El Diez pasos para lograr una infraestructura vial más segura en 2030 event, hosted by iRAP, in partnership with the Federación Internacional de Carreteras (IRF) y el Asociación Mundial de Carreteras (PIARC), brought together global leaders, policymakers, and road safety experts on 17 February to explore the successful ten steps framework for safer roads. Held as a side event of the Cuarta Conferencia Ministerial Mundial sobre Seguridad Vial in Marrakech, Morocco, the event focused on how infrastructure can be a driving force behind the United Nations’ goal of halving road fatalities and injuries by 2030.
With overwhelming interest and thought-provoking discussions, the event highlighted the Ten Steps Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure as a practical roadmap for governments, in partnership with national and international stakeholders. Participants explored how this framework, addressing challenges in policy, design, and implementation, is critical to saving lives and improving road safety globally.
The event attracted 225 registrations from 64 countries and was livestreamed in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Arabic) with (at time of writing) more than 740 online views.
The Program and Speakers
The ten steps for safer road infrastructure were shared, along with project success stories and opportunities to build institutional capacity, partnerships and a regulatory framework through implementation of the ten steps in countries.
More than 30 speakers from 22 countries took to the stage including:
The Program and Speakers
The ten steps for safer road infrastructure were shared, along with project success stories and opportunities to build institutional capacity, partnerships and a regulatory framework through implementation of the ten steps in countries.
Abdallah Hamis Ulega
Ministro de Carreteras de Tanzania
Juan Carlos Munoz
Minister of Transport/Telecommunications, Chile
Nneka Henry
Head UN Road Safety Fund
Mandiaye Faye
Director of Road Traffic and Mobility MITTA, Senegal
Susana Zammataro
Director General
IRF
Wei Min Ren
UNRSF Steering Committee Chair/Director, Transport Division
ESCAPE
Greg Smith
Director ejecutivo interino y director del programa global de iRAP
Cathy Miller
Head of Road Safety, UK Department for Transport (DfT)
Saúl Billingsley
Executive Director, FIA Foundation
Susan Hipp
Director Ejecutivo de la Red de Empleadores para la Seguridad Vial (NETS)
Bosco Martí
Directora ejecutiva de Asuntos Institucionales y de Comunicación, Aleatica
Natalie Chiavassa
Iniciativa iRAP para viajes más seguros en África
Dimitrios Mandalozis
President, IRF/ Chief Operations Officer, Aegean Motorway SA
Nathalie Angibeau
North Africa Director, UNOPS
Jamie Leather
Jefe del Grupo del Sector Transporte del Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (BAD)
Esteban Diez Roux
Operation Senior Advisor, IDB
Mohammed Al Abood
Head, Traffic Engineering and Safety Department, Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services, Saudi Arabia
Samar Abouraad
Especialista en viajes seguros, iRAP
Lateef Ramoni
Comandante adjunto del Cuerpo de Seguridad Vial de Nigeria y persona de contacto de la Organización de Seguridad Vial de África Occidental (WARSO).
Peter Jamieson
Director General, Anditi
Sameera Munshi
Gerente de Operaciones, Fundación Anglo Americana
Aubin Essaie Moussa
Presidente de la Asociación Africana del Fondo para el Mantenimiento de Carreteras (ARMFA)
Stephen Perkins
Jefe de Investigación y Análisis de Políticas, ITF
Patrick Mallejacq
Secretario General, PIARC
Dipan Bose
Especialista sénior en transporte, Banco Mundial
Miguel Nadal
Director General, Cercle d’Economia and Chair, iRAP
James Bradford
Director Técnico Global, iRAP
Judy Williams
Gerente de Programas y Comunicaciones Globales, iRAP
Joel Jere
Executive Director, Road Safety Alert Foundation (ROSAF)
Steve Phillips
Secretario General de la Conferencia de Directores Europeos de Carreteras
Sang Jin Han
Professor, Transportation Studies Group, Seoul National University
About the Ten Steps for Safer Road Infrastructure
Developed by the UN Road Safety Collaboration, the Plan de diez pasos para una infraestructura vial más segura offers a structured approach to tackling road safety challenges. The plan targets high-risk roads through infrastructure upgrades, strengthens road safety expertise via capacity building, and advocates for evidence-based interventions based on crash data and risk assessment methodologies. To be successful, it requires political commitment, institutional capacity, and sustainable financing—three pillars that must underpin efforts to achieve the ambitious 2030 goals.
A shining example of the Ten Steps framework in action is Tanzania’s progress as the first pilot country for the initiative. Backed by the UN Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) and the Global Road Safety Facility, Tanzania made substantial progress over a 30-month period. This success earned the Premio Internacional Príncipe Miguel de Seguridad Vial 2023 for its remarkable impact, illustrating how the Ten Steps framework, supported by strong partnerships and political will, can transform road safety.
The Ten Steps framework is now extending its reach with active projects in Central Asia, Senegal y North and West Africa.
The event sessions explored key elements of the Plan that are crucial for advancing global road safety:
- Mobilising Impact with Effective Policy: iRAP Policies into Practice webpage shares nearly 50 examples of national and state road safety strategies and action plans that include iRAP key performance indicators for infrastructure safety.
- Mobilising Impact with Financing: By highlighting the safety performance of roads through star ratings and the associated business case for upgrades, iRAP tools (Planes de inversión para carreteras más seguras, Explorador de información sobre seguridad, Impact Investment Case, help partners prioritize investments that meet the UN Targets and maximise lives saved per unit of investment.
- Safer Road Design: Star Rating for Designs enables road designers and engineers to assess and improve the safety of their road designs for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and vehicle occupants before construction commences.
- Capacity Building: Empowering professionals through training, such as through iRAP’s Training y Acreditación Program and the IRF’s International Registry of Road Safety Auditors.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Utilising tools like Explorador de información sobre seguridad de iRAP, Herramientas RAP, y el Estadísticas mundiales de carreteras de la IRF to assess risks and guide investments where they are needed most.
- Global Partnerships: reflected through iRAP’s Partnerships for 2030 Impact Strategy, and our work with 34,000 partners worldwide, partnerships are crucial in supporting road safety worldwide. Our Resources for 5-star RAPs is supporting the development of high impact Road Assessments Programs worldwide.
- Innovation and Technology: iRAP’s Innovation initiatives and projects, including AiRAP are changing how safety interventions are implemented.
Partnerships for 2030 Impact
During the event, iRAP signed MOUs with the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo extending our partnership for a further three years; and with the Organización de Seguridad Vial de África Occidental (WARSO) y African Road Maintenance Fund Association (ARMFA) to collaborate in eliminating high-risk roads across the African continent.
Hear iRAP Safer Journeys Lead for Africa Nathalie Chiavassa share the aims and importance of the WARSO and ARMFA partnerships moving forward:
Awarding the World’s Best Performing Road Authorities
We also proudly announced the winner and finalists for the 2024 iRAP Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy, presented to the world’s best performing road authority/s eliminating high-risk roads. The perpetual iRAP Trophy honours the lifelong public-sector and transport contribution of the charity’s former Board Chairman Gary Liddle AO who passed away in 2023.
The winners were selected from 12 highly competitive nominations from 11 countries and included TANROADS for ‘Ten Step Plan Tanzania’ (Winner), Roads General Authority for ‘Safer Roads in Saudi Arabia’ (Shining Star), Himachal Pradesh Roads Infrastructure Development Corporation (HPRIDCL) for ‘Safer Roads in Himachal Pradesh, India’ (Shining Star), Municipality of Lima, Peru for ‘Enhancing School Zone Safety through the Colecaminos Program’ (Rising Star), and Main Roads Western Australia for the ‘Tonkin Highway Extension’ (Rising Star).
Read about the awards and winners aquí.
Watch the award ceremony aquí (from 6:13:40).
Video Shorts: Hear from Some of the Event Speakers
See the Event in Pictures
Images credit: Omar Bouzidi