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Global Youth NGO for Road Safety: Towards a Safer Future

Join the movement towards a safer future for youth worldwide with the Global Youth NGO for Road Safety. Learn about the impactful World Youth Assembly and its outcomes, including the landmark "Youth Declaration for Road Safety." Explore the international activities, multimedia products, and campaigns driving awareness and action. Get involved in creating a resilient next generation of road safety leaders. Together, we can make a difference.

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Global Youth NGO for Road Safety: Towards a Safer Future

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  1. World Youth Assembly for Road Safety 2007 10-7-2008 Brussels

  2. Today’s presentation World Youth Assembly for Road Safety Why ? What ? Follow-up European Road Safety Day 2007 International youth activities World Health Organization Global Youth NGO for Road Safety

  3. WHY FACTS • per day • < 99 3600 deaths < 25 1049 deathsEvery minute and 22 seconds... • per year • 1,2 million deaths

  4. Give a voice to young people on the road safety issue

  5. Launch the "Youth Declaration for Road Safety“

  6. What 23 & 24 april 2007, UN Assembly Hall 600 visitors: > 200 delegatesfrom > 100 countries > 200 youngpeople ( Intnat. school,… > 200 observers (CDC, IFMSA, EC, ..) DignitariesBan Ki Moon, DrChan, Tony Blair, Moby, Lula Da Silva, HE Al Khalifa, etc  Interactive(WG, DVD, Unicef, “open floor”,…)  Youth-oriented(exhibition, noinvolvementobservers,..)

  7. Impression

  8. Impression

  9. Impression

  10. Quote “Indeed I am very proud to associate myself with this Assembly. I think the United Nations has given young people the opportunity to prove to the world that we can commit ourselves to a solution that affects us, as young people. But we will fail ourselves, if we fail to implement this Declaration.”Ousman Conteh, youth delegate, the Gambia”

  11. Follow-up European Road Safety Day 2007 • Report on the World Youth Assembly • Present the "Youth Declaration for Road Safety“

  12. Follow-upInternational activities • Various multimedia products • Translation of WHO posters, Youth Declaration for Road Safety • Video clips • Interactive web sites • Awareness campaigns • National conferences and organizations • Meetings with senior government

  13. Follow-upWorld Health Organization • Events • 2nd Un Global Road Safety Week • World day of remembrance • Support from VIP team • Communication and Multimedia • Documents • Global Youth NGO

  14. Follow-upGlobal Youth NGO for Road Safety • The idea of a youth NGO on a global level received attention during the World Youth Assembly. • World Health Organization

  15. Follow-upGlobal Youth NGO for Road Safety

  16. Follow-upGlobal Youth NGO for Road Safety • Goals: • Creating awareness in the world about road safety issues for youth • Prepare a next generation of leaders from around the world sensitive to the issue of road safety • Foresee problems and devise methods to avoid or reduce their impact

  17. Quote “You informed my services about your wish to create a youth non governmental organization for road safety…. On behalf of the European Commission, I am pleased to confirm its great interest in the existence of such an organization…” Grillo Pasquarelli - Director, DG Transport and Energy, European Commission

  18. Quote “WHO, in its capacity as coordinator of road safety across the United Nations system, would be in full support of such an initiative, as a means of investing in the next generation of leaders from around the world sensitive to the issue of road safety” Dr. Etienne Krug - Director of the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability - WHO

  19. Follow-upGlobal Youth NGO for Road Safety • Official launch will be soon • Join us • the bigger the network, the better • Europe as a strong fundament

  20. Thank You

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