07 Mar 2023
Phnom Penh joins MobiliseYourCity to foster the modernisation of its public transport system
The Capital City of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, transitions towards sustainable urban mobility. In February 2023, the city…
Asia is the continent with the highest number of urban dwellers (2.3 billion in 2020) worldwide, accounting for more than half of the global urban population. Known for its megacities and hyper-urbanisation in the past decades, the urbanisation pace in Asia has decreased during the last decade. However, it is expected that by 2035 almost 60% of the Asian population will live in cities.
As this growth is mainly concentrated in small and medium-sized cities -away from the politically and economically well situated megacities- transport systems are faced with the challenge of fulfilling the rapidly growing demand for urban mobility in a sustainable way.
MobiliseYourCity has 11 partner cities in Asia with a total population of 27 million, and 4 national governments in partner countries with an aggregate urban population over 500 million, including India.
The French Development Agency (AFD) leads the effort on supporting urban mobility planning through AFD-funded SUMPs in 8 cities, of which 3 in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and one with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In India, AFD provides technical assistance to 3 cities and to the national government with financing from the European Union.
Supported by BMU through the TRANSfer project, GIZ supports the national governments of the Philippines and Thailand for the preparation and implementation of their national urban mobility policies and programmes (NUMPs).
To know more about the MobiliseYourCity Asia programme, click here.
For more information about each specific project, please read our project factsheets Asia
About 10 staff members of our Implementing Partners and a permanent project management unit (financed by AFD and jointly supervisedby AFD and ADB) are mobilised on MobiliseYourCity activities in Asia. Following the experience of other regions, a social-media driven space has been created in 2021 to allow exchanges of experiences of the community of practitioners in the region.
To date, the most significant achievement of MobiliseYourCity in Asia is the preparation and adoption of the Philippines Urban Mobility Programme, which focuses on modernising jeepneys, the local paratransit mode of transport. With an amount of over EUR 6 billion, and by combining legal and financial incentives, the establishment of local production of vehicles and a reform of the technical inspection system, this programme will allow the replacement of a large part of the jeepney fleet by electric or less polluting vehicles that respect safety standards. Once implemented, it should lead to an annual reduction of 27 mtCO2eq compared to the business-as-usual scenario. Since the adoption of the programme by the government of the Philippines in 2019, GIZ and BMU have continued supporting the implementation, monitoring and assessment of this programme through technical assistance.
City, Country |
Type of support |
Financing |
Implementation |
Status |
Link to factsheet |
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The Philippines | NUMP preparation and support to implementation | BMU | GIZ | Completed | Factsheet Philippines / Philippines country page |
India | Technical assistance for a climate change strategy | EU | AFD and GIZ | Ongoing | Factsheet India / India country page |
Ahmedabad, India | SUMP preparation | EU | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Ahmedabad / India country page |
Kochi, India | Technical assistance and pilot project | EU | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Kochi / India country page |
Nagpur, India | Technical assistance for e-buses and mobility observatory | EU | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Nagpur / India country page |
Medan, Indonesia | SUMP preparation | AFD | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Medan / Indonesia country page |
Mandalay, Myanmar | SUMP preparation | AFD | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Mandalay / Myanmar country page |
Abbottabad, Pakistan | Support to SUMP process | AFD | AFD and ADB | Ongoing | Factsheet Abbottabad / Pakistan country page |
Peshawar, Pakistan | SUMP preparation | AFD | AFD and ADB | Ongoing | Factsheet Peshawar / Pakistan country page |
Mingora (Swat District), Pakistan | SUMP preparation | AFD | AFD and ADB | Ongoing | Factsheet Mingora / Pakistan country page |
Tbilisi, Georgia | Support to SUMP and other technical assistance | AFD and BMZ | AFD, GIZ and EBRD | Ongoing | Factsheet Tbilisi |
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka | SUMP preparation | AFD | AFD | Ongoing | Factsheet Kurunegala / Sri Lanka country page |
Thailand | NUMP preparation | BMU | GIZ | Ongoing | Factsheet Thailand / Country page |
07 Mar 2023
The Capital City of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, transitions towards sustainable urban mobility. In February 2023, the city…
12 Dec 2022
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Medan Metropolitan Area (SUMP Mebidangro) - Final Report
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GENDER-SENSITIVE REFORMS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT - A CASE OF KERALA - GIZ
Webinar presentation on Paratransit in Asia, a regional contribution to understand and pave the way to reform, and to share practical solutions
20 Jun 2022
MobiliseYourCity Asia webinar presentation available for download: “Paratransit in Asia: Scalable Solutions to Reform, Modernise and Integrate”
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Factsheet Tbilisi
This factsheet from the Global Monitor 2022 presents the support of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership to the NUMP in India
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Factsheet India
A regional contribution to paratransit modernisation
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Paratransit in Asia: Scalable Solutions to Reform, Modernise and Integrate
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Deploying zero emission buses
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07 Feb 2022
Inclusive And Equitable Urban Transport: A Planning Guide for Cities
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Collaboration, Communication and Coordination - Accelerating ZEB deployment