Authorities participated in the “Re-Thinking Mobility” meeting to promote safe mobility Within the framework of the Global Road Safety Week, declared by the United Nations, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez (FGR) in coordination with the PAHO/WHO Representation in Uruguay and the support of the International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA) and the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV), organized a meeting to “Rethink Mobility” in order to work towards active and safe mobility, according to the recommendations of the Global Road Safety Plan.
Motorcyclists’ safety: capacity building Within the framework of the South-South cooperation project signed between the government of Uruguay and El Salvador, which aims to strengthen El Salvador’s capacities for sustainable road safety management, a new stage of the capacity building process began this week.
Awarded by the Transportation Safety Board of Argentina The Transportation Safety Board of Argentina held the third day of the first International Symposium on Multimodal Transportation Safety in Argentina, “Present and Future of Transportation Safety in Argentina and the Region”, awarding, among other organizations, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez for its work in road safety.
First official mission to El Salvador within the framework of the South-South cooperation project The first official mission to El Salvador took place within the framework of the South-South cooperation project signed between the governments of Uruguay and El Salvador called “Strengthening of El Salvador’s capacities for the sustainable management of road safety”.
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Report on the “National Child Passenger Safety Program” Five years after the beginning of its implementation, and within the framework of an alliance with the Banco de Seguros del Estado, which seeks to promote greater knowledge of child mobility, a fine-tuning of this public policy was carried out.
International cooperation: actions to improve child road safety Bases for an integrated management of road safety is the project approved by the Uruguay-Mexico Joint Cooperation Fund in its V call for proposals. The initiative will be managed for two years by the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez; the National Road Safety Unit (Unasev) of Uruguay; and the Secretary of Transportation of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. They will work on the implementation of evidence-based policies for child road safety; and on relevant contributions on innovative practices for road safety management.
Inauguration of the Gonchi Museum As part of a new anniversary of the death of “Gonchi” Rodriguez at the Laguna Seca circuit, California, USA, we inaugurated the museum that will exhibit Gonchi’s collection.
COMIXED international cooperation Thanks to the coordinated work with the Uruguayan Agency for International Cooperation, we were able to add road safety as an element of international cooperation for the first time, this time with the government of El Salvador.
Municipal motorcycle school project moves forward in Argentina For several years, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez has been strongly committed to work in Argentina, cooperating with the National Road Safety Agency and with the municipalities that have been part of the motorcyclist safety work project.
United Nations High-Level Meeting On June 30 and July 1, the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Road Safety was held, where authorities from several countries and representatives of civil society called for working actively and rapidly on the road safety epidemic.
Argentina 2022 Motorcycle Schools Project With the support of UPS we started a new project in Argentina, in order to reduce the number of injuries and deaths in traffic accidents, especially focused on young motorcyclists.
