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From, with and for young people
RoSPA 75th Road Safety Congress 23 February 2010
Birmingham
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Introduction
• Floor Lieshout– TeamAlert, Capgemini, World Health Organization– YOURS
• 20 minutes
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Agenda
• Introduction• Current situation• Future plans• Closing
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• Facts– Road crashes are the leading killer of young
people– Every year more than 400.000 young people die – Millions more are injured– Unless more comprehensive global action is taken,
the number of deaths and injuries is likely to rise significantly
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Introduction
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• Why are young people at risk?– Inexperience– Risk taking– Peer pressure– Brain development– Generic problems: seatbelts, helmets, alcohol and
drugs, speed
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Young people and road safety
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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
Youth involvement
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Our story: World Youth Assembly
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WYA: Discuss road safety and youth involvement
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WYA: Adoption of UN Youth Declaration for Road Safety
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WYA: Wish to create a global youth NGO for road safety
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Our story: getting started
Supported by: 2009• Creation of Youth Taskforce
– Problem statement– Mission– Strategy and focus– Activities– Branding
• Preparing the launch of YOURS
• Moscow
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Funding provided by:
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• Youth Meeting• Youth Declaration Moscow• Advocate at First Global Ministerial
Conference on Road Safety
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First YOURS activities in Moscow
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Youth Meeting Moscow
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Youth Meeting Moscow
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Youth Declaration Moscow
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• Youth statement in opening ceremony, addressing more than 75 ministers, 150 governments
• Attendance of 35 young people• Referred to in several key speeches as
´important´• Youth Declaration Moscow endorsed
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• Legal status• Setting up organization structure• Creating sustainability• Finding partners• Developing website, etc.
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Current situation
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Mission: Keeping young people safe on the world’s roads.
Advocating Connecting and sharing Capacity development
World and Regional Youth Assemblies for Road Safety
Create a mechanism (platform) where young people can easily share
knowledge and experiences.
Develop workshops, programmes and
trainings to learn and model from the road
safety successes in other countries.
Lobby continuously to bring attention to youth
and road safety problems and ask support
Organize global awareness campaigns
Set up, maintain and expand gobal youth network for road safety
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Closing
• Involve young people in road safety– Use their energy, motivation and determination– Use their communicating skills anno 2010– Use their knowledge about their own world– They speak the same language, use P-P
communication– Train and invest in young people; they are the
future
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• Leading killer of young people• Our story: WYA -> WHO -> Moscow• YOURS:– Advocating– Connecting and sharing– Developing capacity
• Involve young people in road safety
Summary
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Thank you!