International Transportation (71) 1 | 2019 13 Mobility Transformation BEST PRACTICE The MobiliseYourCity Partnership An international alliance to foster sustainable urban mobility-transformation Urban development, Sustainable mobility, Transport climate change, SUMP, NUMP Urban mobility is considered a critical success factor with respect to economic efficiency and prosperity of cities; it enables access for people to education, jobs, health facilities etc., and is a key factor for quality of life in a city, both in a positive and negative way. Particularly high urbanization and motorization rates in many emerging and developing countries point at the importance to drastically shift from car-focused development pathways to the promotion of more sustainable mobility solutions, such as mass-rapidtransit, public transport in general, or non-motorized transport. Digitalization and new mobility concepts play an important role in these countries. The MobiliseYourCity Partnership seeks to connect local and national governments, experts and financing institutions from various regions to build networks and jointly work on effective transformation strategies and policies towards a sustainable and climate-friendly future. Markus Delfs, Michael Engelskirchen, Oliver Lah I n 2018, the transport sector emitted more than 8 Gt of CO 2 - approximately 23 % of global energy-related Greenhouse-gas emissions - with a trend to approximately 14 Gt in 2050. However, to slow down warming of the global climate and complying with the internationally agreed target to limit warming to 2 °C, current emissions would have to be cut half of today´s level, namely to approximately 4 Gt p.a. Globally more than 80 % of national transport emissions derive from road transport, a large share of it from urban transport. Forecasts project strong growth of transport emissions, particularly in developing and emerging economies. Due to rapid urbanisation, lack of urban planning and growing motorisation rates, urban transport is becoming one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions, but also a key contributor to air pollution and local road safety concerns. Supporting a transition towards a sustainable urban mobility system is a key diver for international cooperation in the transport sector. Investing in sustainable transport infrastructures and technologies will be more cost-effective in the long-run and will also address key policy issues, such as access, health, productivity and safety. However, the economic and political environment in some countries may be challenging and can affect the efficiency and pace of the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions. The planning, implementation and enforcement of a sustainable, low carbon transport system that provides ‘access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all’, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals, requires effective institutions, a sound and stable flow of financial resources, and administrative capacities. The European Commission, France and Germany have identified that challenge. They have been providing financial, technological, and capacity building assistance through development finance institutions to emerging economies - i.e. by means of grants or loansto support the establishment of sustainable infrastructure and services. Such support is often fuelled through ordinary development assistance commitments, or through international commitments aligned with the New Urban Agenda or UNFCCC´s climate agenda. In many cases, such support has already helped governments to improve urban mobility. However, development finance institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the French Development Bank (AFD), the German Development Bank (KfW), and many others increasingly face difficulties to close financing agreements. Easily “bankable” projects (low-hanging fruits) have already been implemented and become scarce, whilst the remaining challenges - often in countries and cities which face the most pressing challenges - are not as easy to tackle. Project ideas lack robustness with respect to financial viability, technical matureness, institutional anchorage, project management capacity or political will. As a result, a group of institutions embarked in 2015 and launched the MobiliseYourCity Partnership, to install a technical assistance alliance as incubator to facilitate above financial assistance. The approach The MobiliseYourCity Partnership takes an active approach in supporting the sector transition and works on an approach that covers three main pillars: • Raising the ambition level of local governments in sustainable urban mobility through forming coalitions, backed by effective, long-term south-south / northsouth partnerships and cooperation measures; • Linking targets: Breaking down the countries’ climate protection commitments into mobility sector targets and connecting these with so-called “co-benefits”, which are politically most relevant and indispensable for diligent implementation and follow-up particularly at International Transportation (71) 1 | 2019 14 BEST PRACTICE Mobility Transformation sub-national level: i.e. effects related to traffic safety, urban health, jobs, etc.; • Robust linkage of integral policy and planning approaches with finance & investment: Emphasis is crucial to establish integrated, comprehensive policies and development plans for sector transformation with clear linkage to local and national budgeting and third party financing concepts for activating transformation. Against these overarching principles on the technical side three levels of intervention have been defined for MobiliseYour- City: • City Government Level: Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs): SUMPs have been developed within the European Union as essential tool for city governments to roll out their sectoral action planning. MobiliseYourCity’s SUMP methodology narrows down the methodological broadness of SUMPs towards particular needs of its partner countries, and with particular emphasis on action planning, investment & financing, quantitative targeting of GHG-reduction, as well as participatory planning approaches to connect to private-sector stakeholders. • National Government Level: National Urban Mobility Policies and Investment Plans (NUMPs): National Urban Mobility Policy and Investment Programmes are strategic, action-oriented frameworks for urban mobility, developed by national governments, enacted to enhance the capability of cities to plan, finance and implement projects and measures designed to fulfil the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their surroundings in a sustainable manner. • Global / regional level: Establishment of a global Community of Practice, which connects Partners & sector stakeholders; provision of related Capacity Development & International Learning offers related to above topics. SUMP or NUMP projects take partner governments approximately 3 years to complete a first round, before an aspired continuous maintenance and advancement stage is reached; each project is supposed to result into actual investment tendering and establishment of related infrastructure and mobility services. Current status As per summer 2019, 51 cities and 12 national governments spread over Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America are Partners. 28 cities receive support by the Partnership´s Contributing Partners in drafting SUMPs, E Contact@MobiliseYourCity.net www.MobiliseYourCity.net Twitter: @MobiliseCity Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Kenya Ethiopia Cameroon Togo Burkina Faso Ghana Brazil Uganda Senegal Algeria Tunisia Morocco Ukraine Jordan Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonia Montenegro Kosovo Serbia China Vietnam Thailand Indonesia Philippines Sri Lanka India Ecuador Peru Colombia Jamaica Guatemala Mexico Dominican Republic Ivory Coast Contributing Partners Validated Beneficiary Partners Partnership process ongoing Current status of partnership Source: MobiliseYourCity AT A GLANCE The MobiliseYourCity Partnership The MobiliseYourCity Partnership is a global and inclusive network of cities and countries as well as an umbrella brand of European development cooperation particularly related to the field of sustainable urban development. The Partnership aims at assisting beneficiary partners - i.e. national and local governments - in their preparation of National Urban Mobility Policies and Investment Programs (NUMPs) and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). Furthermore, it is a global alliance for integrated urban mobility planning in emerging, developing and EU neighborhood countries, and an international mobility flagship under the UN Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action. It is a multi-donor action, jointly co-financed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity-based Transition (MTES), the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The Partnership is implemented jointly by its implementing partners ADEME, AFD, CEREMA, CODATU, EBRD, GIZ, KfW, and Wuppertal Institute. Besides contribution to the international climate process, it contributes to the UN’s Agenda 2030, specifically Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. More information: www.MobiliseYourCity.net International Transportation (71) 1 | 2019 15 Mobility Transformation BEST PRACTICE and 7 national governments are supported in drafting NUMPs. A glance into the Partnership’s work on the ground: Promotion of e-urban mobility in-Uruguay Thematic focus The national government of Uruguay seeks to develop a national framework which allows the local government to promote electric urban mobility planning that is national in scope and includes the development of technical, regulatory and financial instruments. Together with selected cities the project will elaborate technical guidance to promote e-mobility, raise awareness about the need of define sustainable mobility policies, empower and build capacity among cities actors to steer their own transition to e-mobility. Challenge The competencies of the national level in urban mobility are limited; hence, the involvement of the local governments in the development of the NUMP is crucial. Elections on local and national level could lead to changing priorities. The project involves partners and stakeholders from national and local level as well as public and private sector to put the NUMP on a broad base. Expected completion GIZ together with the Uruguayan counterparts from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, the Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment and the Ministry of Transport and Public Works will develop the NUMP in a 2-year’s process and completed by the end of 2020. Assistance to Uruguay is implemented via the EUROCLIMA+ Program by the MobiliseYourCity Contributing Partners GIZ and AFD (funded by the European Commission together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). Practical example: E-mobility demonstration to support Comprehensive Mobility Plan in the city of Kochi / India Thematic focus The Indian e-mobility sector has seen steady growth in momentum, especially since the central government of India has a target to electrify vehicles more than 30% by 2030. The central Government has various plans and policies addressing e-mobility in India. Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) drafted its Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) in 2007 which recommends several shortand long-term sustainable urban transport proposals. MobiliseYour- City partners are working in Kochi to support CMP on the development of local implementation concept on e-mobility. The project plans to replace fossil-fuelled 3-wheelers (Tuk-Tuks) with electric ones and aims at expanding the adoption of e-mobility in Kochi and focuses on improving the city’s first and last-mile connectivity and reducing air and noise pollution. Challenge The operation of E Tuk-Tuks is at the early stage in the city. Therefore, to demonstrate its economic viability, E-Tuk-Tuk manufacturers and drivers will be involved in the demonstration project to carry out E-Tuk- Tuk deployment campaign in the city. E-Tuk-Tuk drivers are provided funds for certain period of time by reducing renting price in order give an overview of cost-benefit of using E-Tuk-Tuks. Expected completion The pilot initiative will start with a small fleet of 10 to 15 E-Tuk-Tuks by 2019 to test operations, user acceptance, costs and benefits. This fleet is planned to be operated in either the Fort Kochi or Mattancherry area, with the local implementation partners are Kochi municipality, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), together with Kerala State electricity board (KSeb) and E-Tuk-Tuk manufacturers. Complementary assistance activities in Kochi are implemented by the Mobilise- YourCity Contributing Partners Wuppertal Institute (funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety), AFD (funded by the European Commission), and GIZ (funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). ■ Michael Engelskirchen Head of urban mobility component, Euroclima+ project, which supports climate change mitigation in Latin America, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Eschborn (DE) michael.engelskirchen@giz.de Oliver Lah Coordinator Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) and Urban Pathways programme, Head of the Mobility and International Cooperation Unit, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, Wuppertal (DE) oliver.lah@wupperinst.org Markus Delfs Coordinator MobiliseYourCity Partnership, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Brussels (BE) markus.delfs@giz.de Kochi, India Photo: Wuppertal Institut Montevideo, Uruguay Photo: GiZ