Executive Secretary
Under-Secretary-General
Ref.: 2024/OES/180/TRANS/
26 July 2024
Dear Minister,
I have the honour to invite representatives from your Ministry to participate in the
forthcoming thirty-seventh annual session of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics (WP.5). The session
will be held in Geneva from 25–27 September 2024.
The current session will address key themes related to sustainable inland transport, with the
following specific issues to be considered:
• A progress report by the 2024–2025 Corridor Coordinators from Azerbaijan and
Kazakhstan on the achievements of the ECE-ECO Coordination Committee on the
Trans-Caspian and Almaty-Tehran-Istanbul Corridors.
• An update report by the Group of Experts on Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
and Adaptation for Inland Transport (WP.5/GE.3).
• The final report of the Group of Experts on Cycling Infrastructure Module
(WP.5/GE.5).
• A progress update on the newly established E-Mobility Task Force.
• Latest developments regarding WP.5 managed tools such as the Sustainable Inland
Transport Connectivity Indicators (SITCIN.org) and the International Transport
Infrastructure Observatory (ITIO-GIS.org).
Mr. Riisalo Tiit
Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology
of the Republic of Estonia
Tallinn
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 917 6072/1624
Email:
[email protected]
Executive Secretary
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Furthermore, the session will also feature:
• A Roundtable discussion on Financing of Transport Infrastructure for Corridor
Development in the ECE region.
• A Workshop on Integrating the Inland Transport Sector into Member States' Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• An urban mobility and cycling workshop.
The agenda and the proposed format of the discussions over the three days is attached to
this letter. For any further inquires, especially in regard to speaking slots, your team can reach
Mr. Roel Janssens, Secretary of WP.5, at
[email protected] or +41 22 917 3460.
Information concerning registration and the working documents of the session can be found at
UNECE WP.5 37th Session.
Highly valuing your Ministry's active participation in the Working Party's deliberations,
we are looking forward to having your representatives actively contributing to the thematic
discussions at the thirty-seventh annual session of WP.5.
Sincerely,
Tatiana Molcean
Enclosure
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 917 6072/1624
Email:
[email protected]
Annex
Summary Overview of the Agenda for the Thirty-Seventh Annual Session of the
Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics (WP.5)
Geneva, 25-27 September 2024, Palais des Nations
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
10:00 –13:00 a. Coordination Committee on the 15:00–18:00 e. Round table discussion on
Trans-Caspian (middle corridor) financing transport
and Almaty-Tehran-Istanbul infrastructure in support of
Corridors – Corridor corridor development in the
Coordinators` progress report. ECE region
b. Trans-European Motorway
(TEM) and Trans-European
Railway (TER) projects, TEN-T
and Mediterranean regions
c. International Transport
Infrastructure Observatory
(ITIO-GIS.org)
d. Progress update by the Group of
Experts on Assessment of
Climate Change Impacts and
Adaptation for Inland Transport
Thursday, 26 September 2024
10:00 – 13:00 a. Awareness raising workshop on 15:00 -18:00 b. Discussion on the WP.5 role in
the importance of integrating implementation of the ITC
the inland transport sector into Strategy on Reducing
Member States' Nationally Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Emissions from Inland
Determined Contributions
Transport
(NDCs)
c. Ongoing activities of the
informal e-mobility task force
(Electric Vehicles and their
charging infrastructure)
d. Up-date on the forthcoming
2024 Transport Trends and
Economics publication titled
“Electrification of the inland
transport sector: the UNECE
region paving the way for a
global mobility revolution”.
Friday, 27 September 2024
10:00 – 13:00 a. Urban mobility and cycling 15:00 -18:00 b. WP.5 regular agenda items,
workshop/ Adoption of the final updates
report of the ECE Group of c. Adoption of decisions from the
Experts on Cycling WP.5 thirty-seventh session
Infrastructure Module d. Election of officers for the
(WP.5/GE.5)/ Discussion on Working Party sessions in 2025
and 2026
way forward regarding the
development of a new
Convention on cycle route
network
Saatja: "Keiu-Nille Gégény" <
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Saaja: "MKM info" <
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Teema: FW: Letter of invitation to the WP.5, 37th session from the UNECE Executive Secretary to the Minister of Transport of Estonia
Kuupäev: 2024-07-29 12:45
Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga.
Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada.
From: Maria Mostovets <
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Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 5:47 PM
To: Esindus Genfis üldaadress (e-mail) <
[email protected]>
Cc: Konstantinos Alexopoulos <
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Subject: Letter of invitation to the WP.5, 37th session from the UNECE
Executive Secretary to the Minister of Transport of Estonia
To whom it may concern:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We would be grateful if you would kindly transmit the enclosed letter of
invitation and enclosure from the Executive Secretary of UNECE, Ms. Tatiana
Molcean, to the Minister of Transport of your country.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Maria Mostovets
Sustainable Transport Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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[email protected]>
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Ref.: 2024/OES/180T/TRANS/
24 July 2024
Excellency,
I would be grateful if you would kindly transmit the enclosed letter to Mr. Riisalo
Tiit, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of the Republic of Estonia.
A copy of the letter is attached for your information.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Tatiana Molcean
Her Excellency
Mrs. Riia Salsa-Audiffren
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia
to the United Nations Office
and other international organizations in Geneva
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 917 6072/1624
Email:
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