SPARK - Sparking active mobility actions for climate-friendly cities

Walking and cycling are often overlooked in city planning, despite their growing importance as the most affordable, resilient, and clean form of transport. The project aims to promote active mobility strategies, policies and practices contributing to avoiding GHG emissions, improving safe connectivity in cities, and promoting climate-friendly mobility behavior. The project highlights active mobility as a priority area for cities and countries for a green recovery through model interventions re-engineering streets and open spaces, raising awareness, developing active mobility policies and recommendations, and inspiring other cities. The project strengthens the city and community-based organization capacity through “tactical urbanism”, multi-stakeholder engagement, encouraging vertical integration and national policy recommendations which will include financial considerations, developing guidelines and toolkits for easy replication and scale-up.

Project data

Countries
Philippines
IKI funding
789,655.99 €
Duration
02/2022 till 12/2025
Status
open
Implementing organisation
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability e.V.
Implementing Partner
  • ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) - Philippines
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State of implementation/results

 

  • Pasig City and Quezon City, two Local Government Units (LGUs) in Metro Manila, were selected to join SPARK after responding to the September 2022 Expression of Interest. As project sites, they will undergo the walkability and cyclability assessment, establish support structures for active mobility, and pilot tactical interventions.
  • Pasig City and Quezon City signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) alongside a Project Kick-off Workshop on 25 July 2023, reaffirming project commitment. Key stakeholders driving active mobility in both cities were identified, and existing and planned transportation policies were mapped.
  • SPARK’s National Project Advisory Group is operational. It shall advise on project alignment with national policies and priorities on active mobility. Currently, national government agencies representatives (DHSUD, NEDA, CCC, and DILG) confirmed their respective Offices’ willingness and commitment to serve as NPAG members.

Latest Update:
04/2024

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