CFI - Rural Road Management and Maintenance Course

Officials in charge of planning, maintaining, or monitoring works on the rural road network

Provincial, municipal, or district officials in charge of public works or production
Officials from Provincial Road Directorates responsible for planning and drafting road plans
Members of road consortia or cooperatives engaged in rural road maintenance

Virtual, with six asynchronous classes and one synchronous exchange workshop.

The course will end with an in-person closing session.

Each district must submit a final project outlining a masterplan, including proposals for management improvements, spatial surveys, and tasks to be performed.

Rural Road Management
Institutional framework for rural road maintenance, specifying local and provincial models.

Financing
Sources of funding for road maintenance and improvements, overview of road jurisdiction and responsibility.

Innovation in Rural Road Management: Surveys and Spatial Data
Benefits of spatial and sectoral surveys. Guidelines for designing and managing a geospatial data system. Case studies of successful surveys and innovations worth exploring.

Best Practices in Rural Road Maintenance Tasks
Examples of best practices in road maintenance activities.

Developing a Masterplan
Analysis of road-associated costs, operational techniques, and routine or scheduled maintenance tasks. Case studies.

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