Zhandos Amanbayev, Director of the KNAPIK Association of Legal Entities, took part in the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, "Achieving Global Goals 2030", held on 19-20 February 2020 in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
The importance of the problem can hardly be overstated: every year 1.35 million people worldwide die in road crashes. These figures mean human tragedies for millions of families; the number of injured runs to 50 million, and they need help and care from their relatives and doctors. The world is now aware of the scale of the situation, and virtually every country intends to tackle the problem. The conference was opened by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, delivered a welcome address online. Speakers included Sweden's Minister for Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth, the Danish Minister of Transport, Russia's Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, World Bank Vice President Makhtar Diop, EU Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean, the head of Volvo Group and many other delegates who lead the road sector and business in their countries.
Kazakhstan was represented in Sweden by Kairat Abdrakhmanov; Kamalzhan Nadyrov, Vice Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan; D. Aspanbetov, Director of the Development Department of the National Center for Road Asset Quality under the Committee for Roads of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development; A. Massanov, Director of the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute for Road Safety; and representatives of NGOs.
The choice of venue was no accident: Sweden is one of the world leaders in road safety and the birthplace of the Vision Zero concept and other advanced technologies, both in the road sector in general and in road safety in particular.
The event presented and discussed the latest trends in road safety, success stories and new challenges. Climate change was not overlooked either: participants discussed how road safety and the development of public transport can have a positive impact on global warming. Other topics included improving the response after a crash, improving driver behaviour, strengthening international cooperation, financing safe roads, gender equality in designing safe vehicles, achieving the 3-star level on the iRAP Star Rating scale and many more.
The conference concluded with the signing of the Stockholm Declaration https://www.roadsafetysweden.com/about-the-conference/stockholm-declaration/, which sets out goals for improving road safety over the next decade.
The KNAPIK Association of Legal Entities welcomes the signing of the declaration and reaffirms the Association's commitment to the goals of reducing road deaths and injuries in our country and around the world.
