January 2017 will see a successor to UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon. Already now the candidates are being invited to be presented by UN member states to the UN General Assembly. Civil Society has been invited to pose questions and concerns for a dialogue that will start in April 2016. The Alliance hereby encourages all […]
Dear members of the road safety community, Cambodia’s Network of NGOs for Road Safety is issuing a joint statement to the Government in response to enforcement of the new Road Traffic Law, which took effect January 2016. The start of enforcement elicited some public criticism, primarily on Facebook and in regards to the cost of licensure, registration, and fines. […]
Don’t drink and drive. How often have we heard the slogan? Nonetheless, drunk driving remains one of the major causes of road casualties worldwide. And according to the World Health Organization (WHO), up to 50% of road casualties involve alcohol. Recent statistics from Northern India reflect the problem: a 2015 study of 200 injured drivers […]
The Alliance Empowerment Program is launching its first training series! The series, which is open to all, will feature a number of online information and advocacy sessions on International Road Assessment Programs (iRAP)’s star rating system for roads, including how to successfully advocate for a minimum three star road standard in your country. The Alliance has […]
The Alliance would like to give a warm welcome to the five new members who joined the Alliance in January. The European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) is an alliance of 60 public health organizations from 25 European countries working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol-related harm. Member organizations are involved in advocacy and research, […]
An important part of the Alliance’s work is to share best practices and the good work of our members with our entire member base and other partners working in road safety around the world. One way that we share is to periodically feature an innovative or successful project implemented by an Alliance member NGO. We share […]
Does your organization work to improve road safety or advocate for road victims’ rights in your country? Is your organization a registered nongovernmental organization with a track record of implementing activities related to road safety or road victims’ rights? If yes, then apply for membership to the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety! The […]
As announced in Brasilia in November 2016, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety has launched the Alliance Empowerment Program, a capacity building initiative to help Alliance members improve their work on road safety. Through generous funding from FedEx, the Alliance will make an important contribution to the Sustainable Development road safety target of […]
New data analysis from the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD), a permanent working of the OECD’s International Transport Forum, suggests that between 2000 and 2013 the number of road traffic fatalities decreased by 42 percent on average across 32 OECD member countries. The most significant reductions noted by IRTAD were in Spain, […]
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has released a Call for Proposals for Round 9 of the Road Safety Grants Programme. Initiated in early 2012 with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Road Safety Grants Programme supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation. […]
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has annouced the launch of a key new web resource to support advocacy efforts specifically for road safety policies and implementation. The new Advocacy Resource Centre (www.grsproadsafety.org/advocacy ) is a one-stop resource for organizations campaigning for road safety policies or policy implementation. It features over 800 pieces of content, […]
Pope Francis received in a private audience, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, accompanied by UNECE Executive Secretary Christian Friis Bach on 14 January 2016. Jean Todt and Christian Friis Bach outlined today’s road safety challenge and the need for governments and communities to prioritise road safety, beginning with implementing […]
In 2009, the government of Denmark allocated 1 billion DKK, or approximately 145 million USD, towards a “Cycling Fund” which would improve bicycling conditions across the country and make it a safe and convenient means of transport. Why such a emphasis on bicycling? Because the bicycle is an environmentally-friendly, low-cost, and healthy means of transport with the […]
In September 2015, Alliance-member NGO Avoid Accident, based in Punjab, India, launched a basic life support and trauma care training series, called Rescue Road Accident Victims in Golden Hour. The training program aims to provide life-saving skills to first responders in the event of a traffic crash. The program is in partnership with Fortis Hospital in […]
Thank you to the Alliance members who participated in the United Nations Secretary Generals Special Envoy for Road Safety Stakeholder Consultation in Geneva on 1 October 2015. The aim of the consultation was to clarify the role of the UN Special Envoy in advocating for road safety globally, with a specific focus on how the Special […]
As 2015 draws to a close, the Alliance would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Looking back on 2015, there is much to be proud of and we saw many important advancements in global road safety. The 4th Global Meeting of NGOs Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims was held in Marrakech, […]
The World Health Organization in cooperation with the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) recently presented the 2015 “implementing global road safety” report to the UN Secretary General. The 2015 report is the latest in a series updating the Secretary General on the progress and achievements of the global road safety community during the Decade of Action […]
Alliance member ACTIVVAS has established an innovative channel to spread the word on road safety throughout Argentina. In March 2015, ACTIVVAS launched a public radio show, titled “S.O.S. Human Factor,” which airs for an hour once per week throughout the country. The title of the radio show comes from the fact that, according to ACTIVVAS, […]
The annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was commemorated this year on 15 November. To date, 65 events have been recorded on the official World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) website ranging from marches, religious services of all faiths, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, campaigns, and more taking place all over the world. These events […]
Based on initial survey results, Alliance member NGOs generally agreed that the 2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety was beneficial and inspired commitment to achieve the road safety targets included in the Sustainable Development Goals. Member NGOs also tended to agree that the side-events were more useful for sharing information than the larger, more […]
