The main objective of the EST process in Asia is to integrate environmentally sustainable transport in the overall policy, planning and development, by sensitizing the local and national governments, the private sector, and civil society, in order to contribute and follow up the
Outcome of Rio+20 – The Future We Want, SG’s High-level Panel on Transport, post-2015 Development Agenda/SDGs and other global processes. The immediate objective of the proposed project are more explicitly the…
Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Asia - Formulation of National EST Strategies vis-fi-vis Capacity Building for Soeio-economie Concerns
Recipients: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Donors: Japan
Status: Closed
Mobilizing Science, Technology and Innovation in Developing Countries for the SDGs
The Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) was launched as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the objective to support the SDGs. It includes three major components – an Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) of over 30 UN-system agencies; an annual multi-stakeholder Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum; and an on-line platform that is expected to serve as a gateway for information on existing science, technology and innovation (STI) initiatives, mechanisms and…
Recipients: Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, India, Serbia
Partners: FAO, WB, UNCTAD, UNEP, WIPO
Donors: China
Status: Closed