Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE)

Organization Description
Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE) is an international non-government organization (NGO) for low cost mobility and integrated cycling planning. It is an interface to the Dutch cycling culture and capabilities. I-CE hosts Locomotives, the Low Cost Mobility Initiatives Support network; the Bicycle Partnership Program for cycling inclusive cities in developing countries; and cycling.nl, the professional practitioners’ network for non-profit technical assistance.

Project proposal [.doc, 160.2Kb]

Knowledge products and services

• Web site: Maintains web site on own activities http://www.i-ce.info
  
• Studies: Technical and institutional studies on cycling
  
  Cycling in the Netherlands (2007) Published by the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
  
  The Economic Significance of Cycling and the annex: "The results of four cost-benefit calculations: Amsterdam, Bogóta, Delhi, Morogoro", A study in cooperation with Habitat Platform and the VNG, Jeroen Buis and Roelof Wittink, I-ce, 2000
  
• Video: Cycling-friendly Cities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rwwxrWHBB8
  
• Training courses and workshops: Delivers trainings, based on their joint module with GTZ on non-motorized transportation, as components of their own projects, and by invitation

Contact
Roelof Wittink
Director
Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-ce)
Trans 3, 3512 JJ Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31(30)230-4521; Fax: +31(30)231-2384
Email (general): i-ce (at) cycling (dot) nl; Email (personal): roelof.wittink (at) cycling (dot) nl
Website: http://www.i-ce.info

Anvita Arora
Resident Representative – India
Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-ce)
Email: anvitaa (at) rediffmail (dot) com

Mark Zuidgeest
Bicycle Partnership Program Member, I-CE; and
Assistant Professor, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Netherlands
Email: zuidgeest (at) itc (dot) nl

Involvement in SUMA
As a SUMA partner, I-ce contributes to knowledge management, capacity building, and pilot activities. I-ce will focus on its Bicycle Partnership Program for Asia. The focus country is India, where LOCOMOTIVES partners have initiated a collaborative venture of cities and civil society organizations for capacity building and integrated planning. I-ce will develop a regional guideline for integrating cycling in urban transportation and a position paper on the relevance of Cycling in Asia. They will do pilots of the cycling-inclusive guidelines in the cities of Pune and Nanded in India. Together with GTZ-SUTP, they will update the training course on non-motorized transportation as part of SUMA’s Train the Trainers program.