Working with the institutions shaping urban mobility.
Partnerships are central to the ACCESS approach. Across Latin America, the program works with national ministries, municipal governments, metropolitan authorities, municipal agencies, academia, civil society organizations, development partners, and private-sector actors to advance more digitalized, inclusive, and low-carbon urban mobility systems.
These partnerships make ACCESS possible in practice. They support pilot implementation, policy development, capacity building, knowledge exchange, and pathways to scale solutions across cities and countries. By connecting local, national, regional, and international actors, ACCESS strengthens both on-the-ground implementation and the broader regional learning and scaling system.
Why partnerships matter
ACCESS operates through collaboration. The program relies on strong institutional partnerships to test solutions, strengthen policies and planning, connect knowledge with implementation, and ensure that lessons from one place can inform action in other places. Partnerships, therefore, are not only part of delivery; they are part of how ACCESS creates regional value.
Partnerships at the country level
ACCESS works with institutions at the national, metropolitan, and municipal levels across the region. These partnerships reflect the program's practical focus on implementation, policies, learning, and scalability, and show how different actors contribute to digital and low-carbon mobility in each context.
Types of partnerships
ACCESS works with different types of partners that contribute to the development, implementation, learning, and scaling of urban mobility solutions.
Academic and Research Partnerships
Academic and technical partners contribute evidence, curriculum development, research, training, peer learning, and methodological support.
Private Sector and Technology Partnerships
Mobility operators, logistics companies, digital platforms, software providers, data specialists, and other technical actors can contribute practical innovation, implementation support, tools, and service models.
Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations
Civil society organizations and non-governmental partners contribute to inclusive mobility, public engagement, policy dialogue, local outreach, and community-oriented implementation.
International Cooperation and Development Partners
UN agencies, development banks, bilateral cooperation agencies, and regional platforms contribute to coordination, knowledge exchange, funding pathways, and replication.
Explore partners by country
See how ACCESS partnerships support implementation, institutional coordination, learning, and sustainable urban mobility in different countries across the region.
Argentina
In Argentina, ACCESS partnerships connect municipal-level implementation in Buenos Aires with national transport coordination and sector policy. These relationships support work on urban mobility governance, freight and motorized transport, infrastructure planning, environmental management, and practical municipal-level implementation.
Brazil
In Brazil, ACCESS partnerships support municipal and national efforts to improve public transport, urban mobility management, digital mobility tools, and municipal implementation in Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro. These partnerships connect local action with broader stakeholder engagement, methodologies, and learning processes.
Colombia
In Colombia, ACCESS partnerships connect national institutions with local and metropolitan actors working on mobility, environment, and planning. Together, they support metropolitan mobility management, environmental policies, transport planning, and climate and mobility action at the municipal level.
Ecuador
In Ecuador, ACCESS partnerships bring together national ministries, municipal entities, transport agencies, and municipal departments around digital mobility, public transport, infrastructure, telecommunications, environmental management, land use, and urban logistics. These relationships support both local implementation and broader institutional coordination.
Mexico
In Mexico, ACCESS partnerships focus on mobility and urban development policies, connecting national and subnational institutions with digital tools, planning processes, and implementation pathways for sustainable urban mobility. These partnerships are particularly important for connecting policies with actions implemented at the urban level.
Peru
In Peru, ACCESS partnerships support national and metropolitan transport coordination, sustainable urban mobility planning, and cooperation with development partners for implementation in Lima, Callao, and beyond. These relationships are essential for connecting institutional coordination with practical delivery and regional learning.
Country partners
Meet the institutions and organizations participating in ACCESS partnerships in each country.
Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA)
Buenos Aires city government institution involved in urban implementation and coordination.
Visit website →Ministry of Infrastructure and Mobility
Institution involved in urban infrastructure and mobility.
Visit website →Undersecretariat of Environment GCBA
Institution involved in environmental management and environmental protection in the city.
Visit website →Undersecretariat of Motorized Transport
Organization involved in motorized transport coordination.
Visit website →Transport Secretariat GCBA
Area involved in transport management and coordination in Buenos Aires.
Visit website →Transport Secretariat - Ministry of Economy
Institution involved in coordinating national transport policies.
Visit website →City of Belo Horizonte - SUMOB
Entity involved in mobility management and urban transport in Belo Horizonte.
Visit website →City of Rio de Janeiro - SMTR
Municipal entity involved in transport management in Rio de Janeiro.
Visit website →Ministry of Cities
National institution involved in urban policies and city development.
Visit website →Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley
Metropolitan entity involved in regional planning and management.
Visit website →Ministry of Environment
National institution involved in environmental policy.
Visit website →Ministry of Transport
National institution involved in transport policy and regulation.
Visit website →Bogotá District Secretariat of Environment (SDA)
District entity involved in environmental management and policy in Bogotá.
Visit website →Association of Municipalities of Ecuador - AME
Association that brings together municipal governments and supports coordination among municipalities.
Visit website →Secretariat of Environment
Entity involved in environmental management in Quito.
Visit website →Secretariat of Habitat and Land Use
Entity involved in habitat, territory, and land use.
Visit website →Manuela Sáenz Zone Administration
Territorial administration involved in local management of the Manuela Sáenz area.
Visit website →Metropolitan Public Mobility and Public Works Company (EMMOP)
Metropolitan public company involved in mobility and public works.
Visit website →Metropolitan Public Passenger Transport Company (EPMTPQ)
Public company involved in passenger public transport in Quito.
Visit website →Ministry of Environment and Energy - MAE
Institution involved in environmental and energy policy.
Visit website →Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport - MIT
Institution involved in infrastructure and transport.
Visit website →Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society
Institution involved in the development of telecommunications and the information society.
Visit website →Secretariat of Mobility
Entity involved in mobility policy and public transport in Quito.
Visit website →National Transport Agency
Institution involved in national transport regulation.
Visit website →Ministry of Mobility
Institution involved in mobility policy and management in Mexico City.
Visit website →Ministry of Urban Development
Institution involved in urban development and territorial planning.
Visit website →Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Cooperation and development partner involved in implementation, technical assistance, and knowledge exchange.
Visit website →Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC)
National institution involved in transport and communications policy.
Visit website →Urban Transport Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU)
Metropolitan authority involved in urban transport management in Lima and Callao.
Visit website →Our wider network of partners
Beyond national and urban institutions, ACCESS collaborates with a broader ecosystem of academic and research institutions, private-sector and technology providers, civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as international cooperation and development partners.
