Summary
This evaluation report, titled 'The Green Mile: NGOs Driving Sustainable Collaboration,' examines the Vehicle Sharing Initiative in Lebanon, focusing on its achievements, challenges, and sustainability recommendations. Dated March 2025, it aims to enhance NGO collaboration and environmental impact.
Content
Updated October 2025: Lebanon’s vehicle sharing program enabled agencies to reduce both costs and carbon emissions by optimizing shared trips and minimizing the number of vehicles used. From June 2022 to June 2025, this approach cut operational expenses and significantly lowered CO₂ output by reducing unnecessary journeys and fuel consumption.
The NGO Vehicle-Sharing Initiative (VSI), launched almost three years ago in Lebanon, is now at a turning point in its history as funding comes to an end and the project initiator prepares to hand over to NGO members themselves. This evaluation report sets out the main results and lessons learned from this innovative and inspiring experience for mobility management in the aid sector and other areas of humanitarian action. It highlights the need for behavioural and managerial changes as organisations move towards participative vehicle use, and outlines the following strategic recommendations:
- Transform the commitment to ecological transition into practical action.
- Support positive societal change by embedding it into organisational models and the way the humanitarian community operates.
- Lead by example to challenge the idea of individual mobility as the norm and encourage positive shifts in social behaviour.
- Move past the fear of administrative risks by embracing shared resources and trusting in the power of collective action.
Download 1: The Green Mile: NGOs Driving Sustainable Collaboration - A Comprehensive review of Vehicle Sharing in Lebanon
Download 2: Vehicle Sharing in Lebanon - Performance Report
