Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Cities to be Held

As indicated in the press release announced on January 25th, 2007, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan will organize the "Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Cities" jointly with the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC), and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) on April 23-24, 2007 in Kyoto, Japan.
City mayors representing 30 cities in 17 countries (Japan, 10 ASEAN countries, China, Korea, Mongolia, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) will share their best practices and lessons learned, and discuss ways to further promote EST in Asia. The participating cities and the program are as attached.The dialogue is open to the public. Press coverage is encouraged.

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Attached File:

• Programme of Asian EST Policy Dialogue [PDF 15 KB]
• Asian Mayors'Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Cities to be Held [PDF 40 KB]