In Ethiopia, the UNRSF co-financed a project implemented by UN-Habitat and aimed at providing technical support to city officials, to build on the government’s focus to better design and implement policies and make investment decisions prioritizing the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.

The project, finalized in September 2020, realized significant impact with more than 170 speed enforcers trained in best-practice speed enforcement, high-level officials supported in developing speed enforcement plans, and more than 75,000 people engaged through social media on the importance of appropriate speeds

This project implemented by WHO strengthened health information systems in two African countries to provide accurate and timely data on vital statistics for road traffic deaths. Strengthening data systems and improving road traffic fatality data leads to more robust data for decision-making.

In Paraguay, the Philippines and South Africa, the UNRSF partly funded a project on Child-Responsive Urban Planning.

UNRSF is funding a project in Egypt and Pakistan aimed at building on existing efforts by the national governments to identify legislative gaps in the five road-safety related pillars areas, and to facilitate a multi-stakeholder dialogue for the development of a more comprehensive legal framework in the field of road safety.

The 3-year-long project is expected to reduce the number of pedestrian and bicycle user fatalities in these cities by 66% by March 2023, saving a projected 600 lives and preventing 1,500 injuries.

The UNRSF is partly funding a project aimed at improving the Argentinean technical capacity to develop policies and strategies to introduce speed management systems, changing the user perception about the benefits of speed reduction to achieve safer urban and rural roads.

The project will ensure that all actors involved in the export/import of used vehicles will have the adequate legal, administrative and technical means for an effective deployment of the agreed minimum safety and environmental performance standards.

The UNRSF is partly funding a project supporting the government of Jordan to increase restraint use to ultimately reduce road deaths and injuries by bridging the gaps in areas of the existing seatbelt and restraint regulatory framework.