Major Road Safety Events, 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, August 2011
Major Road Safety Events, 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, August 2011

Major Road Safety Events during the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, with the support of the United Nations and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
 
40.000 young scouts from around the world attended the22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden’s Kristianstad from July 27thto August 7th. During the 10 days of the Jamboree the Road Safety Workshop created by the Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas” (RSI), the Scouts of Ireland, the Greek Scouts and the Road Safety Authority of Ireland (RSA) welcomed more than 3.000 scouts to inform and educate them on road safety issues. The number of scouts that attended the workshop made it the most popular activity in the Jamboree’s Global Development Village.
 
Scouts from all over the world were educated in an active and interactive way about road safety understanding in depth the need to be alert as road users. Young scouts of 14 – 18 years of age learned why road fatalities is the number one cause of death worldwide for the ages 15 – 29.
 
This initiative of the RSI “Panos Mylonas”, Scouts of Ireland and Greek Scouts (Soma Hellinon Proskopon) has drawn the attention of the United Nations which has decided to support the “Scouting and Road Safety” project making it a part of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011 – 2020.
 
The Road Safety activities during the 22nd World Scout Jamboree came to an end with the Joining Hands for Road Safety event attended by hundreds of scouts from 160 countries, dressed with RSI “Panos Mylonas’s” reflective vests and hats, as well as Fingal County Council (Dublin, Ireland) reflective vests. During this highly prestigious event, children created a huge circle joining their hands, while some of them were also holding letters to create the phrase: “Scouting for Global Road Safety” both in English and French. Young scouts that attended the event sang a new song “Together Make it Loud”, created by the RSI “Panos Mylonas” specifically for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. The Joining Hands Circle for Road Safety event was complete when the Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland Mr. Michael John Shinnick and the Chief Scout of Greek Scouts (Soma Hellinon Proskopon) Mr. Christos Lygeros joined their hands. Between the two Chief Scouts was the Deputy Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Mr. Andrey Vasilyef, declaring the support of UN for the initiative of promoting Road Safety through Scouting. In his speech, Mr. Vasilyef stated that “making roads safer is of vital importance for the community and a high priority for the United Nations”. Mr. Vasilyef asked the Scouts to spread the message of Road Safety and become role models for the rest of the citizens in their countries so that traffic accidents no longer occur. Repesentatives of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement, Therese Birmingham and João Armando were also present assenior liaison to the Jamboree Planning Team from the World Scout Committee making a clear statement about the continuous support to this initiative. The event was also attended by the Irish Ambassador in Sweden, Mr. Donal Hammil and the Chief of Transport Facilitation and Economics Section of UNECE Mr. Michalis Adamantiadis.
 
The President of Board of the RSI “Panos Mylonas” Mrs Vassiliki Danelli – Mylonas stated during her speech that “Traffic accidents are a global problem and the 22nd  World Scouting Jamboree in Sweden is an excellent opportunity to launch this promising programme for Scouting and Road Safety”
 
The Head of Irish Contingent Mr. John Lawlor said:“at a  time when Ireland and Greece are in the headlines for the wrong reasons, this initiative proves what can be achieved through cooperation and good will”.
 
The World Scout Jamboree Road Safety project was coordinated by the Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas”, with the support of Scouting Ireland, Scouts of Greece (Soma Hellinon Proskopon), WOSM, UNECE and the National Bank of Greece.
 
PLACE: Kristianstad, Rinkaby region, South Sweden
 
TIME: Wednesday 27th of July 2011 – Sunday 7thof August 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




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