On August 17, the Union Cabinet was apprised of the signing of Contract between the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), France on behalf of the International Transport Forum and the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), India to support the International Transport Forum (ITF) activities on the Indian Transport Sector.
- The Contract was signed on 6th July, 2022.
About International Transport Forum (ITF)
- The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 64 member countries (Including India).
- It acts as a think tank for transport policy and organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers. ITF is the only global body that covers all transport modes.
- The Forum is administratively integrated into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), but it is politically autonomous, and many of its member countries are not OECD members.
- The International Transport Forum’s secretariat is based at the OECD in Paris (France).
- The work of the ITF has informed transport policy decisions on issues as diverse as railroad regulation and road safety, accessibility and environmental standards, or market liberalisation for international road haulage services.
- Seat belts, helmets for motorcyclists, speed limits, blood alcohol limits and targeted traffic education programmes were all pioneered by ECMT before becoming the norm.
- NITI Aayog and the International Transport Forum (ITF) of OECD had jointly launched the ‘Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies’ (DTEE) project in India on 24 June 2022.
