EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY CHARTER

LiMSA Lithuanian Medical Students Association RYD Responsible Young Drivers EYFRS European Youth Forum for Road Safety
Supported by the European Commission Cordially invite you to the:

LITHUANIAN ROAD SAFETY WORKSHOP WORKING TOGETHER ON SAFER EUROPEAN ROADS FOR YOUNGSTERS - Within the framework of the 28 Member States Charter Workshops DATE: 20th of December 2013 TIME: 1.30 pm 5.00 pm LOCATION: University of Vilnius Medicinos fakultetas | M. K. iurlionio g. 21. Room 312 www.vu.lt/en CONTACT: In Lithuanian: rokas.laurinaitis@gmail.com In English: axel@ryd.eu REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, 20/12 @ Noon HOST: LiMSA - Rokas LAURINAITIS EXPECTED GUESTS: NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL, YOUTH NGOs, DRIVING SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AUTHORITIES
The EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY CHARTER sets its first WORKSHOP in th Vilnius on the 20 of December 2013. Indeed, on Friday 20 of December 2013, the University of Vilnius will welcome road safety stakeholders and experts to debate with Lithuanian youngsters on the current issues that they are facing on the road. After coming back from Italy to work on the European Youth Forum for Road Safety, the LiMSA Students (Lithuanian Medical Student Association), represented by the young Rokas LAURINAITIS and Paulius JARUSEVICIUS, are already preparing one of the EYFRS outcome aiming at organizing a Workshop Session to insist on youngsters issues linked with road safety, health and responsibility-taking within Lithuania, also benefitting from the Lithuanian Presidencys outcomes after 6 months at the head of the European Union. The present phase of the ERSCharter, which is running for 3 years (20132016), indeed keeps on promoting the commitment of civil society with a focus on vulnerable road users, especially youth. For its promotion all over Europe, workshops are planned to take place in all the Member States during these 3 years, in order to keep on reducing road fatalities amongst youngsters and follow the EU Road Safety Policy Orientations set up by the European Commission for the decade 2011-2020. The Lithuanian Workshop will be held at the University of Vilnius the entire Friday 20/12 afternoon (from 1pm to 5pm), with an identification of the main national issues, following a debate on the potential actions to take up and campaigns to develop, in order to end up with implementable outcomes in collaboration with the main road safety Stakeholders and engender more specific commitments within the ERSCharter.
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In order to register to the event, please respond by email before

the 19 December 2013 to axel@ryd.eu & rokas.laurinaitis@gmail.com

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LITHUANIAN CHARTER WORKSHOP

AGENDA 20th of December 2013, 1.00 pm - 5.00 pm Vilniaus universiteto Medicinos fakultetas M. K. iurlionio g. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius. Room number 312

13.30 14.00

Welcoming the participants Introduction: Welcoming Words By M. Rokas Laurinaitis (LiMSA) & M. Axel DRUART (ERSCharter RYD) Lithuanian Road Safety Administrations National Statistics & Ministry of Transports expectations after the Lithuanian EU Presidency National Youth Council Youngsters issues LiMSA - Presentation and recent activities by Paulius JARUSEVICIUS ERSCHARTER - New Branding & Specific Youth Commitments

14.20

14.35 14.50 15.00

15.10

Coffee Break (Networking & New Charter Members registrations)

15.30

ROUND TABLE 1: Youngsters meet Stakeholders: Definition of Youth & vulnerable road users issues - brainstorming on current topics to tackle. Selection of 3 major topics to work on Local Youth Group Discussion Debriefing: ERSCharter hands-on potential implementations on the 3 topics And International testimony from the Youth Delegates of Estonia and Latvia ROUND TABLE 2: Acting Together: Brainstorming on partnership possibilities, potential collaborations and selection of a national implementation Workshop Conclusions and questions (ERSCharter & LiMSA) Closing the Workshop

16.10

16.20

16.45 17.00