Won’t you join us to attend the 2023 Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar et Asia Pacific Regional Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) Meeting to be held 5-7 December in Manila?
The Asia Pacific region has a critical need for safer road infrastructure. 82% of roads in the Asia Pacific rate an unsafe 1 – 2-stars for safety of pedestrians, 81% for bicyclists, 72% for motorcyclists, and 59% for vehicle passengers.
Le iRAP Safety Insights Explorer sheds light on the very high human and economic cost of road crashes, how safe the roads are, and excellent Business Case for Safer Roads in the APRSO region:
The APRSO Annual Meeting and the GRSP Regional Road Safety Seminar is a high-profile combined regional event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Taking place from 5 to 7 December, the event will address key topics in road safety relevant to Asia and the Pacific, and is designed to give participants a deeper understanding of effective, evidence-based interventions which can be applied towards the goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030.
L'événement a porté sur la mise en œuvre du Plan mondial pour la sécurité routière et visait les objectifs suivants :
Faciliter le transfert des connaissances en matière de sécurité routière
Renforcer les liens entre les institutions et les professionnels de la sécurité routière
3. Promote evidence-based policy and decision making
Sensibiliser le public aux principales tendances et aux principaux défis en matière de sécurité routière
Promouvoir le soutien disponible pour les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire.
A range of key stakeholders are anticipated to attend including representatives from Asia and the Pacific governments, World Health Organization, UNESCAP and other key UN agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, research and academic institutions, civil society organizations, and the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies.
The program will combine the technical presentations of the APRSO Annual Meeting with the presentations of the GRSP Regional Seminar. Topics to be covered include:
- Findings of the to-be released WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023
- Global and Regional Plans for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030
- Nouveaux modèles de financement pour la sécurité routière
- La gestion de la vitesse et son lien avec le programme de développement durable
- initiatives du secteur privé
- Technologies innovantes
- cadres juridiques
- Perspectives de genre dans la planification des transports
- Sécurité des deux-roues motorisés
- Initiatives de police routière
- Design of successful supporting road safety public awareness programs
- Lessons learned from road safety advocacy programs
- Road design best practice
See the speaker line-up ici.
The event is designed to allow significant active contribution from all participants, with a series of workshops that will allow all attendees to bring forward their expertise and share common challenges and opportunities.
The iRAP team (Greg Smith, Judy Williams and Monica Olyslagers) will be in attendance to share the safer roads activities of Asia Pacific partners, enabling factors for best practice implementation of speed management, new and effective funding models, and iRAP innovation, tools and technologies.
This is a free, in-person event and is open to all interested parties.
For more information and to register, cliquez ici.