Networkvial: Decada de la seguridad vial mundial (INGLES)

Feb 2011

Launch Date

Wednesday,

11 May 2011

Update

February 2011 Global Road Safety

Partnership

supports

the Decade of Action

for Road Safety

2010-2020

International Federation

of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Global Road Safety Partnership is hosted by:

UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

Feb 2011

Partnership preparations in countries

1. Australia*

2. Brazil

3. Cambodia

4. China

5. Egypt

6. Gambia

7. Germany

8. Ghana

9. Hungary

10. India

11. Indonesia

12. Jordan

13. Kenya

14. Malaysia

15. Mexico

16. Namibia

17. Nigeria

18. Philippines

19. Poland

20. Russia

21. Romania

22. South Africa

23. Slovenia

24. Slovakia

25. Thailand

26. Turkey

27. Vietnam

28. Ukraine

29. Zambia

Please send information from your country for this update to

[email protected]

*Links to country pages in this update

Feb 2011

Background to the Decade of Action

Countries begin to align their action plans around the Decade

Increasing global interest in the road crash crisis being generated through

2004 – 2009

November 2011 –

UN Secretary General makes

a Decade of Action plea

Moscow Declaration for a

Decade of Action in Road

Safety” adopted at the

Global Ministerial

Conference on Road

Safety. (November 2009)

United Nations Road Safety Collaboration

(UNRSC) develop strategy for the Decade

based on five key pillars of road safety

management, safer roads, safer vehicles,

safer road users, and improved trauma

care and rehabilitation services) .

Goal: to stabilize and reduce the level of

road traffic fatalities around the world by

increasing road safety interventions

conducted at the sub-national, national,

regional and global levels._.

Unanimous UN vote and over

100 states co-sponsor for the UN

Resolution proclaiming 2011-2020

a Decade of Action for road

safety. (March 2010). Resolution

stresses the need for multi-sector

partnership.

Feb 2011

The Decade of Action: Global Plan

National activities will be based around the five “pillars for action” and the

partnership and co-ordination that brings them together

The Global Plan for the Decade of Action (in English, French, Russian, Spanish)

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/plan/en/index.html

Feb 2011

The Decade of Action: global launch

The key partnership aspects of the launch are:

To draw attention to

- the impact of the global road safety crisis

- the special focus on action for the coming decade 2010-2020

- the possibilities for prevention;

To emphasize the need to work in partnerships of –

- government,

- business

- civil society

To provide an opportunity to all stakeholders

to announce their respective plans for the Decade.

Countries, organizations and the international community

are planning the global launch of the Decade for

Wednesday, 11 May 2011.

The main objective of the launch events --to release national and local plans for the Decade.

Feb 2011

You have your plan and want to join the global launch:

.

« If you are a private company or

corporation

and would like to become an official

Supporter of the Decade of Action

for Road Safety, please visit our

Road Safety Fund website and

contact us to find out how you can

partner with us to reduce global

road casualties.”

«If you are a non-profit organisation

you can access and use the Decade of

Action symbol freely

by accepting terms of use and

providing a small amount of information

about your organisation and the ways

in which you hope to support the

Decade of Action

Please see our Resources section for

more details.”

Step 1: Get registered at http://www.decadeofaction.org/act/index.html

Terms of Use Agreement at

http://www.decadeofaction.org/resources/symbol.html

For more information: [email protected]

Step 2: Liaison with your regional UN office or WHO country office.

Step 3: Join in or take a lead in further action towards the Decade of action in your

country.

Step 4: Once your plans for the launch of the Decade on 11 May 2011 are finalized,

you may complete this online form to register your event

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/launch/planned_events/en/index.html

Feb 2011

Useful booklets:

What can we do?What is the Tag of the

Decade of Action?

Download from http://www.decadeofaction.org/resources/index.html

How can we use the tag?

Feb 2011

How partners can participate?

Governments:

Develop and approve the national

road safety strategies and plans

Advocate for road safety at the

highest political levels

Ensure road safety law

enforcement

Support and encourage

partnerships in road safety

Transfer experience and knowledge

between countries

…

Private sector

Better understand road safety structure in

your country and identify your possible role;

Review the road safety policy in your company. Focus on 1 or 2

major issues for employees.

If you are an international company in a country, identify if your

company is a member of the Global Road Safety Partnership

Initiate or join road safety partnership in your country (consult

with GRSP)

Contribute to the Decade fund in order to be able to display the

Tag and be a Supporter of the Decade of Action. Visit the

resources page on the www.decadeofaction.org

Use the tag which states "Company X supports the Decade”;

Get CEOs to publicly support the Decade

Engage the media

Participate in the preparation for the Decade of Action launch

events - enhance the commitments in road safety through

ensuring publicity for road safety plans in your country. …

Civil society

Internal road safety mobilization

inside an NGO

Provide platform for networking

Push existing pledges and

commitments among partners

Activate and involve media,

Governments and corporations

Attract new partners

Identify NGOs already involved

Be source of information

Use the tag to support the Decade

…

Media

Become a partner in road safety partnership in your country

(consult GRSP for information)

Join the global Decade of Action for road safety

www.decadeofaction.org

Apply to road safety partners for experts and data

Participate in public campaigns on road safety

Participate in developing promotion tools in road safety

Become an information sponsor of road safety in your country …

Feb 2011

www.who.int/roadsafetyThe official site for the Decade of Action

and the UN Road Safety Collaboration,

with information

on policy, events and networks

from WHO, the lead agency for the

Decade.

www.decadeofaction.orgThe campaign resources

site for the Tag, providing

artwork, ideas and Tag

availability, hosted by the

FIA Foundation

Contacts and resources

United Nations Regional Commissions

leading road safety efforts in your region:

UNECA www.uneca.org

UNECE www.unece.org/trans

UNECLAC www.eclac.org

UNESCAP www.unescap.org

UNESCWA www.escwa.un.org

YOURS, the international network for

youth for road safety:

www.youthforroadsafety.org

Make Roads Safe, the international

advocacy campaign for global road safety:

www.makeroadssafe.org

The Global Road Safety Facility, coordinating

efforts by Multilateral Development

Banks to improve road safety:

www.worldbank.org/grsf

The Global Road Safety Partnership,

bringing public/private partners together

to implement road injury prevention

programmes:

www.grsproadsafety.org

International Federation of Red Cross

and Red Crescent Societies, active in

promoting road safety across the world:

www.ifrc.org/what/health/roadsafety/

The international organization for victims

of road crashes:

www.fevr.org

Feb 2011

Partnerships preparation in regions

ASIA 8th annual GRSP Asia Road Safety Seminar in November “Preparing for the Decade of Action”,

focused on planning for the Decade of Action as an effective means of reducing road trauma in the region.

Among other plans, it gave significant attention to the road safety education for children and youth as a key

component to preparations for the Decade.

EUROPE In December GRSP/Europe annual meeting in Brussels called partnerships to build coalitions in

countries on the Decade launch and act as a focal point for information. They noted the importance of

coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) country offices and GRSP’s role in attracting global

media attention to national Decade launches. Coordination of action through GRSP parterns in Poland,

Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and through European Save Our Lives project for road safety in eight countries

(Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia).

MENA (Middle East and North Africa) MENARSP is preparing for the launch of the Decade together with

WHO and UNESCWA. Decade of Action and its launch is included in the programmes of meetings and

workshops. Contacting country governments, NGOs, and business partners. Encouraging country

governments with road safety strategies/plans/new policies to promote them at the launch of the Decade.

Creating a database of action towards the Decade. Decade of Action toolkit will be disseminated in Arabic in

February. MENA GRSP initiated discussion of preparations for the Decade at the Middle East Road

safety Summit 2011 on 23-26 January. Joining efforts with YOURS (Youth for road safety) and Sesame

Workshop in the region.

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN 12-13 May 2011 launch of the Decade of Action at the Second

Ibero-American and Caribbean Forum on Road Safety "Road to Save Lives " in Mexico City. Objectives:

to propose a) regional objective to reduce the number of road crash deaths and injuries by 50 %. B) a

regional road safety action plan to reach the above objective and to share best practices in road safety

among the different representatives that are part of the region. Participants: Ministers of Transport,

Interior/Police, Health, Finance, Education, Urban Planning and Tourism. Legislators, policy makers,

program planners and implementers, advocates, researchers, and others concerned with road safety in

Latin America and the Caribbean. More about the Forum at www.segib.org

Feb 2011

MEXICO (GMT - 6 )

11 May - the launch of the Decade of action for road safety will be a high profile,

media oriented event in the Castle of Chapultepec in the heart of Mexico City.

We are expecting Mr. Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, to be participating in this event.

12-13 May - the Second Iberoamerican and Caribbean Forum on Road Safety (EISEVI 2)

will take place. The themes of the draft program are based on the five pillars of the Global

Plan for the Decade of Action. The regional plan for the Decade of action will be high on the

agenda of this event described as the “Declaration of the Mexico City on Road Safety”.

The Organizing Committee includes DGT, SEGIB of Spain, IDB, PAHO, Ministry of Health

of Mexico, Ministry of Transportation and meets on a regular basis.

We have been meeting with Plaza Sesamo (educational children's television series,

Spanish-language adaptation for Latin America of Sesame Street), and we are currently

working on the development of different projects that would be in line with the Launch of the

Decade. Such as the development of commercial spots on 3 different risk factors and

specific material for kids. Launching “Grover” as the Sesame Global road safety champion

would be amazing!!

For more information please contact Ms Linda Scheepstra: [email protected]

Feb 2011

POLAND (GMT +1)

For more information please contact Mr Boris Poleganow:

[email protected]

In December 2010 Global Road safety partnership/Poland called

the first organizational meeting for the launch of the Decade of Action

attended by Parliament speakers, representatives of the Ministry of

Interior, national Police Headquarters, National Road Safety Council,

representatives of Motor Transport Institute.

Initial plans of events and ways of coordination were discussed. The

participants agreed that road safety schedule could incorporate other

important events during the Decade, including Polish EU

Presidency.

In February the outcomes of initial discussions were brought up at

the follow-up meeting in at the Parliament Warsaw

Feb 2011

ROMANIA (GMT +1)

The launch of the Decade of Action will be integrated in the IRF Road Safety

Simposium held in Bucharest on 10-11 May 2011 (see slide 29 of this update)

Preliminary concept for the launch:

11 May (10.30-12.30) - public event at the Constitutiei Square in front of the People’s House:

• Speeches of national and city authorities involved in road safety

• Press conference

• Launch of 2,000 balloons with the symbol of the Decade in memory of the road traffic victims.

• Youth march of some 2,000 people wearing Decade of Action T-shirts. The march will include

Romanian participants of the STARS - a European project on speed.

• Official participants and national celebrities involved in the event will be wearing the Decade tags.

10-11 May – night projections of the Decade tag and messages on public institutions in Bucharest.

It is expected that the Romania Road Safety Strategy will be approved by the Prime Minister and will make a

major presentation during the launch .

Links are being developed with local and national authorities who will continue the road safety actions through the

Decade. 9 May GRSP/Ro is planning the first parliamentary meetings on the implementation of the Decade.

Among the organizers of the event: WHO, Inter-ministerial Council,for Road Safety, Traffic police, representatives

of national authorities; ETSC, GRSP/Ro, Police Academy, Iasi Technical University, Ing Tehno Proiect (sponsor),

university and schools.

For more information please contact Mr Mircea [email protected], [email protected],

Ms Mihaela Draghici [email protected]

Feb 2011

HUNGARY (GMT +1)

For more information contact Ms Maria Bognar :

[email protected]

In January-February GRSP Hungarian Association:

• discussed preliminary plans for the Decade of Action and its launch at its

board and membership meetings;

• sent an official letter to the relevant ministries (Ministry for National

Economy, Ministry of National Development, Ministry of National

Development and National Police) with a proposition to hold a meeting

with all the relevant people in the government to discuss the actions for

the Decade and its launch;

• Established links and is coordinating action towards the launch of the

Decade with WHO regional office in Budapest;

• set up a Facebook account for the Decade in the Hungarian language.

Feb 2011

RUSSIA (GMT +3)

Russian local authorities suggest to postpone events

connected with the launch of the Decade of Action for road

safety launch as the first half of May is connected with

preparations for and celebrations of the Victory Day (9 May).

WHO Office in Moscow is working on plans with the Russian

Government on how to best employ media opportunities

available in Moscow on 11 May.

WHO and GRSP will use the opportunities for the launch of

the Decade in Ivanovo and Lipetsk - two Russian regions

where RS-10 (Road safety in 10 countries) project was

launched in 2010.

For more information please contact Ms Barbara KrolBarbara [email protected]

Feb 2011

The partnership of the National Youth Parliament and the National Youth Commission of

Gambia Red Cross Society seeks to inspire and empower young people to take responsibility

and advocate safer roads in the country.

The partnership plan includes:

• 11 May - National Road Safety Minute of Silence and Traffic Stop to remember those who

lost their lives to road crashes, to recognize the efforts of advocates and to call for action

across the country.

• Media Campaign to raise awareness on the 11 May event and on the Decade of Action on

road safety, Including a TV Statement by the Minister of Construction and Infrastructure

and WHO representative on the launch of the Decade of Action in Gambia.

• Painting of Traffic and Road Signs, such as Zebra crossings and Speed Limit signs.

• Night of Safety - road safety advocates will go to night clubs and talk to young people

about drunk driving and speeding.

• Awareness Campaign – outreach to communities and schools, debates, quizzes.

• Lobbying for the formation of National Transport Commission and for additional policies on

Road Safety e.g. acquiring first aid certificate before having driving license, no drunk driving,

the use of helmets.

• Training on Road Safety and First Aid – for drivers, community response teams at key

location, lawmakers, traffic police officers, young people and journalist. Funding Needed• To develop a National Road Safety Strategy. Funding Needed• To conduct a situational analysis on road safety in Gambia. Funding Needed

GAMBIA (GMT)

For more information please contact Mr. Siaka K. Dibba :

[email protected]

Feb 2011

The events on 11 May in South Africa will include:

• Formal media briefing by the President of SA and the Minister of Transport.

• At the FIFA Soccer Stadium 15,000 school children branded in Tag designed T-shirts

marking the 15000 lives lost on South African roads.

• The plan is to have the Arch Bishop Tutu and Mr Mandela sending messages of hope to the

victims and appeal to the motorists to make roads safe in SA.

• Professional safety demonstrations at the stadium

• High-profile artists will sing a SA dedicated song to road safety (which will be a road safety

jingle played in SA Radios post the launch)

• Law enforcement parade fully represented by the country's traffic authorities who will be

wearing yellow caps with a Tag badge in the front of the cap.

• Traffic Officers will disperse to the high accident roads/hazardous locations and distribute

the Decade info with Tags across the country. Road Safety Practitioners will end the day

distributing the Tag at all the Toll Gates on national roads across the country.

• In the evening we plan to have the Table Mountain lit in yellow and all other State buildings

across the country to be laser lit in yellow Tag-shape lights.

SOUTH AFRICA (GMT + 2)

The Department of Transport (DoT) and Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) brought

up a joint communication plan for the Decade of Action launch event and defined roles in the long

term national plan. The information was shared with all provincial road safety offices in the

country. 11 February - the 2nd formal Decade of Action meeting will be hosted by the Road

Accident Fund.

GRSP partners in SA (Childsafe, SADD (SA Against Drunk Driving), Drive Alive; Red Cross

Society) develop own plans and programmes for the Decade of Action.

For more information please contact Ms Sianne [email protected]

Feb 2011

The national stakeholders forum to kick off awareness and activities

preceding the launch was held in Nigeria in April 2010.

The country is committed to the launch of the Decade of Action.

More detailed plans are expected in February.

Nigerian Road Safety Partnership is pulling forces together and exploring

some possible activities “so we can list within the global plan and we

certainly would have great activities to mark the launch! “

NIGERIA (GMT +1)

For more information please contact Mr Wabotem Ene:

[email protected]

Feb 2011

Things are beginning to shape up for the Decade of Action Planning in Zambia.

For now we can say that the Lusaka City Council, Road Transport Safety

Agency, Lafarge Cement, The Church community and GRSP Zambia are working

together to make the Decade launch.

ZAMBIA (GMT+2 )

For more information please contact Ms Rikke [email protected];

“THE GOVERNMENT has called on all stakeholders to help

the country realize its goal of reducing road traffic accidents

by 25 percent by 2013.

Deputy Minister of Communications and Transport Mubika

Mubika said that road crashes are the third major cause of

death in the country after malaria and HIV and AIDS.

Winston Mwandila, RTSA board chairman, appealed to

Zambian road users to endorse the Road Safety Commitment

card, which has been launched by the Global Road Safety

Partnership.” (Zambia Daily Mail. December 2010)

Feb 2011

AUSTRALIA (GMT +11)

Road SafetyDecade of Action:Workshop Summary

Prepared by Blair Turner, ARRB Group

November 2010Australia

The Report is avalable at:

http://www.arrb.com.au/admin/file/content9/c14/Dec

ade%20Workshop%20summary.pdf

Feb 2011

CAMBODIA (GMT+7)

Cambodia was one of the first countries to commit to the UN Decade of Action for Road

Safety 2011-2020 by developing the national 10-year plan on road safety for 2011-2020.

The draft plan was developed in the 1st half of 2010 and then presented at a national

workshop organized by the National Road safety Council (NRSC) in August 2010.

More than 70 various stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector

participated in discussions and group round tables lead by local practitioners

Some figures from the plan:

• to reduce traffic accident deaths in Cambodia by 30 % saving total of 4700 lives.

• to drop speeding and drunk driving by 30 %

• to increase motorcycle helmet usage to 85% nationally

Multi-sectoral collaboration and partnerships incorporated in all pillars

(The summary attached to this update)

This plan marks the first time that the National Road Safety Committee has incorporated

specific goal and targets into their national road safety plans.

It is expected that the plan will be approved by the Prime Minister and launched on 11 May

2011.

For more information contact Mr Ryan Duly: [email protected]

Feb 2011

On 11 May

a special ceremony in Manila where PGRSP members and stakeholders will announce their

pledges for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.

The Decade of Action for Road Safety tag will be launched.

On that day, AAP will not charge towing fees in the expressways and will seek a permission to

distribute leaflets on road safety.

In May the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) that is currently chairing the PGRSP, will mark its 80

Anniversary. The three-day celebration will include a parade, a display of vintage cars and a conference on

major road safety issues. The celebrations will culminate on 11 May in Manila.

May events will also include:

Distribution of free helmets under the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative

Distribution of free DVD version of the training program for public vehicle drivers,

Launch of the H2O project (Helmets and Headlights On Always),

Telethon for road safety project commitments from corporations and general public.

PGRSP will work towards maximum publicity of all the above events and activities.

In March AAP as current PGRSP chair, is calling a pre-launch meeting of stakeholders to discuss and

elaborate the plan of the launch day.

PHILIPPINES (GMT +8)

Road Safety Partnership in Philippines (PGRSP) is promoting a draft law

ROAD SAFETY ACT OF 2011 that will replace the existing law of 1964.

It is expected that the President of the Philippines will certify the bill as "urgent" so that it passes

through both houses of the Congress and the President will ceremonially sign it on May 11.

For more information please contact Ms Cynthia G. Reyes : [email protected]

Feb 2011

Two options are considered for the launch of the Decade in May:

A press conference in Hanoi

with regional launch events in Danang and Ho Chi Minh City

or

Press conferences/launches in each of the 63 provinces - similar to what

was done for the road safety week in 2007 and what is done annually for the

Month of Traffic Safety).

VIETNAM (GMT +7)

A national action plan on road safety has been under

development. It’s time frame coincides with the Decade.

At the end of February the Ministry of Transport and its partners

are planning to hold a national conference on the 10-year action

plan which will also ensure some advanced advocacy for the

Decade, particularly in provinces.

For more information please contact Mr Ryan Duly:

[email protected]

Feb 2011

THAILAND (GMT +6)

2011 - Year of Transport Safety in Thailand

National Launch

being co-ordinated by OTP

(Office of Transport and Planning)

OTP has a dedicated bureau for traffic safety.

OTP plans:

To align Thai national plan with UNRSC decade guidance

(completed)

To Join Decade of Action and set the target of less than

10 fatalities per 100,000 population by year 2020

For more information please contact Mr Ryan Duly:

[email protected]

Feb 2011

CHINA (GMT + 8)

In China there is no national multi-sector road safety

council working on a daily basis.

As the first step towards the launch of the Decade of

Action, GRSP/China Country Manager will contact WHO

China Office to find out their plans in this regards and to

discuss possibilities of involvement of other relevant

partners in the country.

For more information please contact Ms Ann Yuan:

[email protected]

Feb 2011

More on preparations for the Decade in countries at WHO web-site

Activities by country: (as of 9 February)

Canada

Democratic Republic of the Congo

India

Mexico

New Zealand

Romania

South Africa

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Calendar of activities around the world at the WHO web-site:http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/launch/national/en/index.html

Feb 2011

Please send information for your page in this update to

[email protected]

News from our global partners

World Health Organisation

International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent

Societies (IFRC)

FIA Foundation

International Road Federation (IRF)

International Road Assesment Programme iRAP

YOURS

Sesame Workshop

Feb 2011

World Health Organisation

Register your event: complete this online form to register your event at

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/launch/planned_events/en/index.html

Calendar of activities by country:

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/launch/national/en/index.html .

On-line tool kit : http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/toolkit/en/index.html

It is planned to translate it into six UN languages in February.

Contacts: a listing of contacts for the Decade including national focal points at

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/focal/en/index.html These nominations should be

sent to [email protected] or [email protected] .

Facebook: We invite you to join us there! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Decade-of-Action-for-

Road-Safety-2011-2020/178222832190853?v=wall

Symbol: The symbol for the Decade in six UN languages as well as Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese,

Javanese, Khmer, Portuguese, Swedish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. To register your not

for profit organization and accept the terms of use for the symbol, visit

http://www.decadeofaction.org/resources/symbol.html . Private companies wishing to use the symbol

should contact Saul Billingsley at [email protected] . For other languages please provide a

translation for "Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020" which is approved by your government

by emailing [email protected] or [email protected] .

Global Plan will guide you in identifying the types of activities you will support during the Decade

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/plan/en/index.html

For more informaiton please contact Ms Laura Sminkey: [email protected]

All Information about at : http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/

Feb 2011

International Federation

of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

IFRC

The road safety issue is integrated in the IFRC Strategy 2020 and in its core fields of action: Health, Community Risk reduction, OD, Youth, Humanitarian diplomacy, Knowledge sharing & Partnership building.

The target audience of the IFRC programme 2010-2011 is the whole International Federation with National Societies in 186 countries.

The IFRC programme for 2010-2011 aims to reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from road crashes. Its activities include regional workshops; support to National Societies in road safety project implementations, capacity building and training in every zone.

IFRC publications: "Road safety - Call for action" (November 2009); “Practical Guide to Road Safety” – a tool kit for RCRC NSs. IFRC personal road safety commitment card.

The IFRC hosts the Global Road Safety Partnership.

Throughout 2011 - the International Year of the Volunteer - the IFRC will measure and recognize the economic and social value of volunteering in tackling humanitarian issues, including road safety. National Societies worldwide will mobilize volunteers in a united campaign “Find the volunteer inside you”. The campaign provides vast opportunities for action for the road safety .

8 May – the International Red Cross Red Crescent Day.

More about IFRC action in road safety at:

http://www.ifrc.org/what/health/roadsafety/call-for-action.asp

Feb 2011

FIA Foundation

More about FIA Foundation at:

http://www.fiafoundation.org/Pages/homepage.aspx

Global roll-out and use of the Tag is being developed and

coordinated by the World Health Organization and the FIA

Foundation in preparation for the Decade of Action for

Road Safety 2011-2020.

FIA Foundation promotes the tag and the Decade launch

as a communications adjunct to the effort WHO is leading.

Visit the tag site www.decadeofaction.org and get

registered.

12th April - Global Road Safety report launch (coinciding

with the UNRSC meeting in London)

Feb 2011

International Road Federation (IRF)

IRF will launch the Decade of Action in

Bucharest, Romania

10-11 May 2011

The IRF symposium “Providing Infrastructure that Improves Road Safety”

will identify and commit to actions that ensure

that the road safety targets of the Decade of Action can be met.

The main topics include:

Construction of forgiving roads;

Managing road infrastructure performance;

High quality innovative safety products;

Regional initiatives that work;

How to meet the road safety targets by 2020.

The award ceremony for the Innovation Award for Road Transport in Developing

Countries will take place on 10 May 2010.

The Symposium will close with the signature of the

‘Action Plan for Providing Infrastructure that Improves Road Safety’.

More information about the event at:

http://www.irfnet.ch/event.php?id=1&title=IRF Events

Feb 2011

For our part in the lead up to the DoA launch, key points are:

• We are encouraging all countries to adopt our vision of a 'world free

of high risk roads', which can be tailored. Eg. 'Thailand free of high

risk roads'. Our fact sheet provides more info:

http://irap.org/create.aspx

• We will soon be calling on organisations to become a member of

iRAP, which is now a registered charity.

• Our staff will be supporting key launch activities around the world,

such as in the Philippines and South Africa

• Lauching a report 'Vaccines for Roads 2nd edition'

International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)

For more information please contact Mr Greg Smith:

[email protected]

YOURS - Youth for Road Safety

Feb 2011

• Supporting the members of the Global Youth

Network for Road Safety in their efforts to launchthe Decade of Action and coordinate sharedactivities

• Raising awareness about the importance of the Decade of Action at (inter)national conferences

• Promotes the Decade of Action online throughthe website, newsletters, social media, etc.

For more information please contact Mr Floor [email protected]

More about YOURS at http://www.youthforroadsafety.org/

For more information please contact Mr Robert Knezevic: [email protected]

More about Sesame Workshop at : http://www.seameworkshop.org

Sesame Workshop will take active part in the Decade of Action for

Road Safety and

will play a role in its global launch in May 2011*

The beloved Muppet Grover will be the global Road

Safety Ambassador and star with his international friends

in 4 Public Service Announcements (PSAs) which will

air globally with the launch.

The PSAs are currently under development and Sesame

Workshop is seeking support from GRSP partners to

broadcast these PSAs relaying road safety messages for

children and families.

Sesame Workshop

We're reaching out to our local partners to assure broadcast on May 11

and potentially other launch and campaign activities.

List of countries where we currently have project staff and program on air:

Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil , Canada, China, Denmark,

Egypt , Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine,

Mexico, South Africa

*A letter to partners from Sesame Workshop in a separate attachement coming with this update.

Feb 2011

Feb 2011

GRSP’s Decade - Summary

• Driving through the UN resolution

• Align to the Decade of Action

• Build and maintain a great global team

• Focus on partnership building, good practice

delivery, global co-ordination

• Working on strategic themes and with strategic

partners

“In the last six weeks I have been in Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Australia. Every single one of these countries is directly and purposefully aligning its road safety plans with the Decade of Action. And of course my own travels reveal just the tip of the iceberg. It is a visible, tangible, exciting piece of alignment of which GRSP is an integral part. The launch of the Decade in May 2011 is going to open the door to many concrete, measurable results on the ground. My prediction? We are going to change the game and exceed even our own expectations. Partnership will play a crucial role in overcoming this 100 per cent man-made crisis. Let’s go for it!”

From end-of-year message of Andrew Pearce,

Chief Executive, Global Road Safety Partnership

This update is based on the information received from road safety partners in regions and in countries

and is distributed among global road safety partnership members and supporters.

Please send your feedback and updates to: [email protected]