Hosted by the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF), the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) contributed to the fourth edition of the International Road Safety Course (CISV), held at the University of the Federal Highway Police (UniPRF) in Florianópolis, Brazil.
The 30-day CISV training brings together 55 traffic police officers from nine Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Perú and Uruguay, to strengthen their technical and operational capacities in road safety, crash investigation, mobility management, and crime prevention. The programme not only deepens technical expertise but also promotes cross-border cooperation and the exchange of best practices in traffic law enforcement.
UNRSF Communications and Partnerships Officer Marianelly Díaz Medrano delivered a keynote speech highlighting the Fund’s mission and its portfolio of projects across the region aimed at working with governments to strengthen road safety laws and enforcement protocols. She also emphasised the ongoing UNRSF-funded initiative in Brazil, which is supporting federal authorities in developing interoperable road crash data systems and strengthening crash investigation methods to guide evidence-based policies and countermeasures that save lives on the country’s highways.
By offering the course in Spanish, Brazil—the only Lusophone country in Latin America—has created a unique space for peer learning across the region. Participants benefit from interactive sessions on legal frameworks, road traffic enforcement, human rights, and crash forensics, with each country contributing its national perspective and experience.
This international exchange illustrates the power of collaboration to scale effective solutions, strengthen institutional capacities, and accelerate progress towards the global goal of halving road traffic deaths and injuries.