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The next installment of the Road Safety Capacity Building Program webinar series will focus on the practical applicability of the Safe System approach to protecting children, young people and vulnerable road users traveling on roads across Asia and the Pacific.

Delivered in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, and CAREC, the series will highlight the scale of the child and youth road trauma issue across the region, as well as the impact of unsafe transport on vulnerable groups such as women, persons with disabilities, and more. The series will also focus on practical and replicable initiatives and innovations that can save lives and strengthen health and equity for development in Asia Pacific.

The webinar series will be moderated by Blaise Murphet, Director of BM Limited.

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Geetam Tiwari, Emeritus Professor, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre
• Raquel Barrios, Executive Director, YOURS
• Prasanthi Attwood, Senior Research Fellow, The George Insitute for Global Health
• Sushil Dhakal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Nepal, Chair, APRSO
• Priti Gautam, Senior Transport Specialist and Road Safety Lead, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Blaise Murphet, BM Limited

More speakers to be announced. 

Topics 

The webinar series will feature expert insights and practical discussion focused on:

• An overview of child, youth, and vulnerable road user road trauma in Asia and the Pacific
• The science of child and vulnerable road user safety within a Safe System framework
• Creating safe journeys to schools and public spaces
• Protecting vulnerable road users on motorcycles

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
• Policymakers 

Participants who attend all sessions will be eligible for a certificate of completion, subject to verification of attendance.

Series date and time 

The webinar series runs every second Tuesday from 15:00 - 16:30 Manila time (GMT+8) from 2 June to 14 July 2026.

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.