We are thrilled to announce that the United Nations has declared June 3rd as International World Bicycle Day, by adopting a resolution on April 12th 2018, during the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly, in New York City. The resolution...
200 years ago, in 1817, Karl von Drais built the first “running machine”, the predecessor of the modern bicycle, in the city of Mannheim (Germany). To celebrate his invention and to highlight its role for today’s mobility system, the German Federal...
UPDATE 22/09/17: ECF was pleased to be given the opportunity to comment on the WHO Draft Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA). The ECF submission can be found HERE. We are committed and willing to assist in its ongoing development,...
In the beginning of November, Bernhard ENSINK, ECF Secretary General, participated in COP 22 – the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco. These conferences serve as a meeting place for the signatories of the United...
After three years of negotiations,The New Urban Agenda (NUA) has been adopted at the bi-decennial United Nations (UN) Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) which took place on the 17th – 20th of October 2016 in...
People around the world are migrating faster and faster towards urban areas. Nowadays, more than 50% of the world’s population live in cities and, if it goes on like this, more than 75% of the population will be living in urban areas by 2050....
One woman’s unstoppable desire to change the world for the better has recently been put into a short film by a group of talented directors; but worry not, it is definitely not short of inspiration! ECF had an exclusive opportunity to talk to Emilia...
Last month World Cycling Alliance’s (WCA) very own Amanda Ngabirano delivered a successful presentation entitled “Mainstreaming Transport in the Sustainable Development Goals: For a Smart Moving Uganda” to the highest political figures at the...
ECF’s Secretary General Bernhard Ensink was invited to represent ECF and the World Cycling Alliance (WCA) at the Climate Action 2016 Summit on “Catalyzing a Sustainable Future” in Washington DC May 5-6 and the Work Day on Sustainable Transport the...
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