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LOCATION:Mombasa\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Supporting the Shift Towards Sustainable Freight Transport in the N
 orthern Corridor\, East Africa
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DESCRIPTION:​Promoting sustainable freight transport systems is crucial t
 o achieving economically efficient\, socially viable\, and environmentally
 -friendly transportation and logistics services. To this end\, UNCTAD is a
 ssisting developing countries design\, develop and implement sustainable f
 reight transport systems.  The overall objective is to strengthen the ca
 pacity of policy-makers\, transport operators and key financial institutio
 ns\, to develop and implement sustainable transport policies and measures\
 , as well as financing actions and mechanisms. Areas of focus over the 201
 4-2018\, include\, the Northern and Central Corridors in East Africa\, and
  selected countries in the Caribbean.Under the framework of its technical 
 assistance project on &quot\;Building the capacities of developing countri
 es to shift towards sustainable transport&quot\;\, UNCTAD is delivering an
  advisory meeting on 2 Mach 2018 in Mombasa\, Kenya\, to support the North
 ern Corridor Transport and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) artic
 ulate the key elements of its sustainable freight transport strategy and f
 urther implementation of its Green Freight Strategy. The NCTT agreement w
 as signed in 1985 between Burundi\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Kenya\,
  Rwanda and Uganda and South Sudan acceded in 2012.&lt\;p&gt\;​Promoting
  sustainable freight transport systems is crucial to achieving economicall
 y efficient\, socially viable\, and environmentally-friendly transportatio
 n and logistics services. To this end\, UNCTAD is assisting developing cou
 ntries design\, develop and implement sustainable freight transport system
 s.&amp\;nbsp\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The overall objective is 
 to strengthen the capacity of policy-makers\, transport operators and key 
 financial institutions\, to develop and implement sustainable transport po
 licies and measures\, as well as financing actions and mechanisms. Areas o
 f focus over the 2014-2018\, include\, the Northern and Central Corridors 
 in East Africa\, and selected countries in the Caribbean.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;
 p&gt\;Under the framework of its technical assistance project on &quot\;&l
 t\;em&gt\;Building the capacities of developing countries to shift towards
  sustainable transport&lt\;/em&gt\;&quot\;\, UNCTAD is delivering an advis
 ory meeting on 2 Mach 2018 in Mombasa\, Kenya\, to support the Northern Co
 rridor Transport and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) articulate 
 the key elements of its sustainable freight transport strategy and further
  implementation of its Green Freight Strategy.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\
 ;p&gt\;The NCTT agreement was signed in 1985 between Burundi\, Democratic 
 Republic of Congo\, Kenya\, Rwanda and Uganda and South Sudan acceded in 2
 012.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting
 /supporting-shift-towards-sustainable-freight-transport-northern-corridor-
 east-africa
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