European Commission Press Release: Brussels, 31 March 2014 In line with the Decade of Action targets, 2013 is the second year in a row that saw a decrease in the number of people killed on Europe’s roads. According to preliminary figures, the number of road fatalities has decreased by 8% compared to 2012, following the…
During the week of 24 through 28 March as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme, GRSP conducted a ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop for 30 road officers from Guadalajara and Leon, the two intervention sites for the programme in Mexico. The workshops form a part of the programme’s efforts at creating long-term sustainability…
Renault Foundation this month celebrated the first graduates of the Road Safety Management Masters, a programme launched by the Renault Foundation in March 2012. The programme, the first Master of its kind, offers an 18-month, trilingual, multidisciplinary programme covering the following fields: vehicle safety, road safety, law enforcement and legislative framework, road users’ behaviour, post-crash…
March was a busy month in Vietnam for the ‘Safe to School – Safe to Home’ programme, as the lead country implementation entered its second phase: replication and expansion. To start the month, the GRSP Vietnam team held a ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop for 40 teachers from the new schools taking up the programme to…
Important field work was conducted in Vietnam this month by GRSP in-country staff and a road safety audit expert from GRSP member and respected road safety body, the ARRB Group. Schools participating in the lead implementation of GRSP’s ‘Safe to School – Safe to Home‘ project were visited, together with two new schools which are…
Over the last few years, the Stanford Social Innovation Review has studied and worked with many local collective impact initiatives that are helping solve a social problem within a specific community, city, region, or country in an effort to answer questions from the global development community such as: How does collective impact apply to cross-sector…
‘Data Reform, Speed Limitation and Drinking & Driving’ are the three main areas of focus for the EuroMed Road Safety Pilot Project launching in Lebanon. A road safety advisory group has been formed for the purpose of steering this project, and following a national workshop in May 2013, working groups were formed. Among the components…
Bloomberg Philanthropies has already established itself as a force for policy innovation and global collaboration, and this month Fast Company named Bloomberg Philanthropies the world’s second most innovative organization, behind only Google. This honour is a reflection of the groundbreaking work that is happening in each of their different programme areas. February also saw the…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNCAP) are working in partnership to organise Asia Pacific Road Safety 2014. This comprehensive seminar, workshop and training programme will be conducted at the ADB headquarters in Manila, Philippines from 23 June to 4…
February 18 and 19 saw the convening of the 3rd International Road Safety Congress at the Shefa Neuroscience Research Centre in Tehran, Iran. The road safety situation in Iran is poor, with road crashes serving as the second highest cause of death in the country. The high death tolls are blamed on excessive speed, unsafe…
The Global Road Safety Partnership wishes to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for Round 5 of the Road Safety Grants Programme. Initiated in early 2012, the grants programme is part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme and is managed and administered by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). Proposals will…
Media Release from Global Road Safety Partnership South Africa (GRSP ZA) Recently released road traffic crash statistics clearly indicate that more still needs to be done in order to curb the carnage on South African roads. Admittedly, campaigns and programmes have been put in place by national and provincial governments, the business sector and NGOs,…
The workforce of today is more mobile than ever before. Travel from country to country on a regular basis or extended deployments in an unfamiliar country are commonplace. Naturally then when preparing an employee for international travel or an overseas assignment, a number of safety preparations must be considered. The employee will likely receive a…
The call for proposals for Round 5 of the Road Safety Grants Programme will be launched on the GRSP website on Friday 7 February. GRSP seeks civil society organizations registered and operational in Brazil, Cambodia, China, India, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam to advocate for improvements in road safety policies aimed at reducing death…
As far back as 2003, a study of U.S. collision data performed by University of Toronto researchers uncovered a 41% increase in motor vehicle collisions in the hours following the Super Bowl. The study compared data from 27 Super Bowl Sundays with that of the Sundays preceding and following the big game from 1975 to…
