As a part of the international project VAMOS the Slovene Roads Agency - Road Safety Council organized the second course for the members of local road safety councils, which took place between December, 15 - 19, 2008 and February, 5 - 6, 2009 in Brdo near Kranj. The first course was organized in 2007 had 36 participants and the results of the projects developed at that course are extremely good and immensely encouraging for the preventive work at local level and voluntary work.
The program of the December course was divided into three parts:
The Dutch Traffic Safety Association - Veilig Verkeer Nederland (VVN) was established in 1932 by citizens concerned about road safety. Those people were actually the first volunteers devoted to decrease the number of victims in road traffic. Main fields of activities in those days were traffic education and campaigns. Since the 50’s volunteers have been supported by professional staff. Through the years VVN has developed as an advocating association with influence.
The Council performs developmental, counseling and expert tasks in the field of prevention and educational activities, analytic-research activities and other tasks connected with road safety. It is also active in preparing and implementing the National Road Safety Program that is intended to level road safety in Slovenia to the situation in Europe in the shortest time possible. This program will connect the agencies and organizations in their cooperation and actions for better road safety.
Organizing voluntary traffic safety work in Finland
Liikenneturva is the central organisation for Finnish traffic safety work. Its mission is to promote traffic safety by influencing people’s attitudes and traffic behaviour. Liikenneturva uses various tools to achieve this: publicity and campaigns, traffic education regarding different age groups and advanced training for drivers. Liikenneturva’s operations are anchored in research information. It has its own research unit, statistics service and a large library from the traffic sector.
1. ESTABLISHING OF LOCAL NETWORKS OF VOLUNTEERS
During the first months of the project, Belgian Road Safety Institute/Institut Belge pour la Sécurité Routière (BRSI/IBSR) drew up a list of the Belgian road safety organisations and the nature of their activities on the one hand, and on the other hand the BRSI/IBSR made a framework to create a volunteer network (volunteer convention, rules, insurances...).
PRP has a specialized team possessing different technical skills complementing each other. Sharing knowledge in the areas of Psychology, Pedagogics, Sociology, Engineering and Management, creates synergies and enables the development of high quality technical contents and interventions in the field of road accident prevention and safety.
PRP is a non governmental and non profitable organisation, recognised by the Government as a public utility institution, essentially involved with the improvement of prevention and road traffic safety, aiming the reduction of accidents and its consequences.
The International Road Safety Organisation PRI is a worldwide, non-governmental and non-profit organisation. PRI was founded in 1959 to promote cooperation amongst national institutions dealing with road safety. PRI has a consultative status at the United Nations and the European Conference of Ministers of Transport. PRI works in official relations with the European Commission in Brussels and with the World Health Organisation in Geneva and other international and global bodies concerned with the improvement of traffic safety. PRI is an association and knows different membership categories. Membership is open to individuals and organisations as well.
The accident rate as a serious social problem requires a comprehensive and effective solution showing signs of a well-coordinated and targeted action of all interested entities and institutions, with a wide support of the public.
The National Road Safety Plan for the 2nd half-year, with outlook until 2010, in the Slovak Republic was drawn up with this specific intention. It is a basic document, containing the framework of activities and measures to minimize the loss of life and reduce material damages.
Measures
