UNESCAP–NICCI National Capacity Building Workshop on Enhancing Connectivity of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) through Advancing Sustainable Transport Corridors

In collaboration with the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT)

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in collaboration with the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT), convened a National Capacity Building Workshop on Enhancing Connectivity of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) through Advancing Sustainable Transport Corridors on 21 May 2026 at Marriott Hotel, Naxal, Kathmandu. 
The one-day workshop brought together a cross-section of policymakers, transport economists, trade facilitation specialists, logistics professionals, and regional stakeholders to examine the structural challenges and opportunities facing landlocked developing countries, with Nepal at the centre of deliberations. 
Designed to build national and institutional capacity, the workshop sought to advance frameworks for seamless, sustainable, and digitally enabled connectivity — an agenda of particular relevance for Nepal, whose geographic position as a landlocked nation makes robust transport and transit infrastructure a precondition for broader economic participation in regional and global value chains.