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9 November 2022, Durban, South Africa – In the framework of the 14th Annual Road Safety Summit in Durban, South Africa taking place on 9 – 10 November, UNITAR and CIFAL Durban presented its Autosobriety Training Programme to government officials, businesses, and road safety stakeholders from South Africa.
It is estimated that alcohol use is involved in 27% of fatal crashes in South Africa, resulting in close to 3,000 deaths involving alcohol in 2021. Last year, UNITAR and CIFAL Durban with the support of the eThekwini Municipality launched its first training pilot of the ...
2 August 2023, Bangkok, Thailand – UNITAR in collaboration with its newly inaugurated training centre CIFAL Bangkok and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) launched today the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving.
In 2022 alone, Thailand witnessed a staggering number of road traffic crashes and casualties and holds the highest road traffic death rate among ASEAN countries and ranks 9th globally. Fatal crashes reached a figure of 14,965, resulting in 927,016 casualties on Thailand's roads. It is also estimated that alcohol use con...
23 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Division for People hosted the 4th session of the “Webinar Series Management Practices for Safer Roads” to kick-off Brazil’s National Road Safety Week and to raise awareness about practical interventions and best practices that contribute to improve road safety.
Dr. Deisi Kusztra, Member of UNITAR’s Board of Trustees and President of the World Family Organization, gave the opening remarks and highlighted the importance of remaining focused on issues like road safety during these unprecedented times. Dr. Kusztra also reflec...
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Prof. French is a visiting Professor at Brighton University and a Fellow at Kings College London University. He teaches at four other universitie...
UNITAR’s Division for People through its Road Safety Global Training Initiative (RS GTI) launched a series of online training courses in response to COVID-19 to deliver learning solutions with a focus on drink driving to beneficiaries.
Between March and April of this year, the RS GTI has turned its face-to-face High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Training Programme into e-learning to be offered online in English and Spanish. The online component of the HVE Training Programme brings together expertise and experience gathered in the field to be delivered widely to government ...
11 February 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR jointly with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Madrid (CIFAL Madrid), the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (Real Automóvil Club de España, RACE), and with the support of JOIE launched a three-year training initiative aimed at strengthening the capacity of government officials and road users to increase the proportion of motor vehicle occupants using standard child restraint systems.
Every three minutes a child dies in the world’s roads as a result of road traffic crashes, representing one of the ma...
1 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR is pleased to collaborate with Together for Safer Roads (TSR) to deliver joint training specifically designed to empower and improve safety systems for small to mid-size fleets, taking the best practices of the largest fleets and leading road safety technology companies, and distilling this information into a comprehensive fleet safety programme structured around three key pillars: Safety Leadership; Training and Development, and Technology.
Peter Goldwasser, Executive Director of TSR, highlighted:
We look forw...
UNITAR Brings Expertise to Montevideo to Make Uruguay’s Roads Safer
10 May 2018, Montevideo, Uruguay - UNITAR in collaboration with the National Congress of Intendants of Uruguay hosted a two-day workshop titled “Improving Road Safety in Cities” in Montevideo, Uruguay on 15-16 May 2018. The event was inaugurated in the presence of 60 local government authorities. At the two-day workshop Uruguayan and international experts, local government officials, law enforcement, educators, business and corporate leaders deliberated on solutions and shared best practices and…
5 May 2020, Madrid, Spain - UNITAR and the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Madrid (CIFAL Madrid) together with RACE and the European University are pleased to open its 2020 edition of the Postgraduate Programme “Expert in Road Safety Management and Administration”. The four-week academic programme aims to equip participants with knowledge about strategic initiatives that have been successful in reducing road traffic crashes.
Road traffic injuries claim more than 1.35 million lives each year with a disproportionate impact on health and developme...
3 December 2024, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Following the successful kick-off in Eswatini, the “Management Practices for Safer Roads” workshop series continued with sessions in the cities of Gqbertha, Rustenburg and Mpumalanga in South Africa. Organized by UNITAR in collaboration with CIFAL Durban, the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA), and its Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), these workshops brought together over 155 government officials, law enforcement officers, and road safety stakeholders to advance road safety initiatives across Southern Africa T...