ESCAP Expert Group Meeting

ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Advance Green Transformation for Sustainable Development in North and Central Asia

The main objective of the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) is to examine how the countries in North and Central Asia could foster innovation and adapt new, emerging, and appropriate technologies to advance green transformation for sustainable economic development. The EGM will examine innovation and technology-related policies and assess their impact on digital development, sustainable transport, and climate-smart agriculture to address persistent development challenges and negative impacts of multiple crises in North and Central Asia. It will provide concrete recommendations for policymakers and facilitate regional cooperation with view to Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in June 2024, in Kigali, Rwanda.

Vadim Zakharenko, General Delegate to the IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia, will be sharing IRU's views during Part II of the Session 3 on “Emerging technologies to advance green transformation of transport sector in North and Central Asia” on Wednesday, 27 March in the morning.

The presentation will be focus on IRU’s strategic foresight on carbon neutral road transport mobility and logistics, designing intelligent transport and logistics solutions based on mobility and traffic data, as well as new developments in the digital transport and transit solutions, such as the implementation of eTIR in North and Central Asia.