The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched the Transport Technology Innovation Challenge on two challenges: (i) Improve Security for Public Transport Users, and (ii) Promote Health and Hygiene for Public Transport Users. Qualified technology providers are encouraged to submit an expression of interest by Friday 12 PM (noon), 4 December 2020 (Philippines Time = UTC+8)…
Consumer Voice, a GRSP grantee based in India and a member of the Road Safety Network, hosted on September 8, 2020, the “National Webinar on Road Safety”. This online event served as a platform for various important National and International stakeholders to come together and reinforce their commitment to saving lives on Indian Roads through…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) team is immensely proud to have our work developing road safety partnerships endorsed within the United Nations General Assembly Resolution, ‘Improving Global Road Safety’. We particularly wish to acknowledge the enduring support and encouragement of our members, major donors, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Fondation Botnar and our host, the International…
The GRSP and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been jointly awarded a grant from the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility FY 2020 Call for Grant Proposals. The proposal from GRSP/ADB was one of 9 selected among almost 50 candidatures, and it focuses on improving the accuracy and reporting rates of crash data in…
GRSP and other expert speakers discuss the growing safety challenges concerning global motor fleets and how a captive can help encourage a cultural shift in risk management. Listen to it here: https://bit.ly/338QAKL
Welcome to our first edition of ‘VIA Community’, a quarterly newsletter on VIA, an innovative global road safety education programme developed with the support of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and Total Foundation. By sharing successes and challenges, this newsletter will show how the community of VIA’s partners is contributing to the effort of reducing road…
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury being placed…
The critical case for ongoing road safety investment As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing road safety pandemic has had a temporary reprieve as road traffic volumes have fallen with governments globally taking unprecedented steps to reduce virus contagion. The economic impacts, of course, will be profound. Worryingly, a new threat may…
The United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) has reported on the “Strengthening speed management in the Philippines” project in its new Annual Report. This project addresses excessive speed, one of the main causes of death and injury on the roads of the Philippines, by supporting the country in its efforts to reduce driving speed by…
In the last week of May, the Kenyan Red Cross (KRC), GRSP’s partner in the VIA project in Kenya, organized and carried out a training for junior trainers, where they were exposed for the first time to the VIA Programme and educational tools. The idea behind this training was to prepare the young volunteers of…
On Tuesday May 12, 2020, the Jiangsu People’s Congress passed new regulations mandating the use of helmets by e-bike riders and passengers – penalties also apply for breaches. The Electric Bicycle Management Regulations, which will go into effect on 1 July 2020, is the first provincial law in China mandating e-bike rider helmet use with…
In collaboration with the VIAS Institute, the GRSP is proud to release the “Towards the 12 voluntary global targets for road safety” manual which provides guidance for countries on activities and measures to achieve the voluntary global road safety performance targets The voluntary global performance targets for road safety risk factors and service delivery mechanisms…
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury being placed…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is proud to announce that we have been awarded two Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement and innovation in global road safety. Awards were made for the Global Road Safety Leadership Course and for the Road Policing Capacity Building Programme. Both programmes are supported…
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury being placed…
