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Report

Discover Sustainable

Urban Transport Regional Workshop in Windhoek,

Namibia, 27-30 November 2017

Dear Participants,

Introduction

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The Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) project “Transport, Mobility, Logistics”, together with the Namibian Ministry of Works and Transport and the City of Windhoek jointly

organized a regional workshop on Sustainable Urban Transport in Windhoek, Namibia

from November 27th to 30th 2017. Cooperation partners have been the African

Association of Public Transport (UATP), the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy

Program (SSATP), the World Bank Group and WhereIsMyTransport. About 30 transport

practitioners from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Namibia attended the

2,5 day workshop.

List of contents

Participants Voices ............................................................................................................ 3

Results and Conclusion .................................................................................................... 5

Location ............................................................................................................................... 6

Method ................................................................................................................................. 6

27th November 2017 – Kick-Off Reception ..................................................................... 7

28th November 2017 – Workshop Day 1 ......................................................................... 8

29th November 2017 – Workshop Day 2 ....................................................................... 10

Cases Study Results: Blantyre ........................................................................................... 10

Cases Study Results: Gaborone ........................................................................................ 13

Cases Study Results: Lusaka ............................................................................................. 15

30th November 2017 – Field-Trip Day ............................................................................ 19

Agenda .............................................................................................................................. 21

Participant List ................................................................................................................. 23

Trainer Biographies ......................................................................................................... 27

Facts on the Workshop

Gender Balance: 32 % of workshop participants were women

Participant Structure: 14% representatives from Ministries, 75% from Cities, 11%

from Regional Councils

Country Participation: Botswana: 11%, Namibia: 50%, Malawi: 14%, South Africa: 4%,

Zambia: 21%

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Participants Voices

The about 30 transport planners from five southern African countries had various

descriptions on the workshop after the event. They were supposed to answer the

question:

“For me the TUMI workshop was..”

… ery good a d full of i for atio !”

Martin Kumbani, Zomba City Council, Malawi

… [a pla e here] fou datio sto es ere laid to Afri a ities.” Grant Sichali, Director of Engineering Services, Blantyre City

Council, Malawi

… ery ri h i i for atio a d k o ledge.”

Portia Oforile-Tapa, Technology Transfer Manager, Department of Transportation

Technology Transfer Centre; University of Botswana

… a good platfor to lear hat others are doing similar to our context and share

k o ledge.”

Josephine Chiila, Town Planner, City of Lusaka, Zambia

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… a re elatio that the ore e e gage the ore we realise we have similar transport problems that

stem from poor spatial planning, growing informal

transport sector and fragmented institutional

arra ge e ts…”

Gershwin Fortune, Urban Transport Specialist for The World Bank

… a pro isi g ki k-off to more TUMI action to

scale sustainable mobility solutions in the

regio y i esti g i its lo al ha pio s.”

Holger Dalkmann, Co-Chair of Sustainable Low Carbon

Transport Partnership, Senior Advisor Agora Verkehrswende,

Independent Consultant

… a eye ope er for ri gi g e eryo e o oard for sustai a le ur a o ility, hether you’re a pedestria , a cyclist or a motorist,

pu li tra sport ill take you here you a t.”

Frazer Bondwe, Mzuzu City Council, Malawi

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Results and Conclusion

The about 30 transport planners from five southern African countries discussed very

engaged ways to implement Sustainable Urban Transport in the region. The aim of the

workshop was to make new perspectives visible and to exchange views, experiences,

challenges as well as solutions of fellow transport planners. Energized and enriched by

the experts’ inputs, the transport planners from cities such as Lusaka, Mzuzu, Lilongwe or Windhoek expressed their will to keep the momentum for ongoing engagement in the

field.

Written results from the evaluation of the workshop reaffirm positive experiences: 90% of

participants conveyed that they will apply what they learned during the event and 70% of

participants believed their attendance at the event strengthened their capacity to act.

When asked what the first steps would be to implement sustainable transport approaches

after the event in their respective cities, participants expressed their motivation e.g. to

conduct surveys on the demand of routes in their cities, enforcing or revising feasibility

studies and urban mobility plans or establishing a Transportation Planning Unit at city or

municipal level. Overall, it was the topics of NMT and BRT, Transport Authorities and

Financing which were of particular importance to the participants during the workshop.

“I could see huge benefit collaborating with the other organizations to increase the number of opportunities for such events.” said workshop trainer Girma Tessema after the event. With this, the pillar leader in the Africa Transport Policy Program in Urban Transport

and Mobility (SSATP) highlighted the value of the close cooperation of the six

international experts e.g. from the World Bank Group, the Union Africaine des Transports

Publics (UATP) and WhereIsMyTransport, who supported the workshop as trainers and

resource persons.

For the dedicated results on the case study work, please read pages 10 to 17. There you

will find the suggested solutions, worked out by the participants themselves, for the cities

of Blantyre, Gaborone and Lusaka to make their transport systems more sustainable.

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Location

The workshop started with a reception in the Restaurant of the National Independence

Memorial Museum in Windhoek. The workshop sessions were held within the facilities of

Penduka, a community project in the heart of Katutura, in the suburb of Goreangab of

the Namibian capital Windhoek.

The venue was chosen on purpose: Penduka means “Wake up” in the local language Otjiherero and is situated at the very North-Western end of the City of Windhoek, thus

at the opposite end to the participants accommodation at the southern end. This gave

the participants an opportunity to take in the variety of the city’s physiognomy and gain first-hand experience of the transportation system in Windhoek, when driving to and from

the venue. The City of Windhoek provided a public bus for the participants transport

throughout the workshop days.

Method

The method of the workshop was chosen as follows: Participants were supposed to work

on real case studies of three of the participating cities: Blantyre, Gaborone and Lusaka.

This was designed to give the participants the possibility to emphasize with the fellow

transport colleagues, to stimulate in-depths questions and discussions as they were

supposed to deeper understand the particular challenges the cities are facing and to find

according solutions. The work on the case studies was supposed to include the insights

and findings gathered by the inputs and presentations given by the six invited transport

experts, who did function as trainers, facilitators and resource persons:

Holger Dalkmann, Co-Chair of Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership, Senior

Advisor Agora Verkehrswende, Independent Consultant;

Gershwin Lesley Fortune, Urban Transport Specialist for The World Bank;

Phindiwe Kunene, Assistant Director for UATP, Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads

& Transport;

Helge Mehrtens, Integrated Expert at eThekwini Municipality in Durban;

Yohnny Raich, Local Partnership Coordinator, WhereIsMyTransport;

Girma Tessema Zemedkun, Sr. Transport Specialist SSATP, Pillar Leader, Urban Transport

and Mobility.

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27th November 2017 – Kick-Off Reception

The workshop was opened with an official reception at the Namibian Independence

Memorial Museum on the evening of the 27th November. Councilor Ananias Niizimba on

behalf of his Worship, the Mayor of the City of Windhoek welcomed the participants after

being introduced by Lemmy Mutonga, Deputy Director of Transportation Policy from the

Ministry of Works and Transport, Namibia, acting as Director of Ceremony.

Councilor Niizimba emphasized the

importance of sustainable mobility in the

further development of the Namibian

capital Windhoek and in the process of

achieving the goal of becoming a Smart

City by 2022. Moreover, in his speech, Hon.

Nghidunua Daniel, the Permanent

Secretary of the Ministry of Urban and

Rural Development, highlighting the

importance of the workshop in the light of

the new Urban Agenda.

Representing the German Embassy, Stella

Seibert-Palascino, Counsellor for

Development Cooperation, mentioned the

long-term engagement of the German

development cooperation in the transport

sector in Namibia and expressed the

importance of commitment by national

governments for successful

implementation. The Honourable Deputy

Minister Mr. Sankwasa James Sankwasa

from the Ministry of Works and Transport followed her with the keynote speech. He

focused on the significance of the creation of safe and inclusive transport infrastructure

in Namibia as part of a sustainable transport implementation process.

Finally, Ursula Hein, GIZ Technical Advisor introduced the objectives of the workshop and

gave an overview over the programme.

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28th November 2017 – Workshop Day 1

In the morning of November 28th, 2017 the workshop sessions started with an opening

statement by Clarence Rupingena, Strategic Advisor for Smart Cities of the City of

Windhoek and Holger Dalkmann, Transport Consultant, Agora Verkehrswende, who

acted as the moderator.

Thereafter, the workshop kicked off

with a presentation on the Principles

of Sustainable Urban Transport and

the Development of Sustainable

Urban Transport Master Plans, held

by Holger Dalkmann. As a good

example for this process, Mr.

Rupingena presented on the

development of the Sustainable

Urban Transport Master Plan for

Windhoek.

All presenters welcomed

questions, which brought up a

constructive dialogue amongst

the participants and greater

insight and additional

information from participating

cities and countries.

The afternoon session kicked off

with grouping the participants

for the case study working

sessions. The groups worked on

identifying the challenges of their case study cities and gathered information from the

case study givers, who gave deep insights into their current transport system. In the three

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groups the most pressing challenges were identified to be able to analyse them further

with regard to the necessary steps which would need to be taken to make those transport

systems more sustainable.

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29th November 2017 – Workshop Day 2

The Wednesday started with presentations by Helge Mehrtens on Non-Motorized

Transport (NMT) in the Municipality of eThekweni, by Girma Tessema on setting up

transport authorities and by Gershwin Fortune on the principles of Bus Rapit Transit (BRT).

After the lunch break, the last presentation displayed various financing options for

sustainable transport to the participants, presented by Holger Dalkmann.

Eventually, after an intense group work

session, during which the participants worked

their insights of the given presentations into

their case studies, the workshop sessions were

closed by a presentation of each case study

group.

The groups concluded as follows and presented the following results from their group

work:

Cases Study Results: Blantyre

The group for the case study of Blantyre approached finding solutions for the cities

sustainable transport challenges in the following way: Firstly, the group identified the

current challenges Blantyre is facing. Secondly, the group suggested steps to address

those challenges.

The following challenges have been identified and addressed with solutions:

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1. Status Quo: “Working in Silos”: A lack of collaboration within and

between departments and

policy makers was identified.

Solution: As a solution the group

suggested to strengthen

collaboration. As a guidance the

group suggested to focus on the

hints given in the GIZ Poster “10

Principles for Sustainable Urban

Transport”, especially in the field

of communicating solutions and

approaching challenges

comprehensively.

2. Status Quo: Blantyre has no

proper town-planning and no

Masterplan. Solution: A solution

for Blantyre could be the

creation of a Masterplan within the next 2-3 years. Specifically the group suggested a

top down approach from the national government, requiring an urban plan including

a mobility plan. Moreover, the group suggested to strengthen the initiative of

councellors.

3. Status Quo: Blantyre is facing poor infrastructure when it comes to the road network.

Solution: The prioritization of the creation of a masterplan, including an annual work

plan and and investment plan, as well as a masterplan for infrastructure and the

creation of other donor investment programms was suggested.

4. Status Quo: Blantyre lacks resources to enforce regulations. Solution: The group

suggested a mapping exercise to address this challenge and moreover suggested

stricter enforcements and a better communication strategy.

5. Status Quo: Blantyre has no planned public transport network or regulation, e.g. no

fixed routes. Solution: As a solution, the group suggested to collect data, to have

information and knowledge on the current status quo. Furthermore, Data software as

well as PT reforms were recommended. Regulation was thought to be covered by the

Masterplan.

6. Status Quo: Blantyre faces the challenge, that other city authorities continue to

provide utilities to illegal settlements. Solution: To address this, the group

recommended more engagement and commitment from the stakeholders and a

better institutional coordination, initiated by the city council.

7. Status Quo: Blantyre faces a human capacity deficit as well as a lack of authority, e.g.

consultants do the necessary work, but officers are not fully equipped. Solution: As a

solution the group suggested that the central government intervenes more and does

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more backstopping with regard to this challenge. Moreover, the group suggested

public participation and more stakeholder engagement, as well as programme

development for the sponsorship of officers at universities. Eventually, the recruitment

of skilled personnel was mentioned to be essential.

8. Status Quo: Blantyre is facing unsafe pedestrian facilities, such as walkways or cycle

lanes. Solution: The group recommended to Blantyre, the development a non

motorized transport strategy as a first step and to incorporate walkways in the new

plan. Moreover, hotspots should be identified as well as community mengagement

enforced.

9. Status Quo: Blantyre faces a lack of integration between the modes of transport.

Solution: The groups answer to this challenge was to encourage the national

government to do more investments into integrated public transport plans as well as

implementation plans.

10. Status Quo: Blantyre has no big busses or trams at all. This case is prevailing a high

number of minibuses and taxis, causing a lot of congestion and accidents on the

roads. Solution: The group suggested to encourage investment of the central

government as well as other international donors to increase public transport facilities.

Moreover, the group suggested a plan on how to curb the number of accidents as

well as enforcing an awareness program on road safety.

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Cases Study Results: Gaborone

Initially Gabarone was not one of the case studies for the workshop. After discussion

around Gabarone as one of the cities whereby where the public transport system was not

as advanced was a challenge the group very much wanted to address.

Gabarone has indicated that they will be rolling out a BRT system rather soon. Planning

had already been done, routes chosen and design completed. After the insightful

presentation from Gerswhin Fortune from Cape town, where there is a rather advanced

BRT system, Gabarone learned a few key things about running a BRT system. Therefore,

in their case study they identified that it was important to have dedicated lanes for the

trunk BRT corridors, to integrate their taxi service to provide feeder routes into their BRT

system. Furthermore, they learned that in order to run a BRT successfully they would need

to integrate the BRT routes with spatial layout and planning of the town. Another crucial

factor as pointed out by Gerwshin as one of the lessons learned from running a BRT was

to have in depth analysis of expected operational costs and to have a plan as to how

these will be covered. Gabarone had also noted other aspects of BRT, such as reducing

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the number transfers in routes, having a master plan and regional planning as take home

lessons to successfully implement BRT.

Secondly Gabarone strongly looked at institutional settings. Like most African countries

Botswana has a central government which then injects funds to the town councils. This

also means revenue is collected at national level as well as most decision making takes

place at national level. This sometimes means that operations they are to be executed at

council level are out of their hands. This led to the idea of the devolution of certain powers

at National Level and to be given to councils. Especially those that directly affect their

operations. In the same light, it was felt that it was important for central governments to

have national legislation that inform policy at lower levels. These ideas were primarily

drawn from presentations given by Girma Tessema.

Financing is always a major problem faced with providing a service to citizens. Mainly

because these services are not run to make a profit, they are often dependant from

funding from National level. Holger Dalkman however gave a different perspective about

financing state provided services. One of the ideas Gabarone took home was charging

parking fees which they currently do not do. Important to note that this should be done

in conjunction with an improved public transport system to encourage persons to take

public transport rather than pay a parking fee. Another idea was to implement toll gates

for funding.

On a softer note, Gabarone also learned a few key lessons about non-motorised

transport. Most important was the integration of non-motorised transport into the master

plan of the town. Thereafter it was realised that even before non-motorised transport

infrastructure is given the due attention, it was necessary to teach, possibly at school level,

how to cycle, safety around cycling, mixing with traffic and so forth.

Lastly, but definitely should not be stated last, as it should be performed first is data

collection. Informed by a presentation by Yhonny Raich, from “Where Is My Transport”. From this Gabarone identified 3 steps for data collection, the first thing being planning

data collection, secondly, being data collection itself and finally transferring the data into

information and then knowledge. All they while ensuring that the data is in a useful,

digitalized format.

The case study from Botswana saw feasible solutions and left the team eager and excited

to implement.

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Cases Study Results: Lusaka

The group, which was dedicated to work on the case study of the city of Lusaka, started

the working session on the first workshop day with identifying the most pressing

challenges of the city when it comes to sustainable transport. As a method, the GIZ Poster

“10 Principles for Sustainable Urban Transport” was used. The group took the poster and the 10 steps to identify Lusaka’s status quo when it comes to sustainable urban transport. The group did this by prioritizing the 10 Principles on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being a

high priority issue for the city of Lusaka, and 1 being of less priority. As a result, and since

the city of Lusaka already has a transport masterplan, the group decided on the priorities

as follows:

low priority (1): Planning dense and human scale cities and Approaching the challenges

comprehensively. The reason this was ranked low priority was that Lusaka already has a

Transport Masterplan

medium priority (3): Optimizing the road network and its use

higher priority (4): Implementing transit improvements as well as Planning parking and

Controlling vehicle use. The last two have been identified to be linked in the case of Lusaka

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because of controlling reasons. Controlling vehicle use as well as parking management

are topics, that Lusaka is addressing but fails to implement at a current stage.

Highest priority (5): Communicating Solutions, Developing transit-oriented cities,

Encouraging walking and cycling and Promoting clean vehicles. The last two have been

identified to be linked in the case of Lusaka because the case givers stated that those two

issues are of a similar nature, could be addressed together in the case of Lusaka and are

not yet addressed successfully in Lusaka’s transport sector.

During the next working session,

based on a presentation on data

collection and use, by Yohnny Raich,

the group decided to focus their

work on the challenge, which was

given highest priority in the working

session before: Encouraging walking

and cycling. The group identified

ways on what particular issues data

could help to address this challenge

in the city of Lusaka and the group

members thought about ways how

to collect data for the specific

challenges. The result was that the

participants identified, Perception of

Walking and Cycling, Interest in

Walking and Cycling, Safety, Travel

Distance, Cost and Existing Walking

and Cycling Infrastructure as fields, where data collection could be of value. The two

steps, which could be taken by the city of Lusaka, were identified to be a Social

Economic Survey and a Route Mapping.

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The last working session was

used by the Lusaka group to

gather the information provided

by the before-held

presentations on Institutional

Arrangements, BRT, NMT,

Financing and Data and apply

them to the case of Lusaka.

The group approached this by

taking the challenges, identified

in the first working sessions, as

the most pressing for Lusaka

(ranked with a 5 as high priority):

Encouraging walking and

cycling, promoting clean

vehicles and communicating

solutions. The group included

also Cross Cutting issues which could be adressed. Using the Capacity Works Approach,

the group made a table on the board to make visible how the 3 high priority challenges

could be addressed with BRT, NMT, Financing and Data. The results made by the group

were the following:

Encouraging walking and Cycling in Lusaka

To encourage walking and cycling in Lusaka the group suggested to take action in the

field of Institutional Arrangements. In this case, the group suggested Capacity Building as

well as defining roles and responsibilities in the City administration dedicated to walking

and cycling.

In the field of BRT and NMT, the group suggested to further develop infrastructure of this

kind in Lusaka, which is currently not realized.

In the field of Financing, the group suggested to a develop a Detailed Implementation

Plan, to finance facilities to encourage walking and cycling.

In the field of Data, the group came to the conclusion that a sound data base is needed

to make the need for walking and cycling visible in Lusaka and suggested a situational

analysis (in form of a survey), to achieve this. The group wanted this to be a good start

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and basis for showing the demand for a better walking and cycling infrastructure in the

city visible.

Promoting clean vehicles in Lusaka

To promote clean vehicles, the group suggested reviewing the legislation, when it comes

to Institutional Arrangements. Specifically, the group recommended applying higher

taxes on high emitting vehicles.

In the field of BRT, the group suggested to encourage in Public Private Partnerships to be

able to implement a BRT system in Lusaka.

In the field of Financing, the group suggested, that Lobbying for funds could be a good

method to promote the use of clean vehicles, but left without specifying.

In the field of Data, the group recommended to conducting a survey to have a sound

basis to inform decision makers on the value of cleaner vehicles in the city of Lusaka.

Communicating solutions in Lusaka

To communicate the necessity for sustainable transport in the case of Lusaka, the group

suggested, that in the field of Institutional Arrangements, it is elementary that Public

Relations Officers should be capacitated. The group specified this with referring to regular

updates of social media channels and websites.

Cross Cutting solutions for Lusaka

In the field of cross cutting issues the group recommended in the case of Lusaka to

deeper engage the stakeholders when it comes to Institutional Arrangements. Moreover

the group was eager to suggest awareness campaigns when it comes to public transport

solutions such as a BRT.

In the field of NMT, the group specified this with suggesting “Clean Air”-Campaigns and

a monthly event, such as dedicating a central road in the city just for NMT once a month.

The group furtherly evaluated, that in order to apply the above, it would be essential to

engage the City Development Officers as well as the Community Leaders in this

approaches. Moreover, the group came to the conclusion that there would be a strong

value in engaging Idols, such as popular artists, in such campaigns, to raise public

awareness for the urgent matter of better and more sustainable public transport in the

city of Lusaka.

The day ended with a reception at the restaurant of Penduka and handing over the

certificates of attendance to all the participants.

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30th November 2017 – Field-Trip Day

On the final day, the participants were taken on a field trip through the city of Windhoek,

transported by a public transport bus from the municipal fleet. Clarence Rupingena from

the City of Windhoek took over the responsibility as tour guide.

First stop was the Public Transport Division of City of Windhoek, at the main office.

Johanna Shikukutu, Acting Manager of the Public Transport Division, welcomed the

participants on the site, presented on the Municipality’s work of the last year.

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She explained the current procedures concerning ticketing and financing, planning and

set-up of new bus lines as well as the condition of the buses. Participants had the chance

to visit the planning office and step into several busses, before entering into a question

and answer session with Ms. Shikukutu.

After this Mr. Rupingena, explained the different functions of the existing transport

systems along the road through the City of Windhoek. Especially Wernhill, which is

currently the central interchanging point of the city, was of interest to the participants. At

the site Minibuses, Taxis, Public Transport Busses, long-distance buses as well as a train

station are to be found in close vicinity, but with limited capacities to facilitate more than

the seven bus lines interchanging there currently.

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Agenda

Opening Day - Monday 27th, November

Evening 18:00 – 20:00 Official Reception

1st Day – Tuesday 28th, November

Morning

Session

09:00 – 09:30

09:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 12:30

12:30

Registration

Opening of the Training

Introduction of participants

Principles of Sustainable Urban

Transport, Development of SUMPs

Group Picture

Ministry of Works and

Transport, City of

Windhoek, GIZ

Holger Dalkmann

Holger Dalkmann

City of Windhoek

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

Afternoon

Session

13:30 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 17:00

Management and Regulation

Coffee Break

Working Session on development of

SUMP or PT planning

Girma Tessema,

Phindiwe Kuwene

Holger Dalkmann

2nd Day – Wednesday, 29th November

Morning

Session

09:00 – 09:20

09:20 – 10:40

10:40 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30

Case Study Botswana

Principles of NMT and BRT

Coffee Break

Fare collection, ITS

Helge Merthens,

Gershwin Fortune

Yohnny Raich

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

Afternoon

Session I

13:30 – 15:00

Financing including stakeholders

engagement

Holger Dalkmann

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15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

Afternoon

Session II

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 - 17:00

Transport Authorities

Working Session

Girma Tessema

17:00 – 17:15 Break

Evening

Session

17:15 – 18:00

Wrap-Up: Presentation of Group

Work and Analysis

Holger Dalkmann,

Ulrich Kindermann

From 18:00 Closing Reception at Penduka, Restaurant at the Lake

3rd day – Thursday, 30th November

Morning

Session

09:00 – 12:30 Field Trip by Bus though Windhoek,

Visit of the Municipal Public

Transport Divison

Clarence Rupingena

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

Afternoon

Free Time or/and Departure

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Participant List

Nr. Country Last Name First Name Organization Position

1 Botswana Jameson Moshe Gaborone City

Council

Head of Roads

Division in the

Department of

Civil

& Mechanical

Services

2 Botswana Oforile-

Tapa

Portia Department of

Transportation

Technology Transfer

Centre; University of

Botswana

Technology

Transfer Manager

3 Botswana Tsalaile

Mmese

Kefalotse Ministry of

Transport &

Communication

Chief Transport

Economist

4 Germany Dalkmann Holger Agora

Verkehrswende

Co-Chair

Sustainable Low

Carbon Transport

Prtnership, Senior

Advisor

5 Germany Sünder Sophia Deutsche

Gesellschaft für

Internationale

Zusammenarbeit

(GIZ)

Communications

Advisor

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6 Germany Kinderman

n

Ulrich Deutsche

Gesellschaft für

Internationale

Zusammenarbeit

(GIZ)

7 Kenya Zemetkun Girma

Tessema

Africa Transport

Policy Program

(SSATP)

Sr. Transport

Specialist, Pillar

Leader, Urban

Transport and

Mobility

8 Namibia Kristof Abraham City of Windhoek

9 Namibia Andowa AP Omusati Regional

Council

CRO

10 Namibia Andreas Frieda Ministry of Urban

and Rural

Development

Deputy Director

for Local

Authorities

Coordination

11 Namibia Hein Ursula Deutsche

Gesellschaft für

Internationale

Zusammenarbeit

(GIZ)

Head of

component for

transport Policy

Advice &

Sustainable

Mobility

12 Namibia Iita Maria I. Oshakati Town

Council

Transport Planner

13 Namibia Johannes Imanuel City of Windhoek

14 Namibia Kajovi Mannfred City of Windhoek

15 Namibia Lebereki Fillomina City of Windhoek

16 Namibia Kamundu Erwin City of Windhoek

17 Namibia Mwakonda

nge

Enos Ministry of Works

and Transport

Policy Analyst

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18 Namibia Ndara Joseph City of Windhoek

19 Namibia Paulus Toini City of Windhoek

20 Namibia Rupingena Clarance City of Windhoek Manager Public

Transport Division

21 Namibia Shilongo Fillipus H. Ohangwena

Regional Council

Acting CRO

22 Namibia Tjihukunun

a

Ponalisa City of Windhoek

23 Malawi Bondwe Frazer Mzuzu City Council City Council

Director of

Engineering

Services

24 Malawi Kumbani Martin Zomba City Council Director of

Engineering

Services

25 Malawi Nyando Cleaverson Lilongwe City

Council

City Engineer

26 Malawi Sichali Grant Blantyre City

Council

Director of

Engineering

Services

27 South

Africa

Pereira Chimene Da

Costa

KwaDukuza

Municipality

Chief Town

Planner

28 South

Africa

Fortune Gershwin City of Cape Town Urban Transport

Specialist

29 South

Africa

Kunene Phindiwe Gauteng Provincial

Department of

Roads and

Transport

Assistant Director

for UATP

30 South

Africa

Merthens Helge eThekwini

Municipality

Integrated Expert

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31 South

Africa

Raich Yohnny WhereIsMyTranspor

t

Local Partnership

Coordinator

32 Zambia Changula Meembo City of Lusaka Principal Planner

33 Zambia Chiila Josephine City of Lusaka Town Planner

34 Zambia Funga Bwalya

Elisabeth

City of Lusaka Research Officer

35 Zambia Kalumba Kalumba City of Lusaka Engineer (Urban

Mobility and

Waste

Management)

36 Zambia Kawame Banda Danny City of Lusaka Senior Engineer

37 Zambia Roland Ngala City of Lusaka Councellor

(Urban Mobility)

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Trainer Biographies

In alphabetical order

Holger Dalkmann, Co-Chair of Sustainable Low Carbon Transport

Partnership, Senior Advisor Agora Verkehrswende, Independent

Consultant

Holger Dalkmann has over twenty years of experience working in the

field of transport, cities, sustainability and climate change. He operates

as an independent consultant and in this capacity he joined Agora

Verkehrswende as Senior Advisor in 2017 to lead the international

engagement of the institution and create an international strategy.

Furthermore, he is one of the Co-founders of the Partnership on

Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCat) and has been on the

SLOCAT board since 2013. In 2016 he became elected Co-Chair of the

board and was just reelected in 2017.

From 2011 until 2017 he worked for the World Resources Institute in

Washington DC. He was Director for its EMBARQ program, which

catalyzes environmentally and financially sustainable urban transport

solutions to improve quality of life in cities. As EMBARQ transitioned

into the newly established WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities he

was additionally responsible for strategy and global policy. In this

capacity Holger lead efforts on how to enable cities to benefit from

global processes such as COP, SDG and Habitat 3.

During his former work at the UK-based consultancy, TRL, and for ten

years at the Wuppertal Institute for Energy, Climate and Environment

(Germany), a world respected think tank, Holger worked in more than

thirty countries on mobility, environment and climate change. Holger

is a world recognized expert, and has established a strong international

network in the fields of transport, sustainable development and climate

change cooperating.

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Gershwin Lesley Fortune, Urban Transport Specialist for The World

Bank

Gershwin is an Urban Transport Specialist in the African Region of

World Bank Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering

degree from the University of Cape Town (1998) and a Masters in

engineering degree achieved Cum Laude from Stellenbosch University

(2006).

He has 17 years of extensive experience across the transportation

planning and engineering discipline covering integrated transport

planning, transport policy formulation, integrated transport plans,

transport system management improvements, public transport

planning and design, non-motorised transport, travel demand

management, transport demand modelling, project management and

integration.

Gershwin was involved in the Cape Town MyCiTi BRT project since 2008

and has provided technical system planning guidance towards the

successful roll-out of Phase 1 of the MyCiTi BRT project. He was

responsible for the full integrated public transport plan development,

public transport policy development, public transport system structure

and route design.

In July 2016, Gershwin joined World Bank Group

Ms. Phindiwe Kunene, Assistant Director for UATP, Gauteng

Provincial Department of Roads & Transport

Ms. Kunene is the project manager for the Liaison Office of the

Honorary President of UATP (Union Africaine des Transports Publics),

in Johannesburg, Mr Jack van der Merwe, who is the CEO of Gautrain

Management Agency (an agency of GDRT). She reports also to the

UATP Secretary General, Mr Yssoufou Cisse, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

The UATP brings together the stakeholders of public transport in Africa,

and is the Africa chapter of the UITP, the International Association of

Public Transport, with a network extending to over 14 000 contacts from

92 countries. Members of the Association are public transport

authorities, operators, policy decision makers, research institutes and

universities. Head-office is in Brussels, the Africa head-office is in Cote

d’ Ivoire, other offices are in Bangalore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Melbourne, North America, Australia, Moscow, Sao Paulo, and Tehran.

UITP has two Centres for Transport Excellence in Singapore and Dubai

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and one Centre of Training in Brussels. UITP and UATP hold

international congresses, conferences and exhibitions, seminars and

workshops, has training programmes, study tours, conducts research,

has publications and newsletters, has a database and an extensive

library. Visit www.uitp.org

Ms. Helge Merthens, Integrated Expert at eThekwini Municipality in

Durban

City planner Helge Mehrtens began her placement as an integrated

expert at eThekwini Municipality in Durban on 15 February 2016,

working as a project coordinator at Durban City Council. Helge’s position arise from the Durban Bremen Climate Partnership. Her

primary task is coordinating the many sub-projects and plans of the

“Bridge City KwaMashu Open Space Project”. It is a public space improvement initiative and aims to rehabilitate and upgrade the

interconnecting public spaces. There are various links between it and

the Bremen climate partnership: green areas help to minimise the

build-up of heat since they act like lanes of fresh air for residential areas.

She is also responsible for supporting the municipal partnership

between Bremen and Durban, acting as contact person for questions

and suggestions. For the past six years, she has led an urban planning

and construction supervisory office near Cologne.

Mr. Yohnny Raich, Local Partnership Coordinator, WhereIsMyTransport

Yohnny Raich is working as a local Partnership Coordinator for WhereIsMyTransport, managing and coordinating partnerships for projects in Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Kigali and Johannesburg. Formerly, he was a Business Development Assistant in the same company, being the lead writer on grant projects to the European Commission, the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and the Global Innovation Fund.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Honours International Development

Majors Economics of the McGill University.

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Mr. Girma Tessema Zemedkun, Sr. Transport Specialist, Pillar Leader, Urban Transport and Mobility

Since 2016, Girma Tessema is pillar leader in the Africa Transport Policy Program in Urban Transport and Mobility (SSATP). He holds a Master of Science (Engineering) in Transport Planning & Engineering from the University of Leeds U.K.

He has 15 years of experience in the Ethiopian Road Transport Authority working as a Senior Expert and General Manager. During his former career he worked for the City Government of Addis Ababa as a City Manager and later joined Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). For four years he has been working as a Senior Transport specialist for the World Bank Group in Uganda.

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Regional Workshop in Windhoek

Discover Sustainable

Urban Transport

27-30 November 2017, Report