“Tourism accounts for one tenth of the global GDP and is a key driver of economic growth,” said Rochelle Sobel, Founder and President of the Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT), at its inaugural road safety travel summit last month. She highlighted that tourists are particularly vulnerable road users; with road crashes are the single […]
The first Global Fleet Champion Award for Fleet Action and Analysis was awarded to Easy Coach Ltd, Kenya during the Fifth United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week last month. The award was presented to Easy Coach by Pamoja Road Safety Initiative during a meeting convened by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and is […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome three new members that joined us recently. The National Alliance for Road Safety (ANASEVI), Mexico, is a coalition of organizations and citizens, from across Mexico, that focuses on promoting road safety and sustainable mobility. Its Road Safety Observatory monitors progress towards the UN´s Decade of Action 2011-2020 goals and […]
The Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will be held 19–20 February 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference is targeted at national government ministers and aims to achieve global consensus among national government ministers for a continued global effort toward 2030. It is vital that NGOs start engaging relevant ministers and their departments, to explain […]
Adel Metni Foundation is named after the well-known Lebanese rally driver and founded by his son Georges. As well as being a rally driver, Adel Metni was heavily involved in road safety in Lebanon and the Foundation continues this work. One of the Foundation’s main focuses is defensive driver training, empowering drivers to anticipate risks […]
Alliance member the Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) has launched a new, free-of-charge road safety education short-course to give teachers the capacity and resources they need to lead effective road safety education in schools and communities globally. The EASST Road Safety Education Pack is a free, global teaching resource that provides stimulating […]
Lotte Brondum, Executive Director, presented the Alliance’s #CommitToAct campaign at the High Level Group on Road Safety at the European Commission this month. The High Level Group includes ministerial representatives from countries within the European Union (EU). Lotte called for EU governments to commit and take specific action to further reduce road fatalities in the run up […]
The Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week finished yesterday but we continue to #SpeakUp loudly for road safety leadership. It is our role as NGOs and we are persistent for change. The demands you made during the UN Global Road Safety Week still matter and the commitments given by decision makers must be followed up. […]
Vietnam commits to United Nations road crash prevention goals at Round the World Roundtable 19 March, 2019 – Hanoi, Vietnam Leading up to the 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Sweden in February 2020, Vietnam has been selected to launch a 5-continent initiative organized by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. The […]
Since 1987 HRH Prince Michael of Kent has played a leading role in supporting improved road safety both in the United Kingdom and around the world. The Prince first established his awards scheme in the UK and now fully international, the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards recognise achievement and innovation in road safety worldwide. […]
Amend has been awarded the inaugural World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Prize for its School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program. The WRI Ross Prize for Cities was created “to elevate examples of urban transformation around the world and inspire others to learn from these changes.” It is sponsored by business leader and […]
On May 20 2019, the President of Tunisia announced the creation of a supreme committee for road safety attached to the presidential office. This is a significant move because it brings together all the fragmented elements of road safety in different government departments and other organizations in one committee under supervision of the President’s office. […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome two new members that joined us recently. Observatoire Guinéen de la Sécurité Routière et de la Mobilité Urbaine (OBSERMU), Guinea, has a main objective to contribute to the reduction of road traffic fatalities and promote sustainable mobility for all in the Republic of Guinea. It does this through: 1. […]
Kenya is fortunate to have a strong coalition of road safety NGOs working together. These NGOs also have a good relationship with the lead government agency for road safety, the National Transport And Safety Authority. The UN Global Road Safety Week is enshrined in legislation and so on Monday 6 May, the NTSA alongside the […]
Persistence is important when we #SpeakUp. Meaningful change does not happen overnight and persistence is needed. In the Philippines, it has been a long journey to implement and enforce the “Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015,” which prevents a child from travelling on a two-wheeler motorcycle unless the child can reach the foot peg, […]
In Senegal, the majority of children walk to school. Children account for 13% of road fatalities in the country. As the demand for its UN Global Road Safety Week campaign, LASER International are calling the Ministry of Infrastructure, the National Assembly, and Network of Parliamentarians for Road Safety for mandatory 30km/h speed limits around schools, […]
In February 2020, the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will be held in Sweden. Previous ministerial conferences have acted as catalysts for governments to take action on road safety. In Iran, Road Safety Pioneers (RSP) has made it one of their UN Global Road Safety Week demands to ask a government minister to […]
This week, during UN Global Road Safety Week, Alliance member Patiala Foundation are speaking up about the right to walk of citizens in Patiala as part of a longer term, multi-stage campaign. The campaign already has the commitment of the local authorities, who are implementing road improvements to install and reinstate footpaths and separate […]
The High-Level Symposium hosted by the Alliance and Towards Zero Foundation was an opportunity for NGOs to discuss and hear the views of experts on the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020, the Sustainable Development Goals and road safety policy toward 2030, with a focus on the upcoming Third Global Ministerial Conference in Sweden. […]
23 April 2019 Three road safety NGOs have been presented with the FedEx Road Safety Award. The awards are presented biannually to NGO members of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance). This year’s awards celebrate three organizations that have significantly grown their capacity to achieve national and international significance, influencing national […]
