BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:iru.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65f8f02fedc5f DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170406 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170407 URL:http://www.gpst2030.org/events/6_04_2017.php LOCATION:The Harvard Club West Room New York City U.S.A X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Harvard Club West Room New York City U.S.A;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=:geo:40.755532,-73.981463 GEO:40.755532;-73.981463 SUMMARY:Spring 2017 meeting of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Trans port (GPST) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The spring 2017 meeting of the Global Partnership for Sustainab le Transport (GPST)\, looks at the next steps towards building a global\, industry-led\, multimodal sustainable transport “practice” under the u mbrella of GPST.\n\nGPST proposes innovative solutions to address future t ransport challenges\, allowing all modes of transport to work together to achieve the transformative changes envisaged by the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Transport.\n\nAgenda\n02:00pm 08:30pmRoom West\n\n\n \n\nDRA FT PROGRAMME\n\n\n2:00 - 2:30 Registration\n2:30 - 2:45 Welcome and Opening\n2:45 - 3:30 Outcomes of the first G lobal Sustainable Transport Conference and the Ashgabat Transport\n\n\n\nB usiness Summit held on 26 – 27 November 2016 in TurkmenistanBus\n\nAshga bat commitments and recommendations\n\nIndustry contributions to the Susta inable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators Framework\n\nBusiness and indus try engagement viewed by industry actors\n \nBeyond Ashgabat: Building a global\, industry-led\, multimodal sustainable transport “practice” under the umbrella of GPST\n \n\n\nDraft Ashgabat Programme of Action on Sustainable Transport\n\nThe GPST Strategy Paper\, priorities for 2017 – 2018\n\n \n\n\n\n4:00 – 4:15 Brief discussion\n\n\n4:15 - 4:35 High-Level Side event organised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on “Aviation Partnerships for Sustain able Transport”\n\n\n4:35 - 4:50 Brief discussion\n\n\n4:5 0 – 5:05 Coffee break\n\n\n5:05 – 5:35 Prese ntations by GPST Members on new initiatives \n\n\n\nWorld Bank: Cooperatio n on the Enabling the Business of Agriculture Project\n\nInternational Uni on of Railways (“UIC”): Transcontinental Corridors and the harmonisati on of customs procedures \n\nEagleRail: Innovative IT solutions for Int ermodal facilitation and port management\n\nIngosstrakh: Innovative invest ment schemes for multimodal transport.\n\n \n\n\n\n5:35 – 5:50 Brief discussion \n\n\n5:50 – 6:10 Organisational matters\n\n\n\nUpdate on the Policy Advisory Council (PAC)\n\nUpdate on proposed GPST contributions on sustainable mar itime transport to the UN Ocean Conference on 5 – 9 June 2017\n\nGPST Ad ministrative and governance update\n\n \n\n\n\n6:10 – 6:30 Wrap-up and closing\n\n\n6:30 – 8:30 Networking Reception X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The spring 2017 meeting of the Global Partn ership for Sustainable Transport (GPST)\, looks at the next steps towards building a global\, industry-led\, multimodal sustainable transport “pra ctice” under the umbrella of GPST.
GPST proposes innovative soluti ons to address future transport challenges\, allowing all modes of transpo rt to work together to achieve the transformative changes envisaged by the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Transport.
02:00pm 08:30pmRoom West
DRAFT PROG RAMME
Draft Ashgabat Programme of Action on Sustainable Transport
The GPS T Strategy Paper\, priorities for 2017 – 2018
4:00 – 4:15 \; \; \; \; \; \; Brief discussion
4:15 - 4:35 \; \; \; \;&n bsp\; \; \; \; High-Level Side event organised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on “Aviation Par tnerships for Sustainable Transport”
4:35 - 4:50 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Bri
ef discussion
4:50 – 5:05&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; \; Coffee break
5:05 – 5:35 \; \;&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; Presentations by GPST Members on n ew initiatives
World Bank: Cooperation on the Enabling the Business of Agriculture Project
Internationa l Union of Railways (“UIC”): Transcontinental Corridors and the h armonisation of customs procedures \;
EagleRail: \; Innovative IT solutions for Intermodal facilitation and port management p>
Ingosstrakh: Innovative investment schemes for multimodal tr ansport.
5:35 – 5:50 \; \; \;  \; \; \; Brief discussion \;  \; &n bsp\;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;
5:50 – 6:10 \; \; \;  \; \; \; \; Organisational matters
Update on the Policy Advisory Council (PAC)
Update on proposed GPST contributions on sustainable maritime transport to the UN Ocean Conf erence on 5 – 9 June 2017
GPST Administrative and governance updat e
6:10 – 6:30 \; \; \; \; \;&n bsp\; Wrap-up and closing
6:30 – 8:30&nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; Networking Reception
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