Ultimately, this assignment will conclude with a validated IWT strategic plan for Northern and Central corridors and Sub-regional roadmap for harmonization of inland waterways within multimodal transportation policies in East Africa. This result will be achieved following a consultative process with key stakeholders including but not limited to experts from the Northern Corridor, Central Corridors, ECA, Private sector operating along Lake Victoria and government officials from target countries At the end of the assignment the consultant will have produced the following deliverables: • Inception report including methodologies, detailed work plan, and outline of all the documents to be produced under this assignment • IWT policy harmonization gap assessment report • Draft sub-regional roadmap for harmonization of inland waterways within multimodal transportation policies in East Africa • Final sub-regional roadmap for harmonization of inland waterways within multimodal transportation policies in East Africa integrating comments and inputs from ECA, corridors and experts from target countries • Draft IWT strategic plan and its operationalization plan for Northern and Central corridors • Final IWT strategic plan and its operationalization plan for Northern and Central corridors integrating comments and inputs from ECA, corridors and experts from target countries