Last week, AIP Foundation attended the closing ceremony of More Untold Stories: Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018 at the Bliston Suwan Park View hotel. At the ceremony, we discussed and reviewed the collaboration between Legal Development Program (LDP) and the fellowship since its launch in March this year. These joint efforts have, among others, led to improvement of
AIP Foundation recently joined more than 100 government road safety representatives from 16 districts of Songkhla province at a Road Safety Watch Network workshop organized by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Regional Center 12 Songkhla. The workshop, presided over by Acting Sub Lt.Trakul Totham, the director of the DDPM Regional Center 12 Songkhla, was supported by the Thai
AIP Foundation’s China Country Manager and Vietnam Program Manager attended the fifth Global Road Safety Leadership Course held in Baltimore, U.S.A. This program is co-organized by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) with support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies. Over two weeks, participants built leadership skills to design
On 25 July, 2018, Legal Development Program (LDP) held the Effective Enforcement through Strengthening Road Safety Legislation workshop at I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. The morning sessions consisted of two lectures by LDP members Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew and Supa Chotngam. While Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew outlined enforcement gaps and challenges in the Road Traffic
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), hosted the second LDP meeting of the year in Bangkok. Participants exchanged views and shared information on four key issues: speeding, school bus safety, the Road Traffic Act reform, and two- and three-wheeler safety. At the meeting,
In recognition of our expertise in two-wheeled vehicle safety, AIP Foundation was recently appointed to a new task force created by the Ministry of Transport to reduce motorcycle-related crashes in Thailand. The task force, which now comprises 33 members from multiple sectors, is charged with developing action plans for reducing motorcycle-related crashes which will be
Legal Development Program (LDP) members participated in the Royal Thai Police’s public hearing in Bangkok on the draft Road Traffic Act. The public hearing aimed to gather input on proposed changes to the Act from experts, stakeholders, and the general public. In total, the public hearing attracted 500 attendees including civil society, private sector, and government representatives from
AIP Foundation visited the Parliament House in Bangkok to submit our proposed school bus safety policy recommendations to Surachai Liangboonlertchai, First Vice President of the National Legislative Assembly. At the same meeting, AIP Foundation Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk also proposed ways that policymakers can provide support to local administrative organizations to arrange safe school
Two members of the Legal Development Program (LDP), Pol Lt Colonel Dr. Panupong Panudulkitti, Inspector of the Traffic Police Division, and Thachawut Jardbandista, a Road Safety Group Thailand project coordinator, conducted interviews with journalists as part of our collaboration with the Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018. The interviews covered topics including unlicensed and unregistered motorcycle
AIP Foundation Thailand was among the representatives from civil society invited to provide input on the Department of Land Transport’s (DLT) Management and Human Resources Development Master Plan. At the meeting, held by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Oratai gave suggestions on road safety management and ways to improve enforcement of relevant laws
