PILOT4SAFETY Project Kick-off 05/01/2011 The highest number of car related fatalities occurs on so-called "secondary roads". These national passageways, however, are not covered by the EU's laws on road safety management - laws which anticipate safety checks as well as training and certification of road safety auditors. Only a portion of European highways (trans-European networks) are in fact covered by Directive 2008/96/CE. This is one of the primary reasons that Project PILOT4SAFETY was set up.
This EU-funded project (under supervision from the European Commission's DG MOVE) aims to extend the existing Directive to regional roads, notably through common training curricula and tools for qualification of road safety personnel. A total of 1,3 million euros has been allocated to the project. Having kicked-off on 1 June 2010 it will continue for another 24 months. After this two year period, PILOT4SAFETY will have created a template for international certification. Field studies will take place to check if such qualifications can be reciprocally recognised in 5 different European Regions, this will be verified through two trials taking place in each region. Prior to that, the involved regions are expected to agree on the accepted common curricula and on exchanging road safety experts tailor made to the needs of regional/local road authorities. Each "safety team" will include at least one safety expert from another region. The teams will carry out "road safety audits" and "road safety inspections" foreseeing a specific certification. Ultimately, the project will contribute to the implementation of coherent safety procedures on the entire road network at national and European levels. The first draft of the Curriculum will be prepared by PILOT4SAFETY consortium members. The consortium is composed of technical institutes and research organisations from several EU Member States. The six partners from across Europe are: ASTRAL, CDV, Generalitat de Catalunya, Prefecture of Thessaloniki, Randers Municipality, and FEHRL (Belgium). In the short term the expected results includes a comprehensive set of training material specifically adapted to safety audits and inspections of Europe's secondary road networks. The main objective to achieve in the long term is the promotion and further propagation of tools developed by the EU Directive on Infrastructure Safety Management on regional roads, which are currently not covered by the Directive. For more on the project Project Coordinator: Adewole Adesiyun FEHRL, Belgium. Tel. +32-2-775 8234 E-mail: infor@fehrl.org PRESS4TRANSPORT is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
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PRESS4TRANSPORT is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)