The Partnership’s approach towards addressing sustainability issues in the transport sector in developing countries is shaped by the Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change and the Common Policy Framework on Transport and Climate Change in Developing Countries, which were developed both at the May 2009 meeting on transport and climate change in Bellagio, Italy.
The Partnership builds on previous work on sustainable transport by UN-DESA within their mandate as defined by Agenda 21 and the CSD and a large series of events on sustainable transport and climate change by the members of this Partnership in both Asia and Latin America.
The Partnership is hosted by UN-DESA; the Asian Development Bank, the Inter American Development Bank and the African Development Bank act as regional focal points and the German Technical Cooperation will be hosting and supporting a liaison office in Bonn. On a day to day basis the Partnership is represented by 2 joint conveners: Tom Hamlin and Cornie Huizenga.
The thematic scope of the Partnership is on land transport in developing countries and includes freight and passenger transport. Both motorized and non-motorized transport is included. The geographical scope of the Partnership is developing countries. The Partnership will initially focus on Asia, Latin America and Africa.
