The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is pleased to announce the launch of the Round
18 Call for Proposals under the Road Safety Grants Programme. In Round 18, GRSP
will accept applications for advocacy to strengthen road user policies as well
as vehicle safety standards in eligible countries.
Bloomberg Philanthropies funds the Bloomberg Philanthropies
Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) to reduce road traffic deaths and
injuries in low- and middle-income countries. A competitively awarded grants
programme is an important part of the initiative.
The Road Safety Grants Programme is managed by
the Global Road Safety Partnership, one of the implementing partners of BIGRS,
and supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road
safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their
implementation.
Eligible Projects
- Road User Behavioural Risk
Factors:
- Speed: A speed limit law with
a maximum urban speed limit of 50km/h and the power of local authorities
to reduce speed limits to ensure safe speeds locally.
- Drink driving: A national
drink-driving law based on Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.05g/dl
or lowers for the general population and a BAC of 0.02g/dl or lowers for
novice drivers.
- Helmets: A helmet law that
applies to all drivers and passengers, on all roads and all engine types
and requires the helmet to be fastened and which makes reference to a
particular helmet standard.
- Seat-belts: A seat-belt law
that applies to all private vehicle occupants in front and rear seats.
- Child restraints: A child
restraint law based on age, weight or height and the existence of a law
that applies age and height restrictions to a child sitting in the front
seat.
- Vehicle Safety:
- Occupant protection in front
collisions
- Occupant protection in lateral
collisions
- Seat belts and seat belt
anchorages
- Electronic stability control
- Pedestrian protection
Funding Information
- Proposals can be submitted for
grants up to a maximum amount of 120,000 Swiss francs (CHF) for a project
of no more than 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility:
- The Bloomberg Philanthropies
Initiative for Global Road Safety focuses on improving and implementing
evidence-based road safety policies (including laws, regulations, and
standards) in a number of low- and middle-income countries.
- A number of evidence-based
interventions aimed at reducing road traffic deaths and injuries are
included in BIGRS.
- The Road Safety Grants
Programme focuses exclusively on the passage and implementation of
evidence-based policies which address key behavioural risk factors
(speeding, drink driving, lack of seatbelt use, lack of child restraint
use, or lack of helmet use) and vehicle safety standards.
- Which countries are eligible to
apply?
- Applications addressing
national level road safety policy reform and/or its implementation with comprehensive
provisions on road user behavioural risk factors will be accepted from
Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana,
India, Malaysia, Mexico, Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam.
- Applications addressing
national level vehicle safety regulations reform and/or vehicle safety
regulations implementation will only be accepted from Colombia and
Mexico.
- Who can apply for a grant?
- Governmental and
non-governmental organizations in the nominated countries can apply for
grants within the following parameters:
- Governmental organizations
with relevant authority over road safety policy and/or its
implementation. Road police and military agencies are not eligible to
apply.
- Non-governmental
organizations (including but not limited to civil society organizations
and educational institutions) with relevant advocacy experience on
policy reform and/or its implementation
- Additionally:
- Applicants must be registered
legal entities in the country of project delivery, capable of entering
into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds, and assuming
legal and financial obligations.
- Applicants cannot be
recipients of financial support from alcohol, firearms, pornography, or
tobacco industries.
- The Road Safety Grants
Programme does not fund individuals.
- If applicant is a current
grantee organization, please discuss development of a Concept Note with
their focal person in GRSP.
Post Date - 14-Jan-2021