Stockholm, Sweden (February 17) – Improving the safety of roads in Latin America and the Caribbean will be the major focus of an agreement between the Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e o International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP).
The agreement signed by iRAP CEO Rob McInerney and José Agustín Aguerre, Manager of the Infrastructure and Energy Sector at the IDB, during the Innovation Workshop 2020: Infrastructure Innovation to Achieve the UN Targets by 2030, in Stockholm, Sweden on February 17. The 5-year agreement will facilitate collaboration between the IDB and iRAP to promote programs and projects to significantly improve the safety of the roads in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mais de 110 mil pessoas morreram e mais de 1 milhão ficaram gravemente feridas em acidentes rodoviários na América Latina em 2016, a um custo de US$ 1,9 trilhão, ou 4,4% do PIB (OMS, 2018).
The partnership will focus on delivering a measurable reduction in road trauma in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Global Road Safety Performance Targets, particularly the Target 3: “By 2030, all new roads achieve technical standards for all road users that take into account road safety, or meet a three star rating or better”; and Target 4: “By 2030, more than 75% of travel on existing roads is on roads that meet technical standards for all road users that take into account road safety”.
The agreement will pave the way to implement Road Assessment Programmes (RAPs), following the iRAP methodology in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will help reduce the number of casualties and serious injuries caused by road accidents in the region.
The work of iRAP and the IDB will also focus on reviewing the methods utilized in evaluating previous investments in road safety infrastructure and providing guidance and recommendations for future investments, with an emphasis on methods for measuring the program effectiveness. Both institutions will also develop communications plans to raise public awareness and training to build capacity compliant with the 3 star or better road safety standard.
By achieving greater than 75 percent of travel in Latin America and the Caribbean on 3-star or better roads by 2030 the region could avoid up to 400,000 fatalities and serious injuries with a benefit of $10 for every $1 spent, according to O estudo de caso da iRAP para estradas mais seguras.
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About the Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank is devoted to improving lives. Established in 1959, the IDB is a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB also conducts cutting-edge research and provides policy advice, technical assistance and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region.
Sobre o Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Rodovias (iRAP)
A iRAP é uma organização beneficente registrada com a visão de um mundo livre de estradas de alto risco. A organização atua em mais de 100 países e trabalha com governos, bancos de desenvolvimento, clubes de mobilidade, organizações de pesquisa e ONGs de segurança viária para fornecer ferramentas, sistemas e treinamentos gratuitos que tornam as estradas mais seguras. A Metodologia de Classificação por Estrelas da iRAP oferece uma medida simples e objetiva do nível de segurança inerente à estrada para ocupantes de veículos, motociclistas, ciclistas e pedestres. Uma estrada com 1 estrela é a menos segura e uma estrada com 5 estrelas é a mais segura. A organização já influenciou a segurança de mais de US$ 1,9 trilhão em investimentos em infraestrutura, classificou por estrelas mais de 1,3 milhão de km de estradas, mapeou os riscos de mais de 1,6 milhão de km de estradas e treinou mais de 54.000 pessoas em todo o mundo. O iRAP é o programa guarda-chuva para programas regionais de avaliação de rodovias, incluindo EuroRAP, ChinaRAP, AusRAP, usRAP, KiwiRAP, IndiaRAP, BrazilRAP, South Africa RAP, ThaiRAP e MyRAP, e é financiado pelo FIA Foundation. Saiba mais em [link para o site].
Sobre o Workshop de Inovação de 2020
The 2020 Innovation Workshop is being held from 17-18 February 2020, co-hosted by iRAP, the International Transport Forum and World Bank. It is an official side event of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety focussed on the theme of “Achieving Global Goals 2030”. The Ministerial will be attended by 1,500 delegates including minister-led delegations from 80 United Nations Member States, senior officials from United Nations agencies and representatives from civil society, academia and the private sector. The Conference will provide delegates with the opportunity to share successes and lessons from the implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020; chart future strategic directions for global road safety up to 2030 and beyond; and define ways to accelerate action on proven strategies to save lives.
https://irap.org/2019/09/2020-innovation-workshop-sharpens-global-focus-on-un-targets/
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Images above: The agreement signed by iRAP CEO Rob McInerney and José Agustín Aguerre, Manager of the Infrastructure and Energy Sector at the IDB, during the Innovation Workshop 2020. (Image Credit iRAP)