About the Project

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The project is funded by ERASMUS PLUS Youth, and supported by National Board Cyprus Youth.

Network for European Citizenship and Identity (NECI EU) applied and hosted the project in Cyprus between 21 and 27 November 2021.

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The topic of the project is to increase awareness on the importance of Road Safety Consciousness and to support youths to be encouraged to be further involved in projects on prevention.

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Project Summary

This project pointed out the need of improving the Road Safety Consciousness (RSC) in micro level for youths community and in macro level for their country. The project was important for all youths and partners based on:

A) Annually youths and adults are involved in road accidents (with minor or severe results-injuries, fatalities). There is lack of education and/or respect of RTR and this comes in accordance to European Transport Safety Council where its mentioned that "For both primary and secondary education, this report shows that traffic safety and mobility education is not a dedicated subject in the vast majority of [european] states".

B) Recent European status report from EUROSTAT, shows the following data:

There have been about 25000 deaths from RA in 2017 in EU, which is equal to 50 deaths/million persons. The annual number of deaths from RA is more or less same as it was since 2013.

C) Reckless Road Attitude is primarily the reason that provokes so many serious traffic accidents. Youths feel that they should contribute to this unfortunate situation. Reckless Road Attitude refers to: Distracted Driving, Speeding, Drunk Driving, Texting, Running Red Lights Or Stop Signs, Wrong-Way Driving, Tailgating, Reckless Driving

D) Partners' countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia) rank in top 10 list with highest rate of RA in the Europe

E) Direct consequences: According to WHO, Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years

 

What we wanted to achieve:​

-help youths to share experiences, learn and design practice how to influence target groups (but also others in broaden level too) for being aware and respecting Road Safety Consciousnee

-encourage youths to design, run, implement a project that is related to their own interest and that can affect public awareness on issues of health, safety and solidarity

-support youths and in general all people to be aware about the positive effects of cooperation in individual and international level for own and global development.

-give opportunities for learning by sharing to youths (especially those with fewer opportunities) though intercultural dialogue based on NFL and inclusive practices

-facilitate the process of self awareness and competences' development for youths funded E+ projects.

 

 

In what way this project was connected to ErasmusPlus priorities:

       This project was designed based on the partners’ needs and youths’ interests but also to ErasmusPlus priorities. We aimed to:

         -bring youths from 8 different countries to suggest ideas and solutions for current issues and improve intercultural dialogue

-increase awareness on opportunities for learning and mobilities by shared practice and activities

-improve the level of key competences to young people with variety of activities (language, creativity, social etc)

-influence policy makers and communities in national and international level in the fields of Safety and solidarity

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Project Objectives: ​

1) promote and support safe, pleasant learning environment based on NF methods for youths with fewer opportunities

2) develop youths' awareness on the importance of Road Safety Consciousness through NFL and experiential learning

3) explore the power intercultural dialogue for tackling global problems as reckless road/traffic attitude

4) create tangible and intangible results directly from youths for the youths and their NGOs too, irrespective their background (social, financial and educational level)

5) support youths and leaders to develop their competences as influencers of target groups, peers and society and be certified with a youthpass.

 

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Participants were involved in activities where they needed to cooperate in international and national groups and go through research and analysis of data but also to present, reflect, made role plays and discuss the situation and importance of road safety consciousness. Furthermore, we had invited three guests who shared their own expertise and experience on the topic (Police representative from Road Traffic Safety, a medical staff with experience in car accidents and a family who survived a severe road accident with multiple consequences).

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