it iE recoolrended thac the Conference of Mtnisters of lransport and Con&unica- tlons shoutd revie{ ECA'g Eandale and asslgn i,t oore clearly defined areas of conpetence, The ECA Secretariat could be inatructed, wlthln lhe fratrework ol a clearly deflned nandate. and ln consultation l.tith the Afrlcan reSlonal and sub- re8Lonal organizations and the aSencies in the United Nations. aysted concernedi (a) To tdentlfy, by neans of speclaL studles, fundamental i.nter-state projects conElalent wlth the overall obJectlves of the Decade and facilitate neSotlations betlreen States for the purpose of adoptlng the studies and taking the requialte follow-up deciEi.ons. (b) To ensure Chat projects proposed by Sovernmenls conforn Uo the obJec- lj.ves of lhe Decade and; lf necessary, to lnltiate negotiationa wlth governnenta. (c) To organlze fund-rais:.ng acilvities on the basiE of a list of major prcJects of regional, and particularly sub-regj-onal, ioportance of univerealLy recogni.zed prlorj.ty. (d) lo provide support to lhe varlous Afrlcan sub-re81onal organlzation8 and lo asslst then ln co-ordlnal.ing iheir transpore and coDmunicati.ons pnogramnes. (e) To seek a JuridlcaL framework for !.rays and !rcans of financing and inplenenting lnten-State proJects (estabLishment of rrAutho!"lt1es" so thab Ehe requesta for flnancing presented by lndlvldual countries are p.Lanned and co-ordlnated - see also paragraphs 58 and 5! above). L00. Slnce the Conference of Mlnlsters of lranaport and Co@lunications at lhe fourth oeetlng ln Conakry (February 1984) adopted the principle ol a second Desade (resoluti,on No. 7), some thought nust nolr be glven to the ro.Le lrhlch EcA wlll- be called upon to play after 1988, Desplle the nlsvigings surroundlng lt and lts own shortconlngs, the Decade enabled an lnstrunent and machlnery for co-operatlon lo be set up and brought lnto snooth operation wlthln ECA. Co-operaflon between Afrlcan States ln transport and coElunicatlons Haa 81ven a