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Road Safety Institute (RSI) “Panos Mylonas” participated once again in the UN Global Road Safety Week with a large number of initiatives.

The 7th UN Global Road Safety Week was held 15-21 May 2023. It called for policy makers to #RethinkMobility in order to make walking, cycling, and public transport safe and convenient so that people can make the shift to active, sustainable mobility. This modal shift is one of the recommendations in the Global Plan for the Decade of Action 2021-2030.

The activities and initiatives of the Institute in the occasion of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week were intended to inform the Greek society and the competent Bodies about the necessity of Road Safety and the benefits of sustainable mobility. The most important initiatives were:

• “WALK THE TALK" campaign - The Political Parties talk about Road Safety:
  The Hellenic Road Safety Institute (RSI) Panos Mylonas, bridging civil society and politicians,  discussed Road Safety with representatives of the Political Parties represented in the Hellenic Parliament
• Participation in the Road Safety Festival (Katerini) in collaboration with the Aegean Motorway, the Municipality of Katerini and the Directorate of Primary Education of Katerini: RSI educated kids of Primary Education who visited the festival area in the morning and parents in the afternoon on road safety issues through Institute’s programs “Become a Knight of Road Safety”, “in Traffic with Safety” and “Cycling in Safety”
• Kick-off meeting for the European Program (ERASMUS+) SAFE FUTURE hosting the program partners from other countries
• Company trainings on Road Safety issues in Northern Greece
• Participation in ThinkBiz Academy 2023 addressing teenagers and young drivers
• Publicity took place promoting the messages of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week through social media, the press, TV and radio interviews bringing together stakeholders from the public and private sector, NGOs, the school society, motorways etc

 
At the same time, we continued:

• Our educational programs on the safe use of bicycles for students of primary education in Attica, in the Traffic Park of Nea Odos "SEIRIOS"
• Our educational programs on the safe use of bicycles for students of Primary Education of the Municipality of Athens through the Institute’s program "Cycling in Safety " with the support of synAthina and the Municipality of Athens
• Our educational Programs about Road Safety issues for students of Primary and Secondary Education in school units of the Municipality of Kallithea
• Our educational Programs on Road Safety for students of Secondary Education in the three regional units of Western Greece in collaboration with the Region of Western Greece