Making Vehicle Inspections Count in Togo

Togo Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Systems: Making Vehicle Inspections Count in Togo

In Togo, a joint project between the World Bank’s GRSF and CITA (Comité International de l’Inspection

Technique Automobile) is assisting the government in assessing its vehicle inspection regimes (current and imported vehicles) to suggest better ways to manage and improve inspection stations and the administrative oversight of this sector. This has been done through the Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Systems (AVIS) — a new analysis tool developed by GRSF and CITA.

Project highlights include:

• in-country and in-depth AVIS by professional experts of the status of vehicle inspection control in Togo

• context specific recommendations to improve the way these inspection programs contribute to the country’s overall ability to manage the motorization process, improve road safety outcomes and achieve other public policy objectives

• an overall program of capacity building toward implementing the recommendations.

With AVIS, GRSF helped Togo to establish the essential technical requirement for the import of vehicles, which was not in place.

The project models are replicable to different country contexts and produced valuable lessons on the importance of empowering authorities.

The Togolese Government and the World Bank are working on the implementation of recommendations emerging from this assessment to formulate a way forward to address vehicle inspections effectively.

In parallel, the Government of Togo is working on reforms in its legislation, building its capacity to be able to either take over the vehicle inspection from the concessionaires, or to effectively monitor a selected operator through a competitive process.