In Latin America and the Caribbean, the road accident death rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 19.2, well above the rates in other regions such as Europe (9.3) and North America (10.2). Road accidents are the leading cause of death in children between the ages of 5 and 14, and the second leading cause of death in young people aged 15 to 29 years.[1] Given the magnitude of social and economic costs due to the lack of road safety in the region, the Inter-American Development Bank’s Bien Público Regional (Regional Public Good, RPG) emerged as a concrete project within the broader framework of international efforts to guide and support countries in road accident prevention and contaminant emission reduction through vehicle regulation. The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Latin NCAP and the University of Chicago are collaborators in this effort.
In concrete terms, the RPG aims to support the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, especially those that have subscribed to the RPG (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Uruguay), to consider subscribing to the regulations of the United Nations World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulation (WP.29) and review the implications of the regulations’ adoption. The project encompasses the development of three major studies and two high-level dialogues in order to generate exchange and reflection regarding regulations, as well as to offer objective and technically sound arguments to support public policy decisions in the region for the adoption of UN regulations developed by the WP.29.
The first instance of dialogue organized as part of the RPG was the First Regional Workshop held on August 29-30, 2018 in Mexico City. It was attended by 48 participants representing 15 countries in the region and 4 institutions that are part of the RPG research and coordination teams. The Workshop consisted of two days of presentations and dynamic work sessions to contextualize the importance of road safety for the region, offering a holistic view of the methodologies and preliminary research results, and generating spaces of practical reflection to obtain feedback from participating countries.
Upon concluding the second day of the Workshop, each participant received a USB stick containing: (i) all Workshop presentations, (ii) UN WP.29 regulations proposed to governments, in English and Spanish, and (iii) a set of pertinent IADB publications so that participants may use and share the approaches and debates that took place during the Workshop in their respective countries and institutions. This information is expected to be useful in promoting reflection and exchanges between key actors in preparation for the Second RPG Regional Workshop, which will be held on November 7-8, 2018 in the city of Bogota.
A list of Workshop participants follows, along with the program, and a summary of key points that arose during work sessions:
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Country |
Participant |
Institution |
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Argentina |
Josefina de los Heros |
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial |
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Barbados |
Permanent Secretary, Mark Cummins |
Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance |
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Bolivia |
Tcnl. Heriberto Carlos Valencia Colque |
Dirección Nacional de Fiscalización y Recaudaciones de la Policía Boliviana |
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Brazil |
Director Maurício Alves Pereira |
DENATRAN - Departamento Nacional de Trânsito |
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Brazil |
Daniel Mariz Tavares |
DENATRAN - Departamento Nacional de Trânsito |
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Brazil |
Thomas Caldellas |
Ministerio da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços |
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Chile |
Mauricio Sánchez Roa |
Comisión Nacional de Seguridad de Tránsito - MTT |
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Chile |
Marcelo Torres |
Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) |
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Colombia |
Juan Carlos Arenas Ramírez |
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial (ANSV) |
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Colombia |
Mauricio Pineda |
Representante Colombia |
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Colombia |
Juan Carlos Suarez Forero |
Ministerio de Transporte |
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Costa Rica |
Transportation and Road Safety Vice Minister Eduardo Brenes Mata |
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte |
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Costa Rica |
Director Rafael Chan Jaén |
División de Transporte- Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte |
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Ecuador
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Director Eugenio Fabian Espinoza
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CCICEV - Centro de Transferencia Tecnológica para la Capacitación e Investigación en Control de Emisiones Vehiculares |
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Ecuador |
Fernando Suárez |
Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas |
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Ecuador |
Director Lorena Avilés |
Agencia Nacional de Tránsito |
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Ecuador |
Fátima de la Cueva |
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas |
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El Salvador |
Cristóbal Cuellar |
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones |
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El Salvador |
Eduardo Alexander Ramírez |
Ministerio de Economía |
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Guatemala |
Director Luis Fernando Villegas Negreros |
Dirección General de Transporte- Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda |
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Guatemala |
José Eduardo Marroquín |
Dirección Superior - Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda |
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Honduras |
Marlene Calderón |
Instituto Hondureño del Transporte Terrestre (IHTT) |
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Honduras |
Director Rolando Poujol |
Instituto Hondureño del Transporte Terrestre (IHTT) |
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Mexico |
Director Roberto Aguerrebere |
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (IMT) |
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Mexico |
Manuel de Jesús Fabela Gallegos |
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (IMT) |
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Mexico |
David Vázquez Vega |
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (IMT) |
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Panama |
Director Julio González |
Autoridad del Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre |
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Dominican Republic |
Nadia Martínez |
Instituto Nacional de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre (Intrant) |
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Dominican Republic |
Rafael Félix |
Instituto Nacional de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre (Intrant) |
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Uruguay |
Rodrigo Caudullo |
Unidad Nacional de Seguridad Vial- Presidencia de la República |
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Uruguay |
Mauricio Reyna |
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería |
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Participant |
Institution |
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Tomás Bermúdez |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Alejandro Taddia |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Edgar Zamora |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Amado Crotte |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Isabelle Turcotte |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Estefanía Forero |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Sofía Hurtado |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Javier Garduño |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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Nicolás Garrido |
IADB-ECLAC Consultant |
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Ricardo J. Sánchez |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
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Gabriel Pérez |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
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Jeannette Lardé |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
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Fabio Weikert Bicalho |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
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Alejandro Furas |
Latin NCAP |
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Juan Ramos |
Latin NCAP |
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Jimena Recalde |
Latin NCAP |
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Kavi Bhalla |
University of Chicago |
[1] Road Safety in the Americas Region, Pan American Health Organization 2016.
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Day 1 - August 29, 2018 |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Introductory remarks Tomás Bermúdez, IADB |
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9:15 – 9:30 |
Vehicle construction standards and productive transformation in Latin America Gabriel Pérez, ECLAC |
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9:30 – 9:55 |
Overview of the Regional Public Good Alejandro Taddia, IADB |
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9:55 – 10:40 |
Participative reflection: Challenges and obstacles to increase vehicle safety in the region |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
State of vehicle safety in Latin America Alejandro Furas, Latin NCAP |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Effective practices for safer cars and the WP.29 Juan Ramos, Latin NCAP |
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13:00 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 15:30 |
Round table discussion: Regulations in practice. Challenges, opportunities and incentives |
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15:30 – 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
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15:50 – 17:30 |
Strategies, solutions, and tools for vehicle safety Alejandro Furas, Latin NCAP |
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17:30 |
Welcome cocktail |
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Day 2 - August 30, 2018
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Opening statement Fabio Weikert-Bicalho, ECLAC |
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9:15 – 9:40 |
Vehicle regulation and sustainable development Ricardo J. Sánchez, ECLAC |
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9:40 – 11:10 |
Effect of improvements in vehicle design on population health Kavi Bhalla, University of Chicago |
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11:10 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 – 13:00 |
The economy of road safety Nicolás Garrido, ECLAC |
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13:00 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 14:50 |
Roadmap for the adoption of UN regulations Alejandro Furas, Latin NCAP |
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14:50 – 15:40 |
Round table discussion: Ability and feasibility of adopting UN regulations (part 1) |
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15:40 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Round table discussion: Ability and feasibility of adopting UN regulations (part 2) |
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16:45 – 17:00 |
Closing remarks Edgar Zamora, IADB |
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17:00 |
Refreshments |
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