WG7 Traffic and Safety
According to the Cities for Children strategy “Safety of our children in traffic and their protection against crime should be guaranteed”.
Moderation: Applications now accepted
Senior Moderators: City of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; City of Stuttgart, Germany, represented by Dr. Martin Schairer, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Law and Order
Participating cities: Athens (Greece), Bolzano (Italy), Gent (Belgium), Jena (Germany), Cologne (Germany), Nuremberg (Germany), Panevezys (Lithuania), Presov (Slovakia), Riga (Latvia), Rijeka (Croatia), Satu Mare (Romania), Stara Zagora (Bulgaria), Stuttgart, Tartu (Estonia), Wiesbaden (Germany).
Thematic priority: Increasing public awareness toward mentality change:
- Recognition of children as traffic participants with equal rights
- Public outreach activities to call for more respect for children in traffic
- Encouragement the civil society to involve in road-traffic security activities
Meetings
Applications for the Moderation of the Working Group meeting 2010 now accepted in the Coordination Office
26 - 27 March 2009 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Presentations
Athens: Activities, practices, future plans
Rijeka: Urban Jungle
Satu Mare: School partnerships for safer road traffic
Stara Zagora: Local programs for the prevention of road accidents
Stara Zagora: Road Traffic Safety
Protocol of the meeting in Stara Zagora
Program Stara Zagora 26 & 27 March 2009
28-29 November 2007 in Stuttgart
Presentations
- City of Athens, Greece
- City of Kaunas, Lithuania
- City of Presov, Slowakia
- City of Rijeka, Croatia
- City of Tartu and Tartu Southern Police Prefecture, Estonia
- City of Panevezys, Lithuania
Final presentation by the WG moderator, Dr. Martin Schairer
Protocol of the meeting in Stuttgart 28 - 29 November 2007
Good Practices
The Hague: Safe to School Monitor
Rijeka: Urban Jungle
Stara Zagora: Youth initiatives for prevention of youth accidents
Stara Zagora: Every kid knows it
Stara Zagora: Zheleznik School
Meeting in Stara Zagora
Stuttgart 2007: best-practice presentations
- Photos ©City of Stuttgart
Stuttgart 2007: Christmas market opening and dinner
- Photos ©City of Stuttgart
Stuttgart 2007: visit of the traffic education centre
- Photos ©City of Stuttgart
Stuttgart 2007: Final discussions
- Photos ©City of Stuttgart
Page last updated on 31 July 2009
