world youth assembly for road safety 2007 10-7-2008 brussels
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World Youth Assembly for Road Safety
200710-7-2008
Brussels
Today’s presentation
World Youth Assembly for Road SafetyWhy ?What ?
Follow-upEuropean Road Safety Day 2007International youth activitiesWorld Health OrganizationGlobal Youth NGO for Road Safety
WHY FACTS
per day
< 99 3600 deaths < 25 1049 deathsEvery minute and 22 seconds...
per year
1,2 million deaths
Give a voice to young people on the road safety issue
Launch the "Youth Declaration for Road Safety“
What
23 & 24 april 2007, UN Assembly Hall
600 visitors: > 200 delegates from > 100 countries> 200 young people ( Intnat. school,…> 200 observers (CDC, IFMSA, EC, ..)
Dignitaries Ban Ki Moon, Dr Chan, Tony Blair, Moby, Lula Da Silva, HE Al Khalifa, etc
Interactive (WG, DVD, Unicef, “open floor”,…)
Youth-oriented (exhibition, no involvement observers,..)
Impression
Impression
Impression
Quote
“Indeed I am very proud to associate myself with this Assembly. I think the United Nations has given young people the opportunity to prove to the world that we can commit ourselves to a solution that affects us, as young people.
But we will fail ourselves, if we fail to implement this Declaration.”
Ousman Conteh, youth delegate, the Gambia”
Follow-up European Road Safety Day 2007
• Report on the World Youth Assembly• Present the "Youth Declaration for Road
Safety“
Follow-up International activities
- Various multimedia products
- Translation of WHO posters, Youth Declaration for Road Safety
- Video clips
- Interactive web sites
- Awareness campaigns
- National conferences and organizations
- Meetings with senior government
Follow-up World Health Organization
• Events– 2nd Un Global Road Safety Week– World day of remembrance
• Support from VIP team– Communication and Multimedia– Documents– Global Youth NGO
Follow-up Global Youth NGO for Road Safety
• The idea of a youth NGO on a global level received attention during the World Youth Assembly.
• World Health Organization
Follow-up Global Youth NGO for Road Safety
Follow-up Global Youth NGO for Road Safety
• Goals:– Creating awareness in the world about road safety issues for youth– Prepare a next generation of leaders from around the world sensitive to the issue of
road safety– Foresee problems and devise methods to avoid or reduce their impact
The Global Youth NGO
Global Youth Network
Best Practices
Events
“You informed my services about your wish to create a youth non governmental organization for road safety…. On behalf of the European Commission, I am pleased to confirm its great interest in the existence of such an organization…”Grillo Pasquarelli - Director, DG Transport and Energy, European Commission
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“WHO, in its capacity as coordinator of road safety across the United Nations system, would be in full support of such an initiative, as a means of investing in the next generation of leaders from around the world sensitive to the issue of road safety” Dr. Etienne Krug - Director of the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability - WHO
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Follow-up Global Youth NGO for Road Safety
• Official launch will be soon– Join us
• the bigger the network, the better
• Europe as a strong fundament
Thank You