BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa40ff831789 DTSTART:20160314T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160314T050000Z LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya SUMMARY:Workshop on Sustainable Freight Transport and Finance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Sustainable freight transport entails\, in particular\, sust ainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decision s that effectively balance the economic\, environmental and social objecti ves. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportunity – given their developmental sta ge and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrastructure investment and planning\, re levant sustainability principles and criteria.UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-building and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Tran sport and Finance"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The works hop aims to raise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant public and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable freight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the c apacity of relevant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers \, transport corridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment agencies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action required to promote and implement sustainable freight transport sys tems.The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Burundi\, Dem ocratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Sudan and Ug anda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Northern and Cent ral Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and EAC will al so take part in this initiative.  <\;p>\;​Sustainable freight tran sport entails\, in particular\, sustainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decisions that effectively balance the economi c\, environmental and social objectives. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportuni ty – given their developmental stage and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrast ructure investment and planning\, relevant sustainability principles and c riteria.<\;br>\;<\;br>\;UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-build ing and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Transport and Fina nce"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The workshop aims to ra ise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant publ ic and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable f reight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the capacity of rel evant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers\, transport c orridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment age ncies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action require d to promote and implement sustainable freight transport systems.<\;br&g t\;<\;br>\;The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Bur undi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Su dan and Uganda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Norther n and Central Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and E AC will also take part in this initiative.&\;nbsp\;<\;br>\;&\;nb sp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /workshop-sustainable-freight-transport-and-finance DTSTAMP:20260911T142808Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa40ff8317ce DTSTART:20160315T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160315T050000Z LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya SUMMARY:Workshop on Sustainable Freight Transport and Finance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Sustainable freight transport entails\, in particular\, sust ainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decision s that effectively balance the economic\, environmental and social objecti ves. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportunity – given their developmental sta ge and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrastructure investment and planning\, re levant sustainability principles and criteria.UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-building and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Tran sport and Finance"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The works hop aims to raise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant public and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable freight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the c apacity of relevant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers \, transport corridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment agencies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action required to promote and implement sustainable freight transport sys tems.The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Burundi\, Dem ocratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Sudan and Ug anda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Northern and Cent ral Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and EAC will al so take part in this initiative.  <\;p>\;​Sustainable freight tran sport entails\, in particular\, sustainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decisions that effectively balance the economi c\, environmental and social objectives. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportuni ty – given their developmental stage and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrast ructure investment and planning\, relevant sustainability principles and c riteria.<\;br>\;<\;br>\;UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-build ing and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Transport and Fina nce"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The workshop aims to ra ise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant publ ic and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable f reight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the capacity of rel evant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers\, transport c orridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment age ncies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action require d to promote and implement sustainable freight transport systems.<\;br&g t\;<\;br>\;The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Bur undi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Su dan and Uganda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Norther n and Central Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and E AC will also take part in this initiative.&\;nbsp\;<\;br>\;&\;nb sp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /workshop-sustainable-freight-transport-and-finance DTSTAMP:20260911T142808Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa40ff8317d5 DTSTART:20160316T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160316T050000Z LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya SUMMARY:Workshop on Sustainable Freight Transport and Finance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Sustainable freight transport entails\, in particular\, sust ainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decision s that effectively balance the economic\, environmental and social objecti ves. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportunity – given their developmental sta ge and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrastructure investment and planning\, re levant sustainability principles and criteria.UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-building and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Tran sport and Finance"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The works hop aims to raise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant public and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable freight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the c apacity of relevant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers \, transport corridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment agencies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action required to promote and implement sustainable freight transport sys tems.The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Burundi\, Dem ocratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Sudan and Ug anda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Northern and Cent ral Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and EAC will al so take part in this initiative.  <\;p>\;​Sustainable freight tran sport entails\, in particular\, sustainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decisions that effectively balance the economi c\, environmental and social objectives. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportuni ty – given their developmental stage and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrast ructure investment and planning\, relevant sustainability principles and c riteria.<\;br>\;<\;br>\;UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-build ing and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Transport and Fina nce"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The workshop aims to ra ise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant publ ic and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable f reight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the capacity of rel evant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers\, transport c orridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment age ncies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action require d to promote and implement sustainable freight transport systems.<\;br&g t\;<\;br>\;The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Bur undi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Su dan and Uganda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Norther n and Central Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and E AC will also take part in this initiative.&\;nbsp\;<\;br>\;&\;nb sp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /workshop-sustainable-freight-transport-and-finance DTSTAMP:20260911T142808Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa40ff8317db DTSTART:20160317T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160317T050000Z LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya SUMMARY:Workshop on Sustainable Freight Transport and Finance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Sustainable freight transport entails\, in particular\, sust ainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decision s that effectively balance the economic\, environmental and social objecti ves. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportunity – given their developmental sta ge and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrastructure investment and planning\, re levant sustainability principles and criteria.UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-building and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Tran sport and Finance"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The works hop aims to raise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant public and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable freight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the c apacity of relevant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers \, transport corridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment agencies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action required to promote and implement sustainable freight transport sys tems.The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Burundi\, Dem ocratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Sudan and Ug anda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Northern and Cent ral Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and EAC will al so take part in this initiative.  <\;p>\;​Sustainable freight tran sport entails\, in particular\, sustainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decisions that effectively balance the economi c\, environmental and social objectives. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportuni ty – given their developmental stage and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrast ructure investment and planning\, relevant sustainability principles and c riteria.<\;br>\;<\;br>\;UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-build ing and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Transport and Fina nce"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The workshop aims to ra ise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant publ ic and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable f reight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the capacity of rel evant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers\, transport c orridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment age ncies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action require d to promote and implement sustainable freight transport systems.<\;br&g t\;<\;br>\;The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Bur undi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Su dan and Uganda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Norther n and Central Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and E AC will also take part in this initiative.&\;nbsp\;<\;br>\;&\;nb sp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /workshop-sustainable-freight-transport-and-finance DTSTAMP:20260911T142808Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa40ff8317e0 DTSTART:20160318T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160318T050000Z LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya SUMMARY:Workshop on Sustainable Freight Transport and Finance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Sustainable freight transport entails\, in particular\, sust ainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decision s that effectively balance the economic\, environmental and social objecti ves. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportunity – given their developmental sta ge and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrastructure investment and planning\, re levant sustainability principles and criteria.UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-building and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Tran sport and Finance"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The works hop aims to raise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant public and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable freight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the c apacity of relevant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers \, transport corridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment agencies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action required to promote and implement sustainable freight transport sys tems.The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Burundi\, Dem ocratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Sudan and Ug anda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Northern and Cent ral Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and EAC will al so take part in this initiative.  <\;p>\;​Sustainable freight tran sport entails\, in particular\, sustainable transport policies\, planning strategies\, and investment decisions that effectively balance the economi c\, environmental and social objectives. This is particularly crucial for developing countries\, including in East Africa as they have the opportuni ty – given their developmental stage and current focus on infrastructure development process –to consider integrating at early stages of infrast ructure investment and planning\, relevant sustainability principles and c riteria.<\;br>\;<\;br>\;UNCTAD will be delivering a capacity-build ing and training workshop on "\;Sustainable Freight Transport and Fina nce"\; on 14-18 March 2016 in Nairobi\, Kenya. The workshop aims to ra ise awareness and share experiences and best practices among relevant publ ic and private sector stakeholders on the various aspects of sustainable f reight transport and finance. The aim is also to build the capacity of rel evant stakeholders\, including in particular\, policy makers\, transport c orridor managers and operators\, financial institutions and investment age ncies to identify relevant policy priority areas as well as action require d to promote and implement sustainable freight transport systems.<\;br&g t\;<\;br>\;The training will benefit close to 85 participants from Bur undi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, South Su dan and Uganda. These countries are members of East Africa'\;s Norther n and Central Transit and Transport Corridors. UNEP\, UNECA\, COMESA and E AC will also take part in this initiative.&\;nbsp\;<\;br>\;&\;nb sp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /workshop-sustainable-freight-transport-and-finance DTSTAMP:20260911T142808Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR