The first webinar in the new series of the Road Safety Capacity Building Program has been confirmed. The new series focuses on strengthening and diversifying financing and implementation for road safety and is co-delivered by the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory, the Asian Development Bank and the CAREC program. 

The first session will be held on November 4 and will focus on: Government Funding Models for Road Safety. 

There will be an strong panel of speakers from Government agencies across the region, who will share their expertise and knowledge on topics such as:

• How governments fund their road safety activities
• The link between political will and sustained sources of funding
• Case study examples

The confirmed speakers for the first session include:

• Samantha Cockfield, Executive General Manager for Road Safety, Transport Accident Commission
• Stefan Jonsson, Head, Road Safety Unit, Swedish Transport Administration
• Makhjanul Islam Tauhid, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Bangladesh
• Sushil Dhakal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Nepal and APRSO Chair
• Priti Gautam, Senior Transport Specialist and Road Safety Lead, ADB
• Jessica Truong, Director, Losningar (moderator)

Go to the event webpage for more information and to register for this and upcoming webinars in the series. 

The grant fund for this series was received from the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and Pacific (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan through ADB.