SUTP contributes towards 3rd Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum, Singapore
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04 April 2008
The United Nations Centre for Regional Development
(UNCRD), Land Transport Authority (LTA) of the Ministry of Transport of
Singapore, National
Environment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
of Singapore, and the Ministry of the Environment - Government
of Japan, jointly organized the Third Regional Environmentally Sustainable
Transport (EST) Forum on 17-19 March 2008 in Singapore. The Forum was supported by
various international organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO),
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), German Technical
Cooperation (GTZ), South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), and the
ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cites (AWGESC). The Forum was attended by
approximately 120 participants, comprised of governmental representatives from
22 Asian countries (including the members of the
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Mongolia, China, Republic of Korea
and Japan, and for the first
time, SACEP member countries from South Asia),
international experts,
and representatives from various international organizations.
(MoE-Japan)
SUTP Project Director Manfred
Breithaupt, as one of the expert members of EST, moderated break out sessions
during the forum and held a speech at the luncheon session on 17.3.3008 about
TDM ( here 3.12 Mb) together with Michael
Replogle, Transportation Director of Environmetal Defense (here 877.82 Kb). For further details
, the meeting report and the outcome please
see www.uncrd.or.jp
The Agenda of the program can be downloaded from here.
