Regional Collaboration

EuroRAP recently hosted 65 attendees from 27 countries at its 7th General Assembly and 20th Technical Committee and Members Plenary Sessions.

Regional meetings and workshops are an important part of iRAP, designed to build a community of knowledge and a strong network of friendships between neighbouring projects. This allows ideas and experiences to be shared and facilitates continuous improvement of RAP activities globally.

Attendees at the EuroRAP meetings were from motoring clubs, technical and research institutions, government, national and regional road authorities and included transport specialists from across Europe. They demonstrated the strengthening of activity in Western Europe with widening and deepening of EuroRAP activity on regional road networks, and the expansion of the Eastern European nations to embrace countries of Southern Europe.

An inaugural meeting of RAP in Latin America is tentatively planned for September, while the second annual iRAP Asia Pacific Workshop will be held in Singapore during the Asia Road Safety Seminar, 6-9 October 2009. The first Asia Pacific workshop held in Malaysia during 2008 drew together more than 50 participants from 10 countries.

June 2009.