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STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES OF ANDEAN COMMUNITY MEMBER STATES TO COLLECT ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES DATA
18 November 2022, Lima, Peru – UNITAR and the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) signed an Interinstitutional Agreement to collaborate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a regional dashboard that will include relevant road safety statistics for CAN Member States.
In the Andean Community, more than 325,000 traffic collisions were recorded in the CAN countries during 2019, resulting in 135,834 injured and 13,424 fatalities. The SGCAN is charged with preparing the annual statistical reports on road safety by harmonizing and compiling the descriptive statistics received by the CAN Member Countries, such as number, type, and area of collisions. To support this effort and help improve data collection that leads to targeted interventions, UNITAR and the SGCAN are pleased to join forces to develop a highly interactive “Virtual Road Safety Dashboard” that aims to provide real-time interactive tables (including charts and graphs), trends and most common factors of traffic crashes in the region. Furthermore, the Dashboard aims to enable road safety professionals in CAN member countries to constantly monitor and track changes in traffic and safety over time. This tool will be complemented by training workshops supporting the designated country focal points responsible for data management.
The development of the Virtual Road Safety Dashboard is made possible with the support of AB InBev and its expertise in data management and measurement of KPIs.
STRENGTHENING NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGIES IN PROVINCES OF SOUTH AFRICA
17 November 2022, Durban, South Africa – as part of UNITAR’s ongoing capacity-building efforts on Road Safety and ahead of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, a series of capacity-building workshops in different Provinces of South Africa on Strengthening National Road Safety Strategies: UNITAR’s Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit were held throughout the week.
In close collaboration with UNITAR’s affiliated training Centre in South Africa -CIFAL Durban- and the support of AB InBev, the workshops offered training to 348 law enforcement officials from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) in cities of 4 South African Provinces: East London and Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province; Bloemfontein, Free State Province; Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province between the 11th and 18th of November 2022.
The provincial capacity-building workshops intended to strengthen national capacity for developing local strategies to improve existing road infrastructure to benefit all road users, especially the most vulnerable, and equip participants with the appropriate methodology and tools.