Difference between revisions of "Cycling Delivers on the Global Goals"

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|Geographical coverage=Global
 
|Geographical coverage=Global
 
|Type of initiative=Technical dialogue,Implementation
 
|Type of initiative=Technical dialogue,Implementation
|Primary function=Knowledge dissemination and exchange / Information and Networking (e.g. output databases / workshops / conference)
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|Primary function=Knowledge dissemination and exchange,Technical operational implementation
 
|Name of lead organisation=World Cycling Alliance (WCA) and European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)
 
|Name of lead organisation=World Cycling Alliance (WCA) and European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)
 
|Type of lead organisation=NGO/Civil Society
 
|Type of lead organisation=NGO/Civil Society
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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.
 
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.
 
|Participants=The commitment is supported by ECF and WCA, representing about 100 civil society organizations worldwide.
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|Have only national states as participators=No
 
|Short and long-time objectives=Show the importance of cycling to achieve the new UN Sustainable Development Goals, with special attention to climate action.
 
|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.
 
|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.

Revision as of 13:40, 6 July 2017

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 Bernhard Ensink, European Cyclist Foundation (ECF), Rue Franklin 28, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Phone: +32 2 880 92 74, e-mail: b.ensink@ecf.com
Organisational structure World Cycling Alliance (WCA) and European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)
Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation World Cycling Alliance (WCA) and European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)
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 No


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