Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Μνήμης Θυμάτων Οδικής Κυκλοφορίας ΒΡΥΞΞΕΛΕΣ 2019

Brussels, 18th November 2019 - FEVR along with along with the European Commission - DG MOVE and WHO Regional Office for Europe commemorated World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at DG EAC -70, Rue Joseph II.

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (#WDoR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year – to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families and many others also affected, as well as reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this daily continuing disaster.

FEVR is proposing since more than 10 years now the slogan which is related to one of the Pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety: The slogan for this year’s slogan of the World Day "Life is not a car part" relates to Pillar 3 of the Global Decade of Action: Safer vehicles & Mobility. In addition, it accords with the general theme of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety that will take place in Stockholm in February 2020 – “Achieving Global Goals 2030”.

The main #WDoR2019 event brought together the road traffic victims, road safety stakeholders and NGOs. Thank you to all the speakers and all who joined us on this special day and espeacially thank you the victims for sharing your stories with us.

FEVR main #WDoR2019 moderated by Banita Fidyova, FEVR Policy Officer

Welcome by Jeannot Mersch, FEVR President

Live video message from Jean Todt, UN SG Special Envoy for Road Safety

Mathew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General for Mobility and Transport

Testimony by Dr. Lucianne Licari, WHO Europe Director, Country Support and Communications

Video message by Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport

Jonathon Passmore, WHO Europe Programme Manager - Violence and Injury Prevention

Antonio Avenoso, ETSC Executive Director

Laurence Willemse, Brussels Ministry of Mobility and Road Safety

Testimony by Bertrand Jardon, PEVR/OVK

Luciana Iorio, Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety, UNECE-WP1

Lotte Brondum, Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Executive Director

John Van Oers, artist preparing a monument for road victims in Brussels

Testimony by Pieter Fannes, 1030/0

Nicolas Schmit, MEP

10 years World Day of Remembrance flashback on campaigns - each year related to one of the 5 pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=5eMH_jsWZ_I&feature=emb_logo

10 years World Day of remembrance flashback on campaigns each year related to one of the 5 pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety