AIP Foundation’s Oratai Junsuwanaruk together with LDP members Pol. Col. Jinda Klubklaye, Pisith Wongthiathana, and Supa Chotngam met with Dr. Liviu Vedrasco of WHO Thailand, to discuss LDP‘s plans in 2019. At the meeting, AIP Foundation presented the overall progress of LDP Thailand since its launch in 2015 while LDP members shared their thoughts and insights about the project and proposed ways to
AIP Foundation was one among 21 grassroots road safety NGO leaders from eight countries in Asia who became part of the newest cohort of trainees to join the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety’s Alliance Advocates Program, a growing movement of NGOs that is championing a low-cost, evidence-based approach to road safety. This is
AIP Foundation joined the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety toolkit for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) 2018, which will be held on 18 November, 2018. This year’s theme is “Roads have stories to tell.” In support of WDoR, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and World
The 26th meeting of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) was held at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ratanawadee H. Winther, Chairperson of AIP Foundation Thailand, represented AIP Foundation at the two-day meeting. About 80 members of the UNRSC representing governments, international organizations, NGOs, and other groups convened to help coordinate and spearhead global road
From September 17-20 2018, Legal Development Program members and AIP Foundation attended the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) workshop “Improving Road Safety Legislation” in Beijing. Throughout the four-day workshop, which focused on “Safe Systems Approach,” participants worked in groups to identify in-country opportunities for long term capacity building and to develop action steps for 2019.
AIP Foundation’s Street Wise consultant Thiratee Chaijaree joined more than 20 representatives from government agencies and civil society organisations including Songkhla Provincial Land Transport Office and the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center 12 Songkhla to improve public transport safety in the lower southern region of Thailand at a meeting held by the Consumer South Network in Songkhla. The working group meeting aimed
Four months after the Legal Development Program’s Seminar on School Bus Safety and Standards, five organizations including the Department of Land Transport (DLT), the Ministry of Education, the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), the Road Safety Group Thailand, and Taxi-Beam met to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the “School Bus be Safe
AIP Foundation and Legal Development Program (LDP) members recently attended the first preparatory meeting for the 14th Thailand Road Safety Seminar, a bi-annual national event which will be taking place in November this year. The objective of the first meeting was to outline the agenda and set up a working group. LDP is a collaboration between AIP Foundation
Legal Development Program members recently attended the 11th ATRANS (Asian Transportation Research Society) Annual Conference. This year’s conference was entitled “Transportation for a Better Life: Lessons Learned from Global Experiences to Local Best Practices.” The conference, presided over by Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, began with a panel discussion comprised of five experts from the UK, Australia, Vietnam, and
In the week following the deaths of two students in Dhaka, Bangladesh who were killed by a bus driver racing to collect passengers, unprecedented student protests and international backlash were at the center of the country’s headlines. AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson Ratana H. Winther was interviewed on two national television programs regarding these events, the
