Dates: 17-20 November 2015
Place: Kathmandu, Nepal
Theme: EST for Resiliency -Building Safe, Smart, Low-carbon and Resilient Cities in Asia
Venue: Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu, Nepal
Organizers
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT), Nepal Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Partners
Adenauer Foundation
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
German International Cooperation (GIZ)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Supporting Organizations
World Health Organization (WHO), EMBARQ (The World Resources Institute's Center for Sustainable Transport), International Recovery Platform (IRP), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), SAFER-Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre, University of Gothenburg, The Youth Community of Nepalese Contractors (YCNC)
CONCEPT NOTE AND PROGRAMME
OUTCOME DOCUMENTS
Media Coverage
Asia Pacific Natural Vehicles Association
Business Bhutan (Page 9)
Global Road Safety Partnership
Konard Adenauer Stiftung
PreventionWeb
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Photos of Nepal EST Forum (Please click on the photo to view the next photo.)
BACKGROUND PAPERS, CITY/COUNTRY REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS
BACKGROUND PAPERS
- Plenary 1 (Background Paper 1): Building Resilient Societies: Towards a Safe, Climate Adaptive and Disaster Resilient Transport System for Asia
- Plenary 1 (Background Paper 2): Low-Carbon Transport, Health and Climate Benefits
- Plenary 2 (Background Paper 1): National Sustainable Transport Strategy (NSTS) for Nepal (2015~2040)
- Plenary 2 (Background Paper 2): Climate and Disaster Resilient Transport System and Infrastructure Development for Nepal
- Plenary 4 (Background Paper): Major Challenges, Progress and Achievements by Asian Countries on the Implementation of EST policies and measures from Aichi (2005) to Kathmandu (2015)
- Plenary 5 (Background Paper 1): Best Practice in National Support for Urban Transportation Volume 2: Growing Rapid Transit Infrastructure: Funding, Financing, and Capacity
- Plenary 6 (Background Paper): Accelerated Action on Rural Transport in Asia-Pacific Region
- Plenary 7 (Background Paper): Adaptation in the Transport Sector in Asia, Recommendations for COP21
COUNTRY/CITY REPORT
- City Report (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Country Report (Afghanistan)
- Country Report (Afghanistan) / Presentation
- Country Report (Bangladesh)
- Country Report (Bangladesh) / Presentation
- Country Report (Bhutan) / Presentation
- Country Report (Cambodia) / Presentation
- Country Report (Indonesia) / Presentation
- Country Report (Japan)
- Country Report (Japan) / Presentation
- Country Report (Lao PDR) / Presentation
- Country Report (Malaysia) / Presentation
- Country Report (Maldives) / Presentation
- Country Report (Myanmar)
- Country Report (Myanmar) / Presentation
- Country Report (Nepal) / Presentation
- Country Report (Pakistan) / Presentation
- Country Report (Republic of Korea) / Presentation
- Country Report (Sri Lanka) / Presentation
- Country Report (Thailand) / Presentation
- Country Report (the Philippines) / Presentation
- Country Report (Timor Leste) / Presentation
- Country Report (Viet Nam)
- Country Report (Viet Nam) / Presentation
PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES
- Day 1 (Presentation): Cambodia Key Road Safety Challenges and Solutions (Mr. Hong Sinara)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Carpool Kathmandu: Making a Difference Using Accessible Technology
- Day 1 (Presentation): Decade of Action for Road Safety and Progress in Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific (Dr. Madan Regmi)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Enhancing the Success of Road Safety Initiatives (Ms. Cessie Petchi)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Envisioning Sustainable Transport in the Kathmandu Valley by 2030 (Mr. Arnico K. Panday)
- Day 1 (Presentation):Impacts of Climate Change on Transport Planning for Climate Adaptive Transport Infrastructure (Dr. Yusaf Samiullah)
- Day 1 (Presentation):Initiative to Improve Road Safety in Thailand (Ms. Chutinthorn Mankhong)
- Day 1 (Presentation):Planning and Designing for Climate Adaptive and Resilient Transport: Experience from Philippines (Mr. Ernesto V. Alday, Jr)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Planning and Developing Disaster Resilient Transport infrastructure (Dr. Yusaf Samiullah)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Public Transportation in Kathmandu - Envisioning Sustainable Transport in the Kathmandu Valley by 2030 (Mr. Bhushan Tuladhar)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Road Safety Countermeasures on Blackspots on National Highways of Bangladesh (Mr. Md. Kamrul Haque)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Rural Road Safety in Korea: Lesson Learned (Mr. Sangjin Han)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Safety Issues on Indian Railways (Mr. Vinod Bhatia)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Setting the Scene: 2030 Development Agenda and its Implication for Transport Sector (Mr. Peter O'Neill)
- Day 1 (Presentation): The Experiences and Challenges on Planning and Developing of Disaster Resilient Transport Infrastructure in China (Prof. Gu Lincheng)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Viet Nam's Process of Accession to Conventions on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals 1968 (Mr. Nguyen Van Thach)
- Day 1 (Presentation): Transport Infrastructure - Adaptation to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Impacts (Mr. Abdul Quium)
- Day 2 (Presentation): Transport and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region (Mr. Karl Peet)
- Day 2 (Presentation):Transport and Climate Change Policy in the ASEAN Region (Mr. Tali Trigg)
- Day 2 (Presentation): What is at Stake for the Transport Sector in Paris (Mr. Cornie Huizenga)
- Plenary 1 (Panel Discussion): Building Resilient Transport - Indonesia's Experience (Dr. Elly Sinaga)
- Plenary 1 (Panel Discussion): Safe, Climate Adaptive and Disaster Resilient Transport in Asia - How Can We Built Resilient Societies? (Prof. Yoshitaka Motoda)
- Plenary 1 (Presentation): Air Quality as an Integral Part of Resiliency: Building Resilient Hindu Kush Himalayan Communities Through Sustainable Transport Solutions (Mr. Arnico K. Panday)
- Plenary 1 (Presentation): Building Resilient Societies: Towards a Safe, Climate Adaptive and Disaster Resilient Transport System for Asia (Dr. Madam Regmi)
- Plenary 1 (Presentation): Low-Carbon Transport - Health and Climate Benefits (Prof. Jac Wismans)
- Plenary 1 (Presentation): Road Safety Strategy of Nepal for Resilient and Sustainable Development (Mr. Saroj Kumar Pradhan)
- Plenary 2 (Presentation): Climate and Disaster Resilient Transport System and Infrastructure Development for Nepal (Mr. Kamal Pande)
- Plenary 2 (Presentation): Nepal EST Strategy 2015 - 2040: National Sustainable Transport Strategy (Dr. Surya Raj Acharya)
- Plenary 2 (Presentation): Transport Safety and Urban Resilience: Lessons from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Mr. Shingo Kouchi)
- Plenary 4 (Presentation): Major Challenges, Progress and Achievements by Asian Countries on the Implementation of EST Policies and Measures from Aichi (2005) to Kathmandu (2015) (Mr. Todd Litman)
- Plenary 5 (Panel Discussion): Funding Resilient Transport Infrastructure and Services (Mr. Lee Giok Seng)
- Plenary 5 (Panel Discussion): Funding Resilient Transport Infrastructure and Services (Mr. Muhammad Athar)
- Plenary 5 (Presentation): Innovative National Policy for Financing Resilient Urban Rapid Transit (Mr. Colin K. Hughes)
- Plenary 6 (Presentation): Accelerated Action on Rural Transport in Asia-Pacific Region (Mr. Karl Peet)
- Plenary 6 (Presentation): Coping With the Impossible? Road Maintenance Groups (Mr. Manoj K. Shrestha)
- Plenary 6 (Presentation): Low Volume Rural Roads - Some Key Issues (Dr. Jasper Cook)
- Plenary 7 (Presentation): Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Transport Sector (Mr. Cornie Huizenga)
- Plenary 7 (Presentation): Indian Railways for Wider Regional Connectivity Towards Building a Resilient Society (Mr. Vinod Bhatia)
- Plenary 7 (Presentation): Role of Climate Resilient Transport Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation in Nepal in the Context of Post - 2015 Development Agenda (Mr. Govinda Prasad Kharel)