Institutional Development and Technical Assistance
In the transport sector the term Institutional Development has
come to be applied to the process of re-orienting infrastructure
owners and service providers to respond to changing market
forces. It applies particularly to countries which undergo
transition from centralised planning to market-driven
economies.
Service providers become focused on customers; infrastructure
owners must respond by providing adequate facilities, efficiently
operated, to attract users.
Typically, a government will need to understand how to
restructure ownership, development, maintenance and operation of
its national transport assets to respond to demand for
transportation. Ownership may need to be changed
(commercialisation and privatisation of assets), strategic
development plans put in place, businesses made transparent and
operation and maintenance programmes restructured. Management may
need re-organising and training.
In Scott Wilson's projects the client may be from the public
sector (facility or fleet owner/operator) or private sector or they
may make a transition from public to private. Scott Wilson has also
supported the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and numerous
bilateral lending agencies on technical assistance projects for
rural roads, rail and other transport projects in China.
Scott Wilson assists in all aspects. Specialist
areas of expertise include:
- Legal and regulatory framework governing the transport
sector
- Traffic demand forecasting
- Revenue generation (tariffs, fees, tolls)
- Engineering (port, airport, rail and road infrastructure)
- Socioeconomic studies (social development, poverty alleviation
and resettlement schemes)
- Accountancy and financial planning systems
- Operations (cargo handling and storage, passenger movement and
management)
- Business systems
- Maintenance programmes - asset management
- Training in all fields
