ACCESS - Accelerating Access to Low Carbon Urban Mobility Solutions through Digitalization is a project funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) and implemented jointly by eight organizations (UN Environment Programme – UNEP, Institute of Transportation and Development Policy - ITDP, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy – WI, UN Development Programme – UNDP, UN Human Settlements Programme - UN-Habitat, Local Governments for Sustainability - ICLEI, Urban Electric Mobility Initiative – UEMI, and Centro de Movilidad Sostenible - CMS) in six countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru). The project’s goal is to introduce digitalization policies and tools into urban transport systems in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector.

Planned measures are:
1. Developing national policies to enable digitalization of mobility
2. Developing local policies and implementing pilots at city level
3. Documenting and curating lessons, knowledge, data in order to develop tools and resources to be shared at regional level through capacity building and replication.

The project is transformative and will benefit citizens in each country who use urban transport by providing more efficient low carbon transport options and in the longer term healthier and cleaner environments, as well as benefiting national and city government stakeholders and the private sector.

Potential digitalization interventions have been discussed and identified in collaboration with the countries for demonstration projects during the project preparation phase in 2022, including urban freight and logistics, electric mobility uptake, public transport, walking and cycling, transportation demand management, clean and more efficient vehicles, and vehicle operation monitoring. ACCESS will conduct in-depth country and city baseline assessments and stakeholder engagement to assess the current context, opportunities, and challenges for sustainable mobility and digitalization, examining the local needs and context. Tailored solutions will be designed, finalized, and implemented for each city and will be designed to allow replicability in other cities and countries in the region through a strong regional component (via the work package on the Regional Resource
Centre & Upscaling).

Submission
Expressions of Interest must be delivered by email no later than 5 June 2026 to unhabitat.ubss.eoi@un.org, with a copy to ximena.manchegorosado@un.org with the reference “ACCESS Implementation Partner Universities and NGOs” in the subject of your email. Failure to indicate the reference may result in your proposal not being considered.

Contact Information
For any questions related to the application please write to: 

Ms. Ximena Manchego Rosado (ximena.manchegorosado@un.org) 
Urban Basic Services Section – Urban Mobility
UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya