27 April 2017 was a significant date for road safety in Tunisia: it is the day that seat belts became mandatory for all drivers and front seat passengers. Next year, the law will be extended to back seat passengers. Previously, seat belts were only required on rural highways and most people did not wear them in urban […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) is offering a free online course on road safety legislation. The Road Safety Legislation online course is a self-paced course open to anyone interested in road safety legislation. The course includes lessons organized in four modules covering basic road safety […]
At the Global Meeting, Maria Segui from the FIA presented their Road Safety Grant Programme, a multi-million Euro program to fund road safety outreach projects over the next four years. The program focuses on three areas: Global Action – currently focusing on managing speed in line with UNGRSW Transformation – scalable road-safety initiatives structured around three […]
Applications are now open for the PRAISE awards: showcasing European organizations that are leading on road safety at work and have committed to putting road safety at the core of their business. Organizations with a road safety programme, and the results to prove it can apply. The competition is divided into three separate categories: SME (Small-Medium Enterprise), large company […]
Maio Amarelo or Yellow May in English is organizing a road safety movement around the world next month and is inviting road safety organizations around the world to join them. Organizations in 23 countries around the world have already signed up. The theme of the movement in 2017 is “My Choice Makes a Difference”. It focuses around the choices that drivers and passengers […]
Mary Williams, Founder and Chief Executive of Alliance member Brake, has written a blog entitled “More Resourcing and a Louder Voice” that reflects on the Global Meeting and the wider global road safety environment that NGOs face. Here are extracts from the blog and you can read the full blog article HERE: “The strength of road […]
From 12 April 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) is offering a free online course on road safety legislation. The Road Safety Legislation online course is a self-paced course open to anyone interested in road safety legislation. The course includes lessons organized in 4 modules […]
Global Meeting Focuses on Halving Road Deaths by 2020 7 April 2017 The biannual Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Honorable Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister, Ministry of Transport Malaysia, officiated the Meeting’s opening on 5 April, followed by a […]
After a wonderful four days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims concluded today, 6 April 2017. Three Alliance member NGOs were honored by receiving the FedEx Road Safety Award for results-oriented commitment, involvement and willingness to learn. Read more HERE. The Malaysia Declaration was […]
On 6 April 2017, FedEx presented awards to three road safety nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) at the Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims. This year’s recipients are Safe Kids, Malaysia; South Africans Against Drunk Driving, South Africa; and Alinagnon, Benin. The inaugural FedEx Road Safety Award recognizes the results-oriented […]
Following two days of pre-meetings, the Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims commenced today in Malaysia. The Global Meeting was opened by Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysian Minister of Transport. The Minister discussed the road safety environment in Malaysia and heralded the Malaysia Declaration to be signed on April […]
The Alliance has released its 2016 Annual Report to coincide with the Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims. The Alliance’s focus in 2016 was capacity building. Its activities and programs were informed by the learning needs assessment undertaken at the beginning of the year and which many members […]
The highlight of day two of pre-meeting for the Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety was the official kickoff event for the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week. Read more about the event HERE. Delegates also took part in a packed schedule of sessions: Post-Crash Symposium – hosted by FEVR Safe School Zones […]
The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) kicked off in Malaysia today. The event saw a speed bump painted at SMK Dengkil School, Selangor, a district of Kuala Lumpur, as a symbolic gesture towards the UNGRSW theme, managing speed, and viewed posters that students had created for the a competition around the theme. Professor Wong, […]
Thank you to all our Global Meeting sponsors for making the event possible. FedEx is a household name in transportation, e-commerce, and business solutions. Their business network covers more than 220 countries. Through their FedEx Cares program, they seek to protect pedestrians and make roads safer worldwide. Read more about their commitment to road safety HERE. […]
Today 3 April 2017, the biannual Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This media note is to alert journalists that news will emerge as the week goes on. The Honorable Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister, Ministry of Transport Malaysia, will officiate […]
The Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims kicked off today with the first of two days of pre-meetings. The pre-meetings cover a range of capacity building activities. Today’s sessions included: Drunk Driving – hosted by South Africans Against Drunk Driving Child Restraint Systems and Seat Belts – hosted […]
The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) will take place 8–14 May 2017. The theme will be speed reduction. UNGRSW offers a springboard for creating lasting change toward slower speeds. In urban areas around the world, Slow Down Days will be a key component of UNGRSW’s activities at local levels. WHO have prepared a toolkit that […]
Alliance member Amend Tanzania, recently completed a project that aimed to encourage and enable tabloid newspapers to publish stories of road crash victims in order to improve road safety awareness in low-income urban communities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It connected journalists from popular tabloid newspapers with road victims in key risk groups. The impact of the […]
The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week will be held 8–14 May 2017. The theme is speed reduction and the slogan is “Save Lives — #SlowDown.” The #SlowDown campaign seeks to increase understanding of the dangers of speed and generate action on measures to address this major risk for road traffic death and injury. It contributes toward to […]
