Global Road Safety Partnership Honoured with Excellence in Road Safety Award at World Police Summit

Dubai, 15 May 2025 – The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has been awarded the prestigious Excellence in Road Safety Award at the World Police Summit, held in Dubai. The award recognises GRSP’s outstanding contributions to advancing evidence-based road policing through its flagship initiative, the Road Policing Executive Leadership Course (RPELC).

The World Police Summit, hosted by the Dubai Police, brings together global law enforcement leaders to share best practices and shape the future of policing. GRSP expressed deep appreciation to the Dubai Police for their leadership and commitment in convening such a significant global event focused on excellence and innovation in policing.

GRSP’s RPELC is a pioneering programme designed for senior police and enforcement officials across the world. Its primary aim is to strengthen executive leadership capacity in addressing key road safety risks using strategic, evidence-based interventions. Delivered by road policing experts, global leaders, and academics, the course takes a comprehensive Safe System Approach, placing police at the centre of efforts to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.

“This award is a meaningful acknowledgment of the critically important work being delivered by international organisations such as GRSP and Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit to support police and enforcement agencies to achieve measurable and sustainable public health outcomes and improve road safety globally. We are honoured to be part of a community committed to making our roads safer for all” said GRSP’s Asia Pacific Manager Brett Harman, who accepted the award on behalf of GRSP.

“We are extremely proud to have received this award,” said Dave Cliff, CEO of the GRSP. “Road policing is essential to reducing the enormous burden of global road trauma, and ensuring police officers are well educated on the most effective policing mechanisms to make road users safer is the purpose of our programme.”

Key components of the RPELC include:

• A focus on road policing leadership, police legitimacy, partnerships, and community engagement;
• Region-specific content and delivery;
• Certification from a leading university and global road safety partners;
• Practical exercises that translate theory into action.

The programme is delivered in partnership with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU), with generous support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Dr. Abdulgafoor M. Bachani , Director of JH-IIRU, noted, “Our collaboration with GRSP in delivering this programme is making an enormous contribution to improving global road policing. We acknowledge the extraordinary support we have received from Bloomberg Philanthropies.”

As the international community continues its efforts to halve global road deaths and injuries by 2030, the need for evidence-based, strategically-led road policing has never been more urgent. GRSP’s recognition at the World Police Summit highights the importance of investing in the education and leadership of police officers worldwide to save lives and prevent severe injuries on our roads.