


UNRSF Launches 2024 Annual Report including iRAP Partner Projects
The recently launched United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) 2024 Annual Report spotlights how countries, including three iRAP partner projects in Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Senegal, are taking action to narrow gaps in their national road safety...
Stakeholders review local road design standards for safer and more inclusive roads in Central Asia
On 14 November 2024, Ministry of Transport representatives and other stakeholders from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met in Tashkent as part of the collaboration between UNESCAP, iRAP, EASST and the International Road Federation (IRF) to review and improve...
Road safety and sustainable mobility training for CAREC Region
iRAP was proud to support training recently delivered in Kyrgyzstan as part of the CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course. The five-day course, which was officially opened by the Deputy Minister for Transport and Communication of the Kyrgyzstan, is part of...
Improved road design saves 1,845 lives with climate resilience for Uzbekistan’s A380
An Asian Development Bank (ADB) Report has shared the Bank’s partnership with ORIS using Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins to optimise the safety and climate resilience of upgrade designs for the A380 Highway in Uzbekistan, projecting the saving of 1,845...
First meetings kick off in Kyrgystan as iRAP, EASST and IRF join forces with UNESCAP to update road design standards in Central Asia
First meetings are underway in Kyrgystan this week as part of a transformative project to improve road design standards across the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries – a new United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
Road design standards under spotlight in CAREC countries
Improved road design standards for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries, and in particular the pilot countries of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is an urgent goal of a new United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
Road safety in Uzbekistan under national spotlight
A national road safety round table hosted today by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan and National Automobile Club of Uzbekistan (NACU) has brought together 50 national and international stakeholders focussed on strategic policy and...