Event — virtual
What: Signing ceremony of Joint Statement by MDBs
Who: The African Development Bank, the Andean Development Corporation - CAF, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the New Development Bank and the World Bank
When: Monday, 16 November 2020, 14:00-15:00 Central European Time
Where: Virtual
Ten Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) will sign a high-level joint statement affirming their commitment to an ambitious and integrated approach to road safety. The ceremony will take place virtually on 16 November 2020, following the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2020.
The statement underlines the importance given to road safety by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as its key role in the pursuit of a wide range of development priorities of respective client countries.
The Joint Statement is the third statement by the Banks in support of the Declaration of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, aimed at increasing road safety action, international cooperation and multilateralism. The UN General Assembly Proclamation, dated August 31, 2020, for the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety, has a goal of reducing road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50% from 2021 to 2030.
The African Development Bank Group has finalized Road Safety Framework and Guidelines in line with prioritizing focus areas of support and defining systematic procedures to generate and transfer knowledge, support the creation of effective road safety institutions, and identify priority interventions to bring effective, visible, and sustainable impacts.
The statement will be signed by:
The African Development Bank (AfDB) - Solomon Quaynor, VP for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
Andean Development Bank - CAF (CAF) - Antonio Silveira, VP of Infrastructure
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Bambang Susantono, VP for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - Joachim von Amsberg, VP for Policy and Strategy
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - Nandita Parshad, Managing Director Sustainable Infrastructure Group
European Investment Bank - EIB - Lilyana Pavlova, Vice President, EIB (Chair)
Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) - Luis Alberto Moreno, President of IaDB
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) - Dr. Mansur Muhtar, VP Country Programs
New Development Bank (NDB) - Anil Kishora, VP and Chief Risk Officer
World Bank (WB) - Makhtar Diop, VP for Infrastructure
