International awards
The Award scheme is developing outside Britain and similar schemes based on the PMIRSA model have been established in other countries. Where schemes have been endorsed by PMIRSA they use the same evaluation criteria applied by local judging panels. Where a nomination demonstrates an example of ‘best practice’ which could be applied outside its country of origin it may be considered for an ‘International Award’.
Consideration will be given for an international award where a nomination demonstrates an example of safety improvement or best practice designed/implemented in a cross border operation or one that could be easily adapted for use outside its country of origin.
Awards in Moscow
On the eve of the historic First Global Transport Ministers Conference in Moscow in November, Prince Michael Presented special international awards to a number of organisations which had already received recognition to underline their outstanding initiative, foresight and leadership and to recognise these as significant 'milestones' on the road to Moscow over the previous five years.
Special International Award for Road Safety Advocacy: recognising outstanding effort to promote road safety on the global policy agenda
WHO and the World Bank – Launched in April 2004 to mark World Health Day, The World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention drew public attention to the Global public health crisis in which 1.2 million people were killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured. Projections indicated that these figures would increase by about 65% over the next 20 years unless there was new commitment to prevention.
The Government of Oman – for its leading role in proposing a number of UN General Assembly Resolutions to improve Global road safety
The Russian Feredation Road Traffic Inspectorate - responsible for the establishment in 2006 of a new Inter-ministerial Commission on Road Safety which prepared a new Special Purpose Programme 'Improving Road Safety 2006 to 2012' and new legislative proposals to update the nation's road traffic laws. The Inspectorate was the leading institution in arranging the 2009 Global Ministerial Meeting on Road Safety
Special International Award for Road Injury Prevention: recognising outstanding achievement in designing and implementing innovative road safety programmes
Costa Rica Seat Belt Campaign which formed the basis of the New Global Seat Belt and Child Restraint 'How To' Manual - a practical guide for policymakers published by the FIA Foundation, the Global Road Safety Partnership, the World Bank and the World Health Organization to provide advice to public authorities on introducing laws and improving seat belt compliance. The technical advice manual 'Seat Belts and Child Restraints' is one of series including advice on motorcycle helmets, speed management and combating drink driving published in the context of the UN Road Safety Collaboration. The new seat belt manual was officially launched at an event in Costa Rica with the country's Transport Minister Karla Gonzalez, Michael Schumacher and Make Roads Safe campaign ambassador Michelle Yeoh. Costa Rica ran a major national seat belt campaign in 2003-4, introducing new seat belt legislation, and launching a major awareness campaign backed up with police enforcement which received a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2006 for leading her country's 'Por Amor' (For Love) seat belt campaign.
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation for its outstanding campaigning work in Vietnam and across Asia to increase the wearing of helmets by motorcyclists.
EuroRAP – a campaign to provide a safety rating for roads across Europe through consumer information for the public and to give road engineers and planners vital benchmarking information.
EuroNCAP The European New Car Assessment Programme – Given that there had been no significant change in car safety legislation for almost 20 years the UK Government encouraged the establishment of Euro NCAP in 1997 to provide motoring consumers with an independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe. Based on similar programmes already running in America and Australia, this independent consumer led programme is now backed by five European Governments, the European Commission and motoring and consumer organisations in every EU country.
First Awards of 2009 presented in Africa
Opening the pan-African Make Roads Safe Conference in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, on 8 July HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Royal Patron of the Commission for Global Road Safety congratulated three winners of his awards by saying: ‘My Awards recognise innovation and reward success but most importantly they help to communicate these ideas to a wider audience, spreading knowledge and awareness of what works in road safety. I am therefore delighted that here today are three new winners of my awards; each very different but each an example of what can be done to make roads safer.’
Receiving awards were:
Chevron for its international commitment shown through its Arrive Alive Programme which has made significant strides in road safety in Guatemala, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
The Fleet Forum on its successful road safety programme targeting UN and vehicle fleets of the humanitarian organisations.
Casey Marenge whose Chariots of Destiny organization has achieved so much to raise awareness in Kenya and further across the world was highly commended.
