We reported last month on the ten cities and five countries selected as participants in the second phase of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. Since the announcement, the GRSP team has begun a series of official kick-off meetings with high level representatives from those cities and countries. Through this newsletter, our social media…
On 17 and 18 March in Cambodia, GRSP hosted a meeting of in-country advocacy partners and the Bloomberg Advocacy Incubator to develop a strategy for supporting implementation of the new Traffic Law; the progress of which we have been supporting and reporting on through this newsletter. Relevant government partners also participated in parts of the…
Sendai / Geneva – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today launched an initiative to scale-up community and civic action on resilience – the ‘One Billion Coalition for Resilience’. The announcement was made by Mr Tadateru Konoé, President of the IFRC and Japanese Red Cross Society, together with Mr Elhadj…
From the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health team On February 27, police officers from Australia, Ireland, Moldova, the United Kingdom and the United States convened at Bloomberg Philanthropies to help strategize how to work effectively with road police to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries. The Global Road Safety Partnership, together with experts in road policing…
The Global Road Safety Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the Call for Concept Notes for Round 7 of the Road Safety Grants Programme. Initiated in early 2012 with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the primary objective of the Road Safety Grants Programme is to support civil society organizations in selected low- and middle-income…
The last week of February saw the coming together in New York of all the partners involved in the new phase of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. The week also saw our new CEO, Dr Barry Watson, commence in his new role, and so presented an ideal opportunity for him to join the…
On 27 February, the Turkish Road Association (TRA), a grantee of the GRSP managed Road Safety Grants Progamme funded through the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, hosted a workshop for civil society and government partners to investigate opportunities and challenges in addressing speed in urban environments in Turkey. Attendees from the General Directorate of…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) are pleased to again be working in partnership to bring you Asia Pacific Road Safety 2015. This comprehensive capacity building event provides you with a range of stimulating workshops, keynote addresses and plenary sessions and will be held at…
Under the Advocacy & Grants Programme, funded through the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, GRSP is partnering with the Turkish Red Crescent Society in an ongoing campaign to address gaps in Turkish seat-belt legislation. Currently, a number of exemptions exist in the legislation which lead to road crash fatalities and more severe road crash…
Selections made from a field of 20 strong applicant cities Commitment Aims to Reduce Road Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Cities and Countries New York – February 12, 2015 – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the winning cities and countries selected to participate in a new phase of the foundation’s Global Road Safety…
The end of 2014 saw the end of the three-year EU funded EuroMed Road Safety project which was managed by the GRSP. The 1 million Euros project was designed to assist, and build capacity within, eight southern Mediterranean countries to improve road safety. An extended series of regional and in-country workshops were conducted in which…
The Safe to School – Safe to Home programme, which was developed through the Global Road Safety Initiative, was first launched in Ha Nam province, Vietnam, in August 2013. Since that time the programme has been refined and replicated in a number of countries in the region and beyond. The lead example of the project…
We have reported a number of times on the work of SaveLIFE Foundation, a grantee of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme, in their campaign for the introduction of a Good Samaritan law in India. Herein we are pleased to bring you the latest progress in this important work. SaveLIFE Foundation successfully aligned with…
It is with a great sense of pride that we announce Professor Barry Watson has accepted the appointment as new Chief Executive Officer of GRSP. Barry is the current Director of Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS-Q) in Brisbane, Australia. He has over 30 years’ experience in road safety…
On January 13 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), Vietnam’s governmental authority on road safety, officially launched its National Child Helmet Action Plan to promote child helmet use across the country. The National Child Helmet Action Plan is coordinated by the NTSC and its department members, including the ministries of Education and…
