For the first time, our YOURS CORE Group met at the World Health Organization HQ in Geneva, Switzerland to crystalize their roles to exapand and develop our youth network for road safety as well as perform a range of tasks supporting the work of YOURS. Now, you can see individual interviews with our CORE Group members and see what they have planned for their regions.
View the individual interviews from the CORE Group at their dedicated page on the right column!
The Global Youth Network for Road Safety (GYNRS) consists of individual young people, youth projects, youth groups,youth governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the field of youth and road safety issues.
Youth and road safety issues denote any activity that aims to make the road safer for young people around the world and ranges but is not limited to awareness raising of the vulnerable position of young people in traffic, lobbying of appropriate road safety laws, enforcement of laws, capacity development of youth to facilitate safe decisions on the roads and research into best road safety practice.
Geographical Representation:
The CORE Group is split into seven geographical regions as identified by the World Health Organization (WHO).
These regions are:
- Africa (consisting of English and French speaking regions)
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Europe
- North America
- South and Middle AmericasSouth East Asia
- Western Pacific
You can now find out exactly what the CORE Group is in the first video montage on the right column as well as inteviews with the whole CORE Group on their views on road safety in their region and what they hope to achieve. The CORE Group also told us about their experience at their first meeting and getting to grips with YOURS’ strategy plans.
The CORE group explain their roles and grouped them into three key areas of focus:
The YOURS Global Youth Network for Road Safety: ‘To improve what we currently have’- to expand, share more information about youth and road safety projects and create a thriving quality network.
Coordination and Guidance: ‘To improve what we currently do’- of youth and road safety initiatives in every region consisting of coordinating and guiding activities, YOURS capacity development programs and creating regional information hubs on youth and road safety activities.
Advocacy and Promotion – ‘To be heard and seen more’ – for YOURS to have a known and heard network worldwide and to reach out to the media more frequently.
At the first meeting, the members came together in the absence Ms Jennifer Heatley, our North American Coordinator but she told YOURS, ‘I am excited to get my regional action plan ready and start working in the North American region to expand the work of YOURS’. Jennifer is a highly experienced and passionate road safety ambassador who has been with YOURS since the United Nations World Youth Assembly for Road Safety in 2007.
All individual interviews are available to view on the right column as well as on the CORE Group Page.
