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January 2020
Improving Road Safety Outcomes: The Private Sector Contribution
Official pre-event to the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Hosted within the Annual SuM4All Consortium Meeting in Washington D.C. The Decade of Action has taught us that saving five million lives and avoiding 50 million serious injuries will require more significant commitments and greater action from everyone and that improving road safety is a sustainable development imperative that contributes to equitable improvements in social, environmental, and economic indicators. For the private sector, road safety is no longer just…
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Gulf Traffic Exhibition & Conference
The International Road Federation is pleased to support the Gulf Traffic Exhibition & Conference to be held from 9 to 11 December 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE. The Middle East is making great strides in the adoption of smart mobility as part of the region's broader smart city visions. With digital transformation at the helm, the Middle East governments are swiftly adopting smarter, safer, cleaner, and more efficient transportation systems and solutions to improve mobility…
Find out more »November 2019
3rd International Conference for Sustainable Mobility
The International Road Federation (IRF) is pleased to co-organise together with Autoroute du Maroc (Moroccan Highways) and ASECAP (European Association of Tolllways Operators) the 3rd edition of the Sustainable Mobility Conference. This international event will take place on 26th November in Marrakech and will have as theme for this edition "Sustainable Road Transport and Mobility for a Sustainable Future". With growing momentum for both climate change talks with the UN Climate Action Summit and for road safety given the nearing end of the UN Decade of Action and…
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Course on Road Traffic Safety Management
IRF (Geneva) together with the Qatar Transportation & Traffic Safety Center and Qatar University are pleased to present the International Course on Road Traffic Safety Management to be held from 19th to 21st November 2019 in Doha, Qatar. This three-day training course has been designed for professionals who wish to dig into: the three distinctive elements of the safety management system (institutional management, the interventions and the results) and the linkages in between them. ISO39001 standard on Road Traffic Safety…
Find out more »October 2019
26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
IRF is pleased to support the 26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to be held from 21 to 25 October 2019 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre. Co-hosted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore and the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) Singapore, it will be the first time this Congress is being organised in Southeast Asia. The 2019 Congress theme, “Smart Mobility, Empowering Cities” reflects Singapore’s commitment to create the most liveable smart city in support of a higher quality…
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IRF Special Sessions at PIARC 26th World Road Congress
Abu Dhabi will be hosting the 26th World Road Congress of PIARC on 6-10 October 2019. Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the theme of the PIARC Congress is “Connecting Cultures enabling economies”. Building on the current momentum that sees road safety high on the global agenda, the IRF is hosting a foresight session on “Building Partnerships for Better Road Safety”.…
Find out more »September 2019
Course on Traffic Safety in Work Zones
IRF (Geneva) together with the Qatar Transportation & Traffic Safety Center and Qatar University are pleased to announce the International Course on Safety in Road Works which will be held from 24th to 26th September 2019 in Doha, Qatar. Motorists constitute more than eighty percent (80%) of the fatalities in work zones. Road Authorities are responsible for the safety of these motorists and they must establish and enforce the criteria that contractors must follow to design a safe work zone.…
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SaferAfrica Final Conference
SaferAfrica Final Conference “Results and future perspectives for road safety in Africa” will take place in Tunis (Tunisia) on 18th of September. Prominent international institutions, African regional and national bodies’ representatives, policymakers, researchers and civil society organizations will join the dialogue for a better road safety management throughout the Continent. SaferAfrica is a Horizon 2020 research project with the aim of creating the African-European Dialogue Platform on road safety, to strengthen the cooperation among governments, research institutions and NGOs, coming from…
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Regional Seminar on Road Safety Audits for Decision Makers; & International Course on Road Safety Engineering and Audits
IRF together with the Tanzania Roads Association (TARA), Tanzania Transportation Technology Transfer (TanT2) Centre and TANROADS are pleased to join hands and to present a 1 day Regional Seminar on Road Safety Audits to be held at Kisenga LAPF International Conference Centre, LAPF Towers, Makumbusho, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 16th September 2019 followed by a 4 days International Course on Road Safety Engineering and Audits to be held at the same venue from 17th – 20th September 2019. Delegates to attend the International…
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Rural Roads for Development Course
The University of Birmingham, in association with the International Road Federation Geneva is pleased to offer this hands-on training course in the area of rural roads. The course is a 5-day, intensive and practical residential programme delivered by experts of international repute. It is aimed at road sector professionals, road engineers, field engineers, planners, road maintenance managers who want to be exposed to cutting-edge established methodologies in rural transport for development. By the end of the course, the participants are expected to…
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