Welcome
One of the key ways of promoting economic development is through promoting connectivity, and especially through developing public transport systems which effectively and efficiently integrate urban and rural areas in a sustainable fashion.
Course Overview
This internationally recognised programme will improve policy making and strategic capacity in the public transport sector, enabling more effective management of critical public transport planning issues.
Through discussions with some of the leading professionals in the sector from all around the world, this week-long course will provide participants with a detailed analysis of current issues of national strategic transport planning and the importance of integrating local rural and urban strategies. It will explore and examine a variety of concepts such as sustainability, viable investment options, risk and safety issues. The course facilitates links between public transport and economic and social development, and participants will improve their ability to produce strategic plans relevant to broader development objectives.
Agenda
Day 1
Analysing Public Transport in the Millennium Development Goals
Transport and small business opportunities
Transport planning and links with health, infrastructure, economic growth and poverty reduction
Transport and small business opportunities
Transport planning and links with health, infrastructure, economic growth and poverty reduction
Understanding different transport needs and structures
Designing transport structures to ensure inclusivity
Designing transport structures to ensure inclusivity
Export focused road building
Business orientated infrastructure
Transport development beyond cities and hubs
Transport risk management
Business orientated infrastructure
Transport development beyond cities and hubs
Transport risk management
Strategic Transport Planning at Local, Regional, National and Supra-National Level
Considering financing: examining the role of PFI and PPP mechanisms
Public and private sector roles
Considering financing: examining the role of PFI and PPP mechanisms
Public and private sector roles
Day 2
Identifying generic and specific risks across projects and sectors
Assessing risk accurately: guidelines and techniques
Assessing risk accurately: guidelines and techniques
Environmental and economic sustainability
Economic development through procurement
Participation and local engagement
Economic development through procurement
Participation and local engagement
Ensuring transparency, countering corruption
Considering information availability and equal access
Considering information availability and equal access
Structuring a written piece of work for assessment: generic overview and principles
Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria
Blending public transport strategic planning content into these structures
Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria
Blending public transport strategic planning content into these structures
Day 3
Assessing role of projects in large cities, both developed and developing
Considering how to develop projects successfully: tools and methods
Considering how to develop projects successfully: tools and methods
Strategic role of risk analysis and management in city transport planning
Risk analysis in developing major projects
Strategic risk guides
Risk analysis in developing major projects
Strategic risk guides
Analysing sustainability definitions and applications
Integrating sustainability concerns into transport planning
Ensuring citizen buy-in
Integrating sustainability concerns into transport planning
Ensuring citizen buy-in
Communication and joining-up planning
Public and private sector roles
Inter-agency and supra-national partnerships
Strategies for co-ordinating approaches and goals
Public and private sector roles
Inter-agency and supra-national partnerships
Strategies for co-ordinating approaches and goals
Day 4
Focus Day: Strategic Planning in Public Transport
Chair’s summary
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