The theme of Walk21 Kigali is Action for Walking: Affordable, Essential Steps to Improve Walkability. The Call for Contribution is open to proposals that address the conferences four sub themes:

1. Improving road safety for people walking
2. Planning for walking in low-income neighbourhoods
3. Building walking policy actions to reach the SDGs and climate goals
4. Financing and governance models for supporting walking infrastructure

We welcome creative ideas and opportunities to explore these themes to find innovative and constructive ways that thread an understanding of the evidence base into affordable actions with a showcase of delivered projects that have realised beneficial change.

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Deadlines

• 7 April 2023 – Closure of Call for Contributions
• Early May 2023 – Notification of Acceptance
• End May 2023 – Confirmation of Participation

Conference

Walk21 Kigali will take place on 16-23 October 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. It will be the 23^rd edition of the International Walk21 Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities. It will be the first Walk21 conference to be held on the African continent. Walk21 Kigali will be hosted by University of Rwanda in partnership with the City of Kigali and UNEP. 

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16 October 2022 12:00 – 19 October 2022 12:00 Kigali, Rwanda

The 23^rd International Walk21 Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities will be held on 16-19 October 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference will be held in partnership with the University of Rwanda and the City of Kigali.

It will be the first time that the annual Walk21 conference will be held on the African continent. Join us for Kigali Car-Free Day on Sunday 15 October and explore the city on foot with the local community. 

The conference is open to everyone including politicians, government staff, NGOs, academics, planners, architects, engineers, health professionals, students and citizens.

Call for Contributions

The Call for Contributions is open until 28 March 2023. We welcome your creative ideas. Please read everything about the call here.

>>> Conference page.

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The 23rd edition of the annual International Walk21 Conference will be the first one to be held on the African continent. Join us for Kigali Car-Free Day on Sunday 15 October and explore the city on foot with the local community. 

The conference will focus on affordability of walking infrastructure, financing, governance, road safety and low-income communities. You will be able to participate through plenary sessions, scientific discussions, training sessions, workshops, design hubs, walkshops and site visits. 

The conference is open to everyone including politicians, government staff, NGOs, academics, planners, architects, engineers, health professionals, students and citizens.

The conference series

Since 2000, the annual Walk21 International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities celebrates the importance of walking as a transport, health, equity and climate solution. The conference series advances the international agenda for walking. It leaves a lasting local legacy that helps streets become safer, more comfortable, more enjoyable, healthier, more connected and inclusive for people of every age, ability, gender and income. 

Previous editions were held on locations including Barcelona, Bogotá, Calgary Ireland, Hong Kong, London, Munich, New York, Rotterdam, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver and Vienna.

Links

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Highlights from the programme include Prof Esther Sternburg, a world expert in the role of place in wellbeing, Skye Duncan of the Global Cities Design Initiative, Prof. Fiona Bull of the World Health Organization, and Angie Schmitt on Pedestrian Safety. Irish contributors include Shane O’Mara, Professor of Experimental Brain Research, Trinity College, Dublin; Dr Úna May, Chief Executive Officer of Sport Ireland, telling the story of the internationally applauded ‘Get Ireland Walking’ programme and Joe Seymour of the National Transport Authority outlining how it is delivering on the Irish Government’s commitment to spend €1m per day on Active Travel.

This year’s event will address the theme, The Decade to Change, and will explore how supporting and encouraging walking can help deliver Sustainable Development Goal commitments.

Dr Lorraine D’Arcy, Sustainability Action Research & Innovation Lead at TU Dublin and Conference Lead for Walk21 Ireland, said:

Conference organisers are encouraging delegates and speakers to avail of walking-related social events while visiting Ireland for the conference, including Culture Night, Friday 23 September and National Walking Day, Sunday 25 September.

Bronwen Thornton, CEO of Walk21, commented on who they are hoping to see at this year’s conference:

For further information and registrations, visit www.walk21ireland.com

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The broad range of themes and the many organisations involved – from international organisations to academia, practitioners and advocacy initiatives – demonstrate the growing importance of walking as a strategy for sustainable urban development.

Join Walk21 Seoul to debate how an emphasis on walkable cities will move us forward in a post-pandemic world.
Let’s create cities that are smart precisely because they are walkable!

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And after this year’s delay, we will be celebrating our 21st Conference – Walk21 Seoul in May. More news in the new year on how we will put it all together.

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