4 June 2013

UNICEF and UNDP call for road safety in Post-2015 Development Agenda

04.06.2013-Shanghai, China

In The Long Short Walk video, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Anthony Lake and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Development Policy Director Magdy Martínez-Solimán call for road safety to be included in the Post-2015 development agenda.

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31 May 2013

HLP Panel Report on Post 2015 Development Agenda Fails to Provide Transformative Guidance for Sustainable Transport

Initial review on how sustainable transport is integrated in: A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development 

The overarching vision of the outcome document of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP) on the post-2015 development framework reads: “Our vision and our responsibility are to end extreme poverty

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30 May 2013

High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

On May 30 2013, High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which was created by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to suggest bold goals for the post-2015 development agenda, launched its report, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development.  The HLP states, “Our vision and our responsibility are to end extreme poverty in all its forms in the context of sustainable development and to have in place building blocks of sustained

16 May 2013

Walk 21

Walk21 leads an international network of professionals inspired to meet the needs of people who walk. Our aim is:

14 May 2013

Colombian Transit-Oriented Development NAMA gains high-level support

With support from the Office of the President and key ministries,  the Colombian TOD NAMA is poised to transform Colombian cities by focusing urban development around transit stations, blending low-income and market-rate housing with commercial uses to create neighborhoods where people can safely walk, live, work, shop and play. The NAMA will link national funding for low-income housing and urban mass transit, cut GHG emissions, bolster the economy and create a 21st century model of urban development.

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10 May 2013

First African Bicycle Information Organization (FABIO)

FABIO is a non governmental and non profit making organisation registered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with national NGO registration Board. The main objective of FABIO is to popularise the use of sustainable transport we advocate for all inclusive transport planning for both rural and urban areas for sustainable improved quality of life.