[sustran] Re: Wanted Voluntary Commitments on Sustainable Transport for Rio+20

[Cornie Huizenga]

Dear Pascal,

Thanks for the quick follow-up.  Let me know whether you would like to be
part of the SLoCaT group of VCs, in that case I will include you in the
list which means that we would include you also in the SLoCaT write-up's
and outreach materials on VCs at Rio.

Do you plan to be yourself at Rio?

Cornie

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Pascal van den Noort <
operations at velomondial.net> wrote:

> As a  Voluntary Commitment on Sustainable Transport, Velo Mondial will set
> up 'Pas-Port to Mobility' a freely accessible portal with 10 different
> angles for city officials to approach sustainable urban mobility:
>
>    - The ‘Urban Mobility Embassy’ is a Service Desk
>    - The 'Urban Mobility Lab' offers a process for sustainable urban
>    mobility planning
>    - ‘Showcasing' is a supporting portal
>    - ‘Experience by Peers' positions cities with expertise
>    - The ‘Studio' is a Portal to Innovation
>    - The ‘Publisher’ provides news in articles, web TV, pictures, blogs
>    and websites
>    - The 'The Consultancy' is the Portal to Solutions
>    - 'The Factory' is the Portal to Products.
>    - The ‘Academy' is the portal to Knowledge and Good Practice.
>    - The Pas-Port to Mobility Search Engine
>
> The search engine is already accessible through the 'Search Button
> Booklet': http://www.pas-port.info/MIMOSABoekje/MimosaBook.html
>
>
> Pascal J.W. van den Noort
> Executive Director
> Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National
>
> operations at velomondial.net
>  +31206270675 landline
> +31627055688 mobile phone
> Velo Mondial's Blog
> Search Button Booklet
>
>
>
> Click here for information on urban mobility issues you always wanted to
> have
>
> On 18 mei 2012, at 05:56, Cornie Huizenga wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Rio+20 is a conference about implementation, and an important part of that
> is making and delivering commitments. All participants at Rio+20 are
> therefore encouraged to make voluntary commitments to deliver concrete
> results for sustainable development. Commitments are invited from various
> stakeholders, including business and industry, other Major Group
> organizations, associations, academic institutions, philanthropic
> organizations, UN entities, partnerships involving more than one
> stakeholder, and Member States. These will be compiled into an online
> compendium of commitments on the Rio+20 website.
>
> You can read more about the Rio+20 Voluntary Commitment process at:
> http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/voluntarycommitments.html.
>
> The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) welcomes the
> initiative by several of its members as well as other organizations to
> develop Voluntary Commitments related to Sustainable Transport. Such
> Voluntary Commitments support and give meaning to the campaign of SLoCaT to
> ensure that the Rio+20 conference will act as a catalyst for the scaling up
> and mainstreaming of sustainable transport in developing and emerging
> economies. The width and breadth of the Voluntary Commitments on Transport
> that are being developed reinforce the need for, and potential of a
> dedicated Sustainable Development Goal on Sustainable Transport.
>
> SLoCaT will, together with the Institute for Transportation and Development
> Policy (ITDP) and other SLoCaT members present in Rio in June provide
> active outreach on these Voluntary Commitments on Sustainable Transport. We
> will celebrate these as a sign of how far the sustainable transport
> community has come since the World Summit on Sustainable Development and as
> sign of hope on what we as a community will do to implement the spirit and
> outcomes of Rio+20. Collectively, these voluntary commitments will cover
> all major aspects of sustainable transport and reach out to all parts of
> the world.
>
> Please let us know if you would also like to submit a Voluntary Commitment
> on Sustainable Transport so that we can add you to the list.
>
> Currently we expect to have the following Voluntary Commitments:
>
> 1) Joint statement and commitment on the promotion of sustainable transport
> by Multilateral Development Banks through Financial and Technical
> Assistance. To be submitted by Asian Development Bank (ADB), Latin-American
> Development Bank (CAF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World
> Bank.
>
> 2) Protecting children from traffic injuries on urban roads. To be
> submitted by FIA Foundation and a range of partners.
>
> 3) Promote the development and implementation of Global Fuel Economy
> standards and measures. To be submitted by FIA Foundation, International
> Council for Clean Transport (ICCT), International Energy Agency (IEA),
> International Transport Forum (ITF), United Nations Environment Program
> (UNEP)
>
> 4) Promoting and supporting the development and implementation of policies
> and legislation on lower sulphur standards for diesel and gasoline fuels.
> To be submitted by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Members of
> the Partnership on Clean Fuels and Vehicles.
>
> 5) Rolling out of road assessment program to enhance road safety. To be
> submitted by International Road Assessment Program (IRAP).
>
> 6) Cycling Inclusive Urban Transport. To be submitted by Dutch Cycling
> Embassy and partners.
>
> 7) Promoting Urban Transport and Urban Design Principles and Fostering
> Their Wider Application. To be submitted by Institute for Transportation
> and Development Policy (ITDP) and partners.
>
> 8) Sustainable transport in 100/150 cities. To be submitted by UN-HABITAT.
>
> 9) Convening high (policy) level Regional Environmentally Sustainable
> Transport (EST) Forums. To be submitted by United Nations Center for
> Regional Development (UNCRD)/ United Nations Department for Economic and
> Social Development (UN DESA), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), World
> Bank (WB) and supporting organizations.
>
> 10) Capacity Building for Sustainable Transport. To be submitted by German
> International Cooperation (GIZ)
>
> 11) Green Freight. To be submitted by Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities
> (CAI-Asia) and Sustainable Supply Chain Center Asia Pacific (SSCCAP)
>
> We are starting to have a good overview of the transport events at Rio+20.
> Please go to
> http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/slocatfiles/events/overview_ri
> ...<
> http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/slocatfiles/events/overview_rio20_transport_events_17_may.pdf
> >.
>
>
> with best regards,
> Cornie
>
>
> --
> Cornie Huizenga
> Joint Convener
> Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
> Mobile: +86 13901949332
> cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org
> www.slocat.net
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Cornie Huizenga
Joint Convener
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
Mobile: +86 13901949332
cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org
www.slocat.net
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