[sustran] Re: Side-event Invitation:Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport on July 7th during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

[Pascal van den Noort]

Dear Cornie,

Thanks for your invitation; you may realize that I will not be able to attend at such short notice. However, having said that, I would like to point out two aspects of the work that Velo Mondial is executing with partners, like the highly innovative, Dutch feet on the ground company Decisio. With them we develop the international application of their Dutch findings and tools. Two examples:

In the fall we will produce a study under the title: 'New ways to go; Private investment in cycling'. It is done in the context of CycleCities, an EC Interreg IVc project with Gdansk, Ljubljana, Genoa, Lisbon, Leipzig, Piraeus, Athens, the London Borough of Merton and it promises to be a very interesting document.  The report is focusing on determining the costs and benefits associated with private investments in cycling using the methodology prepared by CycleCities partner National Technical University of Athens with the aim of encouraging an increase in private investment in cycling. The report will be combined with two other reports; one on cycling and public investment and another one on cycling and environmental aspects. 

Also with Decisio we are in the process of developing international versions of a tool analysing the Social Cost & Befits of investment in cycling by cities. A 'Social Cost & Benefit Analysys (SCBA)' of cycling investments and other cycling measures gives insight in the value of the investment to (groups of citizens in the) society, the social return on investment. That’s why it is a solid and convincing basis for decision-making, as cycling investments can be compared with other investments. It is already tested and now functioning in The Netherlands. On http://www.fietsberaad.nl/mkba-fiets/index.cfm?action=nieuweinfrastructuur you can find a simple interactive SCBA tool for cycling, developed by Decisio (in dutch only); it is for cities to make a quick scan.
 
Looking forward to our ongoing cooperation,

Pascal

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On 4 jul. 2014, at 04:27, Cornie Huizenga <cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> 
> The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) cordially
> invites you to "Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport"
> <http://slocat.net/event/1236>side event organized during the High Level
> Political Forum on Sustainable Development's meeting. The event organized
> in coordination with the Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Institute for
> Transportation and Development Policy, will be held on July 7th (1.15 -
> 2.30 pm), in New York, United States. (Conference Room 5, North Lawn
> Building, United Nations).
> 
> 
> Following the success experience in developing the SLoCaT Results
> Framework on Sustainable Transport (www.slocat.net/resultsframework),
> SLoCaT aims to facilitate the development of a Financing Framework for
> Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport.  In order for the Framework to be
> effective in terms of impact it will be important that it:
> 
> 
>   - Combines climate change perspective and sustainable development
>   perspective;
>   - Focuses on development of infrastructure and services as well as the
>   operation and maintenance of such infrastructure and services;
>   - Integrates public and private sector financing;
>   - Defines the specific role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as
>   well as Climate Financing.
> 
> *The side event will focus on the following key questions:*
> 
> 
>   1. What part of GHG emission reduction measure, or other sustainability
>   measures in the transport sector, can be funded through passing on the
>   costs to users?
>   2. How to re-direct public sector funding from supporting and enabling a
>   car dominated infrastructure towards multi-modal transport infrastructure
>   services which can reduce the modal share of car or truck based passenger
>   and freight transport?
>   3. How to tap private sector as a more significant contributor to
>   develop sustainable, low carbon transport infrastructure and services?
>   4. How to better leverage both public and private funding sustainable
>   transport through sustainable transport directed ODA (e.g. MDB Rio+20 $ 175
>   billion Voluntary Commitment)?
>   5. How to make Climate Financing (e.g. Global Environment Facility,
>   Clean Development Mechanism, Green Climate Fund) work better for the
>   transport sector?
> 
> *Proposed Program for the side event:*
> 
> 
>   - Welcome Remarks by Representative UN-DESA and the SLoCaT Partnership;
>   - Short description of the SLoCaT Framework on Sustainable Transport and
>   scoping of the proposed Financing Framework for Sustainable
> Transport - *Cornie
>   Huizenga*, Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon
>   Transport;
> 
> 
>   - Panel discussion with:
> 
> *- Michael Replogle*, Managing Director for Policy and Founder, Institute
> for Transportation and Development Policy
> 
> *- Elliott Sclar*, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at
> Columbia University
> 
> *- Mohammad (Reza) Salamat, *Senior Program Officer, United Nations
> Department of Economic and Social Affairs
> 
> 
> For more information on the event, please contact Cornie Huizenga at
> cornie.huizenga[at]slocatpartnership.org or visit
> http://slocat.net/event/1236.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> -- 
> Cornie Huizenga
> Secretary General
> Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
> Far East International Plaza, B 1811
> 317 Xianxia Road
> 200051 Shanghai, China
> 
> www.slocat.net
> @SLOCATcornie
> +8613901949332
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cornie Huizenga
> Secretary General
> Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
> Far East International Plaza, B 1811
> 317 Xianxia Road
> 200051 Shanghai, China
> 
> www.slocat.net
> @SLOCATcornie
> +8613901949332
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