CEO Mirjam Sidik discussed challenges and opportunities with road safety in Vietnam as part of a panel discussion and press conference attended by 25 members of the media. Sidik joined representatives representatives of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global safety science company, and the College of Transportation Ho Chi Minh City. The press conference was
AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) meeting in New York City. Attendees discussed implementation of the recently adopted UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/72/271; voluntary global performance targets for road safety; the next high-level meeting on improving global road safety; current and future activities of UNRSC project groups; and partner
On 12 April, 2018, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched the new UN Road Safety Trust Fund at headquarters in New York City, U.S. The Fund will mobilize critical resources to finance road safety interventions by opening up new government and municipal funding and re-focusing national road safety budgets towards proven ‘Safe System’ interventions.
AIP Foundation Policy and Programs Advisor Louise Goldman has been shortlisted for the 2018 Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Award, which recognizes and celebrates research excellence across the transport sector. Goldman was nominated for the ‘Knowledge Transfer Commitment’ category of the award, presented in appreciation for a focused commitment towards communicating research outcomes to practitioners
Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk and Legal Development Program (LDP) member Pisith Wongthiathana recently attended the “Editors’ Roundtable on Why Road Safety Matters” to provide recommendations for the upcoming launch of the Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018 program and a joint workshop with LDP in late April. Other participants at the event, which was hosted
AIP Foundation Thailand was one of more than 20 exhibitors at the Annual Disaster Prevention and Mitigation event in Songkhla Province, an event to promote network building, collaboration, and knowledge sharing among organizations. The event, hosted by Songkhla Governor Dondej Pattanarat and the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center 12 (DPMRC 12), had over 500
The Legal Development Program (LDP) held the first strategic meeting of 2018 on 21 March at the I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. At the meeting, LDP members and stakeholders discussed the latest information on road safety strategies, policy and implementation gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Participants also prepared a work plan to align with the national government’s long-term goals.
Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk met with representatives from Internews to discuss ways that our Legal Development Program can collaborate with the international nonprofit to advocate for better road safety laws and enforcement in Thailand. The meeting focused on the 2018 Road Safety Journalism Fellowship in Thailand, a collaboration between Internews and the World Health Organization and supported by the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety
In 2017, we celebrated our 18th year of saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. Our diverse programs – ranging from advocating on behalf of garment and footwear factory workers and educating underserved ethnic minority communities, to empowering university students to act as ambassadors for their peers – spanned five countries. We distributed 25,572 quality
AIP Foundation Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk presented the findings of a legislative review of Thailand’s Traffic Fine System and Penalty Provisions at a recent meeting on traffic police reforms in Thailand that was organized jointly by the World Health Organization and the Royal Thai Government. Legal Development Program member Pol. Col. Jinda Klubklaye also
