Proactive Partnership Strategy - Global Road Safety Partnership

Step 6. Renewal and
Expansion
Identify:
Case Study
In Brazil many of the people who
took key roles in the establishment
and conduct of the PPS used the
experience and the skills gained to
move on and up in their professional
life. Other team members took on
the vacant roles and new members
came into the team.
Activity
How can the PPS Team ensure that
the loss of a leader or a partner does
not jeopardize:
- Programmes, Projects or Systems
- the ongoing progress for reducing
fatalities and serious injuries.
What is the succession plan for all
Team leaders
How can the team renew the
knowledge and skills of its members
One of the core tasks of the PPS is to continuously build the knowledge, skills
and capacity of its team members and those around the edges who can
impact on the success of the road safety initiatives. Expansion of the Teams
will also be necessary for sustainability and continuous change in the road
safety culture.
It is expected that the PPS will have a turnover of people over time. New people
will come in and need to be inducted. Those who have been involved with
the PPS for a long time will need their knowledge renewed or updated.
No PPS team should risk having just one or two members with the essential
knowledge and skills to be able to conduct the PPS. Illness, burn-out or transfer,
or any combination of these issues will create problems for the effectiveness
of the PPS Team if the investment of knowledge and skills is only with a few
people.
6.1 Renewal
Technical and practical knowledge needs to be constantly reviewed and
updated as new knowledge and research comes to hand. This can be done
in several ways including:
• attaching a systematic process to the Review ,including having team
members mentor each other
• establishing a way to disseminate research as it comes to hand (for
example, through seminars, training, a dedicated website or newsletters.
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