Success for the Africa Community Access Programme (AFCAP)

Date: 25/3/2013

The UK-government funded Africa Community Access programme (AFCAP) has won the Outstanding International Collaboration award at the British Expertise International Awards 2013, and TRL is delighted to have played a part in its success.

AFCAP, which is managed by Crown Agents on behalf of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is based around a portfolio of research, demonstration and training projects undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa. These projects identify and support the update of low cost, proven solutions for rural access that maximise the use of local resources.

Since 2008, TRL has been involved in a suite of projects funded by AFCAP for the Mozambique National Roads Administration, Administracao Nacional de Estradas (ANE) and for the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA). The work has been exploring the use of marginal and non-conventional road building materials and techniques to improve year round access for local communities.

Full details of our work in Mozambique can be found in the October 2012 issue of TRL News.

Issued by TRL's Communications Team

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