The importance of a coordinated approach to road safety is well documented; indeed through the GRSP website and social media we have recently highlighted the importance of aligning efforts to save lives. Perhaps nowhere is this better illustrated than through the work of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme. Since 2011 in Kenya, through…
In October, the Red Cross Society of China, in partnership with the Global Road Safety Partnership, launched a seminal project advocating for the introduction of national Good Samaritan laws in China. Through the project, as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme, the Red Cross Society of China will implement two activities in…
Building on from rigorous planning and a successful mini workshop held in the middle of the year, October saw the official launch ceremony and first full session workshop of the Moroccan project, ‘Mohammedia, a Model City for the Protection of Road Users’, a joint collaboration between two GRSP programmes, GRSI-2 and EU MENA. The successful…
GRSP member, Global Road Safety Initiative partner, road safety leader and corporate citizen, Renault has released the October edition of their CSR newsletter, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility, The Renault Way’. In this edition Renault places the spotlight on sustainable mobility in Korea, it’s back to school for students of the innovative academic programmes funded through the…
The need for careful planning of any road safety initiative is crucial to its chance of success. When working across sectors with multiple road safety actors the need for careful planning is further heightened – yet with such an integrated approach, so too is the potential for results. To illustrate, when addressing speed as a…
GRSP Romania this month conducted the ‘Forum of Good Practice in Road Safety’ in Bucharest for an influential group of participants representing lead road safety bodies, civil society and the private sector. In opening the forum, Mr Eric Faidy, GRSP Romania President, shed light on the scope of the road traffic crisis in Romania, stating:…
On October 2nd, Vietnam Red Cross, the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) and the Global Road Safety Partnership co-hosted a workshop to push regulators for better management and coordination of the Circular regulating motorcycle helmet quality. Forty-one participants from the implementing Ministries (Industry and Trade, Science and Technology, Transport and Public Security) attended the workshop….
A meeting was held in Paris in September between the man behind the GRSP administered Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety Grants Programme, New York Mayor Mr Michael Bloomberg, and the Grants Programme team. The meeting was conducted to consider and assess the 31 qualifying applications received during the recently closed round four call for proposals. Proposals…
Each year in China, 20 million new drivers take to the roads adding to the 240 million vehicles currently registered in the country – this is a staggering figure which highlights the importance of managing mobility and motorization in a rapidly growing economy. This formed the central topic at the recent China Road Safety Forum…
After months of hard work, September saw the launch of the road safety project ‘The Design and Establishment of a Road Safety Management System for Sfax Governorate Regional Transport Company (SORETRAS)’, within the framework of the EU MENA programme. The ambitious but achievable project aims to reduce by 50% the number of road crash victims…
Since the GRSP first began working in Vietnam back in 2003, much progress has been made on the culture and legislation around helmet wearing, however there is still much to do, particularly on the issue of helmet standards. Whilst helmet wearing rates have improved, there is little or no control over the quality of the…
Every year on the second Saturday of September, events are held in over 100 countries to celebrate and promote World First Aid Day. This year the day was held around the theme ‘First Aid and Road Safety’. As part of global actions, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) in collaboration with the International Federation of Red…
In another example of private sector engagement in road safety, a strategic partnership agreement has been signed between the Hungarian Tyre Association (HTA) and the GRSP Hungary. One objective of the cooperation between the two organizations is to engage in joint programmes with the aim of broadening the knowledge of drivers with a focus on…
On August 2, Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRCS) held a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, in collaboration with the Road Safety Platform (RSP) and the World Health Organization. The press conference was TRC’s first activity under their road safety advocacy project. TRCS will be contributing to an ongoing advocacy campaign focused on strengthening seat-belt laws…
The EU MENA programme is a one million Euros funded project spanning three years in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. It aims to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries in the beneficiary countries through: capacity building activities for key staff in the region; coordinated multi-sector and multi-disciplinary cooperation on road safety…
