During the Michelin Challenge Bibendum 120 experts participated in 7 Round Table sessions. Round table seven was about the public and private sector commitment and contribution to reducing work-related road traffic fatalities by 2020 and beyond. The session was chaired by Dr Margie Peden (World Health Organization). The main outcome was a roadmap contributing to the Action Plan for the Decade of Action.
The First Global Ministerial Conference for Road Safety held in Moscow in November 2009 invited the United Nations General Assembly to declare 2011–2020 as a “Decade of Action for Road Safety” with a goal of stabilizing and then reducing the predicted global number of road deaths by 2020.
The main goal of the round table session was to achieve a clear picture of the answers to the three questions:
- What are the specific components of the work-related road traffic fatalities (business travel and home to work travel): contexts, causes, and consequences?
- What should the roadmap include, decade by decade, to stabilize the level of work-related road traffic fatalities by 2020 and to reach zero work-related road traffic fatality by 2050?
- What are the key road safety levers of the contribution of the public and the private sector to each of the 5 pillars of the Action Plan?
The roadmap was designed with the 5 pillars of the Action Plan for the Decade of Action in the back of our minds:
For the outcome of the session you can find the reporting back presentation to the plenary session in the right column, which will give you a good overview. In conclusion it was a very fruitfull day with an ambitious outcome. The good preparation by the Michelin team was very well shown and helpfull during the entire day. We would like to thank Michelin for inviting us for this learningfull event and hope to see you all again in Berlin, during the next Challenge Bibendum.
The following days YOURS was invited to attend the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) meetings and was delighted to see some new GRSP youth in the booth. Floor gave a brief presentation on YOURS and we promised to follow-up in the near future and combine our efforts.
The participants of the Round Table were: