YOURS would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you for 2012! New years are times for new year’s resolutions and a time to create plans for a productive, fruitful and promising year ahead. YOURS Director, Mr Floor Lieshout would like to share his message for the new year and reflects upon our achievements for 2011.
Dear Friends,
2011 was a year full of exciting activities in our second year of independency. During those two years we are establishing ourselves more and more as the global youth-led NGO for road safety. The recognition during the United Nation Road Safety Collaboration meetings and the growing support of our activities gives us the impression we are on the right track and pushes us forwards to great heights. Among other things we successfully implemented the Embrace Life Campaign, launched the Decade of Action and released our Surreal Poster series, co-organized Regional Youth Assemblies for Road Safety in the Middle-East and Africa and supported the European Youth Forum for Road Safety. In addition we are on the eve of publishing our Youth and Road Safety Action Kit. Our future fundament of the Capacity Development Pillar.
Internally we made many improvements in our communications activities. Our website was reviewed and restructured with more and better information. Newsletters were sent and our social media followers continues growing. Also our CORE Group (Coordinators of the Regions) saw its birth and is in line with our regional expansion ideas: YOURS needs to be closer and more visible to its members while introducing new network benefits and criteria.
Overall I am delighted with our progress. Our focus in the coming years will be on implementing and expanding our Capacity Development activities and parallel on that becoming sustainable with more partners and sponsors. I see a clear demand in the road safety field of training youth becoming more involved in road safety as great advocates and activists. Our global youth movement plays an important role in making a positive change on our roads. In conclusion I would like to thank our founding member Michelin and the World Health Organization for their continued support and above all the great youth around the world we try to support as much as possible. We are YOURS.
