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SWAZILAND PRTSR REPORT June, 2006 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background information This is a report of the third and final workshop on the Transport and Poverty Reduction Strategy Review of the Government of Swaziland in the series of the World Bank Funded project on policy formulation, whose aim is to depict the visibility of the role of transport in poverty alleviation. This was a two day workshop held at Esibayeni Lodge from the 30th to the 31st May 2006. The workshop was attended by a cross section of stakeholders both from the private; public and civil society. Refer to Annexure ‘F’ for the list of participants. A full account of the workshop proceedings is contained in Annexure ‘A’ – “Report of Workshop Proceedings”. The whole process followed the guidelines as laid down in the project process and methodology. Official Opening The workshop was officially opened by Ms Chazile M. Magongo, Chairperson of the SG. She apologized on behalf of the Principal Secretary who was delayed due to other commitments. She welcomed all the participants and briefly explained the objective of the workshop as that of reviewing what has been done in the previous workshops and to validate the facts that have been collected. She also stressed that it is important to use the Guidelines which all participants have for the process and for some clarifications. She further commended the SKG for their continued commitment to the PRTSR. The next task for the SKG is to review the policies with respect to the main objectives and targets; Priority economic, social, priority population groups and cross-cutting issues sectors. Also that the SKG will be working to make conclusions and recommendations on how to improve both the process and the policy/strategy report. Workshop Objectives The Facilitator, drew the attention of the participants to the program of the two-day workshop and led the team through the two day program and explained t