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United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Works Labour-based Technology A Review of Current Practice Proceedings of the 10th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 13th – 17th October 2003, Arusha, Tanzania Theme of the Seminar: Labour-Based Technology for Poverty Reduction ASIST Labour-based Technology A Review of Current Practice VOLUME 1: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH REGIONAL SEMINAR CTP 165 Tenth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners Hosted by the Ministry of Works, United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with the ILO/ASIST Programme Arusha, Tanzania 13th - 17th October 2003 Labour-based Technology A Review of Current Practice VOLUME 1: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH REGIONAL SEMINAR Theme of the seminar: Labour-based Technology for Poverty Reduction Compiled by Prof. J. H. Y. Katima and Dr. K. N. 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This is not an official ILO document Printed in Tanzania Abbreviations and acronyms £ British Pound Sterling A Answer ADRICS Annual District Roads Inventory and Condition Survey AICC Arusha International Conference Centre AIDS Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome ANE National Road Administration, Mozambique ATTI Appropriate Technology Training Institute ATU Appropriate Technology Unit ASIST Advisory Support, Information Services and Training BICO Bureau for Industrial Cooperation CARs Community Access Roads CLC Community Liaison Committee, Mozambique CRB Contractors Registration Board, Tanzania CSIR Council Scientific Industrial Research DA’s District Assemblies (DA’s), Malawi DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DFID Department for International Development, UK DFR District Feeder Roads DRN District Road Networks DROMAS District Road Maintenance Management System EDF European Development Fund EIA Environmental Impact assessment EMP/INVEST Employment-Intensive Investment Branch EU European Union FIDIC Federation Internationale Des Ingenieurs-Conseils FINIDA Finish International Development Agency HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus FY Financial Year GEWp Gender, Environment and Works Place GoM Government of Malawi GoT Government of Tanzania GoU Government of Uganda GPRS Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy IDA Investment Development Agency IFRTD International Forum for Rural Transport and Development ILO International Labour Organisation IMT Intermediate Means of Transport IRAP Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning km Kilometre LB Labour-based LRBA Labour Resources Based Approach LBT Labour-based Technology LBU Labour-based Unit LS Labour Standards Proceedings of the 10th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners Page v MCC Maseru City Council MIS Management Information System MoW Ministry of Works MoWHC Ministry of Works, Housing and Communications MPBS Maintenance Performance Budgeting System MRSP Morogoro Roads Support programme MP Member of Parliament NRA National Road Authority, Malawi NDP National Development Plan NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NURP Northern Uganda Reconstruction Project pCET Prospective College of Engineering and Technology (University of Dar es Salaam) PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan or Programme PORALG President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government Q Question RFB Road Funds Board RoadSIP Road Sector Investment Programme RSPS Road Sector Program Support RTS Rural Transport Study RTT Rural Transport and Travel SAC Social Aspects of Construction SADC Southern Africa Development Cooperation SAP Sustainable Arusha Programme SAR South African Rand SATCC Southern Africa Transport and Communication Commission SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases TANROADS Tanzania National Roads Agency Tshs Tanzania shillings (1000 TShs = 1 USD) NPRA Norwegian Public Roads Administration TASAF Tanzania Social Action Fund UDSM University of Dar es Salaam UK United Kingdom UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund UNDP United Nations Development Programme USD United States Dollar VIP Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine vpd Vehicles per day VTTP Village Travel and Transport Project, Tanzania Page vi Labour-based Technology – A Review of Current Practice Table of contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1.1 The Arusha Statement .......................................................................... 2 1.2 Structure of these proceedings ............................................................. 6 2THE SEMINAR 7 2.1 Background ............................................................................................ 7 2.2 Seminar proceedings ........................................................................... 11 2.3 Exhibitions ........................................................................................... 12 2.4 Evaluation ............................................................................................ 13 2.5 Acknowledgements .............................................................................. 13 3OPENING CEREMONY 14 3.1 Setting the scene ................................................................................. 14 3.2 Welcome by the Organising Committee ............................................. 14 3.3 Welcome address by the Director of ILO Office for Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda ......................................................................... 14 3.4 Keynote address by Mr. Barnabas Ariga, Chief Engineer Roads, Ministry of Roads and Public Works, Kenya ...................................... 15 3.5 Welcome address by Eng. John Kijazi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Tanzania ............................................................... 18 3.6 Opening address by Hon. William Lukuvi, Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office (Policy), Tanzania ........... 18 4 PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES THROUGH LABOUR-BASED TECHNOLOGY 19 4.1 Small contractors development in Botswana through labour-based routine road maintenance by B. Obika, M. Segokgo, C. Overby and E. Masimega ........................................................................................ 19 4.2 Experience of using labour-based technology in rehabilitation and maintenance of district and feeder roads - Medium term impact on the people and the Government of Tanzania by Halifa Msangi and Geert Mujsers ............................. 22 4.3 The Government of Malawi (GoM)/European Union (EU) Public Works Programme in Malawi - A multi-tier approach to poverty reduction and food security, by Proceedings of the 10th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners Page vii A. C. Lwanda, P. Ginies and A. Esterhuizen....................................... 25 4.4 Employment creation through the reconstruction of the EN1 highway between Chicumbane and Xai Xai in Mozambique by Atanasio Mughune and Robert Geddes................... 28 4.5 Group discussions ................................................................................ 30 5 PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 34 5.1 Community centred investment in basic rural access interventions - An entry point to poverty alleviation by Tatenda C. Mbara and Camilla Lema ...............................................