CHAPTER X TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND TOURISM Article 61 Transport and Communications 1. 2. In order to achieve a harmonious and integrated development of the continental transport and communications network, Member States shall undertake to: (a) Promote the integration infrastructure; of transport and communications (b) Coordinate the various modes of transport in order to increase their efficiency; (c) Harmonize progressively their rules and regulations relating to transport and communications; (d) Encourage the use of local material and human resources, standardisation of networks and equipment, research and the popularisation of infrastructural construction techniques as well as adapted equipment and materials; (e) Expand, modernize and maintain transport and communications infrastructures by means of mobilising the necessary technological and financial resources; (f) Promote the creation of regional industries for the production of transport and communications equipment; and (g) Organize, structure and promote, at regional and Community levels, passenger and goods transport services. To this end, Member States shall: (a) Draw up co-ordinated programmes to restructure the road transport sector for purposes of establishing inter-State links and the construction of major transcontinental trunk roads; (b) Prepare plans to improve, re-organize and standardise the various rail networks of Member States with a view to their inter-connection and construct new railways as part of a Pan-African network; (c) Harmonize: (i) Their policies on maritime, inter-State lake and river transport; (ii) Their air transport policies; 42