Welcome to our latest edition of ‘VIA Community’, a quarterly newsletter on VIA, an innovative global road safety education programme developed with the support of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and TotalEnergies Foundation. By sharing successes and challenges, this newsletter will show how the community of VIA partners is contributing to the effort of reducing road…
The UN General Assembly (UNGA), the main policy-making organi of the Organization, held a High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on 30 June and 1 July 2022. This was attended by Member States, together with an extensive body of road safety actors who advocated for a strong resolution addressing road safety. The UNGA identified…
On 30 June and 1 July 2022, the General Assembly of the United Nations held the first High-Level Meeting on Global Road Safety in New York, USA. Multiple road safety leaders and ministers attended the meeting, which gave them a platform to stress the need for effective and concrete action within the road safety arena….
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury being placed…
In December 2021, the Bridgestone-sponsored Safe to School – Safe to Home programme was officially launched in Shanghai, China. The first set of activities encompassed a series of surveys for 780 students and their parents, as well as an observational survey that helped Safe Kids China and 11 Bridgestone China volunteers assess student behaviour on…
With the support and collaboration of our members, partners, funders and grantees, our organization was able to produce positive developments within the road safety space around the globe. Through our 2021 Annual Report, we enthusiastically present to the public said developments generated by our evidence-based programmes and projects. Find the report here. Find the web…
Saving lives and mobility equity is at the heart of the partnership between AIP Foundation, a road safety nonprofit, and Thai Bridgestone Co. Ltd., with support from local partners. Under the ‘Bridgestone Global Road Safety Project’ for youth, they aim to educate, empower, improve and sustain road safety starting in schools – with youth ambassadors to…
This year, Mexico has been selected as one of the six acceleration countries in which the VIA child road safety programme will be implemented, alongside Brazil, India, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. The VIA acceleration programme was launched by the corporate foundations of Michelin and TotalEnergies, in partnership with the GRSP, in late 2021 to…
Throughout the years, the VIA Global Road Safety Education Programme has had a remarkable journey across Africa. To this day, the project has been able to engage a variety of schools, professional implementing partners and road safety actors in multiple African countries. In 2022, the programme was successfully implemented in Mali by the VIA…
We are excited to bring to you this month’s Global Road Policing Network (GRPN) Newsletter! As you will soon find out, the objectives of this quarterly newsletter are to bring together people within the road policing space and to spread useful information regarding road safety around the world. The GRPN team hopes you find the material engaging and…
Welcome to our latest edition of ‘VIA Community’, a biannual newsletter on VIA, an innovative global road safety education programme developed with the support of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and TotalEnergies Foundation. By sharing successes and challenges, this newsletter will show how the community of VIA partners is contributing to the effort of reducing road…
The General Law of Mobility and Road Safety has been passed by the Mexican Senate, a gargantuan milestone for road safety in the Latin American nation, as well as for the Safe Mobility Coalition (Coalición Movilidad Segura); a cluster of 61 non-governmental organizations that have actively advocated for the bill since 2014. The bill, which…
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work that GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury being placed…
The GRSP’s Road Map 2016-2020 was coming to an end and work had begun to develop the next strategic plan for the period from 2021 to 2025. The process of consulting our members on important future focus areas and holding workshops with GRSP staff to gather input on the future direction of the GRSP was…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) was pleased to support a recent webinar focusing on road safety in Africa and Middle East. “Overcoming Safe Driving Challenges in Africa and Middle East” was hosted by member eDriving, a Solera company, in conjunction with the AMENA Network and GRSP, to put the road safety challenges in Africa…
