Alliance member Humanity & Inclusion will be running a side event at the upcoming High-Level Political Forum, in partnership with the Permanent Mission to the UN of Belgium, Permanent mission to the UN of Luxembourg and co-sponsored by the Alliance. The side event will be held on 10 July 2018 at 1.15pm in Conference Room 3 […]
Alliance member Luchemos por la Vida (meaning “fight for life”) recently celebrated 28 years since its inception in 1990 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The NGO was started by a small group of individuals who were alarmed by the regularity of road deaths and government inactivity to tackle the problem. They started by raising awareness—broadcasting awareness […]
“Heroes Drive in Pajamas”, a project spearheaded by Alliance Advocate David Razboršek of Zavod VOZIM, Slovenia, has won the European Commission Road Safety Excellence Award. The award was received for its work to reduce drunk driving among young people by reducing peer pressure to drive home after a night out. “Heroes Drive in Pajamas” addressed drunk […]
The next UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held from 9–18 July 2018. The theme of the 2018 HLPF is “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies” and will focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, and 17. This includes road safety SDG 11.2: “By 2030, provide access to safe, […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome the two new members that joined us in June: Association des personnes préférées, Cameroon, advocates on behalf of amputees, notably through the development of interventions to facilitate their integration back into normal life after the trauma of amputation. This includes educating amputees on amputation trauma and phantom limb syndrome; organizing excursions, […]
Last month, the European Commission announced a series of road safety measures that could save 10,500 lives and avoid close to 60,000 serious injuries over 2020-2030, thereby contributing to the EU’s long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 (“Vision Zero”). These reductions could be achieved through proposals that new models of […]
The International Road Educational Foundation is accepting applications for the IRF Fellowship Program until 30 September 2018. The IRF Fellowship Program provides a one-time graduate level scholarship to young professionals who have strong academic backgrounds, professional qualifications, leadership potential, and a commitment to return to their respective home countries after graduation. Many previous Fellows have […]
National Road Safety Week is an annual initiative from Alliance member Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH) Group, Australia, which partners with road safety organizations and local and national government. The week, which was held 30 April–6 May 2018, highlights the impact of road trauma and ways to reduce it. Over the week, national and […]
Road Safety Association (RSA), Indonesia, have as their mantra a triangle of concepts corresponding to the initials of their name: Rules, Skills, Attitude. Director, Rio Octaviano, explains why they have chosen these concepts as the focus of their activities in Indonesia: “The government has rules [for road behavior] but people don’t know about them…but once they […]
The Sixth FIVCI Meeting was held in Guatemala in March 2018 with the theme “road safety is everyone’s responsibility.” The meeting brought together 470 participants and 28 exhibitors. The meeting featured: A media tour Workshops and seminars The Sixth Meeting and Annual Assembly of the Ibero-American Federation of Associations of Victims against Road Violence (FICVI) An […]
Maio Amarelo, or Yellow May, is a road safety movement held annually in May in 28 countries around the world. The theme of this year’s Maio Amarelo was “We are the traffic,” and participating groups, which included schools, NGOs, and corporations, ran activities to raise awareness of the urgent need to reduce road traffic deaths and […]
Alpherio Nchimbi, Helmet Vaccine Initiative Tanzania Foundation, is one of the 2018 cohort of Alliance Advocates who completed a safe school demonstration project in Nairobi, Kenya, in March. Recently, Alpherio used his experiences from the Advocate program to train members of the Tanzanian government on improving road safety data in Tanzania, data collection, and the […]
The World Bank, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and the International Transport Forum (ITF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last month to establish the first regional Road Safety Observatory in Africa. The observatory will support African countries’ efforts to reduce road transport fatalities by uniting their activities to systematically collect, analyze, and share […]
The past year has seen considerable progress in the treatment of road crashes and road crash victims and their families in Argentina. Last year, a new law was introduced, which means that drunk driving, driving under the influence of drugs, speeding, and hit-and-runs are considered to be serious offences under the law. This means stronger […]
Last month, Alliance member TRAX S. Society, India, partnered with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to organize a conference as part of the Safe Riding Initiative, a campaign dedicated to the safety of two-wheeler drivers and pillion riders in India. The Safe Riding Initiative has five objectives: Standardized helmets Helmet usage for all ages […]
This week, the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva, Switzerland. To coincide, the Child Health Initiative, sponsored by the Government of Jamaica, organized a parallel advocacy event during the World Health Assembly to discuss these issues and encourage a coordinated policy response. The event focused on the effects of road traffic and air pollution caused by […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome the two new members that joined us in May. Make Roads Safer Hellas, Greece, is a supporter of the international Make Roads Safe campaign. The aim of the organization is to ensure political commitment and awareness of the magnitude of the problem of injuries from traffic crashes. Its projects include […]
Alliance member, Global NCAP have launched the Safer Choice India and Safer Choice Africa Awards to encourage automakers to achieve the highest levels of safety performance. Crash test results published by Global NCAP in November 2017 for cars sold in Africa showed a wide range of safety performance—from four to zero stars for adult protection—with the […]
Alliance member FEVR has recently published My Life After the Crash, an international study on medical, psychosocial, and economic consequences of road injuries. The purpose of the publication is to develop insight on the consequences of traffic crash injuries, determine the factors that could contribute to a better quality and standard of living for victims, and underpin arguments […]
New data protection regulations will arrive across the EU on 25 May 2018, which will affect the way that organizations use their subscribers’ personal details. The regulations cover all organizations—including those outside the EU—that have members, users, or subscribers in the EU. Click HERE to see if and how the new regulations affect your organization. […]
