Tomorrow, the first Regional Youth Assembly for Road Safety will take place from 19-21 February in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Muscat, Oman. The event is the first of its kind in the Middle Eastern region and is set to emualate some of the objectives of the World Youth Assembly 2007.
The Omani Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety, under the patronage of the Oman Road Safety Association (ORSA), and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Middle East and North Africa Road Safety Partnership (MENARSP), and YOURS – Youth for Road Safety are organizing the first Regional Youth Assembly. This event, modeled on the formal of the UN General Assembly, is the first regional youth assembly following the World Youth Assembly in 2007 and it will spearhead the activities of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
Objectives
- Give a strong voice to young people in the region
- Follow up on progress made since the World Youth Assembly in 2007, particularly in the areas of increasing youth involvement in road safety and implementing the Youth Declaration
- Support knowledge and experience sharing among youth
- Empower youth to become road safety advocates and mobilize them to join the global youth road safety movement
- Identify specific actions which youth in the region can take to prevent toad traffic injuries and contribute to the Decade of Action for Road Safety
YOURS will be attending the event and has the honor to give a key-note speech. YOURS will also facilitate some of the working groups. A report, including photos and videoa about the event will be published in due course.