Deadline: 7 February 2017
The Global Road Safety Partnership is currently seeking proposals for its Road Safety Grants Programme, under the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries.
The programme supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation.
Support Areas
The Road Safety Grants Programme supports organizations advocating for passage and implementation of comprehensive policies (legislation, regulations, standards, etc.) to address road safety behavioural risk factors. In particular:
- Speed: A speed limit law with a maximum urban speed limit of 50km/h and the power of local authorities to reduce speed limits to ensure safe speeds locally.
- Drink driving: A national drink-driving law based on Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.05g/dl or lower for the general population and a BAC of 0.02g/dl or lower for novice drivers.
- Helmets: A helmet law that applies to all drivers and passengers, on all roads and all engine types and requires the helmet to be fastened and which make reference to a particular helmet standard.
- Seat-belts: A seat-belt law that applies to all private vehicle occupants on front and rear seats
- Child restraints: A child restraint law based on age, weight or height and the existence of a law that applies age and height restrictions to child sitting in the front seat.
Grant Information
Proposals can be submitted for grants up to a maximum amount of 120,000 Swiss francs (CHF) for a short-term, one-year or two-year project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Governmental and non-governmental organizations based in eligible countries and cities can apply for grants within the following parameters:
- Governmental organizations with relevant authority over road safety policy and/ or its implementation. Road police and military agencies are not eligible to apply.
- Non-governmental organizations (including but not limited to civil society organizations and educational institutions) with relevant advocacy experience on policy reform/and or its implementation
- Applicants must be registered legal entities in the country of project delivery, capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds, and assuming legal and financial obligations.
- Applicants cannot be recipients of financial support from alcohol, firearms, pornography, or tobacco industries.
- The Road Safety Grants Programme does not fund individuals.
- If you are a current grantee organization, please discuss development of Concept Note with your technical advisor.
- Applications addressing city level implementation of one or more behavioural risk factors will be accepted from Accra, Addis Ababa, Bangdung, Bogota, Bangkok, Fortaleza, Mumbai, Ho Chi Minh City, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai.
- Applications seeking to reduce city speed limits, or strengthen city legislation related to one or more behavioural risk factor will be accepted from Bandung, Bangkok, Fortaleza, Mumbai, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, and Bogota.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply via online application system.
Eligible Countries: China, India, Philippines, Tanzania and Thailand
For more information, please visit Road Safety Grants Programme.