Over 200 nominated road safety stakeholders from Tanzania received specialist road safety training last week as part of the 10 Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure Pilot currently underway in the country.
The group of private sector consultants and engineers drawn from road development agencies, the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications, road safety NGOs, financing organisations and academic institutions were selected by the project Steering Committee and Working Groups.
Desarrollado en colaboración con expertos mundiales en seguridad vial e ingeniería, el curso de dos días abarcó las causas de los accidentes, los principios fundamentales de la ingeniería de seguridad vial basados en un enfoque de sistema seguro, la gestión de la velocidad, la economía de la seguridad vial y las medidas esenciales de un sistema de gestión de la seguridad de la infraestructura vial que funcione correctamente, entre otros temas.
Building capacity in Tanzania is a key deliverable of the 10 Steps Project and this was the first of 3 courses that will explore road safety engineering, iRAP assessments and road safety audits.
The training aims to address skill gaps and develop participant skills to deliver road safety projects that prioritise the safety of all road users and eliminate high-risk roads in the country.
The courses will be delivered as a mix of classroom based and virtual self-paced sessions, as well as practical on-the-job training delivered on projects launched through the pilot.
Those who successfully complete the iRAP training will be eligible to apply for supported Acreditación iRAP.
The Ten Step Pilot Project, jointly funded by the Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Seguridad Vial (UNRSF) y el Fondo Mundial para la Seguridad Vial del Banco Mundial (GRSF), reúne al Gobierno de Tanzania a través del MInstituto de Obras, TANROADS and Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Banco Mundial, Federación Internacional de Carreteras (IRI), Asociación Mundial de Carreteras (PIARC), Programa Internacional de Evaluación de Carreteras (iRAP), Federación de Carreteras de Tanzania (TARA), instituciones de investigación, ONG y partes interesadas de la industria.
Tanzania is the first country to pilot the 10 Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure. It is designed to provide countries with a proven step by step process to build national capacity for safer road infrastructure and to help them achieve ONU Objetivos 3 y 4. It is expected more countries will follow, learning from Tanzania’s experience.
Para más información:
- On the 10 Step Pilot in Tanzania, haz clic aquí
- To download the 10 Steps for Safer Road Infrastructure Resource, haz clic aquí