Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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Tasks Lead Agency Role
 Gets agreement on shared responsibility which is implicit in the far-
reaching vision and ensures that this is clearly defined in the national
road safety strategy.
3. Analysing what can be
achieved in the
medium term
 Reviews key road safety problems and the potential for further
improvements in consultation with government and other
partners/stakeholders;
 Draws on local and international research expertise in the reviews;
 Identifies information needs for road safety strategy development;
 Identifies the key elements of good practice results focus, system-
wide safety interventions and improved institutional arrangements
using country and international research;
 Analyses long-term trends which could affect future road safety
outcomes;
 Carries out scenario planning and (computer) modelling to develop
road safety strategies;
 Carries out cost-effectiveness reviews and public acceptability studies
of strategy interventions;
 Consults with key governmental and other partners and stakeholders
within the coordination hierarchy on the multi-sectoral strategy
options.
4. Setting quantitative
targets by mutual
consent
 Sets up a road safety strategy unit within the lead agency;
 Sets up technical support groups for the target-setting process;
 Proposes and seeks agreement through its inter-governmental
coordination arrangements on challenging but achievable targets for
final outcomes, intermediate outcomes and institutional outputs at
the national level
 In the longer term seeks agreement with regional and local
governments on achievable road safety targets and achievable
outcomes;
 Publishes details of the targets and strategies in which the
accountabilities of the different partners and stakeholders are also
detailed;
 Monitors and reports progress at regular intervals to all involved and
adapts and refines intervention output levels where necessary.
5. Establishing
mechanisms to ensure
partner and
stakeholder
accountability for
results
 Sets out the responsibility of the lead and other agencies to achieve
specified road safety results (outcomes and outputs) in annual
performance agreements;
 Uses Memoranda of Understanding to underline agreements about
the way in which the members work together inroad safety matters;
 Sets performance based road safety targets and delivery of results as
a formal criterion in the performance-driven employment