From 22-23 May, officials from the Ministry of Transport, road safety authorities, and road safety practitioners gathered from southern Mediterranean countries in Brussels for a workshop, with the objective of discussing road safety management in their respective countries. An unprecedented meeting for partners in the region, the workshop, titled, “Road Safety Management”, is the first in…
“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand” Said Khalil Gibran. And Hikayat Simsim, through its beloved local characters, involves children and families in the importance of education and the love for lifelong learning by making them a part of their educational process so they can become…
From Yemen and the UAE to Lebanon and Tunisia, Arab Traffic Week was celebrated throughout the MENA region starting 4 May to 10, 2012. This year’s slogan, “Until When”, reflected the commitment of Arab leaders to improve road safety throughout a region that continues to suffer dramatic consequences on the roads, despite concerted efforts. Arab…
At the end of 2011, the Global Road Safety Partnership welcomed Nestlé as a new member. “At Nestlé we believe one accident is one too many”, explained Andrew Bradley, head of Group Risk Services as they joined GRSP. Nestlé has been working hard to live up to this philosophy, and efforts have certainly paid off. On…
Combining car racing and safety may seem to be an unsolvable equation. Yet Renault doesn’t see it that way. One can enjoy a ride without taking any risks, if necessary precautions are taken. This is what the world’s leading automobile manufacturers aimed to demonstrate with a “safety village” during its famous World Series auto event…
“In this process, you start believing in results. This is what is motivating: seeing that it is possible. It is not just another project. It is a project with our face, being built by us and which embodies us.” – Road safety Champion Marta Maria Malheiros Alves, epidemological surveillance manager of the city’s Health Secretariat and…
How a unique partnership approach developed in Brazil is being expanded nationally and internationally with engagement of the private-sector, government and a leading, global philanthropic organization. In Brazil’s western state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the capital city of Campo Grande is at the frontier of Brazil’s road-safety revolution. Only 400 kilometers from the border…
“The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is the publication that health agencies, universities, government agencies and foundations go to when they want to publish important public health research”, states the American Public Health Association. A journal with current and in-depth research on public health, the June 2012 issue includes a focus on the health…
“It’s better to crash into a nap, than to nap into a crash,” is a famous saying. Yet unfortunately, it does not always happen this way. Every day, thousands of people lose their lives on the roads. While many of the victims are members of our community, there are also a large number of victims…
Renault hosts 2012 Global Road Safety Partnership Annual Meeting in Spa, Belgium By working together, automakers, governments and humanitarian groups are preventing deaths and injuries caused by road crashes around the world. Examples of where this is being done are among the highlights of the 2012 Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) Annual Meeting, which is…
“Appearances are deceptive”, points out the Mayor of Stuttgart, Dr. Wolfgang Schuster. Although our roads and vehicles are much safer today than 100 years ago, there is still much more work to be done, he explains. Yet by bringing key road safety stakeholders together – including the Global Road Safety Partnership and Michelin – at…
On April 16, 2012, the global organization, Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), launched its first-ever road safety toolkit. Targeting young people all over the world, the safety kit aims to introduce road safety in a concise, yet clear and appealing way. In order to know more about that kit, we interviewed its author Nellie Ghusayni,…
By Kwan Pankumhang Achieving a helmet-wearing rate of 100 per cent is achievable as we learn from road safety stakeholders in Thailand. In January, the main organization responsible for road safety, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), under Ministry of Interior, organised an event titled, “Commemorating the Year of 100 per cent Safety…
In the near future, Slovenia will have to deal with the challenge of creating a coordinated and stable road safety system at the national, regional and local levels. Effective collaboration among road safety stakeholders is critical in order to meet this challenge. From the 19-20 March, Steve Proctor from TMS Consultancy and Kathleen Elsig from…
Closing a gap in road laws that currently exclude the requirement for passengers – particularly children – to wear a motorcycle helmet are now being addressed in Cambodia thanks to the leadership of the Global Road Safety Partnership and the support they have provided to the Cambodia Red Cross. In April, the National Road Safety…
