Road Safety projects HIB:Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Cambodia

08-05-06 till 11-05-06Agenda and minutes

Program

HI RS projects in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Best practices

Key competences

RS aproach of HI

RS projects in Vietnam, Laos and CambodiaOther countries..........

Monday08-05-06

Tuesday09-05-06

Wednesday10-05-06

Thursday11-05-06

GOOD PRACTICESData collection

RTAVIS Cambodia

• experience of CMVIS• small start: PP in collaboration with traffic police, hospital

and private clinics (first form) - march 2004• direct contact police in each district• direct contact hospitals (contract)• to country: Ministries of Health and Interior national level• datacollection form: 6 workshops with ministries about

content of form – december 2004, april 2005 decision: RTAVIS will not be HI project but of ministries

• formal agreement (MoH, MoI and MPWT)• launching ceremony (in ministry) - june 2005• trainings of TP officers of 24 provinces and hospital staff of

14 provinces (training by RTAVIS staff and representatives of MoH and MoI)

RTAVIS 2 - Cambodia

• report by RTAVIS staff• edited and reviewed by RS project coordinator (Jean till

now)• 200 reports sent monthly about 20 replies per month

(from ‘thank you’ to questions)

• agreement with NRSC• freedom for HI to write monthly reports • yearly report approval of ministries• ‘carte de visite’

• before project started: there was already information

Lessons RTAVIS Cambodia

• small start: ministries should have been informed• not to pay the hospital from the beginning• find local partners that take over some

responsibility (e.g. partners already involved in health system, like BTC)

• external consultants can be used for messages that are unwanted or not popular (short period, not dependent on country, be clear about ‘risk’)

(Possible) problems 1

• Police does not want others involved in statistics• If there are statistics not allowed to distribute (or with

permission)• Classification of data (problem in vietnam)• Giving correct information in media can mean partner does

not want to continue (with messages they don’t like to hear)

• Using hospital data or mentioning under registration can be interpreted as police not doing their job very well (relation with police)

• Who does the system belong to?• Connection of databases (double entry detection)• (Convince headquarter, donors: small budget but a lot of

work can be done)• Information given by government is not correct

(Possible) solutions

• Information given by government is not correct: use RS Action Plan. They mention collaboration. everybody does his work. information of hospital sent to police. They can do what they want with it. Integration depends much on relation with partners. Step by step. start at the level where contact are good, easy (not top, but bottom). Some police from other district called, asked for software and training, but unofficial. Police itself not satisfied as well, but afraid of officials. Work together with partners that want to change. Accept slow steps.

• Give information to the willing about other countries that use information in correct way (role model) e.g. Singapore, Cambodia.

• Work with the lower levels show success story to higher level. (note: HI is not able to change government)

• Good example RS performance: first small district, now province wants to use it in their action plan (own money)

Where to position RTAVIS?: proposal for Cambodia

Public health facilties

Private clinicsTraffic police/

National police

CRC data gatherers

Other sources

Ministry of HealthInjury Surveillance

System

Road traffic accidentsMine/UXO accidents

Falls/drowning/domestic violence...

RTAVIS office CMVIS office Other

Ministry of InteriorNational Database

MPWTMoI

NRSCrole: data collection and analyzes

additional data entry

data entry

ROAD SAFETY BUREAU

TRAFFIC POLICE DATA EMERGENCY

CENTER

HEALTH CENTER

RED CROSS

459 V21,75%

Data collection in Binh Tan – Ho Chi Minh City

1.465 V64,9% 34V

0,15%

298V13,2%

459 V21,75%

ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIM DATA COLLECTION

VN: Classification of accident since 1995

• In Vietnam the classifcation is not according to international standards:– Fatal – More than 2 people death, injury:1 people with degree

of disablement between 21-30% and fortune lost from 5-15 tonnes of rice

– Serious- 1 or 2 death or 1 injury with degree of disablement between 21-30% and fortune lost from 5-15 tonnes of rice

– Few serious – Degree of disability of the total of the victims is from 21-30% and the fortune lost is from 5-15 tonnes of rice.

– Slight- fortune lost <1 tonne of rice or degree of disablement 1 or several people with degree of disablement for 1 people <= 5% and the total <= 21%)

Slight cases are not considered as road accident, but as collision. this means they are not recorded in official accident statistics.

Problems with data collection Vietnam

• Legality: Based on the decree 14/2003/ND-CP* Some Remark of the decree • The people committee has no role on the road

accident analysis however in the organigram the vice president of People Committee is responsible about the sensitization of RS policy.

• Traffic police is totally responsible about the road accident statistic and analysis (however the decree assign that it must be in collaboration with the ministry of TaPWs)

• The Transportation and public works office is not responsible on the road accident costing as well as their damage regarding country economic.

(* Houtrans JICA-research)(* Houtrans JICA-research)

GOOD PRACTICESEducation

Curriculum of Cambodia

Education Cambodia

• Revision of curriculum of primary schools Cambodia

• Cambodia two parts– main program integrated in social sciences (4 – 5 hours)– local life skill program (10 hours)

• Secondary school– in development, cooperation with educating New

Zealand and ministries. – cooperation with RCR: First Aid and traffic

• How to make guest from the hospital more interesting: some basic first aid information?

Vietnam

• Vietnam two parts – primary school– main program integrated in national road safety

curriculum (10 hours): HI developed new content for three districts in HCMC and teaching skills

– extra program (hours not defined) e.g. road safety show

• Secondary school– 2 hours, but no curriculum– only extra program– develop extra curriculum first and wait for the ministry

to finish curriculum for the 2 hours.

• Red Cross lessons about FA: HI added RS (conform strategy HI: use existing structures e.g. add RS to geografy lessons, etc)

Questions, remarks

• Where should pedestrians walk? Face to the cars. Not agreed on with in official documents. Opinion is often that children have to walk on sidewalk.............. but if there is no sidewalk? This is difficult in teaching situations.

• In Vietnam pedestrians have to walk close to the sidewalk, but no side is mentioned. From point of view of road safety it is better to teach the children to face the cars....

• Cyclist motorcycles have to get of on the side of the road.use of left en right is confusing for small children. Use other

ways like: look good to both sites carefully..........• Mirrors for motorcycles, reflectors or light for bicycles

Difficulties, possibilities

• To involve police letter from MoI: schools can use it when they ask police.

• Ministry does not promote RS in local life skill yet. Teacher have to be trained, etc...........

• The curricula are already very full: subject has to be considered necessary.

• (Vietnam) national curriculum is full. There is no time for extra lessons. parents, etc more interested in mathematics, English, literature....... not RS RS as part of other lessons is easier.

• Teachers do not consider it their role to teach RS.• Strict curriculum: always the same, for every teacher.

difficult to integrate new ideas.• Teachers have very little knowledge: teacher training

needed.

Difficulties 2

• At a lot of schools children expect something when they participate. A common idea is that you have to give something (t-shirt, etc) to student if the answer simple question. Problem in Laos, vietnam (less) ....... Specially (secondary) highschool. HI should try not to get involved in this.

• Teachers are not always capable to control the students. Teaching skills not very strong. Especially on average schools.

• Complex situation to develop a curriculum. Different departments (primary, secondary, highschool, etc) and often also a pedagogical institute are involved. Also different levels: national level, provincial, ...........

• How to spend the money if things are not moving at all?

• RS in main program: – make RS part of other curricula ..............– requirements: good relation with MoE, right moment (change of

curriculum)– train teacher how to introduce RS in other curricula

• Extra program– official extra program– free to choose: road safety show (e.g. assisted by HI)

• To reach young high school student is difficult (if you can not get into curriculum) lot of possibilities for awareness raising activities, also with other partners.

• approval on higher level sometimes required, can be useful.

• Practical Road Safety lessons– One Road Safety Park for more schools – Practical Road Safety lessons in the schoolyard

• Safe school zones: cooperation of teachers, student, parents

Lessons learned

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Direct Management

Indirect management

Diagram of Education Agencies HCMC

National level

Provincial levelMinistry of

Education & Training

Goverment

Binh Tan Education & Training

Dept.

Education & Training Dept of Distrist 12

Ho Chi Minh Service ofEducation & Training

09 Primary school(Grade 1 – 5)

08 Secondary & High schools (Grade 6 -12)

16 Primary schools

9 Secondary schools

03 High schools

GOOD PRACTICESAwareness

Awareness toolsVietnam Laos Cambodia

TV big impact (events) low impact, cost are considered to high

10.000 usd = effective

Radio more effective

newspaper

Billboards, posters, banners

possible expensive, difficult

Stands, events, tuk tuk Village visits

make government angry

impact not easy to asses

RS policy

Trainings (top, public)

Leaflets

CD, VCD

Stickers, t-shirts

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Helmets in Laos

Helmets

• Should HI provide helmets?• For free or with reduction?

• What kind of helmets?• What kind of helmets people (different target

groups) like?

• Why provide helmets (for free or with reduction):– PR– part of actions– as starting tool, not for long term (others can take over,

commercial helmet sale )

Helmets

• HI should:– Initiate improvement of helmet quality and helmet use in the

country (good example, discussion government, self regulation market)

– Use helmet distribution as tool within existing HI activity– Encourage stakeholders to provide or buy good quality helmets– Try to create helmet market (not selling by HI)– Advice to other companies on helmets– Use corporate partnerships/sponsorships– HI should not be used for other publicity purposes (win-win)

• For free? or reduction?– Selling can not be main activity, careful with selling– Depends on activity– Depends on donor conditions

Helmets

• HI logo used by Helmet producers as ‘quality tool’ (risk if used on bad helmets) (example of Cambodia)

• HI should not to be associated with one brand• On publicity material: brand should not be visible

– not to be accused of getting steekpenningen

• Quality of the helmet important– HI ‘quality norms’ (local standards if good, or American) – When HI buys or orders helmets, HI asks for American

standards. Use object standards. – Risk of copies, look-alikes of good quality helmets

• Role of government in technical standards, also helmets (often part of NRSC).

• Use self regulation of shops

Events (school, stand-alone)

• Situation in HCMC, Vietnam– First pilot in the departments then project in the city– Nice, additional, something school can not do themselves– Organized by government partners, with help (advice,

coordination) of HI– HI prefers to be involved in a few activities, but in those

chosen by the government

• Impact?– how to evaluate– what is effect compared to TV spots

• Time investment, coordination, etc• Government has to be asking partner

• Use activities (like events) for research – questionnaire for quiz provides information about knowledge:

can be very effective

Road Safety show in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Road Safety show in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Village visit in Vientiane, Laos

Banners in Vientiane, Laos

TV, radio, newspaper

• DJ talks about RS• TV: big audience (price depends on country)• TV programmers, dj’s have to promote RS themselves

(provide info etc). No HI visibility (visibility is needed for access to government, for donors).

• Important role for local staff with knowledge of RS

• Risk: Wrong presentation of information, only part of the

story......

• Journalists need articles: take advantage of this– provide material about RS they can write about– press releases– press conferences– HI as expert

General remarks

• Use marketing strategies: different media (60, 80% in most effective medium, rest in other media)

Events to participate in • September is RS month in Vietnam HI provides

material when it is needed

• Worldwide:– April 2007 first RS week of the UN– 3th Sunday of November: RTA victim remembrance day

(RTA victim association)

KEY COMPETENCES

Role of the ‘field’ in RS?

The role is.........:– Generalists NOT experts or specialists (in road design,

school curricula, etc)– Advocacy– Coordinating on national, regional and international level– Using existing structures– Improve the situation– Encourage or train those that want to do something– Find resources for capacity building (government,

awareness, education programs, etc)– Find ways to involve civil society, citizens, etc..... And

increase their knowledge– Start the engine (who keeps it running? When?)

HI Road Safety KEY COMPETENCES

Role of the Headquarter

• Short term (asap)– give clear direction about what HQ wants on RS: is RS part of

HIB strategy?– lobby and advocacy on RS (existing person Policy unit)– road safety coordinator: HQ or regional? Who? – send experts to look at the projects (partner, HI staf learns)– send expertise from (or by) the HQ

• On the long term (when expanding): – knowledge about RS projects of HI and being able to produce

documents, explaining activities– knowledge about RS experts (Europe, international)– funding– define strategy

• Regional contacts (ADB, etc)– regional coordinator (if existing)– define account manager (from the countries in the region)

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

General remarks

• What should be the goal of HIB within a country?– Start engine and hand over.........– Strategy of maximum of five years and go somewhere

else?..........

• HI strategy within one country should be clear – exit or not exit, stay or leave– 1 HI organization working on road safety (not HIB and HIF and

HI....)

• How to get the government involved without paying them to do their job:– equipment request– per diem– indemnity

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

How to start a RS project? 1

1. choice of country country has no financial and technical means there is a need (based on discussion with experts, etc)

assess the need (internet, international literature) 1. request from country or person (informal discussion to

check)2. partnership with organizations with RS program (WHO

in Africa) advantage: funding for start

2. First assessment1. if it is a HI country: pre-defined checklist for first

assessment by HI country team2. if not HI country: select somebody (from the HI RS

team, external) to do assessment

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

How to start a RS project? 2

1. find authorized government partners in the field of RS2. define priorities (matching to the country context)3. match them with HI competences and experiences4. define program

– define strategy– define fields of intervention– identify partners and their role– identify resources needed (human, material)– identify beneficiaries– define short term results and long term results

5. look for money

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

How to start a RS project? 3

Key elements:• Make the problem clear: data• Look for authorized government partner• Do not underestimate local resources• A lot of impact can be reached with small budget (even on

national scale)• Be ambitious but realistic (ambition can be a good

motivator)• Evaluate and show results

Two start scenarios:• Start in small area but with full RS package• Start in bigger area with limited range of fields of

intervention

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Fields of intervention

• Education/awareness– extensive knowledge

• Engineering– no knowledge about

• Enforcement – how to implement the new law (e.g. ask italy about helmet law),

encouragement• Encouragement

– government, other partners• Evaluation

– database, project evaluations• Emergency

– first aid training, networks

bold = experience underlined = a little bit of experience

• Use best practice from other countries• Generalist should refer to good specialists

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Strategy (general)

• use small projects, show good examples, government can make it part of own policy.– HI is not mentioned anymore (difficult for funding, how

to tell what you have done)

• easy visible results– use of existing network– model projects (RS park)

• policy– use of existing structure

• fit to the context:– for a lot of countries:

low cost, easy to reproduce, time efficient

policy

visible results

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Awareness strategy

• Use marketing tools– ask PSI for training (specialized in social marketing in

developing countries)

• Use campaigns for lobby and advocacy objectives• Research can be used for focus in awareness

strategy (can help to discuss item with ‘the top’)

• Two levels– top (general awareness, research, experience exchange)– bottom (general awareness)

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Training - government

• Training on the job• TOT• Focus on government not invited by ADB etc• Relation building• Training within the own country• Training of people daily involved in RS• Training of government (but by others)

• Intermediary role: – knowledge of programs, look for partners, training possibilities – propose people to apply for programs (long term, short term

scholarships)

• Use money from other sources – create partnership, alliances with universities

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Training– professionals 1

• To create a long term and sustainable training capacity inside the country (RS in engineering department university, management school, etc)– partnerships with universities and educational institutions

abroad• Identify and mediate for short term courses to be held

within the country– formalize: list with possibilities (regional)

• Identify and/or provide specific training for trainers core group (TOT)

• HI staff (important to have the expert role)

challenge levels under national level persons daily working on road safety (also on national level) persons not speaking English (TOT approach)

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Training –professionals 2

• Training with education institute within the country– Capacity building of local professionals– Capacity building university personnel

• Focus on:– Basic safety principles– Analyses of the country– Basic safety measures

• Need for better idea about good and weak points of traffic system and traffic behaviour within the country

• How to deal with ideas from the different countries advising (sweden, japan, netherlands, ............)

Need for experts once in a while for discussion on RS with HI staff, involved government and local partners

HI Road Safety STRATEGY

Role of the Headquarter

• Find resources for capacity building (government, awareness, education programs, etc)

• Find funding

• On the long term (when expanding): RS expert for international contacts (content, network of experts, funding)

• Regional contacts

• Indicators– HQ, own project evaluation– Donors

HI Road Safety STRATEGY