Partnerships With Private And NGOs

Description

Road Safety is a shared responsibility, and therefore multi-sectoral collaboration is needed. Road traffic accidents and casualties have multiple determinants, affect many people and sectors and require actions by different actors.

The National Road Safety Committee follows a model for collaboration based on the World Health Organization’s Road Traffic Injury Prevention Manual, which is illustrated below:

The National Road Safety Committee’s policy is to work with the various government and non-government organizations as partners in order to increase the potential for better results and maximize scarce resources. The Committee accomplishes this goal by creating coordination mechanisms chaired by the NRSC Secretariat aimed at bringing partners together to discuss strategy and policy, update on ongoing activities, and plan future interventions together.

The same model is followed at the provincial-level through the Provincial Road Safety Committee Secretariat with local-based organizations and authorities.

Since 2006, the National Road Safety Committee has collaborated with a variety of non-governmental organizations and private companies on the following initiatives:

Drafting national road safety policies, strategies and regulations;
Special events such as Road Safety Week and World Remembrance Day for Road Accident Victims;
Public education on the traffic law through the mass media;
Development and implementation of Grade 1-9 road safety curriculum;
Road Safety campaigns on topics such as helmet wearing, speeding, and drink-driving;
Management of the Road Traffic Accident Victim Information System;
Road safety capacity building and skills training for NRSC and other relevant government staff;
Joint representation at international road safety workshops and conferences;
Developing black spot improvement programmes

The expansion of potential partners to collaborate with the NRSC will continue to be a top priority of the current national road safety action plan for the Committee