UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
We have big plans on how Scotland’s JRSOs can make a real contribution to the United Nations’ goal:
“..to stabilise and then reduce road traffic fatalities around the world by increasing activities at national, regional and local levels.”
Q: How are we going to do this?
A: Well, the first thing we are doing is planning a Scottish event for May 11 2011 and we want the JRSOs from 10 JRSO schools there to represent all of Scotland’s JRSOs.
Q: OK, sounds good but how do we decide who these 10 schools are going to be?
A: Run a simple poster competition on the JRSO website
Q. What is the competition?
A: The competition is to design a poster that we can use to promote the UN Decade of Action activity in Scotland. We’re very lucky because we’ll have 10 posters we can use!
You can submit either an A4 or A3 size poster in a portrait or landscape format. Make your poster A4 size if you are planning to scan it in and have an A4 scanner. If you have a bigger scanner or if you are going to send in a photograph of your poster then you can make it A3 size.
Upload your submission to the POSTERS category on the Uploads page in the Members Only section. Remember to make sure you clearly mark your submission UN POSTER COMPETITION 2011 in the 'title' box. Also remember to add your names, school and write a description about your poster in the 'description' box.
Q: Where can JRSOs get some information to help them design a poster?
A: There’s a lot of information online - here are some useful links:
http://www.makeroadssafe.org/publications/Documents/decade_is_action_booklet.pdf
http://www.makeroadssafe.org/Pages/home.aspx
Here’s a quick summary:
10 reasons +10 years = Decade of Action
Ten reasons to act on road deaths:
1. 1.3 million are killed on the world’s roads each year
2. Road crashes kill more people than malaria
3. 50 million people are injured, many disabled as a result
4. 90% of these casualties occur in developing countries
5. Annual deaths are forecast to rise to 1.9 million by 2020
6. It is the No.1 cause of death fro young people worldwide
7. By 2015 it will be the leading health burden for children over the age of five in developing countries
8. The economic cost to developing countries is at least $100 billion a year
9. Injuries place immense burdens on hospitals and health systems
10. Road crashes are preventable
Q: What’s the deadline for submitting entries?
A: Entries should be posted on the site by 11am,Thursday 5 May
Q: When will the 10 schools be announced?
A: Road Safety Scotland will contact the schools personally on the afternoon of Thursday 5 May and the results will also be posted on the website.
Q: What will happen to all the other entries?
A: All the entries will be uploaded to the website. We know that JRSOs will put a lot of effort into this competition, so all these wonderful posters will be on the JRSO site for everyone to see.
Q: What’s the prize?
A: The prize is attendance at the Scottish launch event on May 11. The 10 winning designs will also be framed and given to the schools. You never know, there may be other little goodies too!
Q: What’s going to happen after 11 May?
A: Keep your eyes on the site… you’ll soon find out!