Local Strategies and Policies Sessions
SOU-77 |CHAMPIONING SAFE AND GREEN MOBILITY IN AFRICA’S CITIES
19 May
19 May
9:00 to 12:30
Venue: Room 1
LEAD ORGANIZER
PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION
UN Road Safety Fund
The UN Road Safety Fund, together with UN-Habitat is keen to host an event in the Africitiesprogramme – during the Urban Planning, Women’s or Youth Open Sessions – on championing safe and green mobility in Africa’s cities. The event would be run by the Fund’s partners (whichinclude Africities partners: UN-HABITAT, UNECA and the EC), and would include the presence of Jean Todt, the UN Special Envoy on Road Safety.
Africa is the region hardest hit by road traffic fatalities and there is an urgent need for targetedinterventions focused on road safety and urban planning in African cities to disrupt this stark reality. Especially for those who walk and cycle. The 9th edition of Africities provides a unique opportunity to mobilize African leaders and communities to achieve safe and green mobility, given our shared aims of improving people’s lives in line with the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.
The event will build on recent UN Road Safety Fund sessions on investing in a better future for Africa through safe and sustainable transport solutions, looking at the role of women and young people. The Fund is renewing its focus with its second phase on safe and green urban planning in line with the Global Plan of Action for road safety 2021-2030. This is the case with the recent project that will featurereclaiming the streets for African pedestrians and cyclists in Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda. The session will also act as a platform for the dissemination of the “Walking and Cycling in Africa” report, co-developed by UN-Habitat, UNEP, and the Walk21 Foundation.
Materials
→ “Reclaiming the streets for African pedestrians and cyclists.” Project Highlights
→ “Making an impact: safer roads, improved lives.” UN Road Safety Fund Report 2021
→ “Walking and Cycling in Africa – Evidence and good practice to inspire action.” Report
PANEL
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Chairperson
Manuel A. Alculete
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Rapporteur
Ms Stefanie Holzwarth
Urban Mobility Officer
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Facilitator
Ms Nneka Henry
Head of the UN Road Safety Fund,
Programme
Summary
Speakers
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Addis (1)
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AFDB
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European Union Commission
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Kenya (Kisumu and Nairobi x2)
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Kigali or Musanze? (1)
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Kisumu Bike Club
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Tristan Morel
GALLERY
Parallel Sessions
- 9:00 to 12:30 YOUTH SESSION / JOU-07 / ROOM B INTERMEDIARY AND INCLUSIVE CITIES: WHAT PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Venue:
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-82 | METROPOLISES AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Venue: Room 3
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-82 | METROPOLISES AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Venue: Room 3
- 9:00 to 12:30 JOU-02-C | Climate Day– CoM SSA Venue: Room C
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-49 | INVEST IN KISUMU Venue: HALL D
- 9:30 to 12:00 SOU-63|UN-HABITAT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE: UNLOCKING RESOURCES TO FINANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Venue: Room 6
- 11:00 to 12:30 SOU-57 | THE CITY WE NEED NOW ! THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 9
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-54 | CITY TO CITY, PEER LEARNING FORUM- (THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE) Venue: Room 10
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-02| THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN KISUMU, KENYA Venue: Room 19
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-60| AFRICAN INTERMEDIARY CITIES: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF DECENT HOUSING Venue: Room 13
- 9:00 to 12:30 DOU-06 |Women's Day Intermediary Cities Facing Gender Challenges: African Women’s Right To Land Ownership As A Critical Factor For Her Economic Empowerment Venue: Hall A
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-17| CENTRALIZATION AND PROCESSING OF LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCIAL DATA Venue: Room 14
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-80 | MAKING CITIES RESILIENT 2030: LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESILIENCE BUILDING Venue: Room 15
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-64 | THE CATALYTIC ROLE OF FINANCIAL ACCESS FOR MSMES OWNED BY WOMEN, YOUTH AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS ON THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABLE INTERMEDIARY CITIES OF AFRICA Venue: Room 16
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-29 | ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS OF TRANSFERS OF POWERS AND RESOURCES FROM THE STATE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN MALI Venue: Room 17
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-100 | FOSTERING COLLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION AND CITY RESILIENCE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Venue: Room 19
- 9:30 to 12:00 SOU-12 |AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 20
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-04 | THE PLACE OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: UCLG AFRICA/ALGA booth
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-67 | DIGITALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PLANNING, RESPONSE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES Venue: Room 2
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-71 | KENYA’S DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE: PROMOTING NATIONAL UNITY THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVITY IN URBAN MANAGEMENT Venue: Room 4
- 9:00 to 10:30 SOU-57 | OWN SOURCE REVENUE OPTIMIZATION: THE ROLE OF REFORM INCENTIVES AND HOW THEY CAN STRENGTHENED Venue: Room 9