Spring 2017 meeting of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport (GPST)

DRAFT PROGRAMME

• 2:00 - 2:30         Registration
• 2:30 - 2:45         Welcome and Opening
• 2:45 - 3:30         Outcomes of the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference and the Ashgabat Transport

• Business Summit held on 26 – 27 November 2016 in TurkmenistanBus
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  Ashgabat commitments and recommendations
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  Industry contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators Framework
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  Business and industry engagement viewed by industry actors
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• Beyond Ashgabat:  Building a global, industry-led, multimodal sustainable transport “practice” under the umbrella of GPST
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Draft Ashgabat Programme of Action on Sustainable Transport

The GPST Strategy Paper, priorities for 2017 – 2018

• 4:00 – 4:15       Brief discussion

• 4:15 - 4:35         High-Level Side event organised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on “Aviation Partnerships for Sustainable Transport”

• 4:35 - 4:50        Brief discussion

• 4:50 – 5:05       Coffee break

• 5:05 – 5:35        Presentations by GPST Members on new initiatives

World Bank: Cooperation on the Enabling the Business of Agriculture Project

International Union of Railways (“UIC”): Transcontinental Corridors and the harmonisation of customs procedures 

EagleRail:  Innovative IT solutions for Intermodal facilitation and port management

Ingosstrakh: Innovative investment schemes for multimodal transport.

• 5:35 – 5:50       Brief discussion                      

• 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 Conference on 5 – 9 June 2017

GPST Administrative and governance update

• 6:10 – 6:30       Wrap-up and closing

• 6:30 – 8:30       Networking Reception