Speaking during the workshop, “Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Dominican Republic,” the director of the National Transport Institute (Intrant), engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos said that urban mobility is transcendental for economic and social development in the Dominican Republic. She said the later is a priority of the Medina administration. The workshop was organized by the Ministry of the Presidency, the French Alliance for Development (AFD) and the Ministry of Public Works. It is part of the international Mobilise your City initiative that is helping cities plan mobility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
De los Santos highlighted that the Dominican government shares the interest in reducing carbon dioxide emissions as is proven with the passing of the Mobility Law 63-17. She highlighted that improvements in mobility is one of the main demands of Dominican citizens, and that is the reason of being of the new Intrant, the body entrusted with the responsibility of bringing improvements and safety to transport in the country.
De los Santos expressed appreciation for the French Alliance for Development having chosen Greater Santo Domingo to implement the Mobilise Your City project. She said the rigorously carried out study of mobility resulting from the participation in Mobilise Your City would become an essential tool for establishing public policies in the main urban center of the country.
Also speaking at the event, Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo said that only with the development of a sustainable mobility system would the country be able to face many of its challenges. He said improvements in the flow of vehicles will be reflected not only on the environment, but also in an increase of competencies resulting from the decline in the cost of cargo transportation.
Speaking at the conference were Herve Conan, director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD); Thierry Gouin, Cerema; and Francois Carcel, project manager- transport sector specialist for the AFD.
Also attending the workshop was French Ambassador José Gómez who said that all relative to climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gases is important to the French government.
The event took place at the Crowne Plaza on 10-11 October 2017 with the participation of city governments, transport stakeholders and decentralized government entities.
MobiliseYourCity initiative is supporting the planning of sustainable urban mobility in order to develop more inclusive, liveable and economically efficient cities and reduce GHG emissions. 100 cities and 20 national governments are being engaged in deep transformational actions through the implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) supported by National Sustainable Urban Mobility Policies and Programmes (NUMP). MobiliseYourCity aims to assist cities in their efforts to cut at least 50% of their urban transport related emissions by 2050 compared to business as usual.
With the support of a coalition of international partners (development agencies, urban and transport planning agencies, NGOs and development banks), MobiliseYourCity provides a methodological framework, capacity building and technical assistance, and facilitates access to financing at both local and national levels. The initiative will set up an international reference platform to share best practices about sustainable urban mobility planning and implementation of SUMPs and NUMPs.
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El Caribe
12 October 2017
