By Thalia Rahme The year 2011 is ending with a new start for the Global Road Safety Partnership team in the Middle East and North Africa region. The team recently began collaborating with a new partner, the European Union (through the European Commission), within the framework of a new project entitled “EuroMed Transport – Support…
From Viet Nam to Russia and India, Global Road Safety Partnership, through the Bloomberg Philanthropies sponsored project, Road Safety in 10 Countries (RS-10), has been actively building best practices in the management of road safety risk factors in recent months. Whether efforts focus on speed enforcement or the prevention of drink-driving, helmet wearing or use…
The handshake between Alan Ross, a road safety expert and one of the founders of the Global Road Safety Partnership, and Ibrahim Osman, responsible for bringing road safety to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and current director of the IFRC Middle East and North Africa zone office, is by…
In November, a campaign titled “First car seat – Safe start in a journey of life” was launched in Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine. The campaign was initiated by Raben Group and the Global Road Safety Partnership, and is currently supported by several organizations including the Sesame Workshop, a partner of GRSP. Local divisions of the…
This year, the annual General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies was special to those working within the Global Road Safety Partnership. The 187 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies officially endorsed a common global agreement that recognized road safety as a man-made crisis with a humanitarian…
Two pledges on road safety will be presented at the upcoming 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva. The first is an ‘open’ pledge on road safety which will be presented for signature by National Societies and their governments. It is meant to support the implementation of UN Resolution 64/255…
Total is present in 130 countries worldwide, and their efforts for road safety are steadily expanding – not only as member of the GRSP Executive Committee, and not only with their road safety initiatives in the Africa/Middle East, but additionally, now as a partner of the Global Road Safety Initiative Phase 2 (GRSI-2). In July…
The Proactive Partnership Strategy is one of the most successful community-driven processes for addressing road safety, and the recent pledge of 75,000 USD from the Pan-American Health Organization, financially supported by the Ministry of Health, underlines the value of the strategy to the Brazil. The funding provided will support the ongoing development PPS in 3…
The Global Road Safety Partnership would like to recognize Sianne Abrahams, programme coordinator for GRSP South Africa, for her success as recipient of the prestigious Zezani Mandela Road Safety Scholarship. “As the first recipient of the Zenani Mandela Scholarship, I am deeply humbled…the opportunity will be used daily to ensure that no other child, like…
“Success breeds success” is a popular adage, and when it comes to helmet wearing in Thailand, it certainly holds true. One of key organizations involved in the Community Youth Helmet Use Project in Thailand, Road Accident Victims Protection Co., Ltd. (RVP) aimed to continue the successful results of the project immediately after its completion. The…
For the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, YOURS – Youth for Road Safety – released a series of posters for young people to raise awareness about key risks on the roads. Ten days before the launch of the first-ever Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, the global youth organization for road safety,…
New Animation Campaign Exposes the Hidden Dangers on the Roads Which Kills 3,000 Everyday On 11 May 2011, at the launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and YOURS – Youth for Road Safety have initiated an innovative campaign to build awareness and end death and injuries…
“All over the developing world, porous urbanization, lax enforcement of traffic laws, crumbling infrastructure and crowded streets have led to what the World Health Organization calls a ‘road safety crisis,’ and what the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has labelled a ‘disaster.’” TIME.com
The Global Road Safety Partnership, FIA Foundation and Sesame Street Team Up to Launch Global Road Safety Campaign Buckle up, put on your helmet, and look both ways. Here comes Grover, Sesame Street‘s boisterous and valiant blue monster, on a mission to help make the world’s roads safe for children and families, making his first…
‘Zebra crossing’ is a catchy name. It clearly illustrates its purpose – black and white lines on the road to mark a pedestrian crossing. More importantly, these flashy clearly-visible markers can save lives, providing a safe measure of protection for vulnerable road users. This is one of the key reasons the East Timor Red Cross…
