Yesterday, YOURS Director Mr Floor Lieshout presented to an audience of over 500 delegates at the World Road Congress in Mexico City, Mexico. The presentation focused on the global youth and road safety problem and brought attention to young people’s vulnerable position on the road to global road safety stakeholders from around the world.
Mr Floor Lieshout receieved an warm response from the delegates at the World Road Congress as he encourages all delegates to involve young people in road safety. Floor presented alongside Director of the Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability department at the World Health Organization Dr Etienne Krug, who is a longstanding supporter and advocate for YOURS.
A full agenda in Mr Lieshout’s presentation to the World Road Congress.
Floor focused on the key issues pertaining to youth and road safety issues with a focus on the importance of young people’s participation in road safety as a crucial component of improving the road safety situation for young people.
Floor then went on to talk about the key work of YOURS on a global level from awareness tools that are free to download to our faciliation of assemblies, conferences and workshops. There are lots of developments at YOURS that offer an exciting development in the field of global youth and road safety issues.
A key message from the presentation focused on increasing the participation of young people in road safety in a meaningful and impactful way, in a nutshell reasons to involve young people are:
- Youth have a right to participate in decisions that affects them;
- Youth are the main victims and can be a big asset in the solution as well;
- Youth are the next generation of stakeholders (shaping the world of tomorrow where they need to live in);
- By involving youth you are developing their skills for life.
The conference continues until Friday 30th September. You can view Floor´s presentation in the attachments in the right column.