It was fantastic to be a part of the ITF Summit in May this year, seeing and reconnecting with old and new friends from all over the world.

Our key focusses during the event were to support member countries to eliminate high-risk roads, empower transport safety insights through shared data, and financing equitable, green and safe road infrastructure world-wide and in Europe.

The 2023 Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF), took place in Leipzig, Germany, from 24 to 26 May, under the Presidency of the United Kingdom.

The Summit of the International Transport Forum is the largest gathering of transport ministers and the world’s premier transport policy event.

Themed Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies, the 2023 edition under the Presidency of the United Kingdom brought more than 1 200 participants from over 80 countries and 63 government delegations to Leipzig, Germany, from 24 to 26 May 2023.

The ITF team have just released a 2023 Summit Highlights in Pictures which you can access here https://www.itf-oecd.org/2023-summit-highlights-pictures

iRAP’s involvement included:

• Hosting a Financing and Delivery of Safer Roads and Streets for Europe Roundtable (closed meeting). This is a follow up event to the first roundtable held in Barcelona in October last year.
• Joining the PIARC Advisory Committee Meeting
• Meeting of iRAP’s Global Policy Advisory Committee
• Presentation by iRAP CEO Rob McInerney in the Financing Equitable, Green and Safe Transport Panel Session – Read summary of session here 
• Open Stage Cafe: CycleRAP spotlight
• 5 minute Spotlight Presentation on the UK Safer Roads Fund Programme at the UK Presidency booth

A summary of all substantive outputs from the Summit and session summaries, video recordings, images and other resources are available on the Summit website: https://summit.itf-oecd.org/2023/

The full selection of official photos from the event is available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internationaltransportforum/albums

We would like to thank the ITF team for a fantastic event this year and look forward to meeting everyone at the next event!

Useful resources for ITF Member Countries and Media:

• iRAP Safety Insight Explorer – What’s the impact of road crash injury in your country, including by age and gender? How safe are your roads and what are the key road attributes contributing to risk? And what’s the Business Case for Safer Roads, in terms of the human and economic savings that can be expected by achieving UN Target 4 by 2030?
• iRAP in Countries Progress Summary
• Social Impact Investment in Safer Roads

Greg Smith presenting at UK ITF Presidency booth on UK RAP