Surabaya Transport Day @ Habitat III PrepCom3

“For More Livable Cities, Act on Urban Mobility Now”

Date and time: July 26 2016 @ 13:00-19:00

Venue: Surabaya Sheraton Hotel & Towers

13:00 – 13:30 Registration
13:30 – 13.40 Opening and introductionCornie Huizenga, Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (Moderator)
13:45 – 14.45 Will the New Urban Agenda drive the necessary global action on  urban mobility?

 

(Plenary panel session) This session will address how urban mobility is included in the Habitat III process and what more is required to ensure Habitat III delivers global action on sustainable urban mobility at scale.

  • Cornie Huizenga, Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport, (facilitator)
  • Franz Marré, Head of Division 312 “Water; Urban Development; Mobility”, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
  • Mark Major, Senior Adviser, Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport
  • Felix Dodds, Senior Fellow at the Global Research Institute University of North Carolina and Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute Boston (TBC)
14:45 – 15:15 Short announcements of new projects, activities and initiatives on sustainable urban mobility (Pecha Kucha session, 1slide/3 minutes)

 

  • Youth participation in active transport, Debra Efroymson, Work for a Better Bangladesh
  • Oliver Gumpert, Business Development, Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co KG
  • World Cycling Alliance Marcio Deslandes, World Cycling Alliance/European Cyclists Federation
  • City certification, Clean Air Asia, Chee-Anne Roño,
  • Khatmandu Walks Campaign, Shanta Lall Mulmi, Resource Centre for Primary Healthcare, Nepal
  • Child Health & Mobility, Saul Billingsley, Executive Director, FIA Foundation, Director of Campaigns and Communications
  • Data Project, Alvin Mejia, Clean Air Asia, Transport Manager
  • German Partnership on Sustainable Mobility, Jakob Baum, GIZ
  • Pedestrian Environments, Kristie Daniel, Health Bridge
  • Capacity building program, Manfred Breithaupt, GIZ
  • Youth Delegate, Abi Marutama, Youth Coordinator and Heath Policy Advisor, Republic of Indonesia
15:15 – 15:20 Introduction to breakout session
15.20 – 15:40 Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.50 Towards a Quito Action Plan on Urban Mobility

 

There is widespread agreement that the Habitat III New Urban Agenda should be action orientated and is a key chance to deliver on last year´s agreements on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.  The second part of the event will consider how non-state transport and development actors can organise to contribute to action on sustainable urban mobility.

15:45 – 16:45 Generating ideas/input for a Quito Action Plan on Sustainable Urban Mobility (3 interactive breakout sessions)

 

  • How could a Quito Action plan build on, bring together and strengthen existing initiatives (e.g. LPAA Transport Initiatives, MDB WG on Sustainable Transport))
  • How could progress with the Quito Action Plan be tracked/monitored – key indicators?
  • How to support capacity building / institutional strengthening?
  • How to strengthen the link with the developing post COP21 Global Climate Action Agenda?
16:45 – 17:45 How to strengthen and scale up action on urban mobility through the New Urban Agenda. The structure and content of a Quito Action Plan on Urban Mobility? (Plenary panel session). The transport and development community non-state actors could together agree and commit to a specific action agenda.  This session is a chance to reflect on the value of such and initiative, what it could contain and how it could bring coherence to existing and planned actions.

 

Moderator: Holger Dalkmann, Director Strategy and Global Policy, EMBARQ Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute (facilitator)

  • Holger Dalkmann, Director Strategy and Global Policy, EMBARQ Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute (Facilitator)
  • Feedback from the rapporteurs
  • Tyrell Duncan, Technical Advisor (Transport), Asian Development Bank and Chairman MDB Working Group on Sustainable Transport
  • Clayton Lane, CEO, Institute of Transportation and Development Policy
  • Genie Birch, President, Global Assembly of Partners,
  • Nonceba Molwele, Member of the Mayoral Committee of City of Johannesburg (on behalf of ICLEI)
  • Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat
17.50-18:00 Outlook to Quito and Marrakesh – Cornie Huizenga, Secretary General
18:00 – 19:00 Drinks reception

 

VENUE & MAP INFORMATION

Venue: Sheraton Surabaya Hotel Towers

Address: Jalan Embong Malang No.25-31, Kedungdoro, Surabaya, Kota Surabaya

Phone: +62 31 5468000

Distance to PrepCom3 Venue: The Sheraton Hotel is a 20-minute walk (7-8 minute drive) from Grand City Mall, which is the official venue of the Habitat III PrepCom3.