t.Z.t2 In 1985, Èhe balance of paymênts recorded a deficit of P.CfÀ 22-t billion, co-pareb to a surplus oC r.Cre 17.4 billion in 1984. This trend refLects a cbngiderable detèrioration of the posiÈion of the current balance which recorded a deficit of r.CrA 72.9 biLIion - t,he first ever since 1976. A sharp increase in the Lmportation of goods and services is the main causs. -4- Public External Debt 1.2.L3 Before 1985, Gabon had embarked on a policy of gctting out of dcbt which tf it trad bean successful, yrould have completely changed the counÈry's debt situation (cce annex). Disbursed and ouÈstanding debt increased by 3L.98 in 1985 compared to 1984. Similarly, in 1986, it, recorded an increase of 25.6* conrpared to the prcvious y€ar. Even though in 1986 the external debt outst,anding remained lower than whaÈ it. was in L980, the situation changed fundamcntally and on 20 Septernber L986, Gabon announced Èhe suspension of its payments of principal, and interest, in respect of bilateral debt, and prj-ncipal in respect of non-insured bank debt. t.2.L4 Onc of thc main characteristics of Gabon'g external debt is Èhat Lt ig 66* owned to private creditors. The oppressive nature of the debt (in 1985) ig reflected by the average interesÈ rate of 9.8*, average pe:iod of. naturiÈy of 10.5 y€ars and an extremely short, graee period of 2.7 yeats, on av€raçt€. these terms make Gabonts position very precarious considering the fall j-n j.ts e*port earnings. This is what, happened in 1986 when the debÈ scrvice suddently increased Lo 25.7* against 12.7t in 1985. 1.3 the lelecomunications Sector- Situation at Èhe Èirne of the Appraisal 1.3.1 AÈ the tlme ôf the appraisal in 1978, Gabon's'telecorûtunications comprised urban networks, trunk networks and international netr,ùgrks with t,elegraph and telex services. {a) Urban TeLephone Network Thê urban network cornPrised: " "î;iiil" "n"Ë'L*:ËîËÏ. :3. î""ï;i;" â :ân îï'In:' "1X''j"il fi : lcn of these exchanges were of modern design and couldt eubject to a few modifications, fit, into the five-year plan which was being executed. The remaining eight r'ùere t,o be replaced. nanual exchangres lrere installed in the smaLl buLlt-in areas. Their technical design and size made it impossible for them to be intcarat,sd into the progranrune going on at the time. thc cable nctworks $Gre overhead/underground êtrcopt Ln sma.l'l localitieg where they were entirely overhead. their capacity everywhere was significantly inadeguate and often unsuitab.le for automatic operation. On account of the rapid development of rnost of the tordns l-n Gabon, considcrable damage had been and continued to be done to these cables by pubtl-c works cnterprises. (b) lrunk Networks. These neÈworks which were 45* automatic were mainly direcÈ view or tropospherJ-c radio link systems. Theae systems functioned normally but the low- calaeity of most of th-em did not allow for extensions. In connexion with the uct of the Libreville earth gatellite station, the tropospheric systems nsre to be rcplaced with direct visibility systems for the- Èransmission of Èelev.lgion infàrmation and data. there !'rere a few wire links but in most cases the cllnate and vegetation made their utilization practically impossible. -5- Internatlonal Networks The international neÈworks were equpped with 2.6 to 20 klloratt tnnonrittcro and receivers wit,h independenÈ sidebands which enabled senui- autqnatLc transtnisgion to Paris, Douala and Abidjan. From Parisr the subscribcr could bc connected to the rest of the wotld. But in L973/14 an carth satctlito rtâtion ras constructed at some 20kn from Llbreville pointed Èo a gcostatlonary satellite of the fntelsat system over thê AtLantic. ÀlL international conununications Èherefore passed though this stationr with thc orccptlon of thoce with Congo which used tropospheric radio link instal,led in 1971 and rith Casrcroon which used the radio link inst,alled in L974. fnternatlonal corrtnunieaÈiong were operated by a semi-pubJ-ic company, i$ociete dc Sclccomunications Internationales Gabonaisesn (TIG), owned by the Republic of Gabon and thc french colnpany ÛFrance-CabLe et Radioi. (dl lclagrqph and Telex Servj-ces Gabon had an automatic telex switch of 400 lines in tibrcville rhich ras gctt!.ng saturatcd and which was to be ext,ended before L98X. The t6legraph nctrork comprised tclcprinters and had radio links as support. À Gentex netvork inrtâIlcd ln 1968 made it possible to connect between themr through an automatj.c sritch, all telex subscribers of T,ibreville, Port-GentiI' Oyemt Bitam, FranccvJ-Ile, Lunbârenc and Moanda. $ATNIINENCE OP THE EXISTING SYSTEM Egcauûc of thc clirmte, lack of roadE beLween the major towns and built-l.n âreas and particularly the shortage of qualified personncl, na:Latenance of the eysterns faced problems which ?rere aggravated to varLoug degrress by town development works. !ûith a view to solving these problems, plans nere made to train specialists who could detect faults rapldly and who iould ênrure that prLvate instaftations were made in conformity ttith gtandards ret by the Govcrnmcnt. Furthcrmore, the P & T Department ltas colnP€lled' still for lack of personncl, to sign a contract wj-th Messrs SOFRECOM for the maintenancc of LibrevLlle telephone neÈwork and with Messrs Thongon CSE for the malntenance of radio links in the interior of the country. DEVELOPMENT PROGRÀI'ME fn late L975, Gabon published its third econonrlc and social devclolmcnt plan covcring the period L976/80. In that plan, the dcvclopment of tclecomrrunications sas given considerable attention. This development conc{trncd the following three entities: the national netrtork the international network thc PANÀfIEL project (a) thc National NeÈwork Ihe objective wag to cover the entire count,ry by meane of radio links with televisiori and radio transmission; in this regard the following linkg rrere to be constructed: South-East axis: Libreville-N'Djole-Booue-Lastourville- Koularnatou-Woanda-F rancevil- 1e.' :: i::ll :ii:; 3*::ffi;i::âiilI3il*;"nibanea-Mavumba; East axis: Booue-Makokou-tselinga-Mekambo. It was dcc|ded to modern:lze, extend and automatize the telephone exchanges and nctworkg in the towng and the major centres; priority would be given to Librcvl.Ila and Port-Gcntil. -6- thc International Network The progremn€ provided for the opening of direct lines by means of satellitcs sj.th African and European eountries. (cl îhc PÀl{AfTEt Proiect thc PanafÈcl projeet was to enable the following links: Gabon to Cameroon from the North axis: Oyem-Bitam-Carneroon; Gabon to Congo through the Bakorlnlca (Gabon) -Djambala (Congo) sËct,ion and lastly Gabon to Sao-Tome and Principe. ThG total coct of this programo€ was estimated, in early L977, at f.CfA 18 billLon or UÀ 65 nillion including UA 53 million in foreign exchange. lhe rOffice des Port€c eÈ Telecorrununications du Gabonn approached several financicrs Lncludl,ng ÀDE for the implementation of the ptog:canune 1.3.2 Prcscnt Situation 1. ORGAIITZATION OE SERVIEES Port end Telecomnunications, television and broadcasting-in Gabon are managed by two dlstlnct agencies under the same Ministry: thG iOffice des Postes et Teleconrnunicationsn (OPT), a public establishment with lesal :ï*::'::: r?T:""i"Jr*":ï1t;?:iented the iRadiodl.ffusion TelevLsion Gabonaigetr (RTG), t gervice of thc Ministry. these tro agencicg work Ln close cooperation,' in partlcularr OPT rout,es on tÉe installations modulation for television and broadcasting; in most cases it operat€s RTG' s trangmitterg. Intcrnational and nat,ional teleconununications are rnanaged ln e distinct tnanner: intcrnatlonal teleconnrunications are entrusted to a Limited liability company, TIG (Teleconununications International Gabonaise) which ie managed by the General l"lanagêr of the OPT" the OPT comprises three main branches: i national tcleconununcationst ' . . .. Postal and financial services, corrûron services. 2. TNTERNATIONAL TEIECOMMT'NICÀTIONS lIG op€rat€s the following exchanges: which Ïras a :H"u*"Jî"îî."",iff""":":":ffË:,ïï':n;ïhanse the autonatic international- exchange (CIA) and the inteEnational manual exchange (CIM) with Pentaconta equipment; t,he tburcau central radio internationaltr (BCR). Thcac thrcc cxehanges er€ located in downtown in thc CENACOMbuJ-ldJ-ng Ln rhich seweral Lnstallatl6ng of the national network are also Iocâted. -7- 3. NAÎIONâL TELECOMMT'NTCATIONS Urban Àutomatic Switches Until 1981, the cquipment was in electro-rnechanical crorsbar CP 400 technigue. In March 1981, the OPT corunissioned the first ternporal eXectronic exchangc in technology EIOB, f,oll-owed in ,June L982 by a eimilar exchange at Port-Gentil financed by the Bank under another project. The characteristlct of thesê switches are gi.ven as annex. LLbrcvl.].Ic Th€ capiÈal is served by: !n o1d CP 400 located in downtorn in Èh€ trLl-brevilIe- prJ-ncJ.paltr building; thc noer EIOB the chain core of which is installcd in the CENACOM building adjacent to the tLibreville-principalil buLlding with connection units situated at,: cENACOM, the Gros Bouquet- satellite (between downtown and the airport.), the Owendo satellite in the port area. by a semi-elect,ronic PE 1024 exctrange (prefix 74) installed in the nlibreville-principaln buidJ-inE and which is being rcplaced with subscriber connectj-on units on the E10B exchange. The Gros Bouquet and Owendo satellites are connected to CENACOM by ICII{ cables and dl.git,al radio links. Port Gcntil The E10B of Port-Gentil uges the same data processing centr€ (DPC) as the E10B of LLbrevilte. Ilrc ProvLncag There are I rnajor provincial stations equipped with type CP 400 Y Crosgbar e:cchanges to which extenslons can be made. One CP 400M exchange and three CP 100Y cxchanges are being install-ed along with the congtruction of the coastal axig. Ot.trer exchanges are equipped with varioug local automatic gwitches which havc access to the external network by semi-autonratic or manual channel. Thege exchanges are sxpected to be completely renovated. lransilt llxchanqeg Ttrese subscriber exchanges are complet,ed by: thc NatLonal Trangit Exchangre (cTN) constituted by the s€rmc E10B which algo performs the function of transit for all the exchanges in Gabon (Libreville and Province) which are not directly connected among them; the International Àutomatic Exchange (CIA) of, TfG with el-ectronic tnanagrement of international accountg (Crossbar Pentaconta); an International Manual Exchange (CIM) is agsociated with this aut,omat.ic exchange. a National Manual Exchange novr associated with t,he CP 400 of tibrevj.ll-e-principal and which will be associated wiÈh t,he CTN ElOB. -8- ÎR.A}TSMISSION EOUIPMENI LLncs in Operation Bccaute of trânsport difflculties and the isolation of the econon:lc centres of the hinterland, considerable attention has been paid to trunk llneg. In the 1970 decade about hal-f of investments ïrent to transmission. (a) large capacity analogical- transmission lineg (fH 665-6 or fH 665-? of Thornson CSF) are instal-l-ed on the following axes: nFour tibreville - placetr equipped nith 4 channels 12 te.lephone channels, 1 ?V channel, 1 standby channel); an axis called naxe de }a bouclen Four Place Lanrbarene- Port Gentil with 2 * 1 channelsi a gouth-cast axis, Four FLace - Booue Laetourville (+ Koulamoutou branch) Moanda-FranceviIIe-Leconi-Akieni-Okondjawit,h2+1 channels. Each telephone channel has 600 or 300 lines. (b) tropospheric beams, functioningr unevenly, equipped with 24 channels: Thomson CSf' 955 Libreville-Oyem-Moanda-Mouila. (c) two thomson CSf 632 local lJ.nes, uEed often as offset between the hertzian station and the telephone exchange: Moanda-Bakoumba -! Oyem-Bitam Ll-breviIIe-Ntoum Franeeville-Nwengrue Kangro, Booue, Mourtana, Àkieni offsetg. (d) one offset line at N'Djole in Thomson CSl. TFH 150, (e) radio-electric lines linking the other exchanges (1 or 2 channcls) : Tchibanga, Makokou, (f) multLplex: thc radLo links are equipped with mult,ipJ.ex (model 70) CIT or LTT for Thomson CSF radio tinks (primary grouPs' L2 ctrannclg and gecondary groupsr 60 channels). Rccently Ingta]-lcd Lines Thc coastal axls prograrmre has been going on since 1985 with thê strengrthening of the LibreviLle-Port-Gentil .J-ine by the creation of digital Thomgon CSr TfH 150 N (3a MBls) beam equipped with nine 2-MB/s traine. lhe main axJ.s, Port-centil-Tchibanga has been equipped since L986 with a Tflf 250-6 analogical. beam of fhomson CSF fitted wiÈh a 600-channel telephone exchange. Branches to Ganrba, Omboue, Wuyamba and Moabi are planned. UPAA T SUBSCRIBER NEÎYIORKS Eefore the priorlty developrnenÈ progrannrne, urban eubscriber'networkg rv€rê very lnadequate. Only the areas of central I.ibrevi]le and Gros Bouquet showsd averagre possibilities of connection with considerable local taturations. Under the prlority prograntrne, major extension and rnodernization rorks tr€rG carried out in LibrewiLle and Port-Gentil. -9- 1. Librevill-e The Owendo and Gros Bouquet networks have been êomplcted and subscrLbcrg can therefors be connected. The central Librevi.lle natwork has bscn complcted since 1984; the capacit.y for subscriber connection in trangmLsgj.on and dLgtribution cables has been practical.ly doubled. 2. Port Gentil Thè modêrnization and extênslon of thê network have been completed; Port-Gentit therefore hag a rnodern network. 3. Province Under the priority prograrune owerhead-underground networks ldere also constructed in seven màior localities: NtDjolef Mouila, Oyenr, Bitam, FrancevLlle, Koulamoutou and Moanda. As large-scale urbanization workg are planned for Larnbarene, the erctension and modernization of this net?ùork inttial-ly envisaged wiIl be done in coordination with these urbanization works. ftrts network is shifted to the overali progrêmri,u to be J-mplemented Iater. In th€ other localities in the interior, there are no underground net.works and the overhead networks are very inadeguate. 4. Coastal Â*is the development of the coastal axis will involve the construction of overhead-underground networks at Mayumba, Garnba, Omboue, Tchibanga and Moati. 1.3.3 Comparison of the Situation at the time of the A,ggraisal with the Present Situation Since the appraisal of this project, there has been a considerable progresg in the develôpment of Gabont s telecofirltunicatj-ons sector resulting in à spectacular increase in the number of telephone lines. Between L978 and 1988, the number increased about 2.3 tirnes, which is a very high increase of 15t a yaaz. 1.{ Objectives at the time of the Appraisal 1.4.1 the obJectl-ves of the project r,vere to: install at Port-Gentil, the second city of Gabon, an automatic telephone exchange desigrned for 8000 lines, with an initial provlsion of 400 ].ines; ïî"ffiîli.:îi:ït'l;.:."'""n*""î"";i'::1";f":"4i""î"i?".:":i:; capacities of 2000 to 4000 lines had been installed. These exéhanges were the following: Franceville, Moanda, NtDjole, Lanbaren€, Oyem, Bitam, Mounila and Koulamoutou; meet outstanding telephone instatlations demand in theEê Iocalitiee and provide for future connecÈions over a 10-year per,lod. t.4.2 AÈtainnrent of the ObjectLveg The project has improved the gualiÈy of telephone service in port-Gentil anâ sénen provl-ncial towns and has attained the objectives set at the Èlme of the appraisal, with the excepÈion of t,he town of Lambarene where rorkg have been postPoned. -10- 1.4.3 the Place of the ProjecÈ in the National Development Plan The implenentation of the project, has contributed, Iargcly to the development of the counÈry's telecorurunications sector. Modern automatic switchcs havc bsen insÈal]ed and users can therefore conrnunicate with LibrcvLlle. The proJcct fit,s very well into the country'c development proccsr. Its l-mplernentation has enabled the development of l-nfrastructureg and thus pJ-aced at the disposal of economic operators reLiable means of conununl-catLons for the promotion of the count,ryts economic arowth. The installatLon of the local networks has opened up the provinces where lack of m€ans of conrnrunicst,ion made Life unpJ-easanÈ. The pro ject has also improved thê fLnancial situation of the OPT and thus put it in a normal and more favourablc pocition to promote the countryt s telecornnrunications development. 1.5 BagLc Data Country : Republic of Gabon Title of Projcct Telecormrunications Dcvelopment in Port-Gentil and I other inland Centres. Nunb€r of ProjecÈ ADB Loan es/cB/xL/7\/ 005 Borrorrer Gowernment of the Gabonese Republic ExecutinE Aocncy rOffice des Postes et TeLecom- municationst (OPT) Date of ÀgpraLsal .Tuly 1978 Date of ADgrova1 by thc Board 19 September 1978 Date of glgmature of th€ Loan Asreement 4 December 1978 Dete ôf Entry :[nto trorêc of the Loan 3 Decernber 1980 Datc of Cormcnccment of the Project 8 February L982 Proposed Detc of Complètion 11 November 1982 Tlardl i nr far F.l rcl D{ rburlannant 3 Dccombet 1979 (inittâl) 3 .fanuary 1980 then 31 oecember 1980 Dcadl:lne for Legt D:Lsbursement 31 December 1988 (after extentions) Date of, Cqr]-etion 25 ,fuly 1986 nstimated Tota]. Cost of the Project uÀ 14,800,000.00 ÀDB Loan I'A 5,000,000.00 Amount Dl.aburscd uA 4,8]-tr043.23 Undisburscd Balanee uA 118,959.77 IntercsÈ Râtc Àt aPPraLgal 7* a year on tbe anrountg disbursed and outstanding. -11 - Statutorw Conurigsj-on ; 1t a year on Èhe amount,s disbursed and outst,anding. ji ConuaLtncnt Chargre : 0.75* a year on the undigbused portion of the J-oan starting 90 days after thê signat.ure of the loan agreement. r Pres€nt Int€rêsÈ Râtè z 7.46* a year on the amountg d.isbursed and outstandingr. Corrtritment Cha4gre : 1t a year on Èhe undisburged portion ofl the loan conunencing forty-f,ive (45) days after signature of the loan agfreement. Statutory ComLra:Lon : 0.50t a year on the anounts digbursed and outstandincr. Consultant : SOFRECOM (france) Contractols : 1. EnÀTEL 2. SOGEC (after the bankruptcy of EF,ATEI,) 3. Various minor suppllers. -t2- 2. DESCRTPTION OE THE PROJICT 2.L Gcneral Degcr:lpt:lon The project as appraised conprised.: (a) Procur€ment and inetallat,ion of an automatic telephone exchange wit.h aII the modern functions and wtrich could be integrated inio thc qeneral swltchingr system of the OpT: the ingtallation of a poweE system which starts running automatically,' thc installation of a distributor fuse, monitorLng and rncaauring cquipment and construction of a spare parts store. (b) procurement and laying of pipes: 'and procurdn€nt and J.aying of telephonc transmission distribution cables,. Procurètncnt and laying of overhead-undcrground subscriber telcphone cables. (c) procurcmcnt of vehicles and speclal machinery for the J-mplcmentatl-on of the project and adequate tnaintenance of the installations after final handover. (d, congultancy services for: the prcparation of bill of guantiÈies, specificatl-ons and tender document,s; tender analysis and contraet award in close collaboration with the OPT of Gabon and ADB. rorkg supervision and provisJ-onal and final reception of the installationsi the training of techniciang to maintain the €quipnent, Iocete faults and install new service lines. Ae thc problem of traLnlng is crucial in Gabon, a veîy thorough study wl.II be conducted in accordance witlr appropriate têrns of reference with a view t.o monitoring the training of tra:lners abroad and then that of technicians in Gabon. The tEcole Nationale des Postes eÈ TeleconununlcaÈionst in Libreville will provide the requisite training facilities. AftGE hfrl€rnêntetion Ihc proJcct rras started by ERATEL which uaa to congtruct the eight urban and provincial tclephone networks. But as that company went bankrupt in IaÈe L982 aftêr it, had constructed only the networks of N'Djole and Francevl-llc, the OPT, with the agreement of ADB, decided to have the works done on forcc account till their completion in the tonn of Moandat Koulamoutou, Oycm and Bitan. The projects in Mouila and Lambarene rrerê temporarJ.ly suapanded because of large-scale road works to be done there in conncrcLon wLth t.he Lndependcnce celebrations of Augrust 1984 and Àugust 1985. Aftcr the corgnencemcnt of these works in Mouila, the OPT resumed the cablee nctrork. On Èhc othcr hand the Lanbarene project was definitively abandoned. _13_ N'Djole the existing network wag in a hopeleesly deerepit state and aLl the cables therefore hâd to be replaced and new equipment hâd to be procuredi 950 kn iterG put in pJ-ace out of which 705 were in burried cablel. The main characterisÈics are the following: No. of manholes of a].l kinds t2 carriageway repair 55.59 m2 branching 6,4O7.40 J.m (linear meters) rnetal poles 19r- sub-distribut.ion box 0 PvC pipe 7,260 m sheathed conduit 406.1 ]-rn in 960 or 945 or a eomibinat.ion of the two. lightened conduit 983.81m in 045 in combination of 060 and ïss. Erancev*11e Às the axlsting network had becorne outmoded, it was decj-ded to replace it with nevr cables and new eguipment. À new network of cabJ.ee of 2r 450 kmp was installedi the main characteristics are t,he fotlowing: No. of manhol-es of all kinds : 45 carriageway repair : 959.84 m2 pavement repair : 56L.19m2 branching : 55,245.80 lm metal polcs z 736 sub-dlgtribution box : 1 PVC pipe : 59,600 m sheatlted conduit : L468.9 Lm in A6A, O45 or comibinat,ion of boÈh. lightened conduit : 8,289.18 In in A4S or combination of, g60 and g4s. Moandr (a) Cl-vil works As the network had already been constructed by Camilog, the proposed rork involved simple additions. However, 6 manholes had to be reconstructed and 3000 mctreg of conduit had to be branched. (b) Cab1es À good part of the cables neL!,fork was replaced from the general distributor to the subscribers. -14- Koulamoutou (a) Civil works - The greater part of the civil works had been done by ERÀTEL. tlhat rag donc next thereforc t{ere: Èwo Èeleptrone manholes the traverse of t.he bridge with staying device procurement and laying of 3 manhol-e covers. (bl cables The old cablcs network wag completely replaced frorn the general dlstrlbutor to Èhe subscribers. Oycm (a) CLvl-I works The civil workg wêre carried out by SOGEC; they involved: 7 km of sheathed and lightened multiple conduites 50 telephone mantroles 500m2 of carriageway repair (b) Cab].es The oLd cablcs nstwork !ilas completely replaced from the general digÈrJ-buto! up to the gubscribers; 700 poles had to be erected. BiÈan (a) Civil works Ll-kc in Oyem, the civil workg were carried out by SOGEC; they involvcd: 2km of shcathcd and ll-ghtened. muLtiple conduites 11 telephone manholes (b) Cablcs Thc old cablqs network waËr completely replaced from t,he general distrLbutor up to the subscribers. Uori.ta The civil workg were done by SOGEC. The cable works trere done on frocc account by teams of Èhe rOffice des Postes et Tel-ecormnunications.tr The controL of equipmant in factory, inspection and supervision were entrusted to sorREcoM. (a) Civil works thc civll workg in thLs localLty started on 20 t{ay 198? and werè handcd over provisionally on 20 November 1987. The quantities of units of proposed rork and work donc are ag follows: Prog'ress Proposed QuanÈity Done Theore- UnLt of l0ork Ouant,iLy bv 3!/10/87 tical Real Sheat,hed conduits (n) L,445 1r316 91 100 LighËened conduits (n) 7,370 7r2L8 98 100 Laying of burried cable (rn) Lr2O0 2r915 247 247 Telephone manholes ciM (u) 9 9 100 100 Telephone manholes (u) 70 64 91 100 -15- (b) Network or lilirfulE Works these works wer€ carried out by OPT and involved the interior ingtallations of eubscribers and ereotion of supports. Self-sutrrporting cablea w€re thus laid, cabl-es w€r€ drawn and subscriber lines wer€ constructcd. At the end of thc works, the quantitative situation is as follows: Proposed Quantity Donc Unit of works ouantity by 3I/LO/87 Progress Erection of eupporte (u) 600 450 75 Drawing of cable in conduit (m) t4 t750 L4t75O 97 Drawing of self-supporting cable (m) L7 t200 81273 {8 Distributed pairs (u) rr344 896 66 Construction of subscriber lines (u) 200 L20 60 Lambarene As the road works in the town had not been done, the OPT deeidcd to euspend the proposcd civil and cable works. The Port-GentiL Exchange thLs exchange nas conunisgioned on 19 ,fune 3-982 buÈ thc offLcial inauguration did not take place unÈil Àug'ust !982. The equipment supplied is an arltomatic switch of type E10B of CIT-AICÀTEL- Its main characteristics are as follows: Characteristics ElOB Capaqity Handll-ng capacity 100 000 ealls,/hour Traffic 3 000 Erlangs Number of eubscribers 30 000 Lines Systam Switching Tempora!- Modulation and codJ.ng ICI'Iat2Mbits/s 30 channels 8 bitg/channel Control Prografime recorded Specialized procesg for switching Non specialized computer for operation Weather Conditions Temp€rature 18 to 20o c Relative Hutnidity 30 to 70t Since its conrmissioning, this exchange has been functioning satlgfactoriJ,y. -16- 3. TMPLEMENTA?rON Àrùp COSÎ OF' THE PROiTECT 3.1. Conditions for Entfy into Force of the Loan 3.1.1 Thc condl-tLonc for entry into force of the loan were fulfLIlcd wLthin rQasonablc tirncs. After the signing of the agreement, on 4 December 1978t the loan bccame cffectLve in.Tuly L979. which means that all the conditions precedenÈ to first disbursement had been fulfilled by that date. these condiÈions rrere: À. Cond:ltiong Precedent to First DisbursêmenÈ The borrower shal]. undertake: (a) Èo ghow evidence that a loan agreement hag been sigmed rith the Caistê Central-e de Cooperation Economique for Èhe financing of the Port-Gent,il telephone net,work and t,he extension of the microwavc radio-relay J-inks beÈween Librevill-e and the interior; (b) to havc thc const,ruction of the proposed Port-Gentil telcphone exchange building started; (c) to makc annual budgetary appropriations to meet OPTts share'in the fLnancingr of t,he project; (d) Èo bear a1l eost overrunE. OÈher Condition the borrower shal, as regards the recruitment of thc consultant, undertake to issue a single tender inwitation for the LibrevilLe project and that of Port-Gêntil and eight other centreg. 3.2 Procuremcnt of Goods and Serwiceg Tender notices for the procurement of goods and services for thê proJect were issued in early September 1-979t in accordance with the Bank's rules and procedures, in t,he following neriûs papers: Financial Tirnes, Le Mondct La Stampa, Die Welt, Development folrrrn Business Edition and Union (a Gaboncse news paper). For th€ extenslon of the eight provincial networks, eight cornpanles tendered: ERATEL, Trindel et Selegr, LTT, SÀ1, Cab1cs de Lyon' La Signalisation, Grzybowshi and Sobea. The tenders were analyzed and evaLuated by SOFRECOM rhich recormnended ERÀTEL for t,he contract. Thig choice was eirdorsed by OPÎ. ERATEL was accordingly entrusted with the execution of Èhe project tJ ttre etght provincial towns. Unfortunately after compteting t!9 ro.tçs in NtDjoIe ana Franceville and conunencing work at Roul-anroutou, ERÀTEL wenÈ bankrupt in Franc€ and the work therefore had to be sÈopped. with the approval of ÀDB, the OPa deeided to trave the works done on foree account. In tftat regard, restricted tendere for supplies and civil works for the Moanda-Koulanroutou-Oyem and Bitam underground Èelephone networkg were invited on 10 ,July 1984. Three out of the eight, companies contacteal tendered: sALp, soGEc, SoMITEG. SOGEC yras seLected for its price and background. 9fl-th to cables and ovcrbead fittings, OPT contact€d certain regard rCordons, known suppliers.- For the supply of cables' the company et Uquipment-- wag chosen while the company Mêcelec was chosen for the overneacl fittings. . With regard to vehleles, rneasuring equipment and varlous tools, dLffercnt contracts were signed with: -L7- CCDG Libreville for vehicles SEF for auger-truck STIC-HAFROY for reel-carrier and pole-carrier t,raiLers GEÀ{ATELfor measurinq devices and other tools. The civil workg for the .*t"rr"io-r, and modernization of the overlread-under- ground telephone network at Mouila were entrusted to SOGEC in accordance with a codicil to the principal contract No. 396/DC-OPT/85 amended on 20 May 1987 after agreement by the Bank. With regard to the Port-Gentil exchange, Èwo firms tendered: CfT-AI,CATEL and IÀIT-THOMSON CSF. After evaluation CIT-ALCATEL was chosen for the supply of the automatic swit,ch. 3.3 Major changes mâde No major chanEes lrere made to the projeet; the only modifieations tclato to the design of t,he project. The preliminary pJ-an gtudies of the interior network dated back to L979 and they therefore had to be updated in the five networks apart from those of N'Djole and Franceville. The rnodificatlons nêcessitated the procurement of additional network equipment: cables, connection materials, overhead fittings, installations equipment. ALl these addttional procurement,s were at t.he expense of OPT. 3 .4 Irqplementation Schedul-e The engS-neerLng studies of the Port-Gentil and eighÈ inland centreg were entrusted, through internat,ional cornpetrtive bidding after shortlisting, to SOTRECOù{Ion 23 February L9?9. lenders for supplies were inwited in September L979 and bids vrere opened on 11 December 19?9. Contract winnerg were notified on 26 November 1980, the winners lrere: CIT-ÀLCATEL for the Port-Gentil exchanqe ERATEL for the inland networks The contracts becamc effective on 23 March 1981 for CIT-ÀLCATEIJ and 16 February 1981 for ERATEL. In the beginning, the implementation of the project went ahead on gchedule and the PorÈ-Gentil- exchange was therefore corflnissioned on 18 ,June L982. With the inland aetworks the situation was as foll-ows: N'DJOLE: the civil works rrêre handed over in May L982 and the connect.ion workg started inunediatcly after. Tests for the handing over of Èhese latter works took place in Àugust L982. FRÀI{CEVIL,LE: the civil works were eompleted in rÏuly L982. The connection works started irrnediately after and were completed in October L982. In April 1983, ERATEL went bankrupt in france and had t,o stop its operatJ.ons there and in Gabon. This caused a considerabLe delay in the i-rnplementation of Èhe project. After the bankruptcy of ERÀTEL, the OPT in agreem€nt with ÀDB deeided to have the works continued and completed in the towns of Moanda, Koulamoutou, Oyem and Bitam. the cabl-e works were done by OPT staff aupervised by SOFRECOM. The civil works lrere entrusted to the firrn SOGEC, through internat,ional competitive bidding, and supervision to SOFRECOM. The implenentation schedules are given in detail as an annen. Projeet.ions and works actually done are srrrrunarized as follows: Cl-wtl- 9lorks lsôcEe) These works had been envisaqred in tdrawerstr startS.ng with Moanda and ending with Bitam. -18- Ehe workg wenÈ on simultaneously at: Moanda, then KouLamoutou, Oyem, then Bitam The civil works in Mouila r{ere carried out by SOGEC. They started on 20 lday 1987 and thclr provisional handover took place on 10 November 1987. Network vorks Network works, erecÈion of supports, started in Moanda one month late due to thc late arrival of the auger-truck. lhe laying and drawing of cables took a longer time than scheduled beeaugc of Èhe poor state of the existing civil works, Subsequently rçork on the Koulamoutou, Oyem and Bitam networks r{as done on sehedule. Th€ timê lost in the cotruttencement of Ltre projeet could not be made up for and the project was not completed until October 1986. tlorks on thc Mouifa network started in late May with the installation of subscriber lines and erection of supports. The works were completed in Iate December 1987 three months ahead of echedule. 3.5 OrcranLzatLon and Manaqement of the Proiect 3.5.1 The project Lmplementation unit. was not actually operational until L982 when an officer sras appointed to head it. À few officials of the OPT worked t,o ensurcd the fulfilment of the loan conditions. 3.5.2 Before L982 the project $ras supervieed by only the consuJ-ting engincer and disburscment requests were made by the budget and accountg departnents of OPT. 3.5.3 After 1984, a central speeialized accounts service was aet up within OPT for the financial monitoring of projects. Its staffing position wag strengÈhcncd with th€ appointrnent of a project director and a dLrector of operatLonr and nlth thc assist,ance of the consulting engineer. The efforts of that servl-ce couplcd with reconunendations by the Bank clarified :relations bctwccn thc various parties involved in the construction of the Libreville cableg nctrork. 3.6 Cost of the Proieet Disburgcments 3.6.1 In accordancc with the mode of disbursement chosenr a requesL acconrpanJ.cd by the requisite documents, converted int.o FCFA, is sent to Èhe Bank ior payment. The borrower prepared its request in FCFÀ which ghould then be convertcd into units of account (UÀ). Sometimes it happens Èhat a loss of information on the rate of the unit of account used to eettle a given bitl later created discrepancy in the batances drawn uP at a given date. ft woul-d therefore be decirabJ-e that in addiÈion to the telex confirming the exchange ratc utllized, a telecopy of the ADB form entiÈIed dsununary Ledgerr is sent to the borrorer, after updating, for cross checking. Remarks Payment of the loan: sometimes more had to be Paid than the pré-taid down installments. It would be advisable that an Lxplanatory note accompanied by the mode of analytical calculation is attached to the maturity notices. -19- Facllity: ttre disbursement aystem is flexible, with Èhe borrower having the choice of rnode. 3.6.2 The costa at the time of the appraisal and the real costs after the implenrentation of tlre project are given in Table 3.1 below: Table 3.1 Cost of the Project (in thousands of UÀ) 1. Costs at Alrpraisal foreigm Local. Itêm Exchanqe Currency TotaJ. Port-Gcnt:Ll TclcAhone Exchange 1. Automatic telephone, supervision and mon!.toring eguipment' spare parts t924.7 L924.7 2. Energry-distribution cable 367.4 62.O 430.4 3. Packing-lransPort-fnsurance 227.4 227.4 4. Installation and comissioning 59s.0 2L0.0 80s 5. Maintcnancc 52.4 L7.4 69.I Têlêphonc NeÈworks 1. Civil vorkg Supplies 370.0 362.L 732-t Works 186.L 477.0 663.1 2. Cables Supplies 439.3 439.3 works 45.3 398.7 444.0 3. Distribution :- Suppliea 299.0 299.0 lforks 37.8 49S.; 535.8 Vehlcles and SPecial MachinerY 336.0 336.0 Ml.scal-laneous Conau].tant ' 105 35.0 x40 Training 24.4 52.4 77.O Sub-total 50r.0.0 2LL4.O 7L24.0 Contlngancies (1st) 7st 229 980 Total 5761.0 2343.O 8104.0 ÀDB Loan (Forsigm Exchange) I s 000 uc 62* oPl contrlbution (Loca1 CurrencY) - 16L ( 13t) (388) - 2 343 {100t} lotal. ! I 104 lOOt) Iilhich could again be put as followg: -20- Table 3-1 (continued) Cost of the Project (in thousands of UÀ) 1. CosÈs at AppraLsal Foreigm Loca]- CqqponcnÈs Exchanqe Currency Total 1. CLwi]. rorkg 1.1 Supplies 370.00 362.L0 732.L4 L -2 tlorks 186.10 477.00 663.10 2. Nctrork 2.L Supplies 738.30 ?38.30 2.2 9forkg 83.L0 896.70 979.80 3. Mâintcnancà 3.1 SuPPlies 336. 00 336.00 {. Srl-tch:lnq 3166. 90 289.40 3456.30 5. Consultant 105.00 35.00 140.00 6. Tra:lningt 24.40 52.40 76.80 ContingeneLcs (15t) 751.00 229.OO 980.00 . Total 5760.80 23+L.60 8102.40 71.10* 28.908 100t 2. Actual CosÈs (ln UAI Foreign I,ocal Cd|[)oncnts Exchangre c]rrrencc lotaI 1. ClvLI vorkg 1.1 SupP1lcs 382514.20 3825L4;20 L.2 llorks I476L75.65 3LL692.09 L181861.14 2. Nctrork 2.L SuPPIies 66?955.40 34239.t1 102204.51 2.2 ltorks 576528.84 532842.00 1109370.84 3. MrlnÈenance 3.1 SuPPlS-es 234311.55 4014.98 238326.53 4. Sritching 1084079.19 26802.3t 1110881.50 4L6L28.3L 5. Conrultant 387012.98 291L5.33 12452.42 6. TraLnino 72452.42 118959- 7? Balance 118959.7? Total s000000.00 93870s.88 5938705.88 -2L- 3.6.4 At the time of the appraisal, the project ïtag to be financed by ADts and OPT as follows: Table 3.2 Sources of Pinance (in thousands of uA) Sourccg ForcLgm Dxchance Local Currency Total ÀDB 5,000 5 000 oPT 76L 2 343 3 104 Tota1 5'761 Z 343 I 104 Àftcr implcnrcntation, the situation is as follows: Table 3-3 Sources of Einance (in UA) Sourccs Foreign Exchangre lrlrcal Currency Total ÀDB 4,88L,040.23 t;331;331;3t oEl -*;,7os.Bo ADB Balence 118,959-77 118, 959.77 Total s,000.000.00 938,705.88 5,938,70s.88 3.7 E:rPcnd:lÈure Schedule oer Source of Finance thc cxpenditure schedule at appraisal ie as foLLowe: Table 3.4 Expcnditure Sched,ule per Source of Finance at ApPraisal (in million UA) souRcEs Lg78 L979 1980 1981 TOTÀI' ADB 10 2 498 1 s02 990 5 00 oPl 3, 619 2 01s 466 3 104 Total 1A 3 LL7 3 51? 1 456 I 104 3.8 ExPenditure Schedule Per Component 3.8.1 At the time of the appraisal, the expenditure schedule Per comPonent or Lnvectment schedule was not given. 3.8.2 Table 3.4 below gives Èhe actual gLtuation of digbursements Per eonponenÈ and per source of finance: or ol o) rO 3 r- !û E r- r.a, * "; lr) f. rr) (ol.|-) @ (n Ot r{r É o F- 1- rd) Ir (\I (oô Fl@ (\, @ u) tt, Ol sl i g "? |.. r{ r{ cr) o rc) n- H @o (Yl (n @ o @(n r. r{ m rD -l c\ <) Ol (r)o c! 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It, is on the othcr hand rcArettable that the project executing agency r{as not suiÈably structured right frorn the comnencement, of the project. Àfter 1983 the project unit gctablished made the necessary efforts to solve the nlunêrous problems facing thê proj€ct. 3.9.2 The Consultant- The project was supervieed by SOFRECOM. (a) Ouality of technical services: apart from the inadcguatc dercription in the specifications of the structure of thc càrriagcways in l,ibreville Èhe consequences of which caugcd a rtoppago of the civLl works in 1982, the guality Sf serviceg was gcnerally sâtlsfactoEy; (bl lforks sqpcrvl-sj-on: during the period 1980-82, supervLcion somawhat floâted wLth the consultant merely managing Ln a paccive mânner thc bad workmanship of the contractor. From 1982 to thc cnd of the works in L981, not only was the presence of, the consult,ing engineer total but also efficient; (cl Rclatl.one wlth the borrower: despite the shortconrlngc wLth regard to works supervision between 1980 and L982' relations betwcen the consuLtant and the borrower at no tj:ne showed sigms of strain; (d) the personnel who supervised the works Ln LibrcvilLG wcre of grood quality. The meÈhod of work during ttre period t982/87 yielded excellent, results. 3.9.3 Contractor and Suppliers: procurement and inEtallation of equLpment of the Port-Gentit êxchange rdere undertaken by CIT-ALCAIEL. This comPany performed very rel1. The exchange lras been in operation since L982 and has raised no problcm for the technicians who maintain them. Tha civil and other workg nere enÈrusted, through compctitivc bidding, to ER.ATEIJ. After completing the N'Djole and Sranceville nctworkg and starting that of Koulamoutou, this company went banl After the bankruptcy of ERÀTEL, the civil workg t{ere enÙrusted to tbe firm SOGEC whLch ïes able to complete the project in ltoanda, Koulanroutour Oyern, Bl-tam and Mouila on schedule. Apart from SOGEC as the main contracÈor, OPT had to deal with roinor euppllers for the Procuremênt of network equipment. Cordone et equiPments, for cableei MECELEC' for overtread fittings; CCDG-LIBREVILLE' for vehicles, SllP' for the auger truck; sTrô-MA1tROT, foi ttre reel-carrier and pole-carrier trailerei GAI'IATEL, for rneasuring eguipment and tools ' All these supplJ.ers performad to the sabiefaction of oPT. -25- 3.9.4 the Àfrican DeveloPment Bank (a) Àlrsisttence in Connection ïtith Entry into Fclrce of the ],oen Negotiation of the loan No. cs/GB/TL/78/004 lras the first steP in the relations between the Afri-can Developrnent Bank and the t rofflca des Postes et TelecorwnunicaÈions. fhe Bank's assistance was deerned necessary for the entry into force of the ]-oan. (b) Ouality of Su9ervision Bctween 1980 and 1982, some anount of hesitation characterized relations betwe€n the Bank and the OPT with regard to the various procedures for the administration of the J.oan' The supervision missions sent by the Bank foJ-lowing the problems raiaed by the contractor were able not only to clear the sltuatiof but also play, especially wiÈh OPx.' an import'ant (OPTI advisory role. fhe rèspèctive assignmeqts _of each entity SOtrRECOM' ÀDB' SIGNÀLISATION) were clarified' (c) Disbursement Disbursements on the whole !f,ere quite regular. Howêver OFf often complained about the Bank's failure to send disbursement vouchers required for the monitoringr of the application of the Ioan. (d) ADB'g Role Ehe orgenl.zational structure of the Bank (assigmment of only one officcr for the superwision of projects irrespecÈive of their nr:mber Ln several cbunÈries) considerabJ-y limited the nurnber of cont,acts between the Bank and Gabon during t,he period 1980-82. However, through the extremely efficient interventions of thê Bank aitet thàt sterile peribd, the technical and financial managcment of the Libieville network project improved slgmificantllY. 3.10 Sugcrvl-gLon bY Èhc Bank years of 3.10.1 There rer6 no supervision missions during the first two t-w9 GpfcrnçntaÈion of the pro]ect. As from 1983 there was an average of useful ;;;;i-i"r ml-ssions cttl.li three years. These missiong prowed very 1-t. rit,h rcAard to the financfal *"tt.gémett and.monitorilg oF the project' i" yearE ifilfy Étrat p""i of thc probleme éncountered by OPT.in Èhe early 9f !lt" have been effectively solved if thè Bank's Gpiiâ."tatiôn of thc prôJcct _would supervlsion had been more regular. 3.11 Proqress Reports 1984f these 3.11.1 OPT often gent Progress rePorts to the Bank. After Moanda and rep6rtt beCame more reçtu1ar and conceined Oyem, Koulamout'out Bitallrt Mouila. 3.12 RegDcct by the Borrower of its Cormitments loan to 3.L2.1 1he borrower respected atl its conrnitments, which enabled the become effective within a reasonable time. 3. 13 ReParmrent of the Loan the first payment' of Èhe 3.13.1 thc arace period was five (5) years and capital ras scheduled for ,January L984. J cNot ror0 c)to o \o1-- tO F{ Ol c{ (n ÉùI O trl r{ co rO Ol .,{ ol F{ cO <) Crl o.dl clot mr- o +,1 \\\\ '.1 Ol cocô sv C{ st (\ or EEI l.r) tf) (1 \o C).q Olrl l.-F HH ôlot sltn (\F Nro cor{ d (rlto (n(g t -1-l tocr) @lo OO O@ t'-Or OcA l'' bl t4 {. TINANCIAI. ÀTIAI.YSIS {.1 Internal. Rate of Return t1.1.1 thc proJect's Lnternal rate of return at the tirne of the appraisal raÉr 11.9*. On complction, it was only 9.472 {Annex LZl i this ig bÇcause of the over-agtimâtion of revenue from the project. However, for a project which Ls eoscntlally of a rural character, this rate is acceptable since it is hlghar than thc 78 interest rate on the loan. 4.2 Fqlfirnent of Financ'iat Obligations 4,2.L The flnancLal obligrations were presented in thc form of loan 'thc condLtLonc by whlch borrower should have OPT make annual budgot approprJ.atLons to mcet its share of the project cost as indicated in the f,lnancLng plan and to find additionaL funds in t.he event of cost ov€rrun. 4.2.2 Thcge condltlons warc fulfilled by the borrower. Despite thc facts thaÈ thc !.nplementation of the project was retarded by a number ôf problems (lncludj.ng bankruptcy of ERÀTEL) and that with ADB's consent OPT had to have Èhe works cotrpl€ted on force account with Èhe heJ-p of Èhe firm SOGEC, for civj.l rorks, snd that of SOrRECOM, for supervision, OPT was able to honour all itg financial obligations relating Èo the project. _28_ 5. RESULTS ÀITD CHANGESTN OPl 5.1 Leoa]. Status and Furpose iOffLce 5.1.1 The des Postes et Teleconununieations du Gabont (OPT) has legally undergrone no change since itE establishment on 29 October 1964 by law No. L4/64 and sincc the appraisal of the project under considsration. it ig still an indugtrial-and colqrercial-oriented etate corporation. 1.L.2 OPÎ, whieh has legal status and financial autonomy, can, by virt.ue of ite constLtution and with the agreemenÈ of Èhe Board of Directorà, contract loans for sctting up and developing its administratJ.ve, technical, cormnercial or social scrviceg. llortever, the repayable loan amounts including interests and amortizations ghall not exceed 20t of its revenue for the previous fiscaf yoar (ordJ-nance No. 36/79/PR of 2L/9?79). At the time of the appraisat t,his asrount was 10t, l-n accordance with article 756 of its consÈituÈion. 5.1.3 Its purpoge has also not changed. It is t.he sole agency J.n charge of netionel and Lnternational postal and teleconununicationg services and iÈ carriea out all activl-ties as Laid down by ITU conventions and arrangernents conccrnLng intcrnatLonal. relations. 5.2 OrqanLzation and lltanaçrenent 5.2.1 OPT ig still administered by a l2-member tsoard of Directors and is under thc auÈhority of the trMinistre Deleguer at Èhe Office of the President in chargc of Information and Post,s and Telecorrrnunications. the functlons of the Board sincc the èstablishmcnt of OPT remain unchanged. Among these functions are: approval of proposals for general organization of OPT; advicc on rulcg governLng the P & T permrnênt staff; layt-ngr down of procedures for recruitment, rernuneration and mânagamant of non-peEnanent sÈaff; approval of OPT's budget, contracting of loans, fixing of poctal, têlegraph and telephone rates with the exception of, thosc Arovcrncd by international conventiong. 5.2.2 Posts and Tclccorununicat,ions acÈivities are shared among three btg dcpartncntc (annex 7l cactr headed by a Deputy General- tvlanager and having 9 dircctoretcs end onG accountingr ag€ncy, all of which are directly under the Gcncral Mânegcr of OPT. The General Manager is appoinÈed by decree upon proposal by the Mlnister in charge under whorn are the following: 1. Dcpartmcnt of Telecomnunications of the National Network- with: Switching and networks Directorate. TcLeconrnunications operation and cornnercial affairs dl"rectorate. 2. DcperÈm€nt of Telecorununications of the fnternational Network. 3. DâDârtrrrârrt of Postal and Financial Services, with: Pogtal Scrvices Directorate financial Services Direct,orate -29- 4. Directorates directly atttaehed: Personnel and General Affairs Directorate Training Directorate :: Ëti**i;ti5Ë;*l*ii,,i,:iti==:::::::::::'*" :: :Ë:*:i:Ïir:li:;.:Hr::iffl:*::=*i8..,",,Direc,ora,e 5. Accounts Àgency 5.2.3 The present General Manager was appointed in 1976. Iiis functions and Èhose of hLs imnediate collaborators are given in Annex 8. The neït organizatJ-on chart of OPT has changed the appraisal of the Èwo projects as a result of the ggowth of OPT (staff nrlnber has doubled, budget has increased) and in order to better tackle the social, technicaL and financial. problems and new products. 5.3 Personncl and. Training 5.3.1 l{hen the project lras appraised in L9'78t OPT had 11015 employees with 133 for telecorununications. In the J,ight of projects progranuned for the future, part,icularly in telecornnrunications, OPT has relat.ively increased Èhe nurnbcr of the technical st.aff; out of Lr502 employees at the end of 1983, i.e only 5 yêars laterr 40t of tlre employees are wit,h teleconmunications, i.e 641 l-ncludtng 13 engineers (annexes 9 and 10). As the t,able below shows, the 408 rat€ rcrnai.ned up to 1987. In 'fuly 1988, out of a total of 2t036 employyes, romen aceounted for 30t 1.e. 531 women and a sust,ained effort is being made to appoint women to positJ.ons of responsibility. Trend of Productivitv Index at OPT Yêars Total Numbsr Nurnber in Productiivity of ltmp.loyees Te]-ecqununications ML fndex 1978 1,015 133 6,600 20 1983 Lr 602 64L 1L,546 55 L984 L,639 648 75,243 42 1985 Lr728 691 L9,269 36 1986 1,935 774 2O,O94 38 1987 2t 022 810 20,695 39 5.3.2 The training programmes considered at the time of the appraisal. were we.ll exccuted. Thirt,een telecormnunications technicians and L4 eletro- nechanical Lnstallations technicians (ÀIEM) have been trained. Because of the fact that this sector is highly technical, OPT benefits from the experience of, technical agsistants (1t of the staff) who train national.s on the job. OPT also has the rEcole Nat,ionaler where work inspectors and engineers are trained. Since it was established in L977, 29 Inspeetors of Posts, 9 engineera (TeJ.ecofiEnunicatione technicians) and 9 middle leve]. telecoûrnunLcations nanagem€nt personnel have passed out of it. At the end of L987, the ENPT (annex 11) had a student populat.ion of 235 including 52 for refresher courses and specialization and 4 from some French-speaking countrLes.' Scnior staff are gtiJ.J- trained abroad, in France. -30- 5.3.3 In 1978, the productivity iadex was 20 employees for 11000 lines; iÈ went uP to 55 in 1983 as a resulÈ of the new volume of work and the hi-tec OpT hae to face. The index went down Èo 40 on the average in the subseguent years. This is satisfactory but it is possible that wit,h the pre-senL capacities of the installations (quite low occupation ra.te: 60t instead of the normally 90t) and somg pendlng economic development activity, the index wil1 be 30 employees for 1,000 lines. 5.11 Accounts and Audit 5;t1.1 Sl.nce thc appraisal of the project, Opl's accountingr eystem has not changed. AÈ the end of each financial year, operating acconn{s, baLance sheet and annual r€port are prepared. Accounting is norv computerized but cost account:Lng niII not be introduced until in about a minimum of two years tfune. iGabonaigo The d'Audit et Expertisen (GÀE) a Franco-Gabonese consulting firm is currGntly carrying out studies for the reorganization and gLneral computerizatLon of OPÎ. 5.A.2 The accounts of OPT can be audited periodically by the trCour des Comptclt, an egcncy which was set up onJ-y four years ago and which audits the accounts of the State, public and semi-public enÈerprises. It is directly under the Ministry of rlustice. On the reconunendations of, the rCaisse Centrale de Cooperation Economict (CCCE) two yeara àgar the accounts of OPT are now audited yearly. The firm selected is HEÏ"IOS. 5.5 larLffs 5.5.1 Tariffg arê regrulated by the conrnercial telecommunications serviceg code. This code nas amended by decree No. 254/PR/MIN-INF-PT of 18 February 1984. It is reproduced as annex 13 wiÈh the new tariff fixing principle. 5.5.2 For local conrnunications, wit.hin the same group of exchanges (t,here ere 9 in Gabon), tarlffs are lumpsum with a basic chargre of FCFA 65 per conntunicati.on irrespcctLvc of the duration. Trunk and international comnunications âr€ chargred by duration depending on t.he distances. For t.he fornrcr, thc tarLff is based on a basic charge every 15.45 seconds and for the latter .vary 1.333 ssconds to 6 seconds depending on the distance between the country and Gabon: 6 scconds for some African countries, 3 secondg for France, 2.4 seconds for Spain, 1.333 second for the USA etc. For the automatic nctworks the chargc is by impulse. Since the appraisal of the two projects, the bac.lc charge has bcen increased three times, t.he first in .fuJ.y 1983 (fCfA 50 ro 52', t,be second in 1984 (rcrA 62) and r,he rhird in May 1988 (rcFA 65) . 5.6 Btllingr and Rec,overy 5.6.1 Tro BUI,L Ml"ni 5 cornputers are used for billing,'there is an integrated set vLth five sub-applications: llne rcguest processing (telephones, telex, specialized lines); adnrl-nigÈrative and technical management of the conrnercial file; bl-11ing; rêcovGry and disputes; gtatisÈical sÈatenents . 5.6.2 BiJ.ling ig donc every month (around the 22nd of the following monÈh) for al.J- gubgcribers. It is done in three stages: data collection, procescing of anomaliesi acÈual bi11in9. -31 - 5.6.3 Aft€r thç anomalies have been processed, the bill is calculated. Tt comprises: monthly subscrJ-Ptions in accordance with data from the conrnercial file; consumPtions (meters, tickets) ; errears with surcharge if not paid on Èime' go remote Àfter thc audit stetGm€ntg have been checked, the bills oûto the the Standing consoles and the suîmàrized. and audit statements are editted' to the orders aré tranem.Lttcd by cornputer invoices to the bands and by tape postal cheques. Ln or by 5. 6. tt Therc are two modes of payment:-places by standing ordcr, cagh in cheque. the table below gives ttr-e ànd modes of payment of, biJ.ls Gabon. LIBN.E\'ILLD AI{D SUBURES- HINTERLAIID RecovGry A. C. TEI, Accounting A. C. TeL Other Localities Ccntrcs OIIENDO Agrency Port Gentil * * Àt counÈcr .*AT countêr * By chegue AI counter : At counter - In cash In cash In cagh - By cheque By chegue * By service By chegue. posÈ vouchers - or CCP or order or in cash * BY bank By bank By bank i9 5.6.5 ff bills are not paid, ttdo sanctions are applied. the first suspenalon which is appliea SO to 45 days after the last bill' Payment- after and by the itià-rianction may be-irade, depending on the case' at the places line modes indicatsd âbonc. rf pat'ment i; still not rnade within 15 days the cut îr-""t-à"a i-t"" is chargeâ tor re-establishnent. If 30 days after the payre"t ig not made the t-lne Ls automatically removed. Legal action is then taken to rccovêr thê amounÈ due. i ' e 5. 6. 6 In 1985 total public and private unpaid-billion bil-ls r\têre 30t' {'çT} 4-085 7.g32 billion. ThLs wcnÈ down to f]Cra 7.61L in L986 and f.cPA L7* of-the biltlon in Lg81, which represent respectively 30t' ?8? "n9 to the siSnllÏ:: rccoverable arnountc, Th€ dècrease in \987 w?s due- _?_:-,?i âgffêËnrnt bctwÉèn the State and oPT on reduction of. arr.eats -?11.1--1{_1":1i: were eltablLsttftctttt (59.59* ând 42t)- The measures introduced in.thie-1:qÎrcl comPutèriz.ea. uf]|ily- follored by restrlctions on certain ministerial :Î9 cànscqucntl-y recôvery, and strictness on the Part o! gPT "qal11t-1111::oT-1i: owed have Ërougfrt ttre siÈiration under eonÈrol and particularly reduced arrears by indiviàuata (23*, 204, 11t) " The table betow gives the trend of arrears: RECOVER,ABLI! A}TOUNTED AÀ{OUNTS RECOVERED Official Private Official Private Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- scribere scribers Iearg lotal scribers scribers . lotal I 198s 26,297.50 5,052.25 2L,245.25 18,465.90 70 2t094.26 16,37L.64 t7,257.95 1986 27,12O.51 5,509.?5 2!,6]-0.82 19,509.60 72 2,25L.62 2,870 .08 17,056.55 L987 24t0L2.48 4, 975.55 19,036. 93 t9.926.63 83 -32- ÀRREÀRS Official Private Yearg Total * * * 1985 7,831.60 30 59 23 x986 1.6t0.97 28 59 20 1987 4, 085.85 L7 42 11 5.7 Operation Ànalysis 5.7.1 Tho analysis dealg with th€ operat.ing accounta for 1981-1987 which are sunmârizcd in the table below: Sunmarv of Operating AccounÈs (in F.CFÀ) t982 1983 L984 198s 1. Pogtal Revenuê 97L.20 L221.80 LL302.20 1514.00 1446.00 1290.00 1306.00 2. Telceom. Revenue 121159.2015985.50198?8.90 239l'4.00 275111.0029926.00 27104.00 l.ncluding: Telex 1609.04 L724.L3 2035.80 26L9.22 3007.19 288L.57 2510.84 Telephone 9889.3013184.4016086.40 t9t47 .69 2084r.23 24006.69 19016.02 3. other Rcvenue 487.60 321.50 794.30 1109.00 1037.00 959.00 2135.00 t!. Total Revênue 13918.00 17534.90 2L975.40 26537.0030024.00 321?5.00 30546.00 5 Operatlng Expcnditurc 12sdO.60 16326.90 2013s.90 26000.00 29786.00 31996.00 30178.00 includJ.ng Personncl .2648.40 397L.70 4280.1-0 5711.00 6228.00 7060.00 8380-00 AmortLzation 3914.60 3830.30 548?.' 80 8828.00 9s48.00 11118.00 7160.00 6. Operatlng Result 133?.40 1208.00 1839.5 s37.00 238.00 179.00 368.00 ?. Sclf- financing 5252,O0 5038.30 6327.30 9365.00 9786.00 tL291.00 7528.00 9.1.2 Thc analysLs of the operating accounts strows the dominance of teleconmunlcations- in OPT's activities. Between 1981 and L981 Teleconnruni- catl-ons revenue accounted for nearly 90t of the totaf revenue, whil-e Posts fetched rn averagê of only 68. Throughout that period, the av€rage anngl] grorth tâte of îsleeortunuaications doubted compared to thaÈ^ of Posts (14t itainst 7*1. Revênue increased from FCFA 12.5 billion in 1981 to ECîA 27-L0 Uittton Ln Lg81| i.e over a lOOt increase. Tfte Ealne applied_Èo- total opcratJ.ng re.rcnui. f,rom 1995 postal revenue sÈarted decreasing following the siow dori in thc operations of some enterprises due to economic receggion. In 7987t therg was a slight increase due to the normal- growth. -33- 5.7.3 with regard to teleconununications, the growth between 1985 and X986 was only 8.7* insÈead of 20* in annual average and there was a drop of abouË 10t in 1987. This is due to a slight, decrease in t.elephone traffic and the extrernely difficult economic situation prevailing in all developing countries. Consequently, the State took measures not only to settle itg debt to OPT but also to reduce its Èelecormnunications bilL. The ant.icipated revenue of FCFA 28.5 billion in 1988 is from the already existing normal growth and also from the reactivation of public booths (120 in al.l) which are expected to fetch neaarly FCFA 2 billion a year. 5.7.4 Operating expenditure is composed mainly of rePaJrments (27* annual average) to TIF (Telecormnunication International du Gabon, a Franco-Gabonese Company), personnel expenaes (238) and annortizations and reselvee (308) . In 1986 and 1987 OPT strengÊ,hened the technical levef and particularly the nurnber of its staff so ae to cope wit,h new installations under various project,s and the considerable volurne of work. In 1988, the wage bilJ- rdas expected to go down substantially as a resuft of lMF-imposed measures which involved thc stoppage of palzment of bonuses and allowances to employees of State corporations, governmênt departrnents and parastat.als. The repayments to TIG constitute the share of revenue of t,hat company in accordance wittr a sharingt agreement between it and OPT which is in charge o.f recovery of bil].s. 5.7.5 Àmortizations, on the average 30t of total expend.iture, are also higrh as a reËrult of the self-financing of procurements for t,he consÈruction of the new hcadquarters, various projects and repayment of old and new loans. The considcrable volume of expenditure has an inevitable impact on the operating l-ncorne. This is evl-denced by the fact income went down frorn FCFA 1.839 biJ-lion j-n 1984 to FCFÀ 537 mitlion in 1987 due to the guite high wage bill' self-financing and repayments to TIG. l{ith the stoppage of al.lowances, the decrease of gelf-financing in 1987, and the expected decrease in 1988, thê total stoppage of investments, the reduction or mainÈenance of the present producti-vity rate and increase of the oecupation rate from 60t Èo 90t OPT wil-I be able to come back to its 1982 profit margin. 5.8 Ànalysis of Balanc,e Sheets 5.8.1 The capltal structure of OPT is analysed from the balance sheets of 1981 to 1987 which are suûnarized below (page 35). 5.8.2 It is noted from thc table on page 35 that there was a sharp increaee (average of 29* a year) of fixed assets f,rom l-981 to L981 resulting front various projects implemented, including the two ADB ones which are oPerational. 5.8.3 Thc apprecLable level of the liquidity ratio due to the volurne of, current assetg compared to short,-term debts reflects the existence of a working capital enough to meet various operating expenses. The low debt/equJ-ty raÈio for the seven financial years highlights the size of OPT's debts, i.e. over 50t of al-J. expenaes and particularly of short-term debts. The management has Èaken a nurnber of measures Èo improve OPT' g capital structure. These include the stoppage of. investments, agreement with the State to bring its arrears to a reasonable leveJ-, application of the Governmènttg decision on the caneellation of personnel allowances and bonuseg (nearly 30t of the ?'rage bil-l) , maintenance or decrease of the productivity index and increase of the occupation rate. The return on fixed aseets will thus irnprove. r-l oooool o OOOOI O <2crl rol oooool o OOOOI o or*ro\o (ol ooroool ro OOOIJ)l !O |f)çr{O o{1. . .t .o F{ Oio6l|')Ot Ol roollool or lf)oôl di0lr)o \fl @ ll)ôtclr-l @ r- O @lc'|{$r0l (o C{ 0O Ol rtl (O t* ot(n Nrol N (f)(n|() | Gt (o Nôt |'rdl (\l (Or{str | (\ g Êt n rr{ oooool o ooool o oto(''Ft ol ooroool lo oootrrl t') otooo o! . ..{ . r{ Fr'lOfGluï rl Clr{(f|col lO f-OC!O drol')oql n sf lO cO (f){ r{ F- ôl It Fl F col (1 OmcOôll !O r{ (n@ faFl o C{d)FI I C4 @ (\ Fl sl oooool o ooool o osf lo(r1 @t Qotr)oot lr, OO O lfrl lJ) O t- r-l O o{ . .{ . .T -i @('|orr-o{ ro ôtO C- c-l (o (rl roooor0l o ôl(tl.{ <{ o or@o rl @l tOOrOg-{ @ dNo\fl @ (o(o(Y)f{ ol ..1 .tl r- .if (rl c.{ @@o@oll (o C-lr)o€1 ro -f (rt(Q(Q @l FlFlr)ol(rl r- N C! r- Ol f- €O \tr ri Fl or ... i . I rl r{OOrmN f' ôlC{ol@l F l'oôlO rO F{ lf) crl itl CO ôtôlfito{ or co dFr{tO@l (y F{rDÀll -{ S.fO.rOl !l cD@('trtl it orot\(\l @l r{Ollr)ttiï l* qcoortfl r- c\t(f) 0Gl o{.....t. .1 . -{ tor{orc{ol o 6. ECONOMIC APPRÀISAL 6.0.1 The aim of, the -rnodernizingproject r"as to improve the quality of telephone gervice in Libroville by and extending the telophone -nctwork. With thic operationr the yeild per main line is higher. From FCfA 191773 and 1lg1lÀ 1Sr3?9- respectinely for Port-Gentil and the seven c€ntrQs in 1978' it w€nt up to trCl|A 5SrZ6f and fcfe 44,925 on t,he average i.n 1978. 6.0.2 1hc bencf,lts derlvlng from the project as detegilined at the ti.me of lines in" eppràisat were rellabiÉty and eificiency of . ?lq..tneeting.-?f reliability of- lines iequirË;cnts-now of econqnic operalors. The improvement of :!g vcry signifLcant and there is a remarkable increase in revenue fo_r thc operatLng iccount (see chapter 5.71, whjch testify to the implct "i,!1" pioject. fn Libreville, PorÈ-Gentil and the seven centres, the nurnber of main iittés increased from 61600 in 1978 to 201695 in 1987 -36- 1. CONCLUSTONS ?.1 Àtta:lnnÊnt of the Obiectives,of thê Project ?.1.1 Thc torcLgn crchangÊ coct of the project, wag financcd by thc Eenk rhLlc oPT contaLbuÈcd thc local cusrency component. The proJcct concltutct . al.gmlfLcenÈ contrLbution to the efforts to extend, modernize and rnahc rcllablc Grbonte tclccmunlcations nctwork. lhe outcomg of the project heg bccn rn lnncdl.etc Lncrcacc Ln tclcphonc and telcx revenue as mgre PaoPlc hlvc bccn provJ,dcd rLth tclcphonc llncs. lhe project j-s certainLy going to- cnablc thc âconml,c opcrâtors (Banks, hospitalsT traders etc) to incrcass thcLr outPut and cfflclency. 7.1.2 Concrctcly, ttrc prôJsct hac attained its objcctlvco. À11 thc Lnatalletlons rcré- medc tn conformity with the tcchnical tPsoi,fj'catlonc ptcprrcd by thc contulÈl,ng cngineer. With regard to pcrgonncl, thc tralnl,ng ôfvàn ln c}nncrlon rith the pioject has enhanced the tEchnj.cal abllity of thc natlonalg Ln thc nGtrork ma:lnÈcnance Prograrme. 7.2 Lcegong fril thrr Projcct 7.2.1 Scvcral laggon can be drawn from the project but only thc egccntial ones ttG rcntLoncd hcrc. 7 .2.2 Th. port-GcntLl and cight inland centreg telecæunlcatlona hac beGn full devclotrxncnt 'ot?ftculticcprojcct ras nccGsrary for OPT. -ftl implementation of tis-conc. hl.ndcrêd the smooth implementation of thc proJcct, cspeclally aftcr thc cmcnccnent when ERATET rent bankrupt. ThG sltuation sôrcqoctt-tly improvcd but all the sane the project got abo_ut.2{ monthc bchlnd gehcddlc. Thc- diffLculticg could have bèen avoided if in cclcctlngr -thc contracÈing fLrn cpccial attsntion had been paid to its finaaclal erPacl'ty.- ghould In futurG, thcref,àic, in €valuating tenders, greater emphasio bc laid on thc fl.r:artg fLnanclal capacity. 7.2.3 In ordcr to cnhancG thê output and cfficLcncy of proJaat naoagænt mlcgiong' units, Lt la f,fghfy 'projcctdeslrablc thal the nrnber of cupervlclon àspeci.atty rhcn-iÉc starts, ia increased. It ig alco ncccstery thât rho arc th; Bank congldcr inèrcising the number of technic:lans :lnthegc unitg yG^â3 by thc selected for thc a@inar on ]'oan adminigtration organized eacb - vouclrcra Bank. lfLth rcgira- to diaburaanents, the problem of addregsce of regulrc attGntLon. In reality' Èhe vouchers are sent Eegrul'arly !o lhc arcatGr lâttêr boirorcr-rho should nomally forrard thenr the executing agêncy. thc conrpleins of ncver rccsivcr them. t: GABON ANNÊX : I il'i pRoJËcT pOgT :l TELECot,tl,tuNtcATtoNStx,vELopMENT tN GENTTLAND Elff{rOTHrR r INLAhDCENTR€ 5 .-'r'\.-. âi. rÈ. -t'\ Mrtrq,t { t I ! c o Nco E OUATORIÀ L ! I \ GUINEA i ) '-'-'1' 7JF'rt'- I I M'vrdti o ! r,{{ta.fib I t -'\. "l crrvvlo (! b .\ 'l i ftdjb I ---J - I I r! I \ \î t a ..F ( ( ) ';l Scare r'- loo..o COH G O ATLANTIC \ '! OCEAH I ;lr t KEY: INTERIIATISI AL 8ORI}f IS PRIilCIPALROADS HINORROAOS AI{HÉ X: 2 6ABON TELECO{NIUN|CAT|ONSDEVELoPMENT PROJECT tN PORTGENTTL AÀD ETGHT OT}ER INLANDCENTRES- , THEmOÆCT-S OPERATIoNAL ORGANISATIoN CHART Finqnciol M. D. Adviser M.SOUAH M.PEI.ICIOLELLI DcputyHonoging Direc tor Diractorin chqrqo of tho of Notionot Budgrt TolecomNetuork t{. 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E àb€ rEt'0ot g,9g lr, J i-, (/) L, Lt., J tJ (N Ë L., EËFË# ANNEX:1 * Poge t2 of 2. ûl (rIuJl tttt""" I !lul ol rrs- zl Il- ;l \"\ cl rl t""' :l tl \\o'1 ul ra ct ol :l bQrt' ùlrlrl """"t (tIôl o-l u, rO lr I o .""t" EI(J ol url vr =l ' dP"' o.l ol sg' Jl llll >l 8l ttt-" 6l Fl ûl g vp G, tâ -eË t^ i2 oct !-Ë '- CLU €.s =oE El* FI 3 E Êo ,â ol UI ?.) e E r.= vr 3g .E rrJl ÉEËlal És ; l7r g,E ge ?âi's .Ec, _l.Ê,,+2 t Ëlatr5È.E à-p 2* a Ël e E .Eï=:! rÉIrËeE Ë rc : ÈËël=lÉ : Ë€ ë H.Ë; Ë'5 g 8aÉ E4 .=E.eE"Ë iEï t-, ,frs34 ËËË;%ËËË*rJ LU_l{-' !J vl ANI{Êx:g EABON PagcI of I ATIO{ T IN PORT IITAM -aloyElt ttxologoum UBREVILLE ilAi:oxou Trôu du Drrbl.: Fourplrcc Gonçoué TEE}fTIL Alombic C,/ terrgenEsE B.rrrnc: xoL L.{.\touTou i;: O}IBOUE I i,:l;, lgucle Soubr O- - ItOUttr I I i,cl:rrdei l:RAlict\ tILC \=i Pcttt : Lo.rnco o llrr t::cui Ortour:ib: Lclr . r;).!:lÀ _\. iendr Er'nt 0.rt-,aôr: S::ç: i..r.:r n."rt.{. \l:r unl-'t -l J= -a FFAnrlq t t0O-aStinu Tyl linc rrr bringpuf iË -r- FH0bfr.1t4f0linrrI Ê"0*tffifvÊtt I rF | 2l linc:) \) ANNEX:5 Poge 2 o1'2 TELECOMIruNTCATIONDËVELOPMENT PROJECT IN PORTC€NTIL AND ETGHTOTHER INLAÀDCENTRES EXISTnSSWTTCLI|NG CENTRES ! arre:rr I owrr cocoBEAcH LIBRE\lLLE I rr.uioxou I trsco ! soror-e PORI GENTIL ! uartn..nest I r-.srorR...!LtL !iouLÂlrouTOU t yoÀ\DA I I rnescrvtlt: TOUILA a CAliou!tBA 1CIIIBÀNGA GÀ}IBÀ I ceoseoucul:T :.t.\\ L Ilû.{ E!08-CT-r- C[,s.\COII KEY; I HOANDAinhgrat afomatic axchangc or{Ef{00 o MAKOKOUanstàer automafic cxc hangÊ À}INEX 6 REPUBLIC OT' GABON ÎE,LËCOMTIUNIC"ATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TN PORÎ-GENÎIIJ ÀND ETGflT OÎHER TN&AT.TDCENTRES COMPLETEI,Y AUTOIIATI C Year of Capacity csnÈrGg lyne :iH*; iSilË'ii:.liî; Ë:;::i#"" LIBREVILLE r,LUrevifie Principal CP tl00 Crossbar 1912 4800 4800 Libreville CDNÀCOI{ El OB 1981 5704 (6) Elcctronic cros Bouquet Satellite ELOB 1981 4028 (4) (URAD) 30000 owendo satellit.e EloB 1981 1944 (21 (u&AD) tLbrevlllc Sateuite EloB 1984 20J.6 l2') (Prefl-x ?4) (b) (URAD) TOTÀI, LIBREvILLE L8492 PROVTNCE Port Gcntll E10B L982 4000 (4) 40000 I/anbâreno CP{00T L977 2OO 2000 N' Djol.c CP1l00r L979 200 1200 O!,em CP4OOY 1979 300 2000 gitam CP400Y L979 200 l2O0 franccvLX.le CP{00Y L971 800 2000 Koulamoutou CP{00Y L977 200 1200 Moanda CP400Y L979 300 2000 Moul-la CF400T L979 300 2000 Nêw Centrcs being sct uP: lchibanga- CP400M 1985 400 2000 1985 150 1200 Onboue CP100Y ' Maynmba CP100Y 1985 300 L20O eamba cP100Y 1985 300 L200 To:IAL PROVTNCE 7600 TOTAL GAAON 26092 (a) Cepao:lty on comolscionLng of the extengions under vtay at end 1984 cxlresséd in instal.lcd subscribed equipmenÈ; in brackets number of connectcd units (CU). (b) Rcplacca: Exchangcs installcd in L987. AI'INEX 8 REPI'BLTC OF GABON Tf,LECOI|û{T'NICÀ,TIONS DEVELOPMENÎ PRÔJECT IN PORT-GENITI AtiID EIGlll OTHER INI/AI.ID CEI{TRAS DECREE ESIÀBLISIIING THE FUNCÎIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OT TBE O.P.T CONSIDERING the CongtitutLoni CoNSIDERING Dôcr€€ No. 388/PR of L7 April 1975 establishing the composl-tion of the Governnent and subsequent amendmentst DECREE: ARÎTCLE 1 - tha present dccree establishes the functions of the various Departmcnts of the nOffice des Postes et Teleconrnunicationsn of the Gabonese Republic. PosTÀI ANDM*! sERvIcES ÀRTICLE 2 - the operation and natragement of the Post,al and FinanciaL Services sball be entrusted Èo a Deputy Managing Director, assisted by a Director of Postal Services and a Director of financial Services. He shall havc a secretariat. He shall supervise the operating expenses of thc Postal and Financial Serviees. tlo shall spccifically carry out the foJ.J.owing functLons: - Superv:lgl-on and coordination of the operationc of tbe D€partmênt of Postal Services and of tbê DepartmenÈ of Financial Services. Organization, Regulation - Studies Complaints and Claims. Cornpil.ation and utilization of statistl'cs. Relations with international organj-zations (U.f.U), (u.À.M.P.1) leehnical preparation of international conferences. StaffLng: Deterrulnation of the number of sÈaf,f according to regrulations. Recruitment and nanagement of day labourers. - Rccorrpndationg of recruitmeot on the basig of gualifications or competitive exarn:lnation of auxiliary staff, and civil gervantg. Reconrrrendations of postinge and transfers. Advice on postings and tranfers. ÀNNEX I continued Prcparation of leave roster. Evaruation after direcÈly responsible head,s of service and bcforc the Managingr Director. 9taff, uniform. organization of mLssions to the interior of thê eountry (prcparation of mission orders and way bl1J.s) Handring of disciplinary matt€rs up to the issuee of sanctions where these do not fall within the responsibtlity "f -tlrc DiccJ.plinary Board in Èhe cage of ar:xiliaiy staff oi vithin that of the Ministry of the civil service in t,he case of Civil Servants. lreiningr Detcrmination in conjunction with the pergonnel Dcparèment and the Training Department, of the nurnber of staff to be trained in the various grades and speciatiÈies. Proposals for the organization of training, advanced and refresher courses at the ENPT. Perticipâtion in courses organized at ENPT througrh t,eq)Orary or part-time secondment of experts reguired to givé theorotl-cal or practical courses. Advicc on requests for part,icipation Ln professional and prc-sclecÈion competitive examinations. - Search for prof,essional- training establishment,s Èhat can recqive Gabonese studenÈs abroad, and for fellowshl_ps. ÀRÎÎCLE 3 - thc DcDartincnt of Postal services is specificalry responsiblc for thc following Opcration of Posta1 Services Condl-tiong for acccptance of objects at letter posÈe - Ratcg of postagc - Dcpoait - Carriage - Dist,ribut,ion. franking machLnes Airmail Postal packets Pogtal establishrnents, creation, transformation, c]-oturG, Foctal ratcs and postal packets Excmption frorn postage Agrccnrcnt on the carriage of postal desptaches and poatal packeÈs Equipmcnt of postal services - Postal material Officc cquipment - Data processing Printed naterial and printing office Dcad-lcttcr office Establicbmont of international accounts (rep1y-coupons, airmaLl,' posÈal packets, postal orders request). Àl.fNEX I cqS?l-nued ARTICLE 4 - Thc Pinancial Services DepartmenÈ ig spec5-fica1ly responsible for the following Operation of the Financial Services Payment oÊ postal orders - Collection Poctal chegues Post gffice Savings Banh Posta1 Orders Verification Cêntre Poctal Order Accounts and Money Orders fixJ.ng of tariffs Exchange rate Receipt bookg rssuing of postage starîPs - withdrawals Freparation of records of debt balances Chapter Itr IFLECOMT'{UNTCATIONS AND ENGINFfrRIN9 ARIICLË 5: - Thc operation and ûrânagement of the TeLecormnunicationc and Eng:!.naaring Serviceg shal-l be entrusted Èo a DePuty U,Ênagingf Diiector, àssistcd by a Director of National lransrnLssions and a Director of lnternaÈional Transmissions. tte sha].l have a secretariat. He ehall supervise the running expenses of the Telecomunieatlon and Engineering Services ; .. He shall undertake the following specific funetionss - Supervigion of ttre management, and eoordination of the opcrations of the National Transmission Depêttment and the . InÈernaÈional Transmission Department. - Regulations (ensure appliqation) ' :.,.,l',i . ' :, .. ll,i: Monopolics (see to', it, that telegraphd"e' and telephonie monopolies are observed) " '- . Studleg (execute, order or eorrnission projcct organLzational and eongÈcuction studies etc). &r Organization of, leleecÉttriitftiàtltÔi{S; OrEanization of networks and etations OrEanization of serviceg Recownendation of rnajor gu.idelines for TeLecomunlcatl'ons and Engineering taking into account teehnolqgriaal àào"tt"O**-ttt, inc-rease in- traffic, nr:rtret of. cOnlrsCticrns, gtationg and anY oÈher cauee Prcparation and utilization of statistics. -- fixing of rates :.::..i.:.. a; * , Àpproval of lclecomunication and Engineering Rewcaueg- Supervioion of the establiéhment and agproval ef, telegraph, telêx' international accounts {te}9phcn9", ,,. sraritime ratio et,c) . ÀI{NEX 8 continued Reconunendations of overseas training for staff. Advice on requests for participation in professional and pre:selection cornpetitive èxaminat,ions. Search for professional training establishments that can rcceive Gabonese students abroad, and for feltowships. - ÀRTTCLE 6 fhc DcDrrtment otr National Transmission is specifically rcaponsible for the following Opcration of the domestic t,eleconrnunicatione network. Supcrvl-sion of Èclephone status, radio-J.ink stations and radio- elcctronic stations. ÀRlrCtE 7 - is specLfJ.cally for the following: Qpcration of international telecommunLeatlon lirùts. Internat,lonal tel-egraph terminals posltions. International tcl.sphone and, t,eLex circuits. InÈcrnational circuits for specialized Iinks. Chapter III coÀ&toN sERvIcEs ÀRUCr.E I - Thc Conrnon Services of the OPT General Directorate comprise tbrec Departments. The Budgct and Accounts Department thc Pcrsonnel and Gencral Àffairs Departmentg Thc Trainingr Department ÀRTICLE 9 - Thê Bud.grct end Accounts Dêpartment has the fotlowing funct:ions. Prcparation of the budget Econornic and financial sÈudies Gencral and adninistrative accounts, vLz: Ordcr to pay, galarieg and, wages, various allowanceg Revenucg and income control Dcfi.cita, debit balance of accounts and non-accounting gtaff Control of the payment and encashment of intcrnational eccounts Office cash and accounts - regulations and utilization. Organization and operation of the Centre for the audit of colLectors' accountg ÀRTICLE 10 - The Pergonncl and General Àffairs DepartmenÈ hag thê folJ-owJ-ngr functions: Staffing contro]: sÈat,utory nr:mber of sÈaff, actual nurnbor.. RuIcs governJ.ng civil ssrvants and auxLliaries CollecÈive gtâff Agroêment. Physical organization of recruitment, on thc basis of qualifLcation or thtough competitive examination. Pêrgonnel Management: ruIes, advancement'g, postlngs, transfers, leave, pensions. ANNEX I contLnued Teleconununications equipment, procurement, Eep1ac€trrent, modarnization. Relationg with international organizati.ons (I.1.U u.À.M.P.T) Technical preparation of international conferencêg. Construct:lon, fiÈting uF, management (physical and fLnancial), renting and fitting up of operat,ions buLldJ.ngs (all scrvices) and staff lodgings. InductrLal Service and cornnon equipment of Central Scrviccg and extcrnaL serviceg. -+ fnland $srvics and conunon equiprnent of Central ServLccs and cxternal serviceg. Ç' 9Èaffing: Detcrmination of the number of staff according to regulations. Rccruitment and management of day labourers Rceonuncndationc of recruitrnent on Èhe bagis ôf Qualifica- tions or competitive examinat:lon of auxiJ.iary staff and civil gervants. : Rgconrrrendations of posÈings and transf,ers ':" Advice on postings and tranfcrg PrGpâretion of leave roster. Eval,uatLôn eftcr directly responoible headû .of gervLaë and before thc Managing Director. Staff uniform. Organization of miesione to the interior of the country (preparation of mission orderg and way biLJ-s). thêsc do not fall within the responsibility of the Disclplinary Board in the case of auxiliary staff or wLthin that of the l'linistry of the Civi]" Service l-n the ease of Civil S€rvants Tnining and ths traJ.ning Departrnent, of the nurnber of staff to be trained in the varioug gradee and specialities. Proposals fot the organization of training, Ëdvanëêd ând refraghcr courses at the EI\TÎP. Pâltl.ej.pàtionincout9e9orEanizcdatENTPt,hËoughtcrrqpolâry or part-time secondment of sxperÈs requiËcil to give theoretical or practj-cal coursee. ANNEX 8 continued Adminictrative organization of corq>etitive testgr c:ea$inationg and courseg. Pcrconncl transport (urban transport, mlaeion, posting, lcavc). Iticdicat. trsatmentT hospitalization. 9ocLal cqrvice: gocial assigtance, relief, loan assoeJ.aÈ:lon, cporta associations. Dlcciplinc: . Organization of Disciplinary Boards for auxiliary staff. . Liaicon rith the Civil Service regarding dLscLplinary mceaurcg concerning civil servants. ' Prcparation of ov€rEêe! rnissions frorn the pol.nÈ of view of coordination, travelg and alLolranceg. ÀRfICLl 11 - thc Trel,ning Dcpartnent has the following functions: Prcparation and drawing up of teaching progranrnes and manuals. Prcperatory eoursoa for the varioug competitl.vc têrts and cxaminationg. OrgonLzat,ion and operation of ENPT and varioug profcsslonal courtGs. PhysLcal orgenLzatLon of cmpctLti-ve tasts and exasrinations. gupcrvJ.aion of training coursec Rolatlonr rLth natLonal organizations for pr€paleetory courser for caEGGrg in Posts and Teleconrnunicatione - ProfGËcional OrLcntation. Rclatlont with P & T trainees abroad. lcchnl.cal intcrnational relations. .lRllcLE 12 - Ahc l'lanaging Dj.rector of OPT shall be responoible for tho lnqrlementation of ths prosent decree HG shall arratrgG rithin ttle framework of his functLonsr tlrê detailed organlzatl.on of the Departm€nts of OPÎ. Itc shâlJ. dct,ermine, in accordance with the provislons of Law No. 14164 of 29 Octobcr ].964 rcfcrred to above, the restrictivc 1i3t. of matters for rhich hc shall delegate hia sJ,gmaÈure t,o the Deputy Managing DireeÈors and D{rcctors. ttG n y Ln addltlon, and according to the legislative and etatutory prov:lciont, cntEurt to varioug officials any additional functiong he may deern appropriatc for the smooth running of the gervice. - pEGrGnt dccrce shaLl be registeredr publishcd and ÀRIICLI' 13 x:hc transnrl.ttcd rhcrevcr it rnay be necessary. Alrlrlx 9 IELECOùD{UNIçAIIONS DDUETJOPMENÎ F RO''ECT IN-PORI-GENT IIJ À}TD EIGHT OTHER INLÀ'ND CENTRES OVIRAI.L SÎÀFT DISTRIBUTION BY GRADE GROUPS nn|lrR of glArr 1983 1984 1985 1986 198? lcehnLcal assistance 2L 13 L1 19 17 PrLncLpal InsPectors and equipmenta 69 94 117 158 185 Engineers 13 L2 13 13 13 Inlpoctort 136 1d8 L64 166 185 Controllers 264 288 338 386 t53 1?E 372 {25 {aO ôpcrational staff '39132L Clcrks 309 251 2s8 20L Typist 57 58 18 90 92 Tlorkmcn 23L 2so 275 282 2S9 Poctm€n 24 2L 25 28 26 Day labourcrs 65 7L 95 110 1S1 ÎOTàÏ. L602 1639 :-728 1935 2022 QPf officers excluding technicaL agsistantt rÊItasttnted (29t) in 198?. This high rate is explai@ W t'lrc vsry tcelmlcal character of OPT which necessiÈaÈe; Èht usc of highly trained Personnel. lRlrt|ItfG: Intl6lR. of Entr[ilEGS 1983 x9.8,{ 19,9s 1S9"5 198? IaiÈiat training: 90 81 108 1;29 1?9 furthsr tr-aining and rytcd;al-izat:ion 6696 49 62 f,or'cd.gln traineeg 8913235 Erri,n{ag P@Xti'cy gives prefer:ence Èo Èto rajor ËFÊil': [n:itlal train:ing and further trainingr. tbo lÈsmde in !.985 rere continued in 1987 vtith PaÉ;LsgLæ qlb*ai,a on g-a|"ilm:inary emPloyment . ANNEX 10 IELECOIô{I'NICATIONS DEVELOP}{ENT PROJECT TN PORT-GENIII, AI.ID EIGHT OTHEB ÏNL'ÀID CENTRES SlAtrT DISTRIBUTION AY CATEGORIES AI{D GRÀDE GROUPS CTVIL SERVATITS 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Principal Inspectors 53 81 15 103 L22 Engineers 13 L2 13 13 13 Inspectorcr 116 L2L t32 t25 L32 Controllers 243 26t 288 326 393 Opcrational staff 285 278 224 234 229 Clerkg 57 45 34 24 20 EI.IPITOYEESor colf,xRAeT 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Princlpal Inspectors and equiprnents 613 42 s5 63 Inspêctors 20 21 32 4L 53 Controllers 25 27 50 60 60 Operational st,aff 36 97 148 L7L zLL Clerkg 340 264 2t7 234 181 lypist 57 58 18 90 92 Workmen 23t 250 257 282 259 PosÈmen 24 2t 25 28 26 TOTAL 139 757 849 961 945 whereas that of employees on contract which rspresented 474 of staff dropped by 2*. çl \.a FÉI E't Èl nl t, o a È É+J \ÊE. É"{..t J Fql,' o .Êl 3I€. : !- NBôl) Fcll < êC! H 5' vë. . ÉtÉ |,3é 3.lJ .Fl r= .?,o. Eld =i:3 â: F.C .Ê9 ËÉÉi9Ê 'aFê=F==:ix .oo -H6H- . .,.{ e.C ù, l.| Hl-Ël.t 'tÂttl ot) - É oË âlwt . O .'l.O zlrÀ .F{ ç O) +r5È ql 'o Eir ;t3 Eo .rl O É(),O Élr 5$r Ff 'ÊlIFI E Éo E(t H O pôI) (-) tr É 9'À É HÈ rt (|,5 É rJo h É}{ js T HèO ^ qtF Ê vv t o L u ;i:=;CËAa,I :sËËË-ËËiË:=?=::=3;g r,I 'ol v, ' {D att .. F{ à0 E' Ê.r É É O .r-{ .Ft O É> Ê o (Éo a o CrH O ttt 'i"o t{ [][ï d.'{ ô{l trt ...1 .$ Fl o o 3 oÉ A h z ltJ Éo $ t'l < c'C| H ' ::)lJ Bo .h o É .vt çT Jo_!J_j8Êa zl II XSNNV r,44n. 'ral'rl.,1" t{ o 0, ;-.i.c t,lc : :.o .s n I ct o r9S..tN6r--i- o E-' J'r Ël#ï É a t Ê ël.i É E - i-;. E; ;; ti F !. i:. X j *r ?!1 .i,,.*1. Ê ,lj :a, .rrf '. - " .n 3 c.' *r {É. iP,,il - : !1.,È; Il,,''l'{ ta ; orii..fl 'Ë"{'''.1 t. ' Ttr 2 à rH i.:.: : l: J.f. t,i; .il êo .6rt ".li* I I. (H GI À, ?t "., ot' g c ,l o l ll ! o -l o 1- t ô[ C a o H a ,L z (Û E 2 ti C) v, : .i EI: Fl ' '.t :l; ; ,J. t; ii' E ;, I 'E o iCt 6 çrÀ r.| y. ,ii F{ - :, " .r{ o Gl  9:t rO t\ GO g\ E o rt .lJ F Ë, Ëri +r'.r .1 Ë Ë âo I"'d > o .: fl ,r ia &t ql d O O'$ g€ Ë Ëfls 3- H "68o€+l É-E-B o .Ê-tB Ë-Fo 5.9 Éoq, g Ë 3.'S .3Ë 3, ;' ,t,.-,n j* *3 Ë'Ë* Ê, Êo tÛÉ cgv \o EË 88 FFq -o^ .no êË'i 'Ll - ' pl E-. , ' . ., ::.,t I , -'i.id S,'; ;: i, t' ' i ."t"_. I .91fl8 tsS I'cH i. I' .' : : Hl ô; Àp H.3.?E Èl ËB Hi ÉË9 q É $.9'É oÉ eEq E 'tst'l Ë Ë; tr.g 8,P'És iRoof'ËgËùËo qq oÉ) , \E.fl - €f,- 3''q 3 bbl 5 6 AlilllEx 12 Pagre 1 of 2 CAICUTATION OF IRR t. rM/DsIîENÎg Por this calculation, we consider the real investnentg of ths proJeet, i.c. the different dlsbursements made from 1980 to 1988 based on the dj,ffergnt annual avereg€ valueg of the UA in FCI.A duringr the period. 2. 9PER;AIING COSTS Thc opcrating cost are considered egual to 2t of in\restmentg tho fLrst 5 yearg and 4t Èhe following years. 3. RDVENUES (a) Gronth of Mt 1978 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 PG and 7 ccntrcs 1,800 3,002 3r993 4r 4L6 4t 884 5,402 5t9?4 1989 1990 1991 L992 1993 1994 1995 PG ênd 7 cËntrcs 6,608 7 t330 7.770 8,236 8,730 9.254 10,640 On thc baslc of the key for revenue distributlon (?5t in Libreville, 15t at Port-GcntLl, 10t in other centres) r rê arrived at the followingr rcvenutt (fCfA) pcr ML. ' 1983 t984 1985 1986 L981 Libreviljlc I'L17 '096 924,377 929,227 1,003,583 780,116 Port Gcntit (ToÈal) 235,419 L84t875 185,645 20Ot7L6 156,023 7 csntrcs (Totâl) L56,946 L23t25L L23,764 L33.8L2 1041015 Port cqntt]. gwltch (30t) 1Ot626 55,463 55r 694 6Or2L5 46.841 7 centros nctrork (35t) 541931 {3,138 43.318 46t834 36,405 (e) (frlcrulrttàn crf Rarranrraef|tfi- far the Protcct {F'efÀ} l, In thc digtribution of rev€nues in oPT, we wiLl. use the different rates g;cneralJ.y used in developing countries depending on whether it is crLtchlng (30t), traagnigcion (25*1, network (35t), others (5*) . Inootne tâble per l"tL at Port Gentil will be 551761 FCFA and in the 7 centtesz 44,925 fCrÀ. On tbe bagis of the nurnber of Mt in the different centres covered by t.he project (55* and 45t in the 7 centres), we obtain the followingr: ÀNNEX 12 Page 2 of REVENUES (103 r. crA) Year P.G ? Centres P.G 7 Centres lota]- 1983 1,651 1,351 92, O6L.4t 60,693.68 152, 755.09 1984 1, 196 L,797 L22 r 451_.1"5 80,?30.23 203,181.38 1985 2, 429 Lt987 L35/443.46 89î 265.98 ?24,709,44 1986 2, 696 2.Lgg I49t'774.04 98,745.L5 247,5L9.L9 1987 2,97t 2t43L 165,665.93 L09,212 .67 274.818.60 198I 3,286 2t 6gg 183| 23Q.64 t_20.758.40 303,989.04 1989 3,634 2,974 2Q2|635-47 133.606.95 336,242.42 1990 4,031 3,299 224t't't2 .59 t48 | 207 .5'l 372t 980.L6 1991 4t214 3, 496 238t322.5I 157,057.80 395,380.31 )E,) tr,O? ?? 1992 4,530 -J4 J 3,'706 f 766, 492- 05 419,089.38 1993 4,801 3,929 267t7Q8.56 t76,5r0 -32 444| 2t8 .88 I 994 5,090 4, 164 283,823 - 49 187,06?.70 470, 891.19 1995 5,852 4.788 326 | 3]-3 -3'l 215,100.90 54t, 4L4.27 Calculation of fRR (103 F.CrA) Investment Opgratincr Cost ReveDue Cash l'low 1980 224,852,720 -1J.,822,528 1224,852,1201 1981 ( 7]-,822,528) 1982 279,79Q.02 1279,790.021 1 6, - 93 42, O48.62 152.755.09 (2751607 .46) 983 38 313 '75, 1984 85| 2L6.84 42,048.62 203,181.38 ( 9L5.921 1985 100,L12.30 42. 048. 62 224| 709.44 82,548.521 1986 397, 51L. 30 42,O48-62 24-7,5r9.t9 (192,040.73) 1987 313 | sl't .2L 42,048- 62 274,8'78 .60 ( 80, 687.23) 198I 243,284 .53 84,09-t.24 303,989.04 ( 23,392.731 1989 84, O91-24 336,242. 42 252,t45.t8 1990 84| 09'7.24 3-72| 980 ;L6 288,882 - 92 1991 84| 097.24 ?oq ?Ân ?1 3L1,283 .07 1992 84 | 09't.24 41.9,089.38 334,992 .L4 1993 84,Q91.24 444|218-88 360,LzL .64 1994 84,09'7,24 4'10t89]-.L9 386,193.95 1995 84,091 -24 54L14L4-27 457,317 .03 r.996 84,097.24 45?. 317. 03 L997 457,3L7.03 1998 457,317.03 1999 457,317.03 2000 457,3I7.03 !ZR-:9.41o.