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The world has been going through unprecedent challenges. Although in different scales, each community has been affected in some way by restrictions to tackle the COVID-19 and is planning, or will plan soon, the post-pandemic scenario. As governments strive against...

SR4S CASE STUDY: TEHRAN & MASHHAD, IRAN Improved Pedestrian Facilities at Shohada, Imam Ali and Azmoodeh Primary School 8 schools assessed, 3 upgraded, leading to a safety jump from 1-star to 4- and 5-stars and a safer journey for students In 2019, Road Safety...

3M to provide support for iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools programme. LONDON / ST. PAUL, MN (June 9, 2020) – The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and 3M announced today that 3M has become a Global Programme Partner in iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools...

A look back at the official global launch of the SR4S application The Star Rating for Schools journey has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Founding Sponsor FedEx and the Major Donor FIA Foundation, and the amazing network of SR4S Lead Partners...

Image credit (above): Road Safety Pioneers During the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety and official pre-events in Sweden, the SR4S Secretariat were also involved in a variety of activities hosted by the SR4S Lead Partners. Participating in these...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: The Star Rating for Schools application was officially launched during the Child Health Initiative ‘This is My Street: Safe and Healthy Journeys for Children and Youth’ Conference.

Ahead of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm

Global road safety application showcased ahead of Third Global Ministerial Meeting on Road Safety 17 FEBRUARY 2020 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., together with iRAP and FIA Foundation have today officially launched the road...

Eight School zones were assessed for road safety improvements using the iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Methodology in two cities of Iran. Road Safety Pioneers are leading school zone improvements in Iran. This project is supported by….

The Star Rating for Schools tool featured in UNICEF Training of Trainers on Child REsponsive Urban Planning, delivered the Philippines and Paraguay in October. In the Philippines, the course was offered by UNICEF in partnership with the University of Philippines …

FIA Clubs were given the opportunity to share their experience and main achievements as part of the SR4S Programme at the FIA Region II Roundtable in Chennai, India (5- 8 October 2019). iRAP’s Managing Director of…

Image Credits: Gustavo Roth/EPTC-PMPA (above and right) Port Alegre is the first city in Brazil to develop a project with the SR4S tool to improve road safety for pedestrians around schools. On the 8 November 2019, the Caminho Seguro Project was launched...

Congratulations to one of our Star Rating for School Lead Partners – the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation, for developing this programme and helping to make the journey for school children safer through infrastructure improvements. Fantastic that our Star Rating for Schools assessments could contribute.

Within the framework of the Safe Latin American Child…

The Star Rating for Schools programme is incredibly proud to be part of the FedEx #RoadSafetyMatters community. Read the 2019 FedEx report: Road Safety Matters which features the SR4S programme and other initiatives that work towards…

Star Rating for Schools Lead Partners AIP Foundation (Safe Kids in Vietnam) celebrated UN Global Road Safety week with a workshop to recognise the milestone of the Walk this Way program.  

The Walk this Way program was launched in 2009 to increase awareness of child pedestrian safety and improve …..

SR4S update from the Sixth Global Meeting – Global Alliance of NGO’s for Road Safety in Crete, Greece (April 2019). On Tuesday 9 April, Rafaela Machado and Julio Urzua (SR4S representatives) helped facilitate the training ‘Introduction to road safety data and school area assessment with Patrick Kinyanjui from the Alliance.

As part of the ‘Vale 1 vida’ campaign in Paraguay, a workshop was held to strengthen institutional and community capabilities regarding the safe mobility for children around school zones.

The workshop, facilitated by….