Regional Road Safety Workshop Embedding the Road Safety Manuals

Content I | Fitting into Road Safety- process II | Embedding Manuals III | Legal Basis IV | Formal protocol and procedure V | Implications for the adoption of procedures VI | Organizing awareness VII | Supporting sector coordination VIII | Road Safety Development & founding mechanism

Fitting into Road Safety- process Planning, strategies & policies Legal Basis Protocols & procedures Awareness among decision makers & managers Institution building Increase capacity & knowledge Monitor & review

Embedding Manuals Establish a legal basis for Road Safety: Clear roles and responsibilities with strong political leadership Establish formal protocol/law: Clarifying Road Safety procedures, roles & responsibilities Ensure that all directors/managers/designers/consultants – centrally and locally – are consulted in the process and subsequently informed about all new procedures, manuals etc. Establish a Road Safety Agency/entity with proper budget and influence. Sustainable Capacity Building and awareness with long term budget Planning for the adoption of new procedures and issuance of a National Policy Introduce a system for monitoring and review of undertaken Road Safety initiatives in order to improve standards, procedures and plans

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Legal Basis Legal requirements for the road authority Responsibility must be supported at the highest political level (i.e. President/Prime Minister) DIRECTIVE 2008/96/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty …… In Europe, example of a mandatory procedure supported by strong legal basis

Formal protocol or procedure The procedure needs to specify: The resources needed Organisational responsibility The detailed process to be followed as set out in formally approved manuals or guidelines The stages and schemes A Systematic Procedure

Implications for the adoption of procedure Road Safety initiatives need to be sustained and strongly supported by high level stakeholders Adopting a procedure implies: Budget and resources Timeframe Inclusion of requirements in contractual documents (integrated in ALL road projects) Local professional capacities (include local staff in projects/transfer of technology)

Multidisciplinary Process – Clear key responsibilities Organizing Awareness Multidisciplinary Process – Clear key responsibilities POLITICAL LEADERSHIP Prime Minister Road Safety National Committee / Commission Road Authorities & related agencies Private sector, users, population,Media & NGOs

Supporting Sector coordination

Supporting sector coordination (example) Best Practice model recommended by OECD

Supporting sector coordination (example) New Zealand’s National Road Safety Committee (NSRC) Co-ordination: Chaired by the Chief Executive of the lead agency, it brings together the Chief Executives of seven key Government agencies concerned with road safety including local government. Accountability: The terms of reference for the NRSC are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding. Road Safety is clearly identified as core business for each of the partners in their documentation and in the adopted national road safety strategy giving potential for wider implementation of specific proven measures and increased resource. Technical support: The NRSC has a National Road Safety Working Group made up of representatives of the NRSC organizations which sets the agenda and prepares papers for quarterly NRSC meetings as well as setting up working groups on specific issues.   Inter-ministerial Committee for Road Safety (CISR) in France Chaired by the Prime Minister, the coordinating committee brings together ministers of the following government departments: Transport Interior Defense Justice Health Education Research Finance The Committee meets twice a year and the Secretary is the Director of Road Safety and Traffic within the Ministry of Transport The National Road Safety Council has a consultative role and comprises all stakeholders. Including representatives of local authorities

Supporting sector coordination (example) Parliamentary initiatives on road safety in Sweden Sweden’s Parliamentary Transport Committee played a key role in enshrining the Vision Zero policy in legislation and introducing numerical fatality reduction targets to 2007 to encourage fast action.   In the Netherlands, the Standing Committee on Transport, Public Works and Water Management played a similar role in ensuring that Sustainable Safety and casualty reduction targets were covered by legislation. The all-party British Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety played a national co-ordinating role in the introduction of compulsory front seat belt wearing in the early 1980s through Private Members’ legislation.

Road Safety Development In Europe, Road Safety was developed empirically But today we can use international best practices as a basis

Local Capacity In many countries Road Safety Auditors/Inspectors are trained and certified: Specialized training courses Road Safety is part of curriculum at University level: Creating new professional fields Road Safety brings employment opportunities and contributes to poverty reduction at a larger level

Strategies Develop Road Safety Strategies apt for realistic action plans and achievable goals Each country should have a National Policy on Road Safety Example from Tanzania

Providing lessons for improvement of road network Monitor and Review Formal system for monitoring and reviewing recommendations and integrating them into projects Providing lessons for improvement of road network Development of a safer future road network

Supporting road safety – funding mechanisms Road Safety needs sustainable funding mechanisms: UN organizations recommend that at least 10% of Road Budget should be dedicated to Road Safety (UN Decade of Action) Road Safety as part of Road Projects Road Safety as part of Road Maintenance Funds Other possibilities: Specific tax from fuel, insurance companies, private sector, NGOs, PPP agreements

Group Discussion What is the context of your country, road agency for the requirements of operationalizing the manuals? What is the need for higher level coordination to mainstream road safety in road infrastructure? What is your experiences and practices and what should be changed to embed and operationalize the manuals?