[sustran] GTZ Training Course to precede the International Public Transport Conference 2010 in Kuching

SUTP Team sutp at sutp.org
Fri Jul 9 15:14:06 JST 2010


  The Malaysian Institute of Planners (Sarawak and Sabah Chapter) is 
organising an "International Public Transport Conference" from the 2-6th 
August 2010 (2 days workshop and 2.5 days conference), in Kuching, 
Sarawak, Malaysia. The conference will attract an international 
gathering of experts, practitioners and campaigners dedicated to 
promoting sustainable urban public transport.
The focus will be on the practical strategies, collaboration of 
stakeholders and exchange of workable ideas that will assist the 
conference participants in carrying out the works - ranging from the 
planning of the urban transport strategies to the implementation of 
urban transport projects.

The GTZ-SUTP project will be conducting a 2 day course on "Sustainable 
Urban Transport" on the 2-3 August 2010, in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 
preceding the Conference. The first day of the conference will focus on 
the general concepts of sustainable urban transport and public transport 
improvement and the second day will focus specifically on the issues of 
non-motorised transport and travel demand management. Mr. Enrique 
Peñalosa will give a key note address during this two day workshop.

A draft program for the training course can be downloaded from 
http://www.sutp.org/documents/PRG-TC-KUCHING-DRAFT-240610-EN.pdf.

The theme of Kuching’s conference, "A Platform for Change” is centred on 
bringing the car-dependent communities to review their deep-seated 
individualistic lifestyle and culture, in considering other modes of 
transport and an alternative range of strategies to make cities livable; 
a place for people, rather than a place that is more for the cars.

The conference is supported by the Malaysian Institute of Planners; the 
Sarawak Ministry of Planning and Resource Management; Ministry of 
Housing and Urban Development; Ministry of Tourism and Heritage, Sarawak 
Land and Survey Department; as well as Sarawak Convention Bureau.  It is 
to be held at the state-of-art Borneo Convention Centre, situated at a 
short distance from Kuching City Centre.

To register for the conference please visit this link 
http://www.kuchingptc.com/registration1.php

To know more information on the conference please visit 
http://www.kuchingptc.com/


SUTP Team





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