GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF NGOs FOR ROAD SAFETY News July 2018

MEMBERS ADVOCATE FOR MOBILITY AT UN HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM The Alliance and its members used the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) this month to push for the road safety Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Alliance members, together with FIA Foundation, wrote to their governments, asking them to include SDG 11.2 in their voluntary national reviews (VNRs) and inviting them to the Child Health Initiative’s side event for the Every Journey, Every Child campaign. Read more HERE. Alliance member Humanity & Inclusion (HI) ran a side event, which was cosponsored by the Alliance and focused on the mobility challenges faced by people with disabilities and other vulnerable road users. At the event, HI launched a policy note on sustainable mobility in developing countries. Read more HERE. 28% of 2018 VNRs published so far mention road safety, according to analysis by the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT). Read their full analysis HERE. Read an overview of HLPF HERE.  ALLIANCE MEMBERS TEST STAR RATING FOR SCHOOLS The Alliance is a Lead Partner in iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) program. Alliance members have been testing SR4S at school zones in Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Malaysia, and Nigeria, plus 11 other African countries where the most recent cohort of Alliance Advocates are based. Members who tested SR4S said that it would be a valuable tool for advocating and partnering with their governments for road improvements. SR4S applies iRAP’s star rating principles to school zones, enabling NGOs and other road safety stakeholders to take an evidence-based approach in the assessment of roads around schools and identify interventions that will have the most impact. Currently, the app is only implemented though Lead Partners but it will be widely available when iRAP has completed the development and testing phase. Read more HERE.  BASELINE STUDY ON FIRST RESPONSE IN RURAL COLOMBIA Colombia has a functioning emergency telephone number, 123, that works well in the main cities. However, in rural areas, many people do not know the telephone number, and even if they do, it is ineffective because it takes so long for first-responder teams to reach a crash scene.   This is one of the finding from a baseline study for a pilot project conducted by Alliance member Meditech, Colombia, in partnership with Puma Energy Foundation and the Alliance. The findings will be used to strengthen emergency response for road crashes in rural Colombian communities by training volunteer firefighters and community members. If successful, the pilot project could provide a model for other rural communities in countries where crash survival rates are hampered by lack of trained first response teams. Read more HERE.  UNICEF WORKSHOP EQUIPS DELEGATES TO ADVOCATE SAFE AND HEALTHY JOURNEYS TO SCHOOL The Alliance, along with other road safety, environmental, and mobility experts, is partnering with UNICEF to push forward their child road traffic injury prevention program. The East Asia and Pacific Workshop on a Safe and Healthy Journey to School reflected on UNICEF’s progress and built the capacity of their in-country staff. The Alliance presented a session on road safety advocacy, focusing on power mapping and strategic partnerships to equip UNICEF staff to push for safer roads and journeys at national and local levels. Read more HERE. FISEVI PUSHES FOR CHILD SAFETY COMMITMENT In June 2018, Foro Internacional de Seguridad Vial Infantil (FISEVI) held its third bi-annual conference on child safety in Latin America, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This year, FISEVI focused on increasing the commitment of governments and other stakeholders to the safety of children on the road. Speakers included the conference’s host, Carlos Pérez, Executive Director, National Road Safety Agency of Argentina, who affirmed Argentina’s commitment. The event culminated in the signing of the Declaration of Buenos Aires. FISEVI is organized by Alliance member Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez. Two Alliance Advocates, Daniel Mwamba, Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST), and Florencia Lambrosquini, Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, were speakers at the event and presented their work on child safety. A number of other Alliance members attended the conference. Read more HERE.  MOROCCO TO HOST 1ST AFRICAN ROAD SAFETY FORUM The 1st African Road Safety Forum will be held in November 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco. The forum is organized by the Moroccan National Committee for Prevention of Road Accidents, which also hosted the Alliance’s Fourth Global Meeting in 2015. The forum is significant because it will mark the launch of the African Road Safety Observatory. The Alliance will be a main partner in the forum and has been invited to play a key part in planning the meeting. Read more HERE. ALLIANCE WELCOMES FOUR NEW MEMBERS The Alliance is excited to welcome the four new member organizations that joined us in July: Eakok Attomanobik Unnayan Sangstha, Bangladesh Centre for Road Safety and Accountability – Africa, Ghana Safe Way Right Way, Kenya Asociación Civil Paz Activa, Venezuela Read more about our new members HERE and please stop by their member profiles on the Alliance’s website to learn more about the important work they do to promote safer roads and reduce traffic-related injuries and fatalities around the world.

UPCOMING EVENTS AND DEADLINES Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards: deadline for nominations is 31 July 2018. Read more HERE. Les Trophées 2018 du clip de sécurité routière des jeunes francophones: Competition closes 15 September 2018. Read more HERE. Road Safety Course in Delft: 17–28 September 2018. Read more HERE. Global NCAP World Congress: 26–29 September 2018, Delhi, India. Read more HERE. IRF Fellowship Program is open for applications. Closing date: 30 September 2018. Read more HERE. Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2018): 3–5 October 2018, Sydney, Australia. Read more HERE. 1st IRF Mesoamerica Regional Congress: 3–5 October 2018, Mexico City, Mexico. Read more HERE. NETS 2018 Annual Strength in Numbers Conference: 10–11 October 2018, Frisco, Texas, US. Read more HERE. IRF European Road Conference, 22–24 October 2018: Dubrovnik, Croatia. Read more HERE. Safety 2018—13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: 5–7 November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand. Read more HERE.  IRF Global Road R2T Conference: 7–9 November 2018, Las Vegas, NV, US. Read more and submit an abstract HERE. 1st African Road Safety Forum: 13–15 November 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco. Read more HERE. IRF & UNECE ITS Summit: 4 December 2018, Geneva, Switzerland. Read more HERE. Sixth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims: 8–13 April 2019. Chania, Greece. Read more HERE. Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Tel: (+45) 299 399 14 E-mail: admin@roadsafetyngos.org www.roadsafetyngos.org