YOUR ROAD SAFETY IS ON OUR RADAR!

With the end of the summer comes fall, and with fall comes back-to-school season. As most of the Danube region countries just started its first week of going back-to-school, we must all remember that education is not only for the children, it is for all of us. As Aristotle reminds us: "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

With RADAR project (Risk Assessment on Danube Area Roads) being active just a few months, we have set our goal towards the improvement of the road infrastructure in the Danube region by raising capacity and enhancing transnational cooperation in the sector, for all road users. Though the goal is set for the three-year time, we realize that identifying the obstacles, reducing risks, developing a strategy and raising awareness on road infrastructure will be no cakewalk, we are extremely excited and passionate about the outcome of the RADAR's activities. 

RADAR PROJECT TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN DANUBE REGION

21 partners from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, started working on RADAR project - Risk Assessment on Danube Area Roads. The financial support of more than 2,15 million euros for cooperation on the improvement of the road infrastructure safety in the Danube region was approved by the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme. 

Read more about RADAR Partnership HERE. 

Start date: 01-06-2018

End date: 31-05-2021

Priority: Better connected and energy responsible Danube region. 

Objective: Improvement of the road infrastructure in the Danube region by raising capacity and enhancing transnational cooperation in the sector, for all road users. 

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RADAR - SAVE THE DATE FOR 1ST DANUBE ROAD SAFETY CONFERENCE IN DUBROVNIK

Join us at the 1st Danube Road Safety Conference on October 24, 2018, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the European Road Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia*. We will discuss and share knowledge on how to recognize and reduce risk on Danube’s area roads with experts from leading institutions from all over Europe.

*All the participants of the 1st Danube Road Safety Conference will receive a special surprise. Stay tuned for the big reveal! 

Click HERE for registration!

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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN DAWSON ABOUT ROAD SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE 

John Dawson, Board Director of EuroRAP and EIRA, talked about the importance of supporting the improvement of road safety infrastructure, especially in Danube region: “We would not accept half a million people being killed in any other form of the public disease. Let’s attack road casualty reduction as though it mattered and be proportionate about it and understand that it has a vast economic cost too – up to 5 % of GDP in some of the RADAR region countries.”

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PROJECT KICK-OF MEETING in budapest

RADAR project was launched by the representatives of 10 partners from across the Danube region. The first important event – the kick-off meeting – took place between June 25-26, 2018, in Budapest, hosted by KTI, Institute for Transport Sciences Nonprofit Ltd. Partners discussed existing good practices in improving road safety infrastructure in Danube area and Europe. Olivera Djordjević, the lead partner from EIRA – EuroRAP about RADAR, also expressed her interest and support towards DTP for “acknowledging the need for improved road infrastructure safety in the Danube area and demonstrated potentials of RADAR in addressing the relevant issues.”

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