Proactive Partnership Strategy - Global Road Safety Partnership

Role of GRSP in the PPS
GRSP does not select communities to work in. The invitation to provide technical
expertise to a community comes to GRSP from within the community itself,
and in many instances it is at the invitation of a GRSP member who has a
presence in that community.
The person or organization inviting GRSP has usually established:
• there is an unacceptable road safety problem in the community
• the community has the commitment, capacity and interest to do
something about the problem
• there are clear areas of responsibility for road safety within the local
community
• there is a prospect of several community partners, (business and civil
society) who can and want to support PPS future partnership needs, and
there is at least one major organization in the community who can put
some resources towards the establishment of a PPS
• GRSP has the expertise available to assist with solution seeking.
The person making the invitation typically has a visibility and reputation in
the community. However, for the PPS to be successful it needs to have a road
safety champion within the community to push the cause.
Case Study
For a GRSP Advisor to work with a
Brazilian Town using the PPS requires
the Town to be nominated by a GRSP
member or through payment of a fee
on their own proposal. The introduction
through nomination means that
some of the early groundwork has
already been completed for GRSP.
GRSP partners are usually international
entities with manufacturing locations
around the world. In Brazil those
partners are companies belonging
to the car, tyre or oil industry. As these
companies are spread throughout
Brazilian states and towns they have
a good knowledge about the local
road safety problems and related
consequences.
As part of their corporate social
responsibility the companies like to
contribute to the improvement of the
local road safety culture and see a
decrease in fatal and serious crashes.
They invite the GRSP representative
for a meeting to hear specific town
proposal for PPS implementation
and a rationale to support such a
proposal.
Activity
Note:
A road safety champion is a person who is passionate about road safety and
who co-opts and motivates others to achieve good results.
Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of the nomination
process being the starting point
of a PPS in a Community. How well
would the PPS proceed without this
nomination
Would this nomination process work
in your Community Why
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