Background:

This side event hosted by SSATP and the World Bank aims to establish an Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Africa that will provide a platform to develop and promote a vision of environmentally sustainable transport for Africa. Successful EST Forums already exist in Asia and Latin America, and this stakeholder consultation process is intended to develop the concept for establishing an EST Forum for Africa.

On 25 January 2012 the Secretary-General announced a Five Year Action Agenda for the second term (2012-2016), which listed transport as one of six building blocks for sustainable development.

The purpose of this event is to discuss with stakeholders attending the Governing Council meeting the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) work-program under its proposed ‘Third Development Plan period’ (DP3 2014-2018) currently under preparation. Urban mobility will become a key focus area for SSATP under DP3, with a substantially enhanced profile under SSATP's work. Thus, for the next program period, SSATP considers UN Habitat to be a key partner.

Outcome documents from EST Forum are available below:

The Global Consultation on Sustainable Transport in the post 2015 Development Agenda was held on 25 April 2013 in concurrence with the Seventh Regional EST Forum in Asia. In January 2012 UN?Secretary General Ban Ki?moon identified transport as one of six building blocks for the post 2015 Sustainable Development Framework in the Action Agenda for his second term.

In support of the Second United Nations Global Road Safety Week focused on ‘pedestrian safety’, Civic Exchange, Community for Road Safety and Designing Hong Kong will co-host a full day event entitled Walkable City, Living Streets.

From the 15-17 May 2013, YOURS partnered with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to deliver a Youth and Road Safety Workshop under the theme: Save a Life, Save a Future.  The workshop was delivered within the framework of CDB Youth’s outreach programme; VYBZING Forum and took place in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. Together with CDB, YOURS took the lead in designing and delivering the VYBZING Forum on the theme of road safety. The Programme was funded by the Caribbean Development Bank.

Background to the Workshop

EE Global gathers the world’s foremost energy efficiency leaders for two days of unparalleled networking and meaningful discussions.  EE Global hosts business, government, advocacy, and academic leaders in an exclusive forum aimed at identifying the next generation of energy efficiency and crafting actionable plans for their implementation.

For information about speaking or attending, contact Peggy Littleton (plittletonase.org).

To learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Marcy Devaney (mdevaneyase.org).

The 2013 International Transport Forum will take place in Leipzig, Germany in 22-24 May 2013.  The theme for this year's forum is Funding Transport.  Government officials, transport and economy experts as well as international organization representatives will be speaking at the Forum.  SLoCaT Members Holger Dalkmann from EMBARQ and Jean-Pierre Loubinoux from International Union of Railways will also be among the speakers.