Road Safety

Safe School Zone Assessment Workshop

MoECST, MIDH, Traffic Police, DoT, Municipal Traffic, BYRS attend!

The Second Road Safety Project held a two-day, ‘Safe School Zone Assessment Workshop’ on March 13 and 14, 2023, at the Department of Youth Services facility in Belize City. The purpose of the workshop was to train members of the relevant road safety stakeholder agencies on how to properly capture and analyze data to identify the risks that students face within a school zone and develop mitigation plans to reduce those risks. This workshop was facilitated by the international consulting firm, Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), and its associated partner, AMEND.

Representatives from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology; Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing, the Police Traffic Division, the Department of Transport, the Corozal and Orange Walk Municipal Traffic Departments, and the Belize City and Belmopan City Councils, along with members of the Belizean Youths for Road Safety (BYRS), all attended the workshop.

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As a part of the training, participants visited the Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School, which was identified for the pilot project, and in - terviewed teachers and students to identify safety issues they face on a daily basis when traversing to and from school. Data such as vehicle count, pedestrian count, pedestrian route, and vehicle speed within the school zone were also captured. A second round of data capture will be conducted within a few weeks in order to validate the initial data captured and based on the data and interviews, infrastructure improvement designs will be developed and executed to provide a safer school zone for students and other road users within the school zone.

The Belize Times

It is expected that with a successful pilot project, other schools throughout the country can benefit from similar assessments carried out by participants of this workshop.

Service Contract Announcement

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) invites applicants to submit proposals for a service contract for Situational Analysis and Institutional Mapping of Essential Public Health Functions

Duration of contract: 26 April – 31 August 2023

Contractor

Profile: Professional with a degree in health sciences or other related field, preferably with demonstrated

• 5 years of experience in conducting healthcare management and or/assessment and monitoring of health services and systems;

• Technical competency in health systems performance methods and related survey methods and tools;

• Advanced competency in the development of technical reports;

• Ability to work independently and to produce results under pressure; and

• Excellent knowledge of research methods and report writing.

Deadline: Interested applicants should submit the following to blzmail@paho.org; cc: contrero@paho.org no later than April 7, 2023:

• Curriculum Vitae, indicating all past experiences from similar assignments and at least 2 professional references;

• Technical proposal;

• Financial proposal

For further details visit our website https://www.paho.org/en/vacancies Only submissions that meet all the evaluation criteria will be contacted.