Road Safety Capacity Building Program Webinar Series 3: Strengthening and Diversifying Financing and Implementation for Road Safety
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This webinar series will build upon the Asia Pacific Regional Road Safety Conference 2025, theme to increase understanding and practical knowledge of increasing financing for road safety implementation. It will focus on practical examples of government or blended funding mechanisms, pathways to scaled multilateral development bank (MDB) financing, and private sector and philanthropic opportunities. It will include direct guidance on practical skills in positioning road safety to attract financing, collaborating with relevant partners and stakeholders, and building financial metrics.
The series will be hosted by Dr. Jessica Truong, Director, Lösningar.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Sushil Babu Dhakal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure & Transport, Nepal, and Chairperson of the APRSO Steering Committee
- Priti Gautam, APRSO Secretariat and Senior Transport Specialist & Road Safety Lead, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Samantha Cockfield, Head of Road Safety, Transport Accident Commission, Victoria, Australia
- Stefan Jonsson, Head of Unit Road Safety, Swedish Transport Administration
- Makhjanul Islam Tauhid, Senior Assistant Secretary, Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Bangladesh
More speakers to be announced.
Topics
The webinar series will focus on a range of topics focused on enhancing funding and implementation of road safety in Asia and the Pacific. These will include sessions incorporating topics and debate focused on:
- Government and blended funding models and mechanisms
- Case studies of inter-agency government funding collaboration
- MDB pipeline investment pathways
- Linking road safety to development priorities to attract financing
- Developing metrics for financing
- Private sector partnership and corporate social responsibility – opportunities for engagement
- Philanthropic foundations and donor agencies – approaches to attract funding
- Ensuring sustainable financing for impact
Audience
The webinar series is specifically designed to engage stakeholders from across Asia and the Pacific, with a key focus on:
- Government representatives
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Private sector
- International organizations
- Research institutions
- Policy makers
Series date and time
The webinar series runs every second Tuesday from 15:00 - 16:30 Manila time (GMT+8) from 4 November to 16 December 2025.
Date | Session | Speakers |
4 November 2025 | Government Funding Models for Road Safety | Samantha Cockfield, TAC Stefan Jonsson, Swedish Traffic Administration Sushil Dhakal, APRSO Chair Makhjanul Islam Tauhid, Ministry of Road Transport & Bridges, Bangladesh Priti Gautam, ADB Jessica Truong, Lösningar (moderator)
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18 November 2025
| Sustainable Funding for Impact | Dipan Bose – Senior Transport Specialist, Global Road Safety Facility, World Bank Sin Wai (Angel) Chong – Transport Specialist, Transport Sector Office, Asian Development Bank Wenjing Pu – Senior Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Anjim Enkhbold – Senior Officer, National Road Safety Council, Mongolia Jessica Truong – Director, Lösnignar |
2 December 2025
| Private Sector and Partnerships |
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16 December 2025
| Innovative Funding Mechanisms |
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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.