Subprogrammes
(UNESCAP Programme of Work, 2006-2007)

Subprogramme 5 - Transport and tourism

Objective of the Organization: To improve the movement of goods and people and to strengthen the role of tourism in economic and social development.

Expected accomplishments of the Secretariat

(a) Strengthened national capacities to formulate policies on, and to implement initiatives for, improving logistics efficiency and enhancing participation in regional and subregional agreements relating to transport and tourism infrastructure and facilitation
(b) Increased national capacities to develop and implement policies and programmes to promote transport and tourism as an entry point for poverty reduction

Strategy

The substantive responsibility for this subprogramme lies with the Transport and Tourism Division. It will comprise closely integrated sectoral projects and interdisciplinary activities implemented jointly with other divisions within the ESCAP thematic areas of managing globalization, poverty reduction and emerging social issues.

The subprogramme will strengthen national capacities, at the request of members and associate members, so as to provide them with opportunities to benefit more fully from the globalization process and the alleviation of poverty, in accordance with global mandates and regional priorities relating to the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and in the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and international agreements since 1992, as well as those defined in the Seoul Declaration on Infrastructure Development in Asia and the Pacific, the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and ESCAP directives and resolutions.

The subprogramme will be implemented by employing the following strategic modalities:
(a) Convening of regional forums or conferences that promote policy dialogues and facilitate a networking approach to regional development of the transport and tourism sectors;
(b)Regular monitoring and analysis of and reporting on transport and tourism issues, with a special focus on the needs of least developed, landlocked developing and small island developing States and economies in transition;
(c) Formulation of strategies and proposals designed to address issues of regional concern for consideration by ESCAP members;
(d) Preparation, in collaboration with ESCAP members, of regional and subregional agreements that facilitate the movement of goods and people;