Revision as of 14:35, 5 October 2016

General

Name of initiative	World Cycling Alliance (WCA) and European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) commitment
LPAA initiative	Yes
NAZCA Initiative	No
Website address	https://ecf.com/groups/voluntary-commitment-united-nations
Related initiatives
Starting year	2015
End year
Secretariat	European Cyclist Foundation (ECF), Rue Franklin 28, 1000 Brussels,Belgium, Phone: +32 2 880 92 74, office@ecf.com
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage	Global
Name of lead organisation
Type of lead organisation	NGO/Civil Society
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	Belgium

Description

Description	Show the importance of cycling to achieve the new UN Sustainable Development Goals, with special attention to climate action. Showcase the ambitions of cities to increase the modal share of cycling worldwide and to double cycling in Europe by 2020 Mobilize support of WCA and ECF members to enable local, national and international governments and institutions to scale up action on cycling.
Objectives	Double list of cities and regions with concrete targets in the next years.
Activities	In 2016, ECF and WCA will continue to collect ambitions and flagship projects from cities worldwide, adding to the current list of cities with cycling targets published in 2015 in their Voluntary Commitment brochure “Cycling Delivers on the Global Goals.” Further to mobilizing and supporting scale-up action on cycling, ECF continues to organize its annual global summit on cycling – Velo-city – that in 2016 took place in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, WCA is now campaigning for the United Nations General Assembly to recognize and designate a World Bicycle Day in an effort to push cycling higher on the agenda and promote it as delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals and as an important means of transportation.
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative	Technical dialogue, Political dialogue, Implementation
Activity of initiative	Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Awareness raising and outreach, Technical operational implementation (ex-post)
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting	In 2016 a special webpage will be created to deliver background information and links to useful information on cycling. The list of cities and regions with clear targets on cycling will be extended and the development of the modal share of cycling of at least the listed 70 cities and regions will be monitored.

Participants

Participants

Number

Names

Members

0

Companies

0

Business organisations

0

Research and educational organisations

0

Non-governmental organisations

0

National states

0

Governmental actors

0

Regional / state / county actors

0

City / municipal actors

0

Intergovernmental organisations

0

Financial Institutions

0

Faith based organisations

0

Other members

0

Supporting partners

0

Number of members in the years

2022

71

Have only national states as participators

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Last update: 14 March 2022 14:55:18

Not only have national states as participators

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+|LPAA initiative=Yes
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+|LPAA Theme Industry=No
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+|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
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+|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=No
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+|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
+|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
+|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
+|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
+|LPAA Theme Other=No
+|LPAA Theme Resilience=No
+|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
+|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
 |Description=Show the importance of cycling to achieve the new UN Sustainable Development Goals, with special attention to climate action.
 Showcase the ambitions of cities to increase the modal share of cycling worldwide and to double cycling in Europe by 2020
-Mobilize support of WCA and ECF members to enable local, national and international governments and institutions to scale up action on cycling
+Mobilize support of WCA and ECF members to enable local, national and international governments and institutions to scale up action on cycling.
+|Goals=Double list of cities and regions with concrete targets in the next years.
+|Activities=In 2016, ECF and WCA will continue to collect ambitions and flagship projects from cities worldwide, adding to the current list of cities with cycling targets published in 2015 in their Voluntary Commitment brochure “Cycling Delivers on the Global Goals.”
+Further to mobilizing and supporting scale-up action on cycling, ECF continues to organize its annual global summit on cycling – Velo-city – that in 2016 took place in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, WCA is now campaigning for the United Nations General Assembly to recognize and designate a World Bicycle Day in an effort to push cycling higher on the agenda and promote it as delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals and as an important means of transportation.
+|Participants=The commitment is supported by ECF and WCA, representing about 100 civil society organizations worldwide.
+|Short and long-time objectives=Show the importance of cycling to achieve the new UN Sustainable Development Goals, with special attention to climate action.
+|Roadmap and work plan=The commitment showcases the ambitions of cities to increase the modal share of cycling worldwide and to double cycling in Europe by 2020. It aims to mobilize support of WCA and ECF members to enable local, national and international governments and institutions to scale up action on cycling.
+|Available reporting=In 2016 a special webpage will be created to deliver background information and links to useful information on cycling. The list of cities and regions with clear targets on cycling will be extended and the development of the modal share of cycling of at least the listed 70 cities and regions will be monitored.
 }}