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Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety
Description/achievement of initiative

The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) is an umbrella organization that currently represents more than 200 member NGOs from 90-plus countries, and it is growing. The Alliance addresses some of those gaps by providing a platform for networking and experience sharing, advocacy, comprehensive capacity building, fundraising, and collective action. Objective: To increase the quality of work of Alliance member NGOs to plan, identify funding, implement and evaluate relevant advocacy activities that leads to community mobilization, press attention and legislative change.

Implementation methodologies

Based on the findings of a needs assessment and inputs from key stakeholders and global road safety experts, the Alliance has developed the Alliance Empowerment Program. This multiyear initiative aims to build the capacity and confidence of road safety NGOs and to strengthen their impact. A focal point of the Alliance Empowerment Program has been the training of a core team of NGO advocates, implementers, and mentorsthe Alliance Advocatesto lead the way as NGOs contribute to halving the number of injuries and deaths on roads by 2020. The Alliance Empowerment Program was launched in November 2015 at the 2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety in Brasilia, Brazil. Grounded in an ethos of participation and ownership, the Alliance Empowerment Program was designed to respond directly to needs identified by the NGOs themselves and to be driven by in-house expertise. The Alliance Empowerment Program is fostering a sense of community and mutual support among members and ensuring optimal use of available resources.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

The Empowerment Program offers a wide range of learning opportunities: seed grants for small demonstration projects that are accompanied by technical assistance on monitoring and evaluation; online tools, templates and guidelines; a series of webinars; a monthly newsletter; and numerous single-topic workshops that take place on the sidelines of global meetings. All learning opportunities are accompanied by mentoring as needed.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The Alliance is composed of a secretariatresponsible for overall leadershipand member NGOs that operate at the country, regional, or international level, depending on their expertise and resources.

Partner(s)

Global Road Safety NGOs
Progress reports
Goal 3
3.6 - By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
Goal 11
11.2 - By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
Goal 13
13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
Goal 17
17.16 - Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 - Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Data, monitoring and accountability
December 2019
By 2019, have trained 100 road safety NGOs in advocacy planning resulting in the drafting of 100 well-designed action plans implemented in 80 countries;
December 2019
By 2019, have conducted 30 online trainings on areas deemed relevant according to WHOs SaveLIVES package and have reached more than 5000 people globally resulting in 90% NGOs indicating the trainings were useful and contributed to improved work
Financing (in USD)
1,000,000 USD
In-kind contribution
Meeting facilities
Staff / Technical expertise
Trainings in M&E, Behaviour Change communication, Project management

Basic information
Time-frame: 2015 - 2019
Website
Partners
Global Road Safety NGOs
Countries
Contact information
Lotte Brondum, Executive Director, lotte@roadsafetyngos.org
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