Uruguay: UN Global Road Safety Week
As part of a new United Nations Global Road Safety Week (15-21 May 2023), Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, with the support of UNASEV, WHO/PAHO and CITA, will carry out an activity, on Tuesday 16 May, to rethink mobility in Uruguay, according to the recommendations of the Global Road Safety Plan developed by the United Nations. This seventh edition focuses on sustainable transport, in particular the need to walk, cycle and use public transport. Road safety is both a prerequisite and a result of this change.
The activity will include a conservatory and a practical laboratory for the implementation of public policies in the territory, aimed at decision-makers at national and departmental level.
For those interested in participating, you can contact the Foundation directly via email.
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez is a Latin American non-profit Non-Governmental Organization. Our mission is to eliminate serious injuries and deaths caused by traffic accidents, promoting safe and healthy mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, keeping alive the memory of “Gonchi” as a source of inspiration for our work.
PAHO/WHO the international public health organization of the Americas. It works every day with the countries of the region to improve and protect the health of their populations. It provides technical cooperation in health to its member countries, combats communicable diseases and attacks chronic illnesses and their causes, strengthens health systems and responds to emergencies and disasters.
UNASEV. Uruguay, on the recommendation of the World Health Organization, created by law in 2007 the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV) to regulate and control activities related to traffic and road safety throughout the national territory.