Paving the way for a new operation to improve urban transport

Challenge

Egypt resides over multiple entities responsible for the enhancement of mobility in Greater Cairo, but the city still faces setbacks and continuous challenges. In an attempt at resolving issues such as institutional fragmentation, insufficient financial resource, poor public transport, aggravated traffic congestion and high accident rates, the World Bank Group in collaboration with the most influential players within the transport sector, mandated IDOM and CID Consulting to develop the Greater Cairo Transport Regulatory Authority (GCTRA).

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Approach

The consortium was assigned responsibility for processes, organisational design, and operational guides, whilst World Bank spearheaded activity to attract new donors to support and fund the new entity. We sought to provide technical assistance by developing the necessary tools to ensure the GCTRA was able to get off the ground successfully. We began by designing the Authority’s organizational structure, along with a strategic roadmap and guidelines for key operational processes which served as the GCTRA’s backbone ahead of its launch.

Once these tools had been implemented, we turned our focus to finding the right people, consulting with a wide array of stakeholders to further understand the dynamics between the Ministry of Transport and the GCTRA to define detailed job descriptions and develop a manpower profile for the Authority. We also developed a tailored competency model including job gradings, in alignment with government mandates and regulations regarding civil servants. To ensure the resources joining GCTRA were equipped to fulfil the Authority’s mandate, we developed ten training models to get the talented team up to speed with the requirements of Cairo’s rapidly regenerating urban transport sector. Finally, to ensure the entity was able to reach a wider audience both within the Ministry and the public at large, we implemented a branding and communication framework which included a new brand identity and the production of different communication tools.

Results

Once these tools had been implemented, we turned our focus to finding the right people, consulting with a wide array of stakeholders to further understand the dynamics between the Ministry of Transport and the GCTRA to define detailed job descriptions and develop a manpower profile for the Authority. We also developed a tailored competency model including job gradings, in alignment with government mandates and regulations regarding civil servants. To ensure the resources joining GCTRA were equipped to fulfil the Authority’s mandate, we developed ten training models to get the talented team up to speed with the requirements of Cairo’s rapidly regenerating urban transport sector. Finally, to ensure the entity was able to reach a wider audience both within the Ministry and the public at large, we implemented a branding and communication framework which included a new brand identity and the production of different communication tools.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I would like to seize this opportunity to thank CID Consulting for all their hard work throughout the COVID-19 lockdown situation and all the constraints we are all going through, as well as for their patience in processing the assignment.We now hope there will be a strong commitment from the key decision-makers to implement the recommendations of the report through the project and look forward to a successful operationalization of these recommendations.

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Dahlia Lotayef
Lead Environmental Specialist Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice Middle

We worked with the CID team for over 2 years to develop our strategies, and CID has provided two teams; one specialized in social issues and community development and the other in reputation management and corporate communications. The two teams are staffed with experienced professionals who are knowledgeable in their fields and have been working closely and effectively with the ERC team. We believe that CID’s guidance and support in developing and implementing our community engagement and communications strategy has been essential in positioning ERC to meet its corporate social responsibility obligations and its commitments to the stakeholders necessary for ERC to secure its social license to operate.

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Tom Thomason
Former Chief Executive Officer, The Egyptian Refining Company