ΝΕΑ: GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF NGOs FOR ROAD SAFETY

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is held every year on the third Sunday of November. The day is a significant moment for road safety and road victim NGOs around the world to REMEMBER those who have been killed on the world's roads, SUPPORT those who have been affected by road traffic crashes, and ACT to make our roads safer for all. “The best way to honor [road victims’] memory is to take action to make our roads safer and prevent these tragedies,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, at the global online commemoration for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims held on 18 November 2022.  The online global commemoration also featured Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, and Alliance members Donna Price, International Road Victims' Partnership and Irish Road Victims' Association, and Monica Dongban Mensem, Keep Roads Safe Demand Road Trust, who shared their experiences of losing loved ones. The Alliance's Valeria Motta and Deepanshu Gupta of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety spoke about what is needed to prevent further road deaths. The event was hosted by Etienne Krug, WHO, and featured artistic interventions from Soul City Arts. Watch the recording HERE. Read about national and local events around the world BELOW.

WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: MEMBER EVENTS  Around the world, Alliance members used the World Day of Remembrance to remember road victims, call for support for the emergency services, post-crash care, psychological support, crash investigation, insurance, and the way that cases are handled within the justice system, and to push for preventative action to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries.  Activities included memorial services; symbolic displays with butterflies, stars, and candles; blood donation campaigns; cycle rides and processions; and the unveiling of a new road victims' memorial in Madrid, Spain, where Stop Accidentes has been collaborating with the Madrid city authorities.   See more pictures from Alliance members' World Day of Remembrance events HERE.

GET READY FOR THE GLOBAL MEETING We are excited that registration is now open for the Eighth Global Meeting which will be held 6–10 March 2023 in San Salvador, El Salvador. We are putting together a packed agenda to kickstart the next stage in our push for accountability and to explore safe mobility in the context of the full SDG agenda.  An early bird discount is available until 15 December 2022, so register now HERE. In preparation for the 2023 Global Meeting, we asked Alliance member NGOs what the most valuable elements of previous Global Meetings had been for them. 80% listed the opportunity to network and share with other NGOs, 67.5% said they learned a lot from the workshops, 62.5% stated that it had increased their readiness for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030 (Decade of Action), and 60% said that it had strengthened their work in their countries. Our thanks to all the members who gave us their ideas. We are using the inputs to build an exciting program and we can't wait to share it with you soon.  Alliance full members can apply for a scholarship toward the cost of attending the Global Meeting. Find out more and apply by the deadline of 30 November 2022 HERE. We hope that you will join us for this unique moment to present a united global NGO voice for road safety.

LEARN IN ACTION: TUNISIA AND ZAMBIA LEARN is a joint initiative between IRF and the Alliance, supported by TotalEnergies Foundation, which brings together national government officials, police, road safety NGOs, private sector, and academia to learn how to gather and analyze road safety data more effectively and to use that data to implement effective interventions that will reduce road deaths and injuries. Through the project, the partners create and implement a joint action plan for a specific data collection project that can utilize the strengths and experiences of their different sectors. It has so far been implemented in six countries in Africa.  In Tunisia, Alliance member Les Ambassadeurs de la Securite Routiere (ASR) has used LEARN to build a coalition to synchronize the efforts of government agencies, the road safety observatory, police, NGOs, and private sector to collect, share, and use crash and road death data more effectively. Read more HERE. In Zambia, Alliance member Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) is coordinating a LEARN project that is enabling roll out of 30 km/h zones. NGOs, including ZRST, are working with the police to collect data around schools and other busy locations with a lot of pedestrians. They are using this data to establish which streets should be prioritized for 30 km/h signs and other speed calming interventions, as well as pedestrian facilities such as speed bumps, sidewalks, and pedestrian crossings. The recommendations are also helping to identify particular zones for enhanced enforcement of 30km/h limits. Read more HERE.   2,958 DAYS UNTIL THE END OF THE DECADE OF ACTION