September 13 – Study day “Planning urban mobility: a challenge to structure african cities”

To welcome the “Sustainable Transport and Mobility in African Cities” Master’s second class, CODATU is organizing a study day, the theme will be “Planning
urban mobility: a challenge to structure african cities”.

On this day a dozen african and european experts will share their experiences in urban mobility planning. How to go from planning to infrastructure projects and the economic challenges of transport in cities, will be discussed on September 13 at the EAMAU, in Lomé.

Program

9:00-10:00 — OPENING CEREMONY

• Speech by Dr. Moussa Dembélé, EAMAU’s Director General
• Speech by Christian Philip, CODATU’s Secretary General
• Presentation of certificates to the Master’s first graduating class by Michel Tindano, Academic Coordinator

10:00-11:00 — A REVIEW OF URBAN PLANNING IN AFRICA, CHALLENGES REGARDING MOBILITY

• Jerome Chenal, EPFL, Switzerland
• Dahouda Ouedraogo, G2 Conception, Burkina Faso
• Julien Allaire, CODATU, Lyon, France

11:00-11:15 — BREAK

11:15-12:45 — FROM PLANNING TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

• Jean Yango, Urban Community of Douala, Cameroon
• Bernard Rivalta, CODATU’s Vice President, former SYTRAL’s President, Lyon, France
• Koffi Attahi, Abidjan District, Ivory Coast
• Agbonka Nsougan Dayo, PDU Lomé’s Project Manager, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Lomé, Togo

12:45-2:00 — LUNCH BREAK

2:00-3:00 — PRESENTATION OF THE WORK MADE BY THE MASTER’S 1ST CLASS

Students from the Master’s first graduating class, will present in 6 minutes their internship results as well as their thesis’ conclusions in a “knowledge-café” to attendees, who will be divided into groups.

3:00-4:30 — PLANNING BUS NETWORKS IN AFRICAN CITY

• Michel Tindano, SOTRAL’s Chief Executive Director, Lomé, Togo
• Cissé Yssoufou*, UATP
• Jean-Pierre Deghaye, Keolis Business Development Director
• Stéphane Léon, RATP
• Frédéric Lahitte, IVECO

4:30-5:00 — DEBATE

5:00 — CONCLUSIONS

*To be confirmed