EVENT WRAP UP: Innovation Workshop 2020

Summary

The 2020 Innovation Workshop was held on 17 – 18 February 2020, as an official pre-event of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. It was co-hosted by iRAP, the International Transport Forum and World Bank Global Road Safety Facility, with the support of UK Aid and the FIA Foundation. The Workshop brought together 140 road safety advocates, experts and stakeholders from 32 countries around the world.

With the theme “Achieving the UN Road Safety Targets by 2030”, presentations explored how innovation in planning, design, financing, upgrading roads and sharing success can help to provide the global structure needed to deliver the UN Global Road Safety Targets 3 and 4, harness the power of big data to save lives, create safer cities and journeys for vulnerable road users, and secure investment for impact on scale.

The Global Road Safety Performance Targets agreed by UN Member States outline priority actions in support of those UN Sustainable Development Goals that will benefit from improved road safety. Targets 3 and 4 include ensuring all new roads are built to a 3-star or better standard for all road users (Target 3), and more than 75% of travel is on the equivalent of 3-star or better roads for all road users by 2030 (Target 4).

How to upgrade the world’s road infrastructure over the coming decade to ensure safe travel for all by 2030 was the core theme of the Workshop.

Event Communique

15 key recommendations arising out of the Workshop were presented to Ministers leading into the Global Ministerial Conference.

Programme and Presentations

The 1.5 day programme focussed on:

A Global Structure to Deliver the 2030 Road Safety Targets
Big Data for Big Life Savings
Global Planning and Design Standards – No More Killer New Roads
Celebrating Wins: From Local to Global Success
The Business Case for Safer Roads and Investment Innovation

Copies of the workshop presentations (where provided) are linked below.

Session 1 – Opening: A Global Structure to Deliver the 2030 Targets

Opening Address
Jean Todt, Special Envoy for Road Safety
Welcome
The Honourable Tomas Eneroth, Minister for Infrastructure, Government of Sweden
Mobilising Political Commitment to Deliver the 2030 Agenda
Lord George Robertson of Port Ellen, Chairman, FIA Foundation
Safeguards and the Catalytic Role of Development Banks in LMICs
Guangzhe Chen, Global Director of Transport, World Bank (Watch the GRSF in Action video here) (Watch the recorded presentation here)
How Policy and Data Can Drive Scale
Young Tae Kim, Secretary General, ITF (Watch the recorded presentation here)
Global RAP Partnerships to Deliver on UN Targets 3 and 4
Rob McInerney, CEO, iRAP (Watch the recorded presentation here)
Moving Road Safety Up the Value Chain
Prof Claes Tingvall, Senior Consultant, AFRY (Watch the recorded presentation here)

Session 2 – Big Data for Big Life Savings?

New Directions for Data-Driven Transport Safety
Stephen Perkins, Head of Research and Policy Analysis, ITF
Ai-RAP and the Global KPIs
Monica Olyslagers, Safer Cities and Innovation Specialist, iRAP
Vision for the Road Safety Observatories
Veronica Raffo, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank

Session 3 –Global Planning & Design Standards – No More Killer New Roads

A Strategic Approach to High Volume Transport Research on Road Safety for Low Income Countries
Dr Bernard Obika, Programme Director – High Volume Transport Research Programme, DFID
World Bank Guidelines and LMIC Research
Dipan Bose, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank Global
Leadership for Safer Roads in the EU
Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General, DG MOVE
iRAP Star Rating for Designs: Case Studies of Success and Building Global Capacity
James Bradford, Global Product Director, iRAP
Industry Leadership for 3-Star or Better Roads
Tony Marshall, Director, Global Leader of Highways, Arup
Working Together to Deliver on UN Target 3 with Global Road Safety Minimum Standards
Per Mathiasen, Senior Transport Engineer, European Investment Bank
Private Sector Partnerships for Safer Roads
Susanna Zammataro, Director General, International Road Federation
Building Institutional Leadership for Safer Road Design
Agustin Aguerre, Manager, Infrastructure and Energy Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Session 4 – Celebrating Wins: From Local to Global Success

5-Star Cities and Vision Zero
Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Senior Policy and Project Manager, Governance and Integration, Safety and Security, POLIS
Celebrating Success in Europe and Shaping the Future
Lina Konstantinopoulou, EuroRAP Secretary General
Star Rating for Schools
Julio Urzua, iRAP SR4S Programme Director
Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety
Rebecca Bavinger, Global Public Health Policy, Bloomberg Philanthropies
5-Star Life Saving Success on the Bruce Highway
Pip Spence, Deputy Secretary and Gabby O’Neill, Head of National Office of Road Safety, Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
Wins Around the World
Judy Williams, Global Programme Manager, iRAP