Bulgaria

ICTCT Extra Workshop in Beijing

The IMPACT project hosted a special session during the ICTCT extra workshop “Cyclists and planning for cyclists” held in Beijing, China on 26 and 27 of April 2016. The project consortium representatives showcased the project achievements in front of leading European and Chinese researchers as well as students from the Beijing University of Technology. The presentations can be downloaded from http://www.ictct.org/workshops/past-workshops/x-ictct-extra-workshop-beijing-china/


Action in Plovdiv

The fifth action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2016 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Plovdiv, from 11:00 o'clock on the 28th of April 2016. A total of 63 people, out of which 43 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Stara Zagora

The fourth action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2016 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Stara Zagora, from 15:00 o'clock on the 27th of April 2016. A total of 94 people, out of which 51 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Yambol

The third action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2016 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Yambol, from 11:00 o'clock on the 27th of April 2016. A total of 61 people, out of which 41 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Kardjali

The second action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2016 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Kardjali, from 11:00 o'clock on the 26th of April 2016. A total of 68 people, out of which 37 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Smolyan

The first action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2016 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Smolyan, from 11:00 o'clock on the 25th of April 2016. A total of 50 people, out of which 33 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Run for road safety

On the third day of joint IMPACT activities in Shanghai (23rd of April), the project partners' representatives took part in a open space event, organized by the Shanghai ZhaBei Huatong Injury Prevention Consulting Center and the Shanghai Traffic Police. The rain could not stop the fun in running to complete all road safety challenges. The event was featured on the International Channel Shanghai TV. See https://www.facebook.com/openyouthbg/videos/1195728463772891/


Open public seminar

Following the Midterm project partners' meeting, an Open public seminar was held in Shanghai on the 22nd of April 2016 in the framework of the IMPACT project. During the seminar the partners' representatives had the opportunity to showcase their achievements in front of road safety stakeholders from the Shanghai Traffic Police, the Shanghai Center for Disease Control, university teachers and students.


Midterm meeting

The IMPACT project Midterm meeting took place on the 21st of April 2016 in Shanghai, China. It will be hosted by the Shanghai ZhaBei Huatong Injury Prevention Consulting Center. All project partners sent their coordinators to share their experience from the first year project implementation and to discuss initial project strategies for continuation of IMPACT.


Action in Vidin

The fifth action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2015 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Vidin from 11:00 o'clock on the 25th of September 2015. A total of 28 people, out of which 11 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Montana

The fourth action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2015 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Montana from 15:00 o'clock on the 24th of September 2015. A total of 63 people, out of which 28 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Vratsa

The third action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2015 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Pernik from 11:00 o'clock on the 24th of September 2015. A total of 94 people, out of which 41 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Pernik

The second action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2015 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Pernik from 15:00 o'clock on the 23rd of September 2015. A total of 34 people, out of which 13 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


Action in Sofia county

The first action, part of the "Drive responsibly and courteously" 2015 campaign in Bulgaria, took part in Bojurishte, Sofia county, from 11:00 o'clock on the 23rd of September 2015. A total of 22 people, out of which 9 young road users, took part in the joint action of the Bulgarian Traffic Police and the iRED youth workers and animators.


“Drive responsibly and courtously“ pressconference in Sofia

On September 23rd, 2015 at 10:30 in Chief Directorate “National Police”, Ministry of Interior, 1 “Alexander Malinov” Blvd. with an official pressconference iRED kicked-off the 2015 “Drive responsibly and courteously” campaign. Representatives of sixteen media honoured the event. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness among young drivers about the importance of being courteous on the road. The campaign will comprise of five special police operations using the broader control in combination with positive intervention of iRED representatives of towards encouraging responsible driving and reduction of road aggression and driving under influence of drugs and alcohol at the beginning of the school year. The campaign will visit the districts of Sofia (September 23), Pernik (September 23), Vratsa (September 24), Montana (September 24) and Vidin (September 25).


IMPACT training in Vidin, Bulgaria

The final training in the framework of the project was delivered in Vidin, Bulgaria, on the 10th of July 2015. Besides the three iRED youth workers, five animators took part in it.


IMPACT training in Brussels, Belgium

On the 3rd of July 2015, the iRED team of trainers carried out the youth workers and animators training in Brussels. This was the training with the most participants - 15 in total, including the two iRED trainers, four RYD youth workers and seven animators. We were also honoured to welcome two representatives of the European Commission.


IMPACT training in Shanghai, China

The IMPACT training in Shanghai, China, took place on the 18th of May 2015. The two iRED trainers worked with the very motivated ZBH team of five animators and three youth workers. Additionally a meeting with local partners was organized, such as the Shanghai CDC and Continental China.


IMPACT training in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The third training in the framework of the IMPACT project was carried out on the 20th of April 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two iRED trainers met with the very motivated MINU team. The training itself was delivered to the three youth workers and six animators. Additionally we had a capacity building meeting with representatives of the Argentinian Road Safety Agency and the Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory.


IMPACT training in Debrecen, Hungary

The second project training was hosted by HAHA and took part on the 7th of April in Debrecen. The two iRED trainers worked on vulnerable road safety issues not only with the three HAHA youth workers and the five anaminator but also with representatives of the local traffic Police and other road safety NGOs.


IMPACT training in Oradea, Romania

The first training of youth workers and animators in the framework of the project took part on the 6th of April 2015. Two iRED representatives took part in it together with three youth workers and five animators from PIHE.


Кick-off meeting

The IMPACT project kick-off meeting will be carried out from 25th to 28th of March 2015 in Vienna, Austria. It will be hosted by FACTUM. All project partners will send their coordinators to share their experience, discuss and develop the project strategy in details, including project logic and visiuals, evalution, national campaigns, recruitment of animators and public relations.