The media has an important role to play in the effective communication of road safety messages. Just the language used to report on a fatality can drastically alter the way the news is received by the public. To illustrate, a newspaper headline reporting on a triple fatality on the national highway could simply read: ‘Three…
Having launched the Safe to School – Safe to Home programme in Ningbo City, China on November 18, 2013 with excellent attendance from stakeholders and the media, work in 2014 has been progressing well. A safety assessment of the road and traffic environment around the 10 pilot schools is underway, with reports to be finalized…
Road safety leader and Global Road Safety Partnership member Nestlé held its own Road Safety Week at its global headquarters in Switzerland to celebrate the international day of ‘Safety & Health at work’ during the week commencing 28 April 2014. According to Michel Siegenthaler from Nestlé Group Risk Services, and a member of the organising…
Third UN Global Road Safety Week, 4 – 10 May 2015: ‘Children and road safety’ On 10 April 2014 a new UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution – “Improving global road safety” – requested WHO and the UN regional commissions to facilitate organization of the Third UN Global Road Safety Week in 2015. WHO and the…
During a meeting of Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme partners in Leon, Mexico, the head of the road police expressed concern regarding the robust enforcement of road safety policies for fear of a public backlash. He specifically requested the partners engage in public awareness raising and other activities to raise public understanding and support…
GRSP MENA office, as part of the EuroMed Road Safety Prorgamme, proudly announces the launch of the first distinctive, multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary road safety pilot project in Lebanon. In an effort to promote road safety, a campaign under the title of ‘We got together so that no road can separate you’ was launched at the…
On World Red Cross Red Crescent Day (8 May 2014), a new partnership with an initial focus on strengthening cooperation on post-crash care was agreed between the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). FIA President Jean Todt (pictured centre) was hosted by the President…
The call for proposals for Round 5 of the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road Safety Grants Programme was launched through the GRSP website and digital avenues in early February, with a deadline for submissions of 21 March. In all, 75 grant proposals were received from 9 countries, representing a 41 per cent increase over the previous…
On 10 April in New York, the 68th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted by consensus the Russian Federation sponsored resolution entitled ‘Improving global road safety’. This resolution wanted to ‘reflect the progress achieved by the international community on road safety’ over the past two years, and was based on the…
On a daily basis, Brazil faces great road traffic difficulties across the risk factors, and ahead of an influx of visitors for the FIFA World Cup (starting 12 June) all possible support is welcomed by those working to make the roads safer. To this end, from 14 to 16 April, GRSP through the Bloomberg Philanthropies…
Brussels – Press release from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Transport safety campaigners are calling on the European Union to accelerate progress on reducing the number of people killed in cars every year in the EU, as new research shows 12,345 car occupants were fatally injured in 2012. The report into trends in car…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been the host organization for GRSP since 1999, and for the GRSP MENA office since 2008. With road safety becoming an increasingly important topic to Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies, the team in the GRSP MENA office took the opportunity this month…
On 10 April in Phu Ly City, the GRSP Vietnam team together with lead members from the Ha Nam Provincial Traffic Safety Committee (PTSC) conducted an inter-provincial training workshop on the ‘Safe to School – Safe to Home’ programme methodology. ‘Safe to School – Safe to Home’ has been developed by GRSP as a comprehensive,…
On the fifth of May in Melbourne, Australia, HRH Prince Michael of Kent will launch a new Australian Government road safety initiative known as the National Road Safety Partnership Programme (NRSPP). The programme recognizes that promoting road safety is everyone’s responsibility and that the business sector has the ability and financial incentive to help reduce…
We are excited to inform the road safety community that we have confirmed dates for the 2014 GRSP AFRICA ROAD SAFETY SEMINAR: Dates: 12-13 August, 2014 Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Theme: ‘Safer Cities for Children’ This important event on the African road safety calendar will once again attract strong interest from key stakeholders including…
