{"id":1343,"date":"2026-04-02T14:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1343"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:50:23","slug":"samar-abouraad","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/team\/samar-abouraad\/","title":{"rendered":"Samar Abouraad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samar Abouraad is een specialist op het gebied van verkeersveiligheid met 30 jaar ervaring in multisectorale projecten, beleid inzake verkeersveiligheid en stedelijk vervoer, audits, projectmanagement en burgerparticipatie. Ze heeft een master in civiele techniek van de \u00c9cole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es (Parijs) en een bachelordiploma in civiele techniek van de Saint Joseph University (Libanon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Momenteel is ze Global Safer Journeys Specialist bij iRAP. Daarvoor was ze twintig jaar lang senior expert bij het Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). Haar werk omvatte onder andere verkeersveiligheidsbeleid, masterplannen en analyses in Frankrijk, Tsjaad, Boston en de regio Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika. Ze was teamleider van het door de EU gefinancierde Euromed-programma voor verkeersveiligheid ter waarde van 1 miljoen euro. Ze heeft ruime ervaring in capaciteitsopbouw, lesgeven, het verzorgen van trainingen en workshops over het beheer van verkeersveiligheidsprogramma&#039;s voor beleidsmakers, ingenieurs en universiteitsstudenten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samar-abouraad-1b185040\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samar-abouraad-1b185040\/\">Maak verbinding via LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1562,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-1343","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Samar Abouraad - iRAP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/team\/samar-abouraad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samar Abouraad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samar Abouraad is a road safety specialist with 30 years of experience in multi-sectoral projects, road safety and urban transport policy, audits, project management, and public participation. 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