ITF Regional High-Level Dialogue for Asia

9:00 – 17:00 (UTC+7)
22 November 2022

Hotel Pullman Bangkok King Power
8/2 Rang Nam Alley, Thanon Phaya Thai, Bangkok

INTRODUCTION
The ITF Transport Outlook 2021 projected that transport demand for both passenger andfreight to grow significantly in the coming decades, especially in Asia, reflecting economic
development and enhanced connectivity. Global passenger transport demand is projected totriple by 2050, with China and India generating a third of global passenger kilometres (PKM),
while OECD countries’ share of PKM will fall from 43% to 24%. Freight transport flows to Asia,
from Asia, and within Asia are also expected to grow the most compared to the rest of theworld. However, significant differences exist between Asian transport trends and the rest of
the world, implying different transport policy needs. Countries are also growing differently
within Asia, with varying sets of advantages and limitations as experienced by landlocked,coastal, or archipelagic States. To address the increasing environmental and social challenges
in the transport sector, it is necessary to evaluate the impact of different policies and measureson travel behaviour, passenger and freight flow patterns and associated emissions. This
impact will also be affected by uncertainties, such as the potential for increasingly bilateralinternational trade relationships, disruptions in oil prices, tighter financial conditions inemerging economies, and the long-term impact of global events, such as the covid-19
pandemic. Changes in population, urbanisation, gross domestic product (GDP) andinternational trade activity have historically been strongly correlated with global transportdemand and will continue to be significant factors.
The International Transport Forum (ITF) currently has eight Member Countries in Asia andseeks to continue to expand its scope of work and presence in the region. As the only global
body that covers all transport modes, the ITF brings value to Asian countries by supporting
different transport goals and visions through the ITF’s programme of work, policy analysis,
research capacity, and an extensive network of experts and stakeholders. Greater
engagement with Asian countries will help the ITF serve the needs of future transport goals ina time of change and disruption, especially since the world’s most significant growth in bothpassenger and freight transport demand will come from Asia. On-going work in Asia is basedon the ITF’s five main priority topics in transport, including accessibility, connectivity,decarbonisation, digitalisation, and safety and security. Specific projects have been conductedbilaterally with individual countries or on a regional level, such as with countries in Central Asia
or Southeast Asia. The ITF has also developed partnerships with regional organisations tosupport the development of sustainable, resilient and inclusive transport in Asia. Thesepartnerships are with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific (ESCAP), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB).
The partnership with ESCAP has strengthened in the last several years in response to thegrowing demands of the respective member countries to better understand and anticipate
global and regional transport trends and to deliver on their national and regional ambitions interms of sustainable development. The Covid-19 pandemic led to the implementation of thejoint analytical and capacity-building programme on sustainable transport connectivity, which
contributed to the vision and the objectives of the new Regional Acton Programme on
Sustainable Transport Development, adopted by the ESCAP Fourth Ministerial Conference
on Transport on 14-17 December 2021.
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Another area of collaboration was the ITF Transport Outlook for Asia publication series. ITF
Transport Outlook develops and analyses forward-looking scenarios for global transport
activity across all transport modes. It provides decision-makers in government and industry
with coherent scenarios for future demand in passenger mobility, freight volumes andtransport-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to 2050 based on cutting-edge modelling
tools developed by the ITF. With the support of the ESCAP, the ITF has developed a moredetailed and tailored analysis for countries in Asia, namely 1) Southeast Asia, 2) South andSouthwest Asia and 3) North and Central Asia, which are three growing sub-regions that areexperiencing rapid changes in transport demand, services and infrastructure.
Building upon the partnership with the ESCAP, the ITF is organising its Regional High-Level
Dialogue for Asia in the same week as the ESCAP seventh session of the Committee onTransport.

OBJECTIVE
The Regional High-Level Dialogue for Asia aims to identify opportunities and concrete actionsin Asia that will lead to more sustainable, resilient and inclusive transport. It will focus on
sharing priority policies, best practice knowledge and effective measures to accelerate thetransition within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also raise awareness of risinglocal and regional air pollution, congestion, emerging mobility services, digitalisation, roadfatalities, and global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The sessions will specifically focus on
Southeast Asia. They will cover highly relevant topics for the region, such as transport
connectivity, inclusive and safe transport, low carbon transport, and digitalisation.
Key discussion outcomes will be carried forward to the ITF 2023 Summit, the seventh sessionof the ESCAP Committee on Transport and other global and regional transport moments in2022 and 2023, as well as to guide the development of an evidence-based policy frameworkin Asia.

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PROGRAMME
9:00-17:00 (UTC +7), 22 November 2022
Hotel Pullman Bangkok King Power, Bangkok
09.00 - 09.20

Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Mr Weimin Ren, Director, Transport Division, ESCAP

09.20 - 10.00

H.E. Mr. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works andTransport, Kingdom of Cambodia (5 minutes)

Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, ITF (5 minutes)

Mr. Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (video message)

Opening Session: Reimagining Asia’s Future of TransportThis high-level panel discussion focuses on the “transformational” scenario of Asia’stransport and mobility system in the future. It aims to identify different policy actions that areeffective in encouraging changes in the behaviour of transport users, uptake of cleaner
energy and vehicle technologies, digitalisation to improve transport efficiency, andinfrastructure investment to help meet environmental and social development goals.

Moderator: Mr Weimin Ren, Director, Transport Division, ESCAPH.E. Mr. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works andTransport, Kingdom of Cambodia

H.E. Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, UnitedNations ESCAP

Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, ITF

Mr. Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety,
United Nations

Mr. James Leather, Chief of Transport Sector Group, SustainableDevelopment and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank

10.00-10.15

COFFEE BREAK

10.15 - 12.00

Informal Ministers’ Roundtable on Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive
Transport Policies in Asia
Moderator: Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, ITF
ITF developed the Ministers’ Roundtables (MRT) concept in 2012 to provide opportunities
for Transport Ministers and invited industry and international organisation leaders toparticipate in open and frank discussions on selected transport-related topics.
This informal MRT on Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Transport Policies will focus oneffective policies that can serve the ambitions for transport in national Sustainable
Development Goals and the Paris Agreement as countries recover from the Covid-19
Pandemic. Key discussion outputs will contribute to the ITF 2023 Summit and inform andsupport other transport dialogues, such as ESCAP Committee on Transport and otherregional or global events.
Suggested topics for discussion are as follows.
The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has disrupted freight and passenger transportdemand and supply. While its long-term impacts are still uncertain, what are theessential actions Transport Ministries can take to support a sustainable, resilientand inclusive recovery?

3What is required to support action and improve resource allocation to finance andimplement sustainable, resilient, inclusive transport policies?

What are some of the unique challenges countries in Asia would need to overcomein achieving sustainable, resilient and inclusive transport?

12.00 - 13.00

LUNCH BREAK

13.00 - 14.30

Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility in Southeast Asia
Moderator: Ms Wei-Shiuen Ng, Economic Affairs Officer, ESCAP
Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic offers opportunities to reshape mobility in cities,
aiming toward more sustainable, resilient and human-centric urban transport systems.
Governments and industry stakeholders must rethink policy approaches, investment, andmobility strategies to restore mobility without compromising sustainability and accessibility.
Innovations in transport, such as digitalisation, also have an important role in this transition.
This session focuses on the questions,

What roles can public transport, active mobilities, new mobility services and vehicle
technologies play in providing clean and equitable mobility to all?

How should governments and private sector players respond to restoring urban
mobility and transport post-pandemic?

The session starts with two presentations on the topic. A panel discussion will follow.

Presentations (30 minutes)Ms. Dominika Kalinowska, Urban Act - Integrated Urban Climate Action for LowCarbon & Resilient Cities, GIZ (15 minutes)

Mr. Philippe Crist, Regulation of App-based mobility in Southeast Asia, ITF (15minutes)

Panel (60 minutes)
Mr. Timothy John R. Batan, Undersecretary for Planning and Project
Development, Department of Transportation, The Philippines

Mr. Beny Irzanto, Senior Officer of Land Transport & Transport
Facilitation, ASEAN

Dr. Yossapong Laoonual, Head of Mobility and Vehicle Technology
Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi(KMUTT), Thailand

Ms. Dominika Kalinowska, Project Director, GIZ

Mr. Philippe Crist, Advisor - Innovation & Foresight, ITF

14.30 - 14.45

COFFEE BREAK

14.45 - 16.15

Connectivity and Digital Transformation of Southeast Asia’s Regional
Freight Corridors
Moderator: Mr Guineng Chen, Data and Policy Analytics Lead, ITF
Transport connectivity is fundamental to increasing Southeast Asia’s competitiveness as it
can promote economic growth, social integration, development, supply chain efficiency andresilience. However, Southeast Asian countries have different levels of connectivity. Thereis a connectivity gap between some countries in the region and the most developed
economies, driven by multiple factors, such as geographical location, quality of transport
supply chains, and level of institutional capacity.

4This session will focus on the most effective and sustainable ways of closing the connectivity
gaps through a more comprehensive understanding of the issue, ranging from infrastructure
investment to digital transformation measures.
The session starts with two presentations on the topic. A panel discussion will follow.

Presentations (30 minutes)Ms. Orla McCarthy, ITF Southeast Asian Transport Outlook, ITF (15 minutes)

Ms. Maya ter Laag, ITF Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia -Transport(SIPA-T), ITF (15 minutes)

Panel (60 minutes)

16:15 – 16:25

Mr. Xin Liu, Deputy Director, Centre for Integrated Transport Research,China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS)

Ms. Azhar Jaimurzina Ducrest, Chief of Transport Connectivity andLogistics Section, ESCAP

Dr. Kijin Kim, Senior Economist, Economic Research and Regional
Cooperation Department, ADB

Dr. Ruth Banomyong, Dean, Thammasat Business School, Thammasat
University

Dr. Ryuichi Shibasaki, Associate Professor, Resilience Engineering
Research Center / Department of Technology Management for Innovation,
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Closing Remarks

18:00 - 21:30

Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, ITF

DINNER (by invitation)
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