On invitation from the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), APRSO delivered a key presentation and group activity at the Capacity-Building Training Workshop for Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Member Countries on Implementation of, and Country Reporting on, the Aichi 2030 Declaration (2021-2030).

Workshop for Asian journalists aims to strengthen reporting on road safety

The Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) is expanding its membership to include multisectoral stakeholders in road safety from the private sector, civil society and academia.

In view of the goal set by the United Nations General Assembly to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 20301 and noting the priority actions and targets set out in the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, the Global Road Safety Performance Targets, and the outcomes of the 2021 International Transport Forum Riding in a Safe System – Workshop on Safety for Powered-Two-Wheelers, the participants of the 2022 Global Network of Regional Road Safety Observatories Dialogue on Powered Two-Wheeler Safety recognize the particular challenges this presents for cou

As of October 2022, APRSO has elected Sushil Babu Dhakal as its new Chair. He is the Project Director of the ADB Project Directorate, Department of Roads in Nepal. Mark Steven Pastor, Undersecretary, Road Transport and Infrastructure, Department of Transportation, Philippines, is announced as Deputy Chair. 

See the updated line-up of speakers and agenda for the Dialogue at http://roadsafetydialogue.adb.org. 

Event Details 

On 11-13 October 2022, the Global Regional Road Safety Observatories (GRRSO) GRRSO Dialogue on Powered Two-Wheeler Safety (11-12 October) and Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) Annual Meeting (13 October) will be held in a hybrid manner in ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines.  

With the theme, "2030 horizon for road safety: securing a decade of action and delivery," the High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety (HLM) was held at the UN headquarters in New York, United States, last 30 June and 1 July 2022, organized under the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.

In support of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030, the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) has launched the new and improved Road Safety Toolkit.

The Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory’s annual meeting for 2021 was held on 9 to 11 November and featured two days of presentations on road safety data management from the viewpoints of member countries and founding development organizations, and a final day devoted to establishing APRSO’s new governance structure.