On 24-25 June 2009 the 11th PRI World Congress on "Young people and innovative road safety solutions" was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The congress was organised by La Prévention Routière Internationale (PRI) together with the Dutch Traffic Safety Association (VVN).

Recommendations of the 11th PRI World Congress to the first Global Ministerial Conference on 19/20 Nov. 2009

Mr. Joop Goos, PRI President presented the provisional PRI recommendations during the closing session of the congress.

A summary of the final recommendations will be presented at the first Ministerial Conference about road safety which will be held on 19 & 20 November in Moscow.

Download the PRI recommendations and presentations of the World Congress here.

Presentations

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Wednesday 24 June

• Mr. J. Goos (Netherlands), PRI President.

Presentation:"Young people and innovative road safety solutions: past, present and future"

• Mrs. K. Peijs (Netherlands), Chairwoman of the Dutch Traffic Safety Association (VVN)

Presentation by Mrs. K. Peijs. 

Video "Remake de vlieger" shown during the presentation.

• Mr. J. Bangsgaard (United Kingdom), Director of International Relations of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Foundation.

Presentation: "A Decade of Action for Road Safety - The Moscow Ministerial and beyond"

• Mr. F. Wegman (Netherlands), Director of the Dutch Road Safety Research Institute (SWOV).

Presentation: "Road safety campaigns: facts, fiction and future avenues"

• Mr. R. Trottein (France), President of L'Action de Sécurité Routière en Europe (LASER).

Presentation:"Pour mettre en oeuvre la collaboration en matière de sécurité routière dans le système des Nations Unies"

• Mr. F. Lieshout (Switzerland), Technical Officer responsible for the development of the global youth network for road safety at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Presentation:"Introduction to the "Global Youth NGO for Road Safety"

• Mr. L. Woltring (Netherlands), Advisor gender issues and young people learning in traffic.

Presentation: "Gender differences, differences in nature and socialization leads to large differences in road safety facts"

Thursday 25 June

• Mr. P. Gustin (France), General Manager Association Prévention Routière.

Presentation: "MortelScooter - Une campagne destinée aux adolescents utilisateurs de cyclomoteurs"

• Mr. C. Wildervanck (Netherlands), Traffic Psychologist at the Paauwen Pen Producten.

Presentation:"Don't let them think they've learned something!"

• Mrs. A. Boulanger (Belgium), Researcher of the Belgium Institute for Road Safety (BIVV).

Presentation:"The Cast Project - successfull road safety campaigns"

Link to CAST Manual, Evaluation Tool, Reporting Tool

• Mr. A. van Schepen (Netherlands), Senior Staff Member Drink en Drive Programme.

Presentation:"BOB: the success of a drink and driving programme in the Netherlands"

• Mrs. S. Forward (Sweden), Researcher of the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI).

Presentation:"Predicting unsafe driving behaviours amongst young adults"

• Mrs. I. Buuron (Netherlands), Coordinator Children and Young People of the Dutch Institute for Consumer Safety.

Presentation:"Campaign on risk taking behaviour in adolescents - Split the risk"

Link to video for "Split the risk" campaign.

• Mr. D. Verhoeven (Belgium), Senior Advisor Communication Department of the Flemish Ministry of Transport.

Presentation:"The will of - a campaign of the Flemish government"

• Mrs. I. Diaconu (Romania), Program Coordinator for Romania of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP).

Presentation:"A decade of Road Safety Partnership: Romania, Case Study"

• Mr. N. Letebele (South Africa), Senior Manager of Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

Presentation:"Road Safety education in South Africa and the role of RTMC" 

Transcript speech which was to be given by Mr. Rakgoale, Chief Executive Officer of RTMC.

Mr. A. Silveira (Argentina), President of Luchemos por La Vida (Let's fight for life).

Presentation:"Young drivers: An International challenge - when to start and what to do about their traffic safety education.

• Mrs. B. Hajer (Tunisia), Researcher young people and road safety of the Arab Road Safety Organisation (AROSO).

Presentation:"Implication des jeunes en prévention routière dans les pays arabes"

Videos: Scroll down to the bottom of this page for a selection of the videos presented by Mrs. B. Hajer.

• Mr. C. Gradina (Romania), Associata Victimelor Accidentelor de Circulatie (AVAC).

Presentation:"Presentation for AVAC: an update on road safety in Romania"

• Mrs. M. Hernándes-Sánchez (Cuba), Medical Doctor specializing in Children and Teenagers Health and Traffic from the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology.

Presentation:"Capacity Building to prevent road traffic injuries in teenagers. Cuba, 2003 - 2009"

• Mrs. A. Krasnodemska (Ukraine), Vice-President Ukrainian Road Safety Association (URSA).

Presentation:"Youth potential for road safety improvement"

• Mrs. J. Lacroix (Germany), Senior Staff Member International Relations German Road Safety Council (DVR).

Presentation:"Runter vom Gas! How to target young drivers - Experiences from the current German road safety campaigns"

Link to series of videos for "Runter vom Gas" campaign.

• Mr. S. Anthony (United Kingdom), SA Screen Media Digivan Resource.

Presentation:"New successful media to reach young people: IDOOH Road Safety in Practice"

• Mr. N. Degens (Netherlands), Student at the University of Groningen developing together with a team a Serious Game for young people.

Presentation:"URBN Chaos - A serious game that makes young people more aware of potential dangers in traffic"

• Mr. W. Vlakveld (Netherlands), Senior Researcher of the Dutch Road Safety Research Institute (SWOV).

Presentation:"Young Novice Drivers: Why do they have such a high crash rate and how can this crash rate be reduced?"

• Mr. B. Boulaajoul (Morocco), Chef de la Division Etudes, Documentation et Systèmes d'Information au Comité National de Prévention des Accidents de la Circulation (CNPAC).

Presentation:"Les jeunes usagers de la route au Maroc: entre risque d'accident et moyens de prévention"

• Mr. K. Kulanthayan (Malaysia), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Community of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - University Putra Malaysia.

Presentation:"Motorcycle safety and young people in Malaysia"

• Mr. A. Mahjoub (Tunisia), President of the Scientific Committee of the Association Tunisienne de la Prévention Routière (ATPR).

Presentation:"La sécurité des jeunes: une préoccupation constante à l'ATPR"

Friday 26 June

Parallel session

VAMOS project, a joint PRI-EU project aimed at involving volunteers in road safety projects: The results after 3 years VAMOS.

• Mr. B. Zlender (Slovenia), VAMOS Project Manager.

Presentation:"Volunteers Always on the Move for better road safety in Europe"

• Mr. J. Vandaele (Belgium)

Presentation:"Volunteers for safer traffic in Belgium"

• Mrs. L. Piippa and Mrs. S. Tuomikoski (Finland)

Presentation:"VAMOS project in Finland"

• Mr. J. Trigoso (Portugal)

Presentation:"PRP Projects"

• Mrs. R. Toutouza (Greece)

Presentation:"Spotting the problem in Greece"

• Mr. K. Meliska (Slovakia)

Presentation:"VAMOS project in Slovakia"

• Mrs. M. Markl (Slovenia)

Presentation:"Slovene VAMOS projects"

• Mr. W. Gielingh, model country (Netherlands)

Presentation:"VAMOS - the manual"

Plenary session

• Mr. T. Vanderbilt (USA), Journalist.

Presentation:"Objects in Mirror are More Complicated Than They Appear"

• Mr. A. Avenoso (Belgium), Executive Director European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).

Presentation:"Road safety in the EU and proposals for the 4th Road Safety Action Programme"

• Mr. A. Pearce (Switzerland), Managing Director Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP).

Presentation:"Partnership solutions for the global road safety crisis, an imperative for youth"

Slide presentation IFRC Youth.

PRI recommendations

• Mr. J. Goos (Netherlands), PRI President

Presentation: "Recommendations of the 11th PRI World Congress to the first Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety on 19/20 November 2009 in Moscow".