SuM4All celebrates 10th consortium meeting anniversary as partners call for more action in countries
Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) brought together its 56 Member organizations for its 10th Consortium Meeting anniversary on January 19, 2021. One of the highlights of the [virtual] event was a scheduled high-level conversation between South Africa, Ethiopia, and SuM4all.
Tagged, "Bouncing forward to achieve Sustainable Mobility for all," the members-only meeting brought together a diverse and influential group of transport stakeholders across different sectors to reflect, brainstorm, and map out an action plan for the year 2021 in a session moderated by Heike Litzinger (BMZ), Nicolas Beaumont (Michelin), and Sheila Watson (FIA Foundation). The event also created an opportunity for members to share their expectations for the work program in the run-up to COP26.
VIDEO: Mohammed Alsayed (Islamic Development Bank IsDB), a member of SuM4All Steering Committee, gave the opening remark
Partners also had an opportunity to learn about the upgraded Global Roadmap of Action Towards Sustainable Mobility (GRA 2.0) tool, which accounts for transport systems' resilience to climate risks and pandemics and how it can assist countries to make better policy and investment decisions in transport.
VIDEO: Nancy Vandycke, Program Manager of SuM4All, explains why the GRA is being upgraded & Marcela Silva, Practice Manager for World Bank Transport in Southern Africa and Ethiopia, while speaking on behalf of SuM4All partners presented a draft of the country example of GRA in action.
Among the many other things discussed, one of the highlights of the event was a scheduled high-level conversation between South Africa, Ethiopia, and SuM4all.
VIDEO: Watch Boitumelo Mosako, Chief Financial officer and Executive Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) share her views about the partnership during the meeting
In break-out sessions, members provided feedback on three knowledge products that will provide more specificity to policy actions in the GRA—in the area of data-sharing between public and private operators, the transport-energy nexus, and sustainability of the e-mobility model. Members agreed that 2021 should test the validity of those concepts on the ground.
VIDEO: A CALL FOR ACTION
Susanna Zammataro (IRF) spoke on the importance of transforming the future of transportation through a partnership
Binyam Reja (World Bank) through the lens of the SuM4All mission, gave a call for action based on the initiative’s direction for 2021 to support the World Bank Transport’s decarbonization agenda
Alana Dave (International Transport Workers Federation) shared her key takeaways from the 10th consortium meeting
Looking back to look forward! SuM4All Reflection by Gurpreet Singh Sehmi (SuM4All, World Bank)
South Africa is the first country where the GRA 2.0 tool is being applied. SuM4All will be hosting a technical session to discuss the upgraded GRA 2.0 tool during the 2021 Transforming Transportation Conference on February 4 2021 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Please register to attend: https://hopin.com/events/transforming-transportation-2021