IDB/GIZ Partnership on Sustainable Transport

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1 IDB/GIZ Partnership on Sustainable Transport MILESTONE REPORT March 2018 Published by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Transformative Urban Mobility INITIATIVE Implementing the New Urban Agenda

2 Joint Activities an Overview SEVEN JOINTLY ORGANISED TRAINING WORKSHOPS: December 2013 in Amman, Jordan - Sustainable Transport, Bus Improvement and BRT April 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey - Improvement of Bus Transport and Bus Rapid Transit October 2014 in Rabat, Morocco - The Role of Sustainable Urban Transport in the Framework of African Cities 31 May 02 June 2015 in Dubai, UAE Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning 7-8 May 2017 in Cairo/Egypt: Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Towards Integrated Urban Transport Systems October 2017 in Dakar, Senegal: Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Promoting Public Transport in low-density contexts WE REACHED More than 300 representatives from municipalities, national ministries, public transport providers and international agencies 39 different countries participated

3 JOINTLY PUBLISHED REPORTS Big Cities Big Challenges Translations to Arabic Sustainable Urban Transport language across Major Middle East and Urban Mobility Planning North African Cities Published in Feb 2015 On-street parking management Road Safety published in March/April 2018

4 1. Introduction Mobility is a basic necessity for the social and economic development of people, cities and entire countries. People must be able to reach their places of work or education and must have access to shopping facilities and social services. However, in some countries large parts of the population do not have access to functional transport networks or mobility services and, therefore, cannot reach their destinations in reasonable time or affordability. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have worked both individually and together for a long time to improve urban transport in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as in South-East Asia, and to develop sustainable urban transport systems. This report highlights the milestones of their successful cooperation in the last year and paves the way towards advancing this partnership. This cooperation has included seven jointly organized training workshops: December 2013 in Amman, Jordan - Sustainable Transport, Bus Improvement and BRT April 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey - Improvement of Bus Transport and Bus Rapid Transit October 2014 in Rabat, Morocco - The Role of Sustainable Urban Transport in the Framework of African Cities 31 May 02 June 2015 in Dubai, UAE Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning 7-8 May 2017 in Cairo/Egypt: Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Towards Integrated Urban Transport Systems October 2017 in Dakar, Senegal: Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Promoting Public Transport in low-density contexts With more than 300 representatives from 39 countries, these trainings were a promising first step in successful capacity building and a shift of

5 mindsets towards sustainable transport solutions. As a result of the first training workshops in the MENA region and similar experiences and challenges shared by many participants, and a lack of data of the participants from the MENA region, IDB and GIZ conducted an overview report entitled: Big Cities Big Challenges: Sustainable Urban Transport across Major Middle East and North African Cities This milestone report summarises key experiences of the five jointly organized trainings and of conducting the joint publication. On this basis, IDB and GIZ are looking for further opportunities to build on this promising partnership to tackle transport challenges and to mitigate climate change. Both entities see lots of potential for advancing and deepening this cooperation. Possible next steps for IDB and GIZ cooperation could be: More high-level knowledge events in 2018 and 2019 Cooperation on reverse linkage identification and dissemination among IDB member countries GIZ involvement in review of IDB Transport Sector Strategy The partnership between IDB and GIZ is ready for next level in preparing and implementing projects in the region. While GIZ can assist during pre-assessments for project proposals, IDB has the budget to implement the projects in the region. 2. Challenges and Opportunities - Transport in Major Cities in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia Urban population in developing countries and emerging economies is growing by the hour. Developments in their transport systems, however, are not keeping pace. Cities are facing major mobility challenges as public transport systems are sometimes inadequate, and private cars are frequently the transport mode of choice. This leads to urban pollution, noise, time wasted in traffic jams and poor access to services for parts of the population. Urban populations are forecast to grow significantly in the next decades, thus potentially escalating the problem. For cities to be attractive to its current and future inhabitants, traffic obstacles need to be overcome without overstretching municipalities often scarce resources. Most cities have only rudimentary mass transport systems, as the basic transit networks were first developed for much smaller populations. The public sector has often neglected public transport, with investment in transport infrastructures not keeping pace with population growth.

6 More and more people rely on private vehicles to reach work or social events, leading to an uncontrolled growth in car use and the associated congestion, high accident rates and air pollution. Further, expanding industrial development has adverse impacts on the local transportation systems. In addition, since motor vehicle is the fastest growing contributor to global atmospheric warming, how to reduce GHG emissions from urban transport becomes a key challenge for a sustainable development globally. Informal transport operators operate in some cities, but they are often unregulated, uncontrolled and uncoordinated. Consequently, people rely on private transport in order to attend work or social events, resulting in uncontrolled growth in car use and consequently, the associated congestion, high accident rates and air pollution. The demand for travel (especially private car use) arises but, at the same time, the supply of transport systems has not kept pace; as a result, mobility systems are close to collapsing. 3. Steps towards Sustainable Urban Transport Solutions Results and Outlook Participants of our joint training courses from all regions were facing similar experiences and challenges when it comes to urban transport. Many participants stressed that solving the issues requires more than just investments in improved and new infrastructure. The first step towards a sustainable urban transport system is the vision and political will to change and improve the existing system. Once politicians have expressed this goal, it is up to planners to develop a sustainable transport and city development strategy. These policies have to be the guiding principle for the subsequent infrastructure designs, which should be implemented according to a well-defined plan. Many participants stressed the importance of the training sessions and the need for further guidance. Key findings of the workshops include the recognition of common challenges such as lack of mobility policies The workshop participants also identified poor institutional capacity lack of comprehensive financing strategies possible and desirable areas of intervention missing political willingness high fuel subsidies and relative easiness of such as fast increase in urban populations and congestion owning private cars capacity building

7 integrated land-use planning awareness raising strengthening institutions and implementation of new institutions policy development and regulation consistent governmental support stakeholder engagement Public Private Partnerships Since many cities in developing countries face serious financing issues, funding the necessary investments might pose difficulties for the municipalities. However, some cities have had success with charging car drivers and using the proceeds to pay for public and non-motorised transport. Cities that want to reduce private car usage have to provide alternative means of transport. Mass Transit Systems that transport a large number of people along linear lines are one option. These lines need to be supported by a network of buses or tramways. Because of climatic reasons, non-motorised transport might be a challenge in some cities; however, walking and cycling could underpin various forms of public transport. The jointly organized training workshops helped to raise awareness about how transport demand, if left unhindered, tends to grow in line with the population and the economy. Before investing large amounts of funds in transport systems, parties should aim to break this link by managing transport demand through proper urban planning and accompanying policy measures.

8 4. Promising Cooperation - Ingredients for Upscaling Experiences shared in discussions and training amongst diverse stakeholders have shown that solving the issues requires more than just investments in improved and new infrastructure. The first step towards a sustainable urban transport system is the vision and political will to change and improve the existing system. Many cities face serious financing issues, posing difficulties for funding the necessary investments. Sustainable transport requires a thoughtful management of transport demand by proper urban planning and accompanying policy measures. The jointly held training workshops aimed to promote sustainable transport projects in the participant countries. We have seen potential for materialisation of these projects; IDB s financing and GIZ s technical expertise are well positioned to support and enhance this potential. IDB and GIZ see strong potential for further steps including capacity development events and publications that can provide sustainable transport solutions as well as tackle climate change. The IDB brings financial backing with a highly responsive network throughout the region, and GIZ complements this with technical knowhow and experience in project implementation. The partners are starting joint projects in countries such as Senegal and Lebanon and are happy reaching out to new countries and opportunities. CONTACT Armin Wagner, Team leader Sustainable Mobility Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Transport and Mobility armin.wagner@giz.de Salim Refas, Transport Infrastructure Department Division Islamic Development Bank Group srefas@isdb.org Manager,