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Background
World Youth Assembly
for Road Safety
– 23-24 April 2007, Geneva
– >200 youth delegates
– >100 countries
Delegates expressed their wish
to create a global youth NGO for
road safety.
More information:
http://www.who.int/roadsafety
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Taskforce
Missing on photo: Ms N. Ghusayni, Lebanon
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Two-day workshop:
'Brainstorm sessions'
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Outcomes from first meeting
of Taskforce, March 2009
• Problem statement
• Mission statement
• Beliefs and values
• Objectives
• Roadmaps
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Problem Statement
Road Traffic crashes are the leading cause of
death among young people, aged 15-24
years old.
Every year, road traffic crashes kill more than
400.000 young people and injure millions
more.
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Problem Statement
In order to change this situation, young people face several challenges:
• A lack of awareness and recognition in the world of the vulnerable position of young
people in traffic.
• A lack of global coordination and collaboration among youth and youth-led NGO's
and their road safety initiatives.Youth road safety initiatives remain small-scaled and
scattered.
• A lack of one strong voice to advocate on the behalf of youth and road safety.
• A lack of resources for youth road safety programmes.
• A lack of a next generation of leaders who are passionate about road safety and
involved in decision making within the road safety field.
• A lack of capacity building. Road safety knowledge and best practices from youth
initiatives are not shared in a broader network. Besides this, programmes targeting
youth and road safety are commonly not evidence-based.
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Beliefs and values
We believe...
• that road crashes are preventable
• road safety does not stop at our borders
• in the high potential of youth
• it is young people themselves who can be
at the forefront of making a difference
• in peer-to-peer communication
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Mission Statement
The Global Youth NGO for Road Safety is a
unique global youth led organization that acts to
keep young people safe on the world’s roads.
It does so by:
• advocating for youth related road safety issues nationally,
regionally and especially globally;
• connecting young people and youth NGOs active in the road
safety field around the world, so they can work together and
easily share information and experiences;
• building capacity among youth in the road safety field.
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Timeline
• 2009
• Set-up global youth network
• Fundraise for our activities
• Establish partnerships with existing
organizations
• Prepare the launch of the NGO
• January 2010
– Launch the NGO!
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More information
• Mr Floor Lieshout
– Tel. direct: +41 22 791 2246
– Fax direct: +41 22 791 4489
– E-mail: lieshoutf@who.int
www.who.int/roadsafety/youth_network
