The document discusses railway restructuring and privatization. It outlines the driving forces behind restructuring as globalization, technology changes, and more. Railway restructuring aims to address financial viability, commercialization, and creating a customer-oriented culture. Structural options include vertical separation of infrastructure from operations or competitive access models. Vertical separation promotes equal access and competition but risks coordination issues, while competitive access risks unfairness to minority operators. Effective regulation is needed for private sector involvement.

1. THE RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATISATION PROCESS PAPER PRESENTED TO THE UNION OF AFRICAN RAILWAYS 7TH MEETING ON RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATISATION KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO By Bernard Dzawanda 31 August 2007

8. Organisational Restructuring Environmental Drivers Institutional Leadership, Training, Communication etc. Organizational Goals Sustainable Outcomes Social Economic Stakeholder Influence Environmental Source: Sarkis et al (2000): Organizational Restructuring Implications for Corporate Sustainability Figure 1: Organisational Restructuring Framework

24. Government Regional Authorities Ministries, Central Authorities Regulator Operators State-Owned New Companies Infrastructure Management Shareholders State Owned Enterprise Public Organization Private Company Infrastructure Services Organizations State Owned Enterprises Joint Ventures Private Companies Other Stakeholders Social Alliances Employees Figure 2: New Organisation Structure of Railways and Interactions between Various Subsystems. Source: Adapted from Profillidis (2001): Separation of Railway Infrastructure and Operations.