Meeting for Innovation in Road Safety Education

The First Encounter for Innovation in Road Education took place on Friday, December 2, organized under the IMPACT international project of which we are part. More than 100 people attended the meeting that was proposed to be a space for exchange of practices in road education among various actors working on the subject. As well, a space of implementation of the concepts of Road Education through different workshops with proposals of learning-doing. The Meeting featured exhibitions from international organizations: Safe Kids China, HAHA Association of Bulgaria, IMPACT, and Responsible Young Drivers from Belgium. As well, from various national organizations and actors of road safety in Argentina: Road Commitment; Driving Consciousness; Reid Systems; The Legislator Maximiliano Sahonero; Paula Bisiau, Subsecretariat of Sustainable Mobility of the City of Buenos Aires; And Juan Manuel "Cochito" Lopez, car racer. All of them shared their experiences and activities to bring road safety to young people. The objective of the First Encounter for Innovation in Road Education was to rethink current ways of approaching road safety for young people, and to find and share innovative experiences.


Red Cross

In our second implementation, we trained mentors in order to expand the knowledge and awareness of road safety. One of the groups we worked with was the Red Cross in Vicente Lopez. The aim of these trainings, were to give out materials kits that could be used wherever and whenever. Some of the animators drove to Vicente Lopez to meet and teach the volunteers of the Red Cross how the activities and games were done; during an afternoon of November, we share a wonderful experience between all the volunteers. The people of the Red Cross seemed to really enjoy the games and were delightful with the kits given.


MINUBA

Aside from the IMPACT ((Involvement and Motivation for Participation of Active young Citizens to stand for Traffic safety) and “Sumá tu Voz a la Seguridad Vial” (“Join your voice to Road Safety”), from MINU, we do other projects that include youngsters too. That’s why on the 9th, 10th and 11th of November; we decided to implement this campaign on a different environment. MINUBA is one of the many UN models we organize during the year; because is our biggest UN model, we worked with more than 700 youngster during their lunch times and recess, and encourage them to do some of our road safety activities, in order to be aware of road safety and all the precautions they, as pedestrian, should have.


IMPACT 2nd ACTION—Action in East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)

Date: Nov.11, 2016 Participants: 200 The ACTION was designed by the 20 animators from ECUST. They invited police to join the ACTION with lectures and interactive practice games on 6 safe-driving behaviors.


IMPACT 2nd ACTION—Action in Changchun University of Science and Technology (CUST)

Date: Nov.10, 2016 Participants: 600 The ACTION was designed by the 20 animators from CUST with the theme as Safe-driving, I Swear. They organized the ACTION with outdoor interactive practice games on 6 safe-driving behaviors. It was the first time that IMPACT entering CUST. The ACTION was very welcomed by youth participants.


IMPACT 2nd ACTION—Action in Nanjing University of Aero and Astronautics(NUAA)

Date: Nov.5, 2016 Participants: 900 The ACTION was designed by the 20 animators from NUAA with the theme as Safety with Emotion. They organized the ACTION with indoor lectures and the outdoor interactive practice games on 6 safe-driving behaviors. It was the first time that IMPACT entering NUAA. The ACTION was very welcomed by youth participants, including the foreign students.


IMPACT 2nd ACTION—Action in Suzhou University (SU)

Date: Oct.14, 2016 Participants: 500 Activity description: A grant lecture has conducted in Suzhou university with 500 participants. Safe Kids youth worker gave the training. After the lecture, the 20 animators organized the interactive practice games on 6 safe-driving behaviors.


IMPACT 2nd ACTION—Launch Event at Baodi Square in Shanghai

Date: Sept.20, 2016 Participants: 200 The 2nd ACTION of IMPACT program launched in combination with the 5th anniversary of the Youth safe-driving program. 20 animators in Shanghai together with other youth participants enjoyed the ceremony following the 6 interactive practices on 6 safe-driving behaviors: No Drink Driving, No Speeding, Be Seen No Distraction, Safe Start Using Safety Belt, No Road Rage.


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.


Join your voice to Road Safety

On February 28th and March 6th, in Parque Centenario (Marechal, Leopoldo and Lillo Av., Buenos Aires, Argentina) from 15:30 to 19:30hs, MiNU, a Civil Association, will carry out again the project “Sumá tu Voz a la Seguridad Vial” (“Join your voice to Road Safety”) as an integral part of the Argentinian contribution to the objectives of the IMPACT (Involvement and Motivation for Participation of Active young Citizens to stand for Traffic safety) Project. Nowadays, MiNU and IMPACT are organizing a collaboration project between organizations from Latin America, Asia and Europe which work among young citizens for Traffic safety. This is financed by Erasmus+, from the European Union. The purpose of the activity is to give the Young citizens the possibility to learn the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol and to aware them that this is the first cause of death in Argentina. Using games and recreational activities will show to youngsters between 15 and 30 years old, how the reaction capacity and the execution of simultaneous tasks decrease under the alcohol influence.


安全驾驶之“陆”， 驶向“零事故”未来---- IMPACT 项目正式启动

第四年举办的青年安全驾驶培训项目，持续向社会公众传播“安全驾驶”理念，是大陆集团向“零事故“-支持安全和无事故驾乘-愿景迈进的承诺 “安全驾驶”的理念融入到了现场互动的游戏之中，交警教官亲执“指挥棒”教授道路安全知识，高校志愿者担任推广大使传播“安全驾驶”理念

2015年10月25日，全球领先的汽车零部件供应商德国大陆集团携手上海市精神文明建设委员会办公室、共青团上海市委员会、上海市公安局交通警察总队、全球儿童安全组织（中国）在上海滨江森林公园举行青年安全驾驶培训项目启动仪式，来自上海高校的学生志愿者，一千多名大陆集团的员工和家属共同出席了活动。大陆集团中国区总裁兼首席执行官康睿凡博士（Dr. Ralf Cramer）表示：“大陆集团一直倡导 ‘安全共享’的理念，我们在专注于安全产品和技术的创新的同时，也坚持安全驾驶的公益传播，力求通过多元化的渠道向消费者普及“安全驾驶”的理念，带来更安全的驾乘体验。我们希望与全球儿童安全组织（中国）在青年安全驾驶培训项目的持续合作，能为中国的道路交通安全贡献一份力，让‘零事故’成为可能。”

在活动现场，“安全驾驶”的理念融入到现场的互动的游戏之中。交警教官在现场执起“指挥棒”，向参与活动的青年人传授安全交通知识，强调道路安全的理念，普及行车规则和文明交通意识，从而提升参与者的社会道德意识。来自上海高校的学生志愿者们在现场互动项目中担任起推广大使，鼓励更多人积极了解安全驾驶的重要性和掌握正确的驾驶行为。

起始于2012年的青年安全驾驶培训项目以“安全驾驶，我承诺”为主题，旨在提升青年人的道路安全意识，促进道路安全行为，减少道路交通伤害。青年安全驾驶培训项目通过以青年人带动青年学习体验的形式推广“安全驾驶”的理念和 “拒绝酒驾”、“减速慢行”、“注意力集中”、“起步前绕车一周”，“使用安全带”这五个正确的驾驶习惯。

世卫组织发布的《道路交通伤害》显示道路交通伤害是年龄在15至29岁年轻人中的主要死因。中国公安部交通管理局《2012中国道路安全报告》则显示2012年中国道路交通身亡的人中近一半是青年人。在2014年，大陆集团携手全球儿童安全组织（中国）共同发布的《上海校区青年人安全驾驶认知与行为调研》发现在参与调研的青年人中，只有不到一半的人认为道路交通事故是可以预防的，近80%的人认为“避免酒驾”和“减速”是有效控制交通事故的手段，但是近一半的青年人曾经坐过酒驾司机的车，由此可见在青年人当中开展安全教育和正确驾驶习惯的指导是非常必要 的。全球儿童安全组织（中国）首席代表兼执行总监崔民彦女士谈到：“我们始终相信，没有‘偶然’的事故，只有可以预防的伤害。在过去三年中，我们看到了参与的青年在安全驾驶的认知和行为表现方面的提升，希望通过项目的推进可以让更多的青年人和公众树立安全驾驶习惯，防止交通事故的发生。”

青年安全驾驶培训项目由大陆集团携手全球儿童安全组织（SafeKidsWorldwide）于2012年正式举办。该培训项目以“安全驾驶，我承诺”为主题，旨在提升青年驾驶员的道路安全意识，促进道路安全行为，减少道路交通伤害。青年安全驾驶培训项目在3年的时间里已经在北京,上海,广州,成都，杭州，连云港等城市举办，惠及43,600名青年学生。此外，在上海疾控中心的大力支持下，培训项目还走进了位于上海的各区域的驾驶员体检站。青年安全驾驶培训项目同时也响应了联合国“道路安全十周年”系列活动（Decade of Actionfor Road Safety）。

青年安全驾驶培训项目自2012年起已连续两季参与中欧青年人道路安全在行动项目。本季中欧青年人道路安全在行动项目名称为IMPACT。 IMPACT项目的目标是通过信息交流，方法共享，推动全世界的努力去拯救道路事故中年轻的生命。让年轻人参与道路安全的促进和事故预防并运用所学知识，在发挥积极的地区影响力，尤其关注道路使用者中的弱势群体。 项目为欧亚拉丁美洲地区长期活跃在道路安全和事故预防领域的参与者提供长期的互动平台，通过互动挖掘出各国经验所产生的潜在价值。 通过项目，我们将促进参与国完成欧盟道路安全政策和联合国道路安全十年行动中有关减少道路死亡率的目标。


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.