Green Logistics Policy and Strategy for Uganda

Project Summary:

This project aimed to help Uganda develop a logistics sector and program that spurred green transportation growth, incentivized the use of green technologies, and improved the quality and efficacy of the country’s transportation system. The team also aimed to identify how the government can support sector growth domestically and internationally; supporting logistics and shipping companies and industry growth through regulatory reform and tax incentives; supporting education, research, and development; developing an emissions-reduction scheme; and prioritizing short-term investments. In the end, this partnership, primarily with the Korea Transport Institute, resulted in a pilot project that can serve as a framework for other World Bank programs in African and South Asia seeking to assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote green growth.

List of Activities:

• Initial exchange on Korea and other developed countries experience to frame work
• Initial review and diagnosis of Uganda’s logistics system including infrastructure, regulations, key stakeholders, including efficiency and ‘green metrics’
• The development of different elements of green logistics policy
• Stakeholder discussions with government, shippers, carriers and others on policy road map
• Refinement/finalization of green logistics policy 
• Guidance note on green logistics policy

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Report
• Study visit

Output 2:

• Report

Output 3:

• Report
• Action plan

Output 4:

• Report

Outcomes:

The projected improved efficiency in Uganda by promoting the development of efficient and green logistics. The team also increased Uganda’s competitiveness of the economy by supporting a more efficient logistics system that lowered logistics costs.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

-        WBG internal partners:

(i) Economic Corridor CoP, Green Transport, International Finance Corporation: collaboration on implementation, providing peer review and valuable technical inputs.

-        K-Partners:

(i) The KOTI (Korea Transport Institute) will be involved as a primary partner in Korea to design methodologies to analyze GHG, to provide inputs for a pilot and to facilitate the project outcomes dissemination.

(ii) The KRRI (Korea Railroad Research Institute) as a specialized institute for railway technologies might participate to review deliverables from the project.

(iii) The KEI (Korea Environment Institute), which is doing researches and developing strategies regarding GHG reduction and low carbon technologies, will collaborate to develop methodologies with the KOTI and support the team through sharing knowledge and experiences.

(iv) Associations:   Such as logistics companies (KILA), freight forwarders (KIFFA), and truckers (KTA) to provide advice to Ugandan counterparts.