Wednesday 24 February Jessica Billings (Youth Taskforce Member) will participate in the Global Road Safety Decade of Action NGO Working Group Meeting in Washington DC, USA. They will discuss, among other things, strategies for the Decade of Action for Global Road Safety (2011-2020) from an NGO perspective. YOURS is very keen on participating in these kind of workshops which help to orient which role youth can play in the coming Decade of Action.
The meeting is organized and hosted by several members of the Make Roads Safe Campaign for Global Road Safety in North America and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). There will be interactive, Q&A-format panels with diverse speakers on the topics of Road Infrastructure & Land Use, Road User Behavior, Vehicle Safety, and Institutional Organizations & Leadership. Jessica will attend on behalf of YOURS – Youth for Road Safety and present in the opening session an overview of our history, current situation and planned actions.
Objectives of the NGO working group meeting
1. Disseminate information from the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in Moscow in November 2009;
2. Foster collaboration and joint activities (domestic and international);
3. Discuss and identify strategies for the Decade of Action for Global Road Safety (2011-2020).