Sustainable Transport Governance: Setting up Institutions for Strong Coordination!

Transforming Transportation 2013!

!   Presented at Transforming Transportation 2013!

!   Thierry Desclos!!   Senior Urban Transport Specialist!!   The World Bank!

Se#ng  up  Ins+tu+ons  for  Strong  Coordina+on  Thierry  Desclos,  TWITR  

»  Ci$es  are  engines  of  economic  growth  

»  Urban  transports  essen$al  to  these  engines  

»  At  stake  :  livability/sustainabiliy/efficiency  of  ci$es/inclusiveness  

 »  Urgency  :  rapid  urbaniza$on  increasing  drawbacks  of  motorized  modes  of  travel    

»  Number  of  stakeholders  involved  in  UT  

»  In  most  developing  countries,  governance  and  coordina$on  are  lacking  

»  Difficulty  to  set  up  ins$tu$ons  

 

»  What  func$ons  should  the  ins$tu$ons  perform  ?  

»  What  legal  basis  and  powers  should  they  have  ?  

»  Who  should  be  the  members  ?  

»  What  about  the    board  and  President?  

 »  What  resources  for  the  ins$tu$on?  

»  What  type  of  expenses  would  it  take  charge  of?  

»  Strong  coordina$on  for  efficiency  

»  From  ins$tu$ons  coordina$ng  urban  transports  to  authori$es  coordina$ng  mobility  

Transforming Transportation 2013!

!   Co-organized by EMBARQ and The World Bank!!   More information at:!! EMBARQ.org!! worldbank.org/transport!

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Transforming Transportation 2013!