From , with and for young people

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

www.youthforroadsafety.org

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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


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


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



WYA: Discuss road safety and youth involvement


WYA: Adoption of UN Youth Declaration for Road Safety


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


Funding provided by:

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• Youth Meeting• Youth Declaration Moscow• Advocate at First Global Ministerial

Conference on Road Safety


First YOURS activities in Moscow


Youth Meeting Moscow


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.


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


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


• Leading killer of young people• Our story: WYA -> WHO -> Moscow• YOURS:– Advocating– Connecting and sharing– Developing capacity

• Involve young people in road safety

Summary


Thank you!

From , with and for young people

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