The 4th European Red Cross
Road Safety Campaign came to an end on 22 June 2008. The final
event was celebrated on 6 June 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.
During the opening ceremony, Luc Henskens, Director of the Red Cross/EU Office, presented the “Red Cross Road Safety and First Aid Resource Pack”, the core product of the campaign. It is an interactive tool with worksheets on road safety and First Aid in 16 European languages, which were tested by 29 000 people. In total, more than 300 000 people participated in road safety events organised across Europe by the Red Cross during the 2007- 2008 campaign.
Mr. Henskens also presented the Position Paper of the EU Red Cross National Societies on First Aid and Driving Licence to the European Commission.
Between
April 2007 and June 2008, National Red Cross Societies have delivered programmes to increase awareness, knowledge and respect
of road safety rules and behaviours as well as to promote
first aid amongst the general public. This campaign was aiming
at contributing to the European Commission’s target
of reducing the number of road victims by 50% by 2010.
Supported
by the 
European
Commission, Toyota Motor Europe and TomTom, the campaign
involves the active participation of 19 National Red Cross
Societies: Austria,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and the United
Kingdom.
The
focus of the European Red Cross Road Safety Campaign 2007-
2008
The
practical use of the road safety and first aid resource pack
The
resource pack provides the Red Cross, other road safety
agencies and multipliers throughout Europe with tested materials
in order to operate programmes that best tackle the issues
in their country.
The
resource pack is now available for
free download on this website.
