Chris Bartman and Richard ter Avest went to Yangon on behalf of Iganga (the MVO foundation of Goudappel Coffeng) from the 24th of November till the 2nd of December. Yangon is the old capital of Myanmar, a city with approximately 7 million inhabitants. They collaborated on the planning and design of a cycle friendly city. […]
In July a delegation from the Iraqi province of An-Najaf (southwest of Bagdad) visited the Netherlands. On July 5th they came to the capital city of Overijssel Zwolle. They were welcomed by Andries Heidema, the provincial executive chairman in Overijssel. The delegation consisted of the Head of Spatial Planning, the Head of transport and traffic […]
Iganga is currently developing a MOOC (Online course) with TU Delft called: “Envisioning and developing bicycle-friendly cities”. We see that there are many challenges facing developing countries in terms of mobility. The aim of this MOOC is to share knowledge, so that these issues are better addressed in the future. The target group for this […]
On Sunday, January 27, 2019, a car-free day took place in Kampala. This day was largely funded by the Iganga Foundation. Christine Kawuwa and Amanda Ngabirano of the UST Network have taken on the organization of the car-free day. The car free day was all about promoting sustainable mobility: residents could safely walk, skate and […]
In 2018, Iganga supported the artist/student Nodrine Shaz in Uganda. She makes extraordinary paintings. The management of Goudappel has decided to put one of her paintings on the New Year’s card of 2019 with the text: “A better living environment”. Goudappel Coffeng is a sustainable organization. Day in, day out, we contribute with our mobility […]
Kampala is the capital of Uganda. The city has 4 million inhabitants. From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. there are traffic jams on almost all roads in this capital city. Due to urbanization and autonomous growth, the traffic flow problem will only get bigger, if no modal shift towards more sustainable modes takes place. Jinja […]
The first Inspiration Day was held in November 2018, as an initiative of Iganga in collaboration with Young Goudappel, under the flag of Excellent Cities. No less than 70 Goudappel employees are younger than 35 and have a whole future ahead of them. A significant number of them are interested in what we could learn […]
Voortbordurend op het afstudeerproject van Robin van der Griend en Wytse Siemonsma is tijdens de zomer van 2011 gewerkt aan het ontwerp voor een pilot‐project in Kampala. Het voorstel is om door een aantal circulatie en verkeerstechnische ingrepen meer ruimte voor lopen en fietsen te creëren voor lopen en fietsen in het centrum van Kampala. Ook is […]
Na drie maanden voorbereiding vond op 10 december 2011 de eerste Car Free Day in Kampala plaats. De NGO’s die worden gesteund door de stichting (Kampala Cycling, TAFMOD en Fabio) hebben onder leiding van Amanda van Goudappel Africa een succesvol evenement neergezet. Onder leiding van Marcel van Lieshout zijn in oktober een aantal workshops gehouden […]
Zaterdag 4 september vond de B2B Fietstocht voor Kampala Cycling plaats. Drie medewerkers van Goudappel Coffeng, Roelof de Graaf, Marcel van Lieshout en Karin van der Lans deden mee aan dit sportieve, verbindende en sociale evenement. Tijdens de B2B Fietstocht komt de wereld van sport & business bij elkaar voor een dagvullend programma en een […]