MOBILISE YOUR CITY (MYC)

About:

• Mobilise Your City (MYC) is an international initiative in the field of Sustainable urban transport.
  
  
• Objective: To contribute to the –
  • International climate process and
    
    
  • UN’s Agenda 2030, esp. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
    
    
  
  
  
• Strategy: Beneficiary partners – national and local govts. – will be assisted in their preparation of National Urban Mobility Policies and Investment Programs (NUMPs) and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).
  
  
• Background: It was launched at 21^st Conference of Parties (COP21) meeting in December, 2015.
  
  
• Agencies involved: It is a multi-donor action, jointly co-financed by the –
  • European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO),
    
    
  • French government and
    
    
  • German government.
    
    
  
  
  

Recent Agreement: MYC programme in India

• Urban mobility plans at local level will be implemented in three pilot cities viz. Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad for reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions related to urban transport.
  
  
• The three cities will receive grant of Euro 3.5 million through the French funding agency Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) for investments and technical assistance.