Road Safety

High Level Seminar, Paris, 25-26 September 2008

 

Objectives

  • To disseminate the results of recent road safety research of the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Centre, briefing key policy makers.
  • To engage high level policy makers in discussions on the safe system approach to road safety and explore key implementation issues.
  • To contribute to moving road safety policy to a new level of ambition in Member and non-member countries, and contribute to the broader debate on the global road safety crisis in preparation for the 2009 UN road safety inter-Ministerial meeting proposed in Moscow in 2009.
  • To identify areas where further research work would be most useful.

Audience

  • High level researchers and policy makers (at international, national and local authority levels), parliamentarians, industry and consumer groups.
  • The Seminar is primarily for policy makers from OECD/ITF Member countries, however, it will also aim to contribute to the broader global debate on road safety.
  • 100 - 150 participants by invitation.