Thanks to the contribution of the UNRSF project on safer and cleaner used vehicles in Africa, there is a new European Commission proposal to improve regulation on waste shipments.
The focus of this first meeting of the UNRSF Platform of Engagement on Health and Road safety is on the ongoing UNRSF-funded post-crash response projects being implemented in Azerbaijan and Bangladesh.
Read the UNRSF article in the UNDP blog, presenting the UNRSF social media campaign #moments2live4 for better investment in road safety, in line with the new Global Action Plan for Road safety.
Each year, three hundred people die on the roads in Armenia, which has the region's highest road crash fatality rate. This is why the UNRSF project in Armenia, implemented by UNDP, collaborates with UNICEF and Armenia National SDG Innovation Lab aims to connect data, people, and policies for safer roads in the country.
UNRSF is a rapidly expanding public-private partnership.
UNRSF main implementing partners are UN system agencies (incl. UN Environment, UN Children’s Fund, UN regional commissions, UN programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development and many others).
This latest round consists of a US$4 million portfolio.