By Staff Reporter, Dar es Salaam
MINISTER for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa has officiated the National Institute of Transport (NIT)’s 1st International Conference on Transport, Logistics, and Management while congratulating the Institute for arranging the conference where the scientific community in the fields of transport and logistics management will share experience and disseminate their research findings and breakthroughs.
Speaking while officiating the conference, Prof Mbarawa said that, high quality research plays a key role towards sustainable development and applauded the NIT being at the cornerstone of realizing that.
“We need evidence-based decisions in the transport sector in order to realize the intended development outcomes. As participants of this 1st International Conference on Transport, Logistics and Management, you have a stake. I encourage all of you to be attentive and use this platform to establish everlasting research collaborations.”
The Minister added: “As the Government, we promise to continually provide necessary support to NIT and other transport stakeholders to ensure that we work and move together for the betterment of the transport sector.”
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He further promises to take the transport sector to the next level. “I understand this should be the task of all of us, the Government, the private sector, NGOs, and development partners. As a Minister, I assure you, I will work tirelessly and smart to address different challenges in the sector in collaboration with all stakeholders including those participating in today’s event.”
As the theme of this year’s Conference is “Reliable Transport and Logistics Management for a Sustainable Economy”, the Minister said that the theme aligns to the National Development Vision 2025, CCM election Manifesto 2020 – 2025, Tanzania Development Vision 2030, Africa’s Agenda 2063, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” he said.
He insisted: “It is indeed pleasing to know that this Conference is a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination of research findings to improve the transport sector.”
The Transport Minister went on to say that the Government is in full support and recommending the Conference to be conducted yearly with the expectations that critical research findings and innovations are discussed, and possible recommendations are shared to improve the performance of the transport sector.
“I am glad to say that NIT is growing rapidly, and the Conference theme is directly linked to the development of the National strategic projects in the transport sector including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Standard Gauge Railways (SGR), Construction of Tanzanite, Nyerere and Kingongo Busisi Bridges, modernization of ports for the strengthening of the National Airline Carrier and Procurement of Modern Cargo Passengers Aircraft,” he said.
MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, PROFESSOR MAKAME MBARAWA (C ) SPEAKS WITH NIT RECTOR PROF. ZACHARIA MGANILWA (R ) AND PROF ULINGETA MBAMBA THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE’S GOVERNING COUNCIL BEFORE THE MINISTER OFFICIATES NIT’S 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS, AND MANAGEMENT IN DAR ES SALAAM.
He noted, “Other similar projects include rehabilitation and construction of new airport and the development of the Blue Economy, Oil Pipeline from Hoima, Uganda to Chongoleani Tanga, Tanzania, and Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station Project. I believe that, through this Conference different stakeholder and development partners will find avenues for collaborations to ensure that, Conference resolutions, are taken on board for implementation.”
He tasked the Institute to produce human resources with high quality that can be support the government major projects in the transport sector.
He also said that 1st International Conference on Transport, Logistics and Management marks a major milestone for NIT, the nation, and the region at large.
”It is my anticipation that researchers, scientists, and participants of this year’s Conference will have a chance to share their recent breakthroughs and innovations in transport, logistics and management for the prosperity of the transport sector for economic development of our countries,” concluded.
On his part, Prof. Zacharia Mganilwa, Rector of the national institute of transport said: “This year’s Conference is a milestone towards the realization of targets as outlined in our Five Year Rolling Strategic Plan IV 2021/2022 – 2025/2026. Our aim is to make it a regional platform for the scientific community in the fields of transport, logistics and management.”
Prof Manilwa pointed out that the Conference features a rich program with a number of Keynote Speeches from renowned and accomplished scholars in the field of transport from Tanzania and around the world.
“We will also hear a number of technical presentations from selected industry actors including TRC, TASAC, DART and TCAA. For us as an academic institution through this Conference, we envision to utilize the synergy obtained from the tripartite of academia, private sector, and the Government in order to support on-going transformations in the transport sector,” he said.
This 1st International Conference on Transport, Logistics and Management offers a special opportunity to bring together professors, researchers, and scholars around the globe, and serves as a platform to deliver innovative research findings and latest trends and development in the fields of transport, logistics and management, he observed .
He went on to say that all accepted and presented papers in the Conference will have the opportunities to be published in our scientific peer-reviewed journal “International Journal of Logistics, Engineering and Management”.
He concluded: “…Indexed by Sci-Scopus. The Conference has received articles, where papers have been accepted by the Committees for presentation and to be included in the proceedings. These papers on various topics are divided into 6 sessions in the Conference. To all members of the Organizing Committee, the reviewers, and the collaboration partners, we would like to thank all of you for your tremendous efforts to organize this Conference successfully.”
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