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"FOCUS ON MOBILITY" is the electronic news bulletin of SDC's Mobility desk. The "Focus" provides half-yearly information on relevant news, current issues & trends, SDC project milestones, recommended reading, upcoming events as well as new web pages in the transport sector. Are you interested in receiving the "Focus on mobility"? Then please enter your email address in the first field and click "subscribe". If you wish to unsubscribe, please use the second field.

Below you may access the current edition as well as the past editions of "FOCUS ON MOBILTY".

 
 
For more information:
Analysis "Focus on Mobility" Survey 2009 (pdf, 300kB)
Analysis "Focus on Mobility" Survey 2006 (pdf, 480kB)
 
Current edition  
 

Click here for the most recent "FOCUS ON MOBILITY" (Issue N°12, November 2009)

CONTENTS:

NEWS
- Transport Training Initiative (TTI) recently established
- IFRTD: Maria Arce in post as new Executive Secretary / new governance structure in practice
- Transport one of the thematic issues of CSD-18
- Transaid seeks Transport and Development Experts
- World Bank Transport Forum 2009 held on March 30 - April 1, 2009

CURRENT ISSUES & TRENDS
- Sector Wide Approach in the Trail Bridge Sub-Sector of Nepal

PROJECT MILESTONES
- Bilan et Perspectives du Programme "Goy ga Zaada" au Niger
- The RRRSDP in Nepal moves into Implementation

RECOMMENDED READING
- Recent publications on intermediate modes of transport, HIV/AIDS mitigation and public-private partnerships in the transport sector from Transaid, WB and IRF

UPCOMING EVENTS
- Forthcoming trainings, seminars and conferences in the field of rural transport and road safety research and practice

LINK TIPS
- IRF website

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Past editions  
 
Date
Issues & Trends
Project milestones
Online
1
Nov. 2003
State of the art in the transport sector
- Suspension Bridge Programme (SPB), Bhutan
- Routes Rurales Gaya (RRG), Niger
Focus_N°1
(pdf, 88KB)
2
April 2004
Global trends within the mobility & transport sector donor community
- Working in conflict - the Trail Bridge Sub-Sector Programme, Nepal
Focus_N°2
(pdf, 82KB)
3
Dec. 2004
Mobility and Health
- Pistes Rural dans l'Est (PrEst), Burkina Faso
- Réhabilitation de pistes et lutte anti-érosive, Chad
Focus_N°3
(html)
4
April 2005
Decentralisation of Trail Bridge Building in Bhutan
- Rural Livelihood Development Programme, Tanzania
Focus_N°4
(html)
5
Oct. 2005
Transport Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction
- Goy ga Zaada (Infrastructures en HIMO, SDC Niger)
Focus_N°5
(html)
6
May 2006
Networking Myths and Trends
- DRILP launched in Nepal (ADB/SDC/Frisa-Iteco)
- PASR - approche participative et HIMO (Helvetas Bénin)
Focus_N°6
(html)
7
Dec. 2006
Trends in development and the rural transport sector - extracts from a series of "think-pieces" - The District Roads Support Programme (DRSP) Nepal entered phase III
- Networked Research on Mobility & Health - in-country researches started
- Bhutan: Trail Bridge Building in Transition
Focus_N°7
(html)
8
May 2007 From evaluation to action: results of transport project evaluations and their implications - Consolidation des acquis du programme Routes Rurales Gaya - DDC au Niger
- Update on the International Networked Research on Mobility & Health
- Réhabilitation et entretien de pistes et d’ouvrages anti-érosifs au Tchad
Focus_N°8
(html)
9
Feb. 2008 Evaluer les effets des infrastructures sur la promotion d'une croissance pro-pauvres - Mobilité et Pistes rurales en Afrique de l'Ouest - atelier à N'Djamena
- Update on the International Networked Research on Mobility & Health
Focus_N°9
(html)
10
Aug. 2008 Post Bridge Building Assessment of Trail Bridges in Nepal - Le PrEst au Burkina Faso est entré dans sa 3ème phase d’intervention
- The DRILP is breaking new ground with the ADB-SDC collaboration in Nepal
11
July 2009 - Transport and sustainable agricultural (Colin Relf Young Voices Award)
- IFRTD submission to the UK's DFID White Paper Consultation
- Review of the Suspension Bridge Programme Phase VI in Bhutan
- Atelier national Burkinabé sur la thématique de Mobilité et Décentralisation

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