Promoting child road safety actions through international cooperation With the support of the Uruguayan Agency for International Cooperation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we presented our work on child road safety to the delegations in Uruguay of Panama, El Salvador and Colombia.
We acknowledged the companies that collaborate with our work Two key objectives that we carry out with the programs we develop in Uruguay are to place road accidents on the public agenda and to work for safe and healthy mobility.
New edition of the course “Trainers for safe motorcycle riding”. This week we launched in Argentina the last virtual edition of the “Trainers for safe motorcycle riding” course. This project, which we developed with the support of the National Road Safety Agency of Argentina, was affected by the mobility restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout our countries.
Presentation of Provincial Plans for Child Road Safety Throughout the week we participated in the presentation of the Provincial Child Road Safety Plans of the provinces of San Juan, Mendoza, Tierra del Fuego, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca and Santa Fe.
Improving child road safety in Central America Road traffic crashes are, according to the WHO, the leading cause of death for children and young people between 5 and 29 years of age. In the Americas, the mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 15.6, but across the region the figures are extremely disparate.
Child Road Safety in Catamarca As part of the Child Road Safety program that we started to develop in April 2020 together with the National Road Safety Agency of Argentina, we started training more than 150 technicians and decision makers in Catamarca.
Together with Intrant we signed an agreement for children’s road safety This agreement seeks to promote, implement and manage public policies and programs for Child Road Safety in the Dominican Republic.
Federal Programme for Child Road Safety in Argentina – 2021 Together with the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez and the National Road Safety Agency of Argentina, progress continues to be made in the development of provincial child road safety plans.
Safe mobility for families May is a special month for road safety, with the launch of Global Road Safety Week and the Yellow May. In this framework, we signed an agreement with the National Directorate of the Ministry of Social Development to promote safe mobility for families.
The legislative role for safe and healthy mobility On 20 May, with the support of PAHO/WHO, we held the online seminar “The role of legislators for safe and sustainable mobility”, to raise awareness of the key role of legislators in developing mobility with special emphasis on road safety.
Safe School Zone – a multidimensional approach On 18 May, with the support of PAHO/WHO Argentina, we held the virtual conference “Safe School Zone – a multidimensional approach”, where different success stories in our region on safe school environments and the importance of working on them were presented.
Gonchi Rodríguez to have a monument in Montevideo The Departmental Board of the capital city unanimously approved the proposal enabling the IMM to implement its placement in Carrasco.
