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SYMPOSIUM Green and health-friendly investment and jobs in transport World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva Wednesday 8 December 2010 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme THE PEP 2O1O 14:30-15:00 Registration Room C, Main building, WHO headquarters Avenue Appia, Geneva 15:00-15:15 Welcome remarks Dr. Julie NG-A-THAM, Environment and Health, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Environmental Safety and Risk Management Directorate, (The Netherlands) and THE PEP Chair Ms. Francesca RACIOPPI, Head of Office, WHO Centre on Environment and Health, Rome Ms. Eva MOLNAR, Director, UNECE Transport Division Mr. Clive NEEDLE, Director, EuroHealthNet (Moderator) 15:15-15:35 Key note speaker M. René LONGET, Président d’equiterre, Partenaire pour le développement durable, Conseiller administratif de la Ville d’Onex (Switzerland) 15:35-15:50 Questions and answers Moderated by Clive NEEDLE 15:50-16:10 Coffee break 16:10-17:00 Panel discussion 16:10-16:20 Panelist Presentation Mr. Jean-Paul OURLIAC, Président de la section économie, transports et réseaux au Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable (France) Greening of jobs 16:20-16:30 Panelist Presentation Dr. George M. GANZ, President, SchweizMobil Eco-tourism with sustainable mobility 16:30-16:40 Panelist Presentation Mr. Merabi CHOCHUA, Director - General, Mosavtotrans (Russian Federation) Green logistics in the trucking industry 16:40-16:50 Panelist Presentation Mr. Robert THALER, Head of Division, Transport, Mobility, Settlements and Noise, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental and Water Management (Austria) Investing in green mobility: boosting environment, economy and green jobs – Austrian framework program klima:aktiv mobil 16:50-17:00 Panelist Presentation Ms. Deysi RODRIGUEZ, Operations and Environment, Transmilenio, Bogota (Colombia) Investments in the public transport system in Bogota to reduce emissions, improve traffic and create jobs 17:00-17:30 Discussion Exchange of views among participants, panelists, key note speaker 17:30-17:40 Pilot project under THE PEP Partnership Methodology for the calculation of the economic benefits of investment in cycling Francesca RACIOPPI, Head of Office, WHO Centre for Environment and Health, Rome Closing remarks, conclusions and final considerations 17:40-18:00 For further information, please contact: [email protected] - Phone +41 (0)22 917 2452

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SYMPOSIUMGreen and health-friendly

investment and jobs in transportWorld Health Organization (WHO), Geneva

Wednesday 8 December 2010

UNITED NATIONSECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

Transport, Health and EnvironmentPan-European ProgrammeTHE PEP

2O1O

14:30-15:00

Registration

Room C, Main building, WHO headquartersAvenue Appia, Geneva

15:00-15:15

Welcome remarks

Dr. Julie NG-A-THAM, Environment and Health, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Environmental Safety and Risk Management Directorate, (The Netherlands) and THE PEP Chair

Ms. Francesca RACIOPPI, Head of Office, WHO Centre on Environment and Health, Rome

Ms. Eva MOLNAR, Director, UNECE Transport Division

Mr. Clive NEEDLE, Director, EuroHealthNet (Moderator)

15:15-15:35

Key note speaker

M. René LONGET, Président d’equiterre, Partenaire pour le développement durable, Conseiller administratif de la Ville d’Onex

(Switzerland)

15:35-15:50

Questions and answers

Moderated by Clive NEEDLE

15:50-16:10

Coffee break

16:10-17:00

Panel discussion

16:10-16:20

Panelist

Presentation

Mr. Jean-Paul OURLIAC, Président de la section économie, transports et réseaux au Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable (France)

Greening of jobs

16:20-16:30

Panelist

Presentation

Dr. George M. GANZ, President, SchweizMobil

Eco-tourism with sustainable mobility

16:30-16:40

Panelist

Presentation

Mr. Merabi CHOCHUA, Director -General, Mosavtotrans (Russian Federation)

Green logistics in the trucking industry

16:40-16:50 Panelist

Presentation

Mr. Robert THALER, Head of Division, Transport, Mobility, Settlements and Noise, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental and Water Management (Austria)

Investing in green mobility: boosting environment, economy and green jobs – Austrian framework program klima:aktiv mobil

16:50-17:00 Panelist

Presentation

Ms. Deysi RODRIGUEZ, Operations and Environment,Transmilenio, Bogota (Colombia)

Investments in the public transport system in Bogota to reduce emissions, improve traffic and create jobs

17:00-17:30 Discussion Exchange of views among participants, panelists, key note speaker

17:30-17:40 Pilot project under

THE PEP Partnership

Methodology for the calculation of the economic benefits of investment in cycling

Francesca RACIOPPI, Head of Office, WHO Centre for Environment and Health, Rome

Closing remarks, conclusions and final considerations17:40-18:00

For further information, please contact: [email protected] - Phone +41 (0)22 917 2452