In support of the UNECE Nexus on Smart and Sustainable Cities, the secretariat of the Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics (WP.5) has the pleasure to invite you to participate in and contribute to an “Expert Round Table on Economic Analysis of the Transformation of Urban Transport Systems” which will be held in the framework of the WP.5 33rd session, in Geneva, on 9 September 2020. In preparation to the expert round table, UNECE invites interested stakeholders, inc

Workshop in the framework of UNECE Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24) 28 October 2020 Background Cities are hubs for local, and often regional and national development. The better cities provide access to and connect various markets such as labour, investment, education, commerce, recreation and health care, the better they can proposer and support the development. In turn, the market accessibility and connectivity are influenced by planning of city s

According to the UN Secretary-General’s Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity report, the economic consequences of the pandemic are expected to affect, first of all, vulnerable groups, including women, youth, and those living and working in the informal sector; and the recovery of the world economy is not expected in the best case earlier than 2021. The report calls for concerted actions to help the recovery process and to “build back better”. For cities and human settleme