OUR SHARED VISION is to protect and enable people who walk and cycle in Africa. We strive to make walking and cycling more accessible, ensuring a comfortable experience for all ages, genders, and abilities. We recognize the crucial role of active mobility in building just, resilient and inclusive communities and ensuring a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. 

The Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) is a comprehensive framework aimed at transforming mobility across Africa by prioritising the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and other non-motorized transport users. It was co-developed through an extensive engagement process with over 1000 stakeholders across Africa including development agencies, academia NGOs and civil society - and is designed to support regional and sub-regional bodies, national and local governments and other stakeholders in prioritizing and investing in the needs of the one billion people who walk and cycle in Africa.

PAAPAM recognises how important it is to invest in walking and cycling and other non-motorized transport modes for the environment, air quality, health, road safety, and social equity, while ensuring no one is left behind in the mobility transition. By embedding PAAPAM’s multi-sectoral goals and actions into existing and new policies frameworks, and planning documents, African countries can address key challenges including road fatalities and injuries, pollution, climate change, congestion, etc. while at the same time designing and building more inclusive, vibrant, and equitable communities.

Action Areas, Goals, Indicators and Partnerships for Action. 

PAAPAM has three main action areas namely “Create Safe, Accessible and Comfortable Places to Walk and Cycle”, “Advocate for People who Walk and Cycle in Africa”, and “Embed Walking and Cycling into Policy and Investment Processes”. Under these action areas are 5 goals and several indicators. 

Government ownership of the Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) is vital to ensuring its successful implementation, as they play a key role in shaping policies and allocating resources. However, PAAPAM is a plan for all people, not just governments. Communities, civil society, businesses, and individuals can also take ownership of the active mobility agenda. By working together, all stakeholders can ensure that walking and cycling becomes safer, more accessible, and more integrated into everyday life across Africa.

Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility