“In the past 10 years, the number of registered vehicles have increased enormously in Myanmar”, explained Professor Thit Lwin, Head of Orthopedic Surgery at Yangon General Hospital and Project Manager for the Injury Prevention project at the Ministry of Health.“Road safety is a surging problem in our country, and the second highest cause of death…
The past few years, the Global Road Safety Partnership has worked closely with the European Transport Safety Counctil (ETSC) to run the annual PRAISE seminar. The ETSC project, Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees (PRAISE), aims to increase road safety in the work context. ETSC’s project aims to “praise” best practices in…
For many of people today, social media can be intimidating or simply uninteresting. Yet whether or not you use it, one thing is certain – social media is having a major impact around the world today in terms of how we communicate and interact. As you read these words, people may be talking about your…
The Global Road Safety Partnership today launched the process of finding a new Chief Executive for the organization after the current CEO, Andrew Pearce, decided not to renew his contract for a further term. Interested candidates were invited to apply for this exciting post by filling an online application. “After four years of an impressive…
Almost one year in, seminar addresses the challenge ahead We’ve come a long way — but there’s a long road ahead. That could be one way of summing up the sentiments of the 230 road-safety experts, practitioners, advocates and senior government officials who gathered at the launch of the fifth annual GRSP Asia Road Safety…
Almost one year into the global Decade of Action for Road Safety, Asian countries are already taking significant steps toward their goals of reducing road-crash related deaths and injuries. But much more needs to be done if countries are to meet the ambitious goals set as part of the Decade of Action — particularly as the…
In the words of French writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “ a goal without a plan is just a wish.” But this is not a phrase that needs to be explained to the Global Road Safety Partnership team supporting the project, Road Safety in 10 Countries (RS-10), funded with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies. For the Partnership, setting…
Introducing a culture of road safety in the Middle East and North Africa region has never been easy. Yet it has never prevented the Global Road Safety Partnership from making efforts, and now the hard work of previous years has crystalized into an active work plan for 2012, coupled with a financial commitment to make…
Over the past several years since its inception by a group of leading global corporations, the Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI), has delivered important road safety projects in Brazil, China and several countries in Southeast Asia. In 2012, thanks to the support of GRSI participating partners – Michelin, Renault, Shell, Total and Toyota – GRSI…
By Thalia Rahme The Partnership agreement between Shell and the Global Road Safety Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was renewed and extended for the year 2012. The occasion brought two senior Shell representatives to Beirut; Steve Brigg, Vice President Health, Safety and Environment & Sustainable Development (HSE&SD), MENA, and Hendrik Moorrees, Shell…
By Sovann Kong For the Siem Reap Provinical Government in Cambodia, the end of 2011 foreshadowed a positive start to the New Year in terms of road safety. Together with the Global Road Safety Partnership, on 1 December, local government officials signed a memorandum of understanding to pilot the internationally renowned, Proactive Partnership Strategy (PPS)….
By Thalia Rahme As part of its ongoing efforts to promote road safety in the Sultanate of Oman, Shell – a partner of the Global Road Safety Partnership for over ten years – launched a promising initiative aimed at reducing crash rates in the country under the title “Together for Accident Free Oman“. In partnership…
By Ian Hughes The annual Global Road Safety Partnership Asia Seminar will be on 7-8 March 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand and will again be followed by an International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) Workshop on 9 March 2012. This year’s seminar theme is “Decade of Action: Time to Act!” The seminar and workshop provide an important…
By Margarita Plotnikova On 7 December 2011, the Ukrainian Road Safety Association (URSA) identified the Global Road Safety Partnership as one of its six partners, presenting the Partnership with an annual award for road safety action and promotion of partnerships in Ukraine. The award was an instrumental part of efforts to the lay the groundwork…
A joint Pledge to improve road safety signed by representatives of states and National Societies leaders at the 31st International Red Cross Red Crescent Conference last November in Geneva marked yet another global milestone towards improving the situation in road safety in the world – and momentum is continuing to build. Prior to the Conference…
