ISSUE No. 02 JUNE 2011
SOL - SAVE OUR LIVES. A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY FOR CENTRAL EUROPE
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THE S O L PA RT N E R S H I P S I G N E D T HE SOL VISION STATE M E N T I N WA R S AW
DEAR READERS
The SOL Partnership in a interactive group
the project: “A region free of road-crash
Welcome to the second issue of the SOL project
session in Brescia defined what they want
death and injury, safe for all road users in
newsletter. With the pilot projects now well on
as project’s Vision during the lifetime of
every community”.
their way, we would like to inform you on what
The supporting principles of this vision are
wants to develop a road safety strategy based
interdisciplinary and self-completing: multi-
on real data and wants to define an action
On the May 11th the United Nations launched
stakeholders partnership, road safety ma-
plan to reduce the number of victims starting
worldwide the New Decade of Action of Road Safe-
nagement, good practice analysis, transnati-
from a bottom-up approach with the active
ty, setting the goal for the decade: “to stabilize and
onal learning and network, active involvement
involvement of local communities.
then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatali-
of SOL communities, evidence based and
The principles and the Vision will support the
ties around the world” by 2020. Millions of deaths
results focused activities, innovative projects
partners and their national, regional and local
could potentially be prevented as a result. The
and programmes to be developed. “These will
communities towards the achievement of the-
United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety
be the cornerstones of our project during its
se principles. So they will be able to align with
2011 – 2020 is our opportunity to make our com-
life and after, and will help SOL to achieve its
the SOL partner values and culture.
munities and streets safer wherever we live.
results”, stated Alberto Milotti, the SOL Pro-
The Vision Statement was signed during a
In the current newsletter, you can also learn more
ject Manager.
press Conference in March 2001 in Warsaw
about the polish partner WORD, the first and only
The base “Save Our Lives” vision would like
on 1st March 2011. “This statement outlines
Regional Road Traffic Centre in Poland, and the Pi-
to help the local communities to develop new
our goals not only in our participating project
lot Area of Olsztyn, in Warmia-Mazury region.
guidelines in order to reduce the number of
areas but in the Central Europe as a whole”
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road accident and of injuries and deaths. SOL
stated Guido Piccoli, the Director of ALOT.
Alberto Milotti Project Manager SOL
is happening on road safety in these months.