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World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa: BIGRS 2020-25 – key outcomes of the 4-part webinar series

  • July 6 - 16, 2021
  • Online
World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa – BIGRS 2020-25

This webinar series was designed to provide an introduction to iRAP to those in Africa who want to use the methodology to help eliminate high-risk roads, unlock the economic benefits of 3-star or better roads and meet the SDGs and UN Targets.

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The World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) is partnering with iRAP to improve road safety under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BI­GRS) 2020-2025. The Program’s objectives are to reduce road crash deaths and serious injuries in 30 cities and 15 countries.

The webinar series World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa: BIGRS 2020-25 was designed to provide an introduction to iRAP to those in Africa who want to use the methodology to help eliminate high-risk roads, unlock the economic benefits of 3-star or better roads and meet Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and United Nations (UN) Targets. It covered practical examples of road safety experiences, lessons learned, and how to use iRAP methodology to do safety assessments across the region. View the full programme here.

This four-part webinar series was delivered to 672 attendees from 112 countries around the world. The webinar had 1,160 registrations in total, 57% from African countries.

After the success of this series, we invite everyone to watch the recorded videos as a playlist on the iRAP YouTube Channel, alternatively you can click on the individual links below.

Snapshots from the series ⌵︎

Arif Uddin, Transport Specialist from The World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility provides an insight into regional activities

Arif IRAP

Marko Sevrovic, Senior Road Safety Engineer from the European Institute of Road Assessment presents on Risk Mapping

Marco IRAP

Tawia Addo-Ashong, Senior Transport Specialist from The World Bank discusses Africa’s Transport Policy Programme

Tawia irap

Rachael Nganwa, a Consultant for The World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility discusses Key Road Attributes.

RACHEL IRAP

 

For more information, please visit this iRAP's page.

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