Introducing a culture of road safety in the Middle East and North Africa region has never been easy. Yet it has never prevented the Global Road Safety Partnership from making efforts, and now the hard work of previous years has crystalized into an active work plan for 2012, coupled with a financial commitment to make…
Over the past several years since its inception by a group of leading global corporations, the Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI), has delivered important road safety projects in Brazil, China and several countries in Southeast Asia. In 2012, thanks to the support of GRSI participating partners – Michelin, Renault, Shell, Total and Toyota – GRSI…
By Thalia Rahme The Partnership agreement between Shell and the Global Road Safety Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was renewed and extended for the year 2012. The occasion brought two senior Shell representatives to Beirut; Steve Brigg, Vice President Health, Safety and Environment & Sustainable Development (HSE&SD), MENA, and Hendrik Moorrees, Shell…
By Sovann Kong For the Siem Reap Provinical Government in Cambodia, the end of 2011 foreshadowed a positive start to the New Year in terms of road safety. Together with the Global Road Safety Partnership, on 1 December, local government officials signed a memorandum of understanding to pilot the internationally renowned, Proactive Partnership Strategy (PPS)….
By Thalia Rahme As part of its ongoing efforts to promote road safety in the Sultanate of Oman, Shell – a partner of the Global Road Safety Partnership for over ten years – launched a promising initiative aimed at reducing crash rates in the country under the title “Together for Accident Free Oman“. In partnership…
By Ian Hughes The annual Global Road Safety Partnership Asia Seminar will be on 7-8 March 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand and will again be followed by an International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) Workshop on 9 March 2012. This year’s seminar theme is “Decade of Action: Time to Act!” The seminar and workshop provide an important…
By Margarita Plotnikova On 7 December 2011, the Ukrainian Road Safety Association (URSA) identified the Global Road Safety Partnership as one of its six partners, presenting the Partnership with an annual award for road safety action and promotion of partnerships in Ukraine. The award was an instrumental part of efforts to the lay the groundwork…
A joint Pledge to improve road safety signed by representatives of states and National Societies leaders at the 31st International Red Cross Red Crescent Conference last November in Geneva marked yet another global milestone towards improving the situation in road safety in the world – and momentum is continuing to build. Prior to the Conference…
The Global Road Safety Partnership announces the launch of its new global website with a new design and most importantly with fresh content and additional features, including links to social media outlets. “We are determined to reach many more people and get them involved in the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety,” says Andrew…
In late October 2011, within the Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety in 10 Countries project, the Global Road Safety Partnership organized two workshops on Seat-belts and Child Restraints Management for 70 management level road safety stakeholders in Turkey. Representatives of the traffic police, health departments, and transport and highway authorities joined the Chamber of Drivers, Turkish…
By Thalia Rahme The year 2011 is ending with a new start for the Global Road Safety Partnership team in the Middle East and North Africa region. The team recently began collaborating with a new partner, the European Union (through the European Commission), within the framework of a new project entitled “EuroMed Transport – Support…
From Viet Nam to Russia and India, Global Road Safety Partnership, through the Bloomberg Philanthropies sponsored project, Road Safety in 10 Countries (RS-10), has been actively building best practices in the management of road safety risk factors in recent months. Whether efforts focus on speed enforcement or the prevention of drink-driving, helmet wearing or use…
The handshake between Alan Ross, a road safety expert and one of the founders of the Global Road Safety Partnership, and Ibrahim Osman, responsible for bringing road safety to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and current director of the IFRC Middle East and North Africa zone office, is by…
In November, a campaign titled “First car seat – Safe start in a journey of life” was launched in Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine. The campaign was initiated by Raben Group and the Global Road Safety Partnership, and is currently supported by several organizations including the Sesame Workshop, a partner of GRSP. Local divisions of the…
This year, the annual General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies was special to those working within the Global Road Safety Partnership. The 187 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies officially endorsed a common global agreement that recognized road safety as a man-made crisis with a humanitarian…
