road safety training

[Rajendra Aryal]

Dear Jo and all,

It is interesting to hear that you are working on a road safety programme in
Uganda. We are presently doing the same in Nepal. UNCDF is currently supporting
the rehabilitation of two Feeder Roads and we realized that the people living
along the road corridors are now getting exposed to fast moving vehicles for
the first time. Morover, we felt that there si every risk with school going
children and women. We have thus integrated also traffic safety aspect ans
recently recrited a Road safety Officer. We are now closely working with the
communities living along the road corridors, police, transporters, local youth
clubs and schools. The working modality we are adopting is more or less similar
to what Jo is doing in Uganda.

Moreover, Department of Roads in Nepal has established a Traffic Safety Unit at
the central level and this unit has become pretty effective now. We are also
closely working with this unit. For your information this unit has brought out
a significant number of publications. Some of them are "Identifying and
Treating Accident Sites", "Designing Safe Side Drains", "Road Users' Rules and
Regulations", "Safety Barriers", and few others. If you are interested in
receiving a copy of these documents I would be pleased to forward your message
to the Department of Roads in Kathmandu.

With best regards.

leyland wrote:

>      Dear All
>
>      I am working with a road maintenance project in Western Uganda that is
>      assisting the Ministry of Works to rehabilitate the main gravel road
>      network.  There is a community participation component within the
>      project which includes a road safety programme.  With the improvement
>      of the roads, there is a risk that the number and severity of
>      accidents could increase so we are also trying to tackle road user
>      behaviour within the project.
>
>      We are carrying out a training programme for teachers from schools
>      near the roads, using flipcharts that we have produced, to improve
>      children's safety and behaviour on the roads.  We are also
>      constructing footpaths along some of the key sections of the gravel
>      roads that are used by many pedestrians e.g. between trading centres
>      and schools or entry stretches to district towns etc.
>
>      Now we are looking to develop a road safety training programme with
>      the Police and the National Road Safety Council for public transport
>      operators in the project area, primarily the 'taxi' (minibus) drivers,
>      'machara' (motorcycle) operators and the 'boda boda' (bicycle)
>      operators.  We are meeting with the transporter associations and
>      relevant parties to work out with them what their training needs are
>      and develop the programme and training materials as necessary.
>
>      However, we are interested to find out what training resources and
>      materials are currently available and to learn from other relevant
>      experiences.  Does anyone have, or know of, relevant training
>      materials or documentation that we could access?
>
>      Please let me know.  Thanks
>
>      Jo Leyland
>      Western Uganda Road Maintenance Capacity Building Project
>
>      email: leyland at maf.org