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 United Nations resolution 64/255 (Improving global road safety)
 The Moscow Declaration of 2009 - First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety: Time
for Action
 CITA: common interest organisation in the field of road vehicle inspection.
Implementation success
As mentioned earlier the PSIU’s have had a significant and positive impact on road safety
management in Morocco. Various steering and co-ordinating committees have been formed and
have taken responsibility of the road safety problems. These are generally chaired by high
ranking officials and are backed by Government. Blackspot remedial programmes have been
implemented and specific attention has been given to increase and improve communication and
training among road users. Road infrastructure has improved as have controls and sanctions
and supporting legislation as is described in the following sections.
Of particular note is the significant investment over the period 2011-2013 in which the Roads
Directorate of the Ministry invested over 920 million Dirham in road safety infrastructure
improvements.
Selected Institutional Management Functions
The “Direction des transport routiers et de la Securité Routière” (Department of Road
Transportation Safety - DTRSR) is responsible for ensuring coordination between all partners
in road safety. The DTRSR has the lead agency role for road traffic safety lies and they have a
mandate to administer the road safety strategy and there is a separate national budget allocated
to achieve this. However, there is no specific performance targets linked to this. The DTRSRmust
coordinate road safety matters with and between the “Direction des routes” (Department of
Roads and Road Traffic), the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of
National Education and CNPAC.
CNPAC is responsible for the implementation of axes No. 7 and No. 9 of the road safety strategy
in Morocco, respectively on communication and awareness and scientific research and
technological intelligence., Evident fromdiscussions with theMoroccan counterparts is the need
to develop a better understanding on the Research and Development Pillar which supports the
effective implementation and monitoring of the Moroccan road safety strategy. Specifically the
following issues and topics are deemed relevant:
 Road safetymanagement, particularly at the local level (municipalities, cities, provinces); this
includes monitoring, assessment and evaluation activities, and the development and
implementation of safety performance indicators (so-called SPI’s);
 Enforcement: Surveillance, control for speed, and vehicle inspection. Currently the Ministry
of Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics is responsible for vehicle registration through
centres immatriculateurs, and it is the only organisation that maintains the database for
vehicle registration.