Be Active, Be Safe

The project “Be Active, Be Safe includes three kinds of activities: friendly roads, road safety education at schools and  students engagement.The overall  purpose  of the  project  is to  engage citizens  and media in improving road safety and reducing the number of traffic casualties in their communities. We will attain this goal by achieving the following specific objectives: raising awareness among the general  public  about  traffic  safety,  safe  driving  behavior  and  hazardous  road  infrastructure  in neighborhoods and commuting routes; actively engaging citizens to monitor and report hazardous road infrastructure (black spots) and accidents in their area; increasing the accessibility of data on traffic accidents and black spots in Georgia, allowing decision makers at local and national level to take  evidence-based  and  targeted  action  to  prevent  further  accidents;  using  citizen  reporting, resolving ten or more black spots (and putting up warning signs on 50 others) through distributing micro grants and cooperating closely with local and national authorities; exploring and solve the black spots on the roads nearby the educational institutions by the high school children and students; interesting  young  generation  –  schoolchildren  and  students  in  the  road  safety  issues;  raising awareness among young people about road safety risks and problems; promoting keeping the traffic rules among the Georgian youth; engaging the youth in the social life and activities that will be profitable for the whole society; developing the critical thinking and road safety problem solving among youth; developing the appropriate abilities and skills for arranging and implementing the activities among the youth; covering 30 schools throughout Georgia.