Transcript A big Ministry

A big Ministry
All transport modes (Road, Rail,
Maritime, Inland Water Ways, Air)
 Land planning
 Housing Financing
 “Auditing Department” reporting
directly to the Minister
 Inspection service
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A big Ministry
Engineers or equiv.
9%
Technicians or equiv.
16%
Draftsmans, Assistants
25%
Exploitation
50%
Total is about
110,000 staff
Organization of local services
Regional Directorates (DRE)
 Departemental Directorates (DDE)
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Road Investment Division
Road Maintenance Division
Urban Planning Division
Housing Financing Division
Local Services Division (building construction/management,
water…)
Port/Airport/Inland Waterways Division
Administrative (HR, Legal, Payment) Division
The road network
Length (km)
Average Traffic
Motorways
9,300
30,294
National roads
27,223
10,117
358,500
1,300
586,000
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Departemental
roads
Municipal
roads
Decentralization process
Decentralization Law (enacted 1982)
 Land Planning / Construction Permit
 A two stages approach for the Road
sector
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Investment 1982 – 1985
 Maintenance in the 90s
 Local Government decides (Departement)
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National Road sector financing
Motorway network is concessioned
 Annual budget
 5-year contract with regions to cofinance agreed investment program
 Appropriation Allocation (AA)
 Payment Allocation (PA)
 Annual Maintenance (PA only)
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National Road sector financing
Oversea departements case
 Road Investment Fund / Transport Fund
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Road Project Processing
Instruction / Approval Memorandum
 Approval level depends of the size of
the project
 Auditing of Projects
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Port sector
Autonomous port entities (7 main ports)
 Other important ports:
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Commercial : State
Fishing: Departement
Leisure: Municipality
Port concessioning:
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Concessioning is an old story (Utilities end of the 19th cent.)
Tools only. State manages the infrastructure.
Concessionaire is collecting all port dues and is cofinancing
infrastructure
Private concession with public obligations
Airport sector
Concessioning is the rule for national
airports except Paris Airports
 Airport fees are negotiated with users
 Decentralization of secondary airports
 EU regulation introduced competition
 “Air Fund”
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