{"id":11573,"date":"2026-06-19T12:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irap.org\/?p=11573"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:24:37","slug":"ethiopia-takes-major-step-toward-safer-roads-with-rsifs-era-and-irap-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/ethiopia-takes-major-step-toward-safer-roads-with-rsifs-era-and-irap-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopi\u00eb zet een belangrijke stap op weg naar veiligere wegen dankzij een samenwerking tussen RSIFS, ERA en iRAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"text-editor-block section-pt-sm section-pb-sm bg-white\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            \n                            <!-- Single Column Layout -->\n                                    <div class=\"anim text-asphalt prose prose-lg text-left\">\n                        <p>Met genoegen kondigen wij de ondertekening aan van een driepartijenmemorandum van overeenstemming (MoU) tussen de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosifs.gov.et\/\">Dienst van het Road Safety Insurance Fund (RSIFS)<\/a>, de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.era.gov.et\/\">Ethiopische wegenadministratie (ERA)<\/a>, en het International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)-programma om het aantal verkeersdoden en -gewonden in Ethiopi\u00eb te verminderen.<\/p>\n<p>Deze samenwerking is een belangrijke mijlpaal in de strijd tegen gevaarlijke wegen in het land.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/safety-insights-explorer\/\">Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie gegevens<\/a>, In 2021 eisten verkeersongevallen 21.258 levens en raakten meer dan 200.000 mensen gewond, met een kostenpost van 1,9 miljard dollar voor de Ethiopische economie \u2013 5,1 procent van het bbp. De kosten voor families en gemeenschappen zijn onmeetbaar.<\/p>\n<p>Tigistu Amasalu, adjunct-directeur van RSIFS, zei: &quot;We zijn verheugd deze samenwerking aan te kondigen. Het is een belangrijke mijlpaal in de richting van de oprichting van EthiopiaRAP en de versterking van de toepassing van internationaal erkende instrumenten voor de beoordeling van de veiligheid van de weginfrastructuur en beste praktijken in Ethiopi\u00eb. Samen bevestigen RSIFS, ERA en iRAP hun inzet om verkeersongevallen te verminderen en veiligere wegen te cre\u00ebren voor alle weggebruikers.&quot;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De samenwerking zal zich richten op capaciteitsopbouw, institutionele versterking, technische integratie van iRAP-methodologie\u00ebn en de offici\u00eble lancering van EthiopiaRAP ter ondersteuning van een veiligere en duurzamere wegeninfrastructuur.<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Chiavassa, hoofd van het Safer Journeys-programma voor Afrika bij iRAP, zei: &quot;Deze intentieverklaring markeert een belangrijke mijlpaal in de inspanningen van Ethiopi\u00eb op het gebied van verkeersveiligheid. Door de leiders van RSIFS, ERA en iRAP samen te brengen, leggen we de basis voor geco\u00f6rdineerde en op bewijs gebaseerde strategische actie voor veiligere reizen, met name voor kwetsbare verkeersdeelnemers.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Volgens\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/safety-insights-explorer\/\">iRAP\u2019s Safety Insights Explorer<\/a>, Het behalen van VN-doelstelling 4, namelijk meer dan 751 ton aan reizen over wegen met 3 sterren of beter voor alle weggebruikers in Ethiopi\u00eb tegen 2030, zal naar schatting 9.385 levens per jaar redden en meer dan 2 miljoen doden en gewonden voorkomen gedurende de 20 jaar dat de wegen worden behandeld, met een economisch voordeel van 1,9 miljard dollar \u2013 1,11 miljard dollar voor elke 1,9 miljard dollar die wordt uitgegeven.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped 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<div class=\"container\">\n            \n                            <!-- Single Column Layout -->\n                                    <div class=\"anim text-asphalt prose prose-lg text-left\">\n                        <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daarnaast werkt iRAP samen met het African Road Safety Observatory om de verkeersveiligheid in Ethiopi\u00eb en op het hele continent te verbeteren.<\/p>\n<p>Deze week bracht Wouter Van den Berghe van het African Road Safety Observatory, een zeer ervaren verkeersveiligheidsexpert en -adviseur met jarenlange internationale ervaring, een bezoek aan het onderzoeksteam Transport en Verkeersveiligheid van het Road Research Centre van de Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA).<\/p>\n<p>ERA bedankte Nathalie Chiavassa, de co\u00f6rdinator van het Safer Journeys-programma voor Afrika bij iRAP, voor haar hulp bij het tot stand brengen van de introductie.<\/p>\n<p>We kijken ernaar uit om samen met ERA, RSIFS en alle Ethiopische belanghebbenden op het gebied van 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