Maritime Security Railways Operation and Management Decisions 48. Council made the following decisions: Decisions 46. Council made the following decisions: (a) Member States, through the maritime regulatory authorities, should facilitate negotiations among shipping lines, shippers and ports; and (a) The Secretariat should develop capacity building programmes for railways engineers and other related professionals, including expert exchange programmes among Member States; and (b) Port authorities and Member States are urged to participate in the Swakopmund, Namibia PMAESA Conference in December 2011. (b) Member States be urged to take an active part in the preparation of the model railway services agreement, regulatory framework and management systems to enhance railway efficiency in the COMESA region. Egyptian Government Capacity Building Programme Decision 49. Council made the following decision: Corridor Development and Management Decisions 47. Council made the following decisions: (a) Urged Member States that had committed to taking up scholarships for the Masters in Science degree programme at the Arab Maritime Academy in Alexandria to nominate candidates for the programme. (a) Corridor Coordinating Committees (CCC) should be established for the following corridors to facilitate coordination, joint programming and resource mobilisation for corridor developments in the region: i) ii) iii) iv) Inland Water Transport Central Corridor – Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo. Djibouti Corridor – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Lamu Corridor – Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Northern Corridor – Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo and South Sudan. Decisions 50. Council made the following decisions: (a) The Secretariat should assist Member States to adapt and customise standards and regulations based on the already developed international standards by the IMO. (b) Member States be encouraged to join IMO; (b) The Secretariat should facilitate the operationalisation as well as the activities of the CCCs. (c) The Secretariat, under the Tripartite framework, should develop institutional framework and mechanisms to build capacity for search and rescue for the inland waterways; and 16