YOURS – Time for Action!

Floor LieshoutDirector| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety

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• Introduction• Our story• Decade of Action for Road Safety• The role of young people• Conclusion

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• Floor Lieshout

• The Netherlands

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2001: Youth advisor to the Dutch Minister of Transport

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• UN World Youth Assembly for Road Safety

• 23-24 April 2007, Geneva, Switzerland>200 youth delegates >100 countries

• Give young people a voice and adoption of Youth Declaration for Road Safety

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What is the biggest killer of young people worldwide?

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•Every day more than 1000 young people die on the world´s roads

•Thousands more are injured

•Leading cause of death of young people aged

15-29 year olds

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• Under auspices of United Nations, World Health Organization

• Official launch of YOURS during First Global Ministerial Conference in Moscow

• 2010: started operations

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• Who are more at risk in traffic?

– Females?

– Males?

– Young males are almost three times as likely to be killed as their female counterparts

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Advocate at a global level

Inspire, Connect and Unite young people

Develop capacities of youth advocates

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We believe...• that road crashes are preventable • road safety does not stop at our borders • in the high potential of youth • it is young people themselves who can be at the

forefront of making a difference • that we can mobilize, inspire and engage young

people

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• UN resolution calls for a Decade of Action for Road Safety

• Through the Decade countries commit to road safety actions in areas such as: • limiting speed, • reducing drink-driving, • increasing the use of seatbelts, • child restraints, • motorcycle helmets.

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Goal: Saving 5 million lives!

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Decade of Action video

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Officially launched on the 11th of May 2011

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The good thing is…. YOU can be part of

it!

1) Show you are committed!

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2) Campaign for road safety in your local community

We have got some free tools for you to use…

Awareness tool

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3) Be a role model

Contact

web: www.youthforroadsafety.orgemail: floor@youthforroadsafety.org

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