addltlonal selectlon criteria proposed by ECA (969 projecta for a toial cos!ol US$f5.5 bllLion). The cnlterla u8ed by ECA are set out in DECI TRANSCOM/ CM/ rv/4-(Es). 89. llle meetlng of bhe Inter-agency Co-ordinatlnS Commlltee hell Drlor !o the Conference of Mlnisters ln Conakry approved the alternattve prog..amDe, gotng so far as to propoee that it should be considered as nthetr progrlnrle for the second phase. The Conference of Mlnlsters received the proposal favourably, although a nunber of addltj.ons and aoendoents uere made to the progranne. 90. the Ealn feature of the presentatlon format of the progra@e ls lhat iCtreats nalntenance and rehablLltatlon, tralnl-ng and technicel asslstance aaprlor1tles. In additlon, proJects are gr€uped by actlvtty nather than by Doda and as part of a tranaport chaln or of a unlfled conounlcatlons netlrork. t{lihthls new type of preeentation, tt ls posslble to gauge whether the proJ€cts proposed fora part of a cohenent whol.e, whereaa the first-phase proJects nere slnply pres€nted by Eode, ln che for"d of a llst. 9I. 1\.ro addltlonal lnnovatlve features of the gecond-phaae progremne adopted by the Conference of Mlnlsters !n Conakry are also worth nentlonlng: (a) The tloe factop, whlch so far bas been alDos! co4pletely negtected: soue lonS-tero projecis and/or of hlgh cos! can be dlvlded up lnto phases; slnllarly, certain projecta are nol so urgent that lhey Dust be finished by Decedber 1988, the end of the Decade. In these clrcunstances, the alternatlve prograDne has been consldered as a short-ter.m progran6e, to be flnanced as eprlorlty durlng the second phase proper of the Decade; ghe later phases of the high-cost and/or long-tern proJecls, as welL as non-urgent projects, thus represent the start of a oedlun-tern and long-tero progrEo$e whoae lople[entatlon can be envisaged beyond 1!88. (b) As regards the selectl-on crlterla, account was tak6n of ihe Calro and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a development project or program, mentioning concepts such as "alternatve prog..amDe", "proJects", "maintenance and rehablLltatlon", "tralnl-ng", and "technicel asslstance". The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a professional or organizational context. The text also mentions international organizations, such as ECA, and a conference of ministers, which further supports the idea that this is a development project.

**Category**
Transport and communication, International trade