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…
Genève, 25 juillet 2019 Le ‘Global Road Safety Partnership’ (GRSP), programme de la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, souhaite la bienvenue à sa nouvelle présidente du Comité exécutif, Mme Anne-Valérie Troy, représentante du groupe Total. Acteur majeur de l’énergie implanté dans plus de 130 pays, la sécurité est une valeur…
We are delighted to announce that, on June 12 at the annual Steering Committee meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, Ms. Anne-Valérie Troy was appointed the new Chair of the Global Road Safety Partnership. Ms Troy takes over this position from Mr. Andrew Bradley, Head Group Risk at Nestle, who is retiring after a four-year term….
With 1.35 million lives lost each year to road crashes, road safety is a health risk that deserves increased attention and action. GRSP and the eCBHFA, IFRC’s flagship community health programme, have joined forces to develop a module of road safety training material aimed at National Societies staff and community-based volunteers. This training material is…
On June 12th, GRSP turned 20. It celebrated this important milestone by holding a conference that gathered members, parters and experts from international institutions, the business community and governments to reflect on the work that has been done to sustainably decrease the global burden of road deaths and injuries and to identify future opportunities for…
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…
