ISSUE No. 05 J ANUARY 2012
SOL - SAVE OUR LIVES. A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY FOR CENTRAL EUROPE
THE SOL eMAGAZINE The SOL eMAGAZINE is produced by the SOL consortium. All articles are written by the SOL partners. The responsibility for all contents and statements made lies with the authors. The eMagazine does not represent the opinion of the European Communities. The project „SOL – Save our Lives“ in the Central Europe Program www.central2013.eu is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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SOL T R A I N - T H E - T R A I N E R S - W O R KSHOP: FROM CENT R A L E U R O P E TO S O U T H E A S T ASIA
DEAR READERS
Road crash injury affects people around the
menting initiatives to prevent road crashes
Welcome to the fifth issue of the SOL project
world. In communities, large and small, from
and their consequences. These initiatives
emagazine. Finally the situational assessment
Europe to Africa to Asia and the Americas,
are often low-cost and fueled by the dedica-
of our regions is ready. Each of our partner
individuals and professionals are imple-
tion of the individuals.
presented with a great success of public these
To strengthen the ability of the citizens and pro-
Kong, GRSP representatives from Cambodia
fessionals in the SOL communities to implement
and Vietnam also participated in the course to
Here you can read about the final results in Czech
effective road safety interventions, SOL has
assess whether the SOL training programme
Republic and a synthesis about the way how SOL
developed an extensive training programme co-
might be adapted to the South East Asia Region.
brings stakeholder together in these workshops: a
vering issues ranging from road safety manage-
Oahn, who formerly worked at Vietnam Ministry
key objective of these is to build consensus among
ment to child injury prevention. All courses fol-
of Transport, noted that the training is very be-
the stakeholders about high priority road safety is-
low the same methodology. They are designed
neficial for the content: “This workshop helped
sues. These issues will be at the center of the com-
for 2 days of training and include a mixture of
me learn how to run the different types of work-
munity strategies developed in the next phase of
lecture, interactive workshops, quizzes and on-
shops efficiently and attractively for the target
SOL. In this current issue, you can also learn more
road exercises. To support the SOL partners in
audience.” Sovann who works with national
about the Pilot Areas of Presov, in the Eastern part
the delivery of the workshops, a train-the-trainer
and local stakeholders added: “One of our key
of the Country, the third city in the Slovak republic
workshop was held in Budapest in January 2012
strategies is to build institutional and personal
for population.
to introduce the future trainers to the methodo-
capacity on road safety. Therefore this training
Enjoy reading
logy and components of the courses. Two trai-
was beneficial to me, especially the comprehen-
Alberto Milotti Project Manager SOL
ners participated from of the 7 SOL implemen-
sive training and reference materials that are
ting countries. Ms. Oanh Trinhto and Mr. Sovann
available.”
information to their stakeholders’ groups.