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Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
Second Global Meeting of NGOs Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims
14 March 2011 Laura Sminkey
Towards the Decade2004: World Health Day / launch WRRTIP / UNGA and WHA
resolutions / UN Road Safety Collaboration
2007: First UN Global Road Safety Week / Youth Declaration for Road Safety
2008: UNGA recognizes World Day of Remembrance
2009: First Global Meeting of NGOs / NGO Brussels Declaration / Second report Commission for Global Road Safety / First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety / launch GSRRS
2010: UNGA announces Decade
Vision and goal of the Decade Vision: A world in which mobility is safe for all those who use the world's roads.
Goal: To halt or reverse the increasing trend in road traffic fatalities around the world.
Saving millions of lives across the Decade
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Projected increases without action
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Global plan for the Decade The Pillars:
• Road safety management
• Roads and broader transport networks
• Vehicles
• Behaviour of road users
• Post-crash care
Launch of the Decade • 11 May 2011
• High-profile event
• Dignitaries present national plan for the Decade
• Media cover event
• Road safety tag projected on national landmark
Road safety "tag"
• A unifying global symbol for road safety
• Wear. Believe. Act.
• Available to all NGOs for purchase as a wearable or decorative item
• Available to all NGOs for free for use on printed and other advocacy materials
• Not to be altered or used in conjunction with private sector logos
• Tool for fundraising
www.decadeofaction.org
Launches of the Decade (to date)
BotswanaBrazilCambodiaCanadaChinaCroatiaDR of the CongoEgyptFranceIndiaKenyaMexicoNew ZealandNigeria
PhilippinesRomaniaRussian FederationSingaporeSouth AfricaSri LankaTanzaniaThailandTurkeyUgandaUnited KingdomUnited StatesVenezuelaViet Nam
Statements of supportIn process:
President BrazilFormer President Costa RicaPrime Minister EgyptPresident FrancePresident Russian FederationPresident MexicoPrime Minister United KingdomSecretaries Health and
Transport United States
Across the Decade 2011-2020
We should:
• Commit to the long-term
• Be strategic
• Be realistic
• Base efforts on evidence
• Make use of existing materials
• Engage with partners
• Prioritize national and local action
WHO/UNRSC support to Decade
• Secretariat• Technical guidance• Monitoring tool: global status reports• Advocacy materials: tag, toolkit for
organizers, posters • Web sites: list of focal points, calendar of
activities, video statements of support • The Road Safety Fund
NGO support to Decade • Encourage government to nominate a focal point, inform
WHO
• Promote the Global Plan, encourage government to produce national plan
• Plan launch event, register with WHO
• Promote, purchase, wear the road safety tag
• Join us on Facebook
• Share your photos
• Link to web sites from your web site
www.who.int/roadsafety
Actions taken and progress made during this Decade can make the world’s roads safer for generations to come. This would be a welcome gift for the future.
Dr Margaret Chan WHO Director-General