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YOURS – Time for Action!

YOURS – Time for Action!. Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety. Agenda. Introduction Our story Decade of Action for Road Safety The role of young people Conclusion. Introduction. Floor Lieshout The Netherlands. Introduction. Introduction.

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YOURS – Time for Action!

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  1. YOURS – Time for Action! Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Our story • Decade of Action for Road Safety • The role of young people • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Floor Lieshout • The Netherlands

  4. Introduction

  5. Introduction 2001: Youth advisor to the Dutch Minister of Transport

  6. Introduction

  7. Our story • UN World Youth Assembly for Road Safety • 23-24 April 2007, Geneva, Switzerland • >200 youth delegates • >100 countries • Giveyoungpeople a voice and adoption of Youth Declaration for Road Safety

  8. Our story

  9. Question • What is the biggest killer of young people worldwide?

  10. Our story • Every day more than 1000 young people die on the world´s roads • Thousands more are injured • Leadingcause of death of young people aged • 15-29 year olds

  11. Discussedroad safety and youthinvolvement

  12. Canadian delegates

  13. Wishto create a globalyouthNGO for road safety

  14. Our story • Underauspices of United Nations, World Health Organization • Official launch of YOURS during First Global Ministerial Conference in Moscow • 2010: startedoperations

  15. First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety

  16. Question • Who are more at risk in traffic? • Females? • Males? • Young males are almost three times as likely to be killed as their female counterparts

  17. Aboutus Advocate at a global level Inspire, Connect and Uniteyoungpeople Developcapacities of youth advocates

  18. About us We believe... • that road crashes are preventable • road safety does not stop at our borders • in the high potential of youth • it is youngpeoplethemselveswhocanbe at the forefront of making a difference • that we can mobilize, inspire and engage young people

  19. Ourcontinuouslygrowingyouthnetwork

  20. Decade of Action for Road Safety

  21. Decade of Action for Road Safety • UN resolution calls for a Decade of Action for Road Safety • Through the Decade countries commit to road safety actions in areas such as: • limiting speed, • reducing drink-driving, • increasing the use of seatbelts, • child restraints, • motorcycle helmets.

  22. Decade of Action for Road Safety Goal: Saving 5 million lives!

  23. Decade of Action for Road Safety Decade of Action video

  24. Decade of Action for Road Safety • Officiallylaunchedon the • 11th of May 2011

  25. Decade of Action for Road Safety • The goodthing is…. • YOU canbe part of it! • 1) Show you are committed!

  26. Decade of Action for Road Safety

  27. Decade of Action for Road Safety 2) Campaign for road safety in your local community We have got some free tools for you to use…

  28. Awareness tool

  29. Decade of Action for Road Safety 3) Be a role model

  30. Contactweb: www.youthforroadsafety.orgemail: floor@youthforroadsafety.orgFindusbysearching Youth for Road Safety on:

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