The UN Road Safety Collaboration is pleased to announce the global campaign for the Third UN Global Road Safety Week, 4-10 May 2015, on the theme children and road safety: #SaveKidsLives. The campaign seeks to highlight the plight of children on the world’s roads, generate action to better ensure their safety and promote the inclusion…
Back in May 2012, the first EuroMed Road Safety Regional Workshop was conducted in Brussels, Belgium. During December 2014, the project partners again convened in the Belgian capital for the final workshop to conclude the 3 year EU funded programme managed by the Global Road Safety Partnership. The delegates from the beneficiary countries met with…
Française Continuing the series of country workshops in the EuroMed Road Safety project, on December 11, two delegates representing Algerian police and civil defence travelled to Beirut for a full day workshop to review the progress of their national pilot project. The internal review tool developed in cooperation with IFRC PMer department was presented to…
Deux délégués algériens représentant la police algérienne et la défense civile se sont rendus à Beyrouth, la capitale libanaise, le11 décembre dernier afin d’évaluer l’état des lieux de leur projet pilote réalisé. Une journée entière qui s’inscrit dans le cadre et dans la foulée d’une série d’ateliers d’évaluation à l’intention des pays bénéficiaires du projet…
After four days of debate, the National Assembly has approved the final four chapters of a new Land Traffic Law which aims to improve the safety on Cambodia’s notoriously dangerous roads. The 106 lawmakers gave near unanimous support to the remaining chapters which covered topics including penalties and enforcement. The passage of this law is…
PRESS RELEASE: New Delhi, December 3rd, 2014 81% respondents strongly favor the passage of the Bill 90% believe passing the Bill will be a major accomplishment for Parliament In a poll jointly conducted by SaveLIFE Foundation and Global Road Safety Partnership, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the general public has expressed strong support for the…
GRSP takes great pride in welcoming two new members who have joined the partnership, Stars Foundation and MAPFRE Foundation (Fundacion MAPFRE). Founded in 2001 by Al-Dabbagh Group and based in London, Stars Foundation invests in organizations and ideas that transform the lives of disadvantaged children and their communities globally. Stars is committed to reaching 20…
The Partnerstwo dla Bezpieczeństwa Drogowego (GRSP Poland) hosted the 5th Gala Road Safety Awards Ceremony in Warsaw, Poland on 28 November, 2014. More than 170 road safety stakeholders including representatives from governmental bodies, private enterprise, schools, NGOs, churches, media, academia and multi-lateral and international organizations, attended the prestigious 5th Gala Road Safety Annual Awards Ceremony….
The sub-regional workshops ‘Road safety fundamentals and interventions’ organized in the framework of the TRACECA Road Safety II project, funded by the European Union, were held in Chisinau, Tbilisi and Almaty between October 22nd and November 5th 2014. Led by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST)…
On 18 November, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital Foundation held a public forum to discuss the content of a draft amendment to Kenya’s Traffic Bill. The foundation joins several civil society organizations, including Usalama Watch Initiative, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, and Handicap International, in advocating for legislative changes with funding through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety Grants Programme….
October 30 saw GRSP host the 2014 International Road Safety Executive Dinner at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva. It was a distinguished gathering comprising thought leaders, advocates and innovators in the field of road safety. The evening was in part a celebration, acknowledging some achievements of the year. It presented an opportunity to connect,…
Each year, approximately 8,700 people die and 200,000 people are injured due to road crashes in Turkey. Addressing gaps in seat-belt legislation and robustly enforcing seat-belt legislation is one important way to address this humanitarian crisis. The Turkish Red Crescent Society, with funding from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety Grants Programme, is working to address…
As the EuroMed Road Safety Programme nears its end, beneficiary countries look back and evaluate their pilot projects. To assist with this, an internal review tool was specifically developed by the PMER department at IFRC MENA. Whilst the tool does not replace a formal external project audit, it is an effective method to auto-assess a…
November 20, 2014 marked 25 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty that recognizes the human rights of children (defined as persons up to the age of 18 years). The Convention is the most…
The Indonesia Road Safety Children Colloquium was held in Jakarta from 11 – 13 November, organized by GRSP Indonesia. Supported by the ministries of transport, public work, health, education, the Indonesian Traffic Police together with a number of private sector organizations, the event involved a number of training initiatives designed to: educate children from all…
