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.
Street for life On our streets, all over the world, where we walk, enjoy and live together, we demand action against speeding. Streets that facilitate coexistence and have low speed limits are essential and urgent.
Agreement with Mercado Libre for CRS promotion With the aim of assisting parents when buying the most appropriate Child Restraint System (CRS) for their children, we made an agreement with Mercado Libre Uruguay, to make available all the information related to child road safety. As of today, a special section within the Mercado Libre site is available to answer the main questions when buying a CRS.
Second Decade of Action for Road Safety In September 2020, governments around the world pledged to halve road traffic deaths and injuries during a new decade of action.
Safe Children. Everyone´s responsibility Together with CONASET, and with the support of ISA Intervial and FIA Foundation, we carried out an international online event to show how Chile has managed, in just a few years, to generate a cultural change that has led to a reduction in the number of children killed and seriously injured in traffic accidents.
Presentation of the Chilean success story During the event “Safe Children – Everyone’s Responsibility”, the publication “Child Restraint Systems, A multidimensional approach to strengthen their use. The Case of Chile”, which summarizes the lines of action that made up the long-term policy for strengthening the use of CRS in Chile.
Uruguay is a reference in the region for its zero alcohol tolerance law in traffic OPS and the Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez conducted a research based on national and international publications to determine the impact of alcohol on accident rates.
Improving road safety outcomes through training In 2019, thanks to the support of the UPS Foundation, the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation (FGR) and the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV), signed an agreement to consolidate and strengthen collaboration to generate and update public policies and regulations for road safety practices, with a focus on safe mobility.
Dominican Republic: an opportunity in Child Road Safety Central America represents a real opportunity to show substantial changes in terms of safe child mobility and child road safety. For this reason, in coordination with the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (INTRANT), the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation trained 26 references from 9 public agencies in child road safety.
Safe Child Mobility in Argentina Children’s Road Safety is one of the pillars of the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation’s work, mainly due to its high knowledge on the subject. That is why one of the work plans in Argentina -where the Foundation already has an operational site- is precisely to develop a national road safety plan in Argentina.
Results of the Gonzalo Rodríguez Cultural Center contest On December 1st, the winners of the preliminary architectural design competition for the Gonzalo “Gonchi” Rodríguez Cultural Center were announced.
