Deputy Economy Minister announces National Road Safety Strategy, Action Plan
The official also said the EU-supported project, which is being implemented by organisations from Poland and Lithuania, provided an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation between the countries, pointing out Georgia’s “choice to develop in accordance with EU values.” Photo: Georgian Economy Ministry
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Georgia’s National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan for the next two years have been developed and will be approved in the near future, Guram Guramishvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy, said on Wednesday.
Making the announcement at a conference on the European Union public service twinning project - the Establishment of Comprehensive Road Safety Database and Further Improvement of Road Safety Management in Georgia - Guramishvili also said the strategy would be aimed at reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries caused by traffic accidents by 25 percent.
He noted the 2022-2023 Strategy and Action Plan included increasing road safety management efficiency, positively changing citizen behaviour in traffic, building safe road infrastructure, improving the quality of vehicle safety, and providing prompt and effective medical care, the Ministry said.
The official also said the EU-supported project, which is being implemented by organisations from Poland and Lithuania, provided an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation between the countries, pointing out Georgia’s “choice to develop in accordance with EU values.”
The project provides the opportunity to “further strengthen” the cooperation between Polish and Lithuanian experts and their Georgian counterparts, as well as the capacity of the country’s Economy and Interior ministries and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, which are beneficiaries of the project.
As part of the Association Agreement signed in 2014 between Georgia and the EU, a €1.3 million twinning project on road safety will also focus on improving traffic accident data collection and analysis-based approaches at the institutional level.
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The Georgian parliament has approved a bill in its second reading which imposes tougher sanctions, including administrative detention, for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
About 80 staff of Georgian missions abroad and the country’s Foreign Ministry have been retrained in economic diplomacy, Deputy Economy Minister Irakli Nadareishvili, said on Friday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze reviewed the country’s international road network and its development plans at Connecting Europe Days 2022, Europe’s mobility flagship event held in Lyon, France, the Ministry announced on Thursday.
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A new bill by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia will ban vehicle drifting to improve traffic safety, the Ministry announced on Saturday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has offered a draft bill that proposes an increase in fines for speeding in a bid to prevent traffic violations, Interpressnews said on Saturday, noting that the amendments will be submitted to the Parliament for discussions in the coming weeks.
The Georgian ministries of infrastructure and internal affairs are launching a public information campaign to raise awareness on the importance of road safety in the country, with the European Union lending the bodies its support in the effort.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili on Wednesday discussed the 2024-2025 action plan for national road safety with representatives of public agencies and related non-governmental organisations, the Ministry of Economy announced.