Present at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety was held on February 19th and 20th in Stockholm, Sweden, under the title “Achieving the Global Goals 2030”. More than 1,500 delegates, Ministers of Transport, Health and Interior of the Member States, senior officials of the United Nations and representatives of civil society, academia and the private sector from more than 140 countries participated in the conference.
Safe School Environments in Guaymallén, Argentina During the presentation of Nani Rodríguez, President of the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation, at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm, Sweden, the latest data on the Safe School Environments project in Guaymallén; Mendoza, Argentina was presented.
Annual Report 2020 The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez celebrated its 20th anniversary, in a year that presented very important challenges for the entire region in terms of road safety and safe and sustainable mobility.
‘Use a Car Seat’ Campaign To accompany the car seat use enforcement efforts that the Montevideo government rolled out in November, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation has launched the campaign ‘Use a Car Seat.’
Results of the education initiative “Latin American Children Safe in Transit” On Thursday, November 21, authorities from the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation and Early Education Board presented the results of the education initiative “Latin American Children Safe in Transit” whose most recent phase was just completed in public schools in Canelones and Montevideo
Good Child Safety Practices in the Region The Ibero-American Symposium of Traffic and Road Safety Agencies took place on November 5th and 6th, organized by the National Road Safety Agency of Paraguay and the World Health Organization.
Second Training for Motorcycle Instructors Took Place in Argentina On November 12th and 13th, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation held a second training in Argentina aimed at employees from motorcycle licensing centers.
FISEVI Save the Date – Colombia 2020 The 4th International Forum on Child Transit Safety (FISEVI, according to its initials in Spanish) will take place on June 9th and 10th, 2020 in Colombia. Developed by the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation in partnership with the Colombian National Transit Safety Agency, FISEVI is an initiative supporting dialogue between key stakeholders in issues of traffic safety including governments, international organizations, civil and transit engineers, health workers, bus and truck drivers, and private institutions, among others.
Chile: a success story In accordance with its mission to eliminate traffic collision casualties in Latin America, and with special attention to child traffic safety, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation started to prepare a plan of action in Chile in 2012. In conjunction with the National Commission on Transit Safety (CONASET according to its initials in Spanish), they held meetings to outline a strategy focused on child traffic safety in Chile that included a training of traffic police about the importance of the use of Child Restraint Systems ((CRS) more commonly known as car seats). They also planned three Car Seat Checkpoints in different shopping centers in Santiago where Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation technicians and traffic police offered practical advice about safe child transport to those who visited the Checkpoints.
Safe School Environments Program The program Latin American Safe Children in Transit is an important part of the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation’s work that concentrates on protecting children en route to school. The program addresses the issue of traffic safety for youth in many different ways including legislation and enforcement, education in schools, prevention, policies emphasizing safe vehicles and safe vehicle usage, and safe infrastructure. A key part of this larger program is the Safe School Environment program.
Developing road safety knowledge Over the past few months, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation has continued to work to improve road safety, bringing together global experts and Uruguayan professionals to share best practices and bring knowledge to the country.
Use of CRS in Montevideo At a conference organized by the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation and the Montevideo City Hall, the figures of the Second Observational Study on the Use of Child Restraint Systems (SRI) in private vehicles in Montevideo were presented.
