Traffic safety is an issue of the biggest importance for all countries. Hence, the main task of the society in this regard is to create a favorable environment for safe traffic. It is not sufficient to prepare people to participate in the traffic, but it is necessary in the regular school system to solve the issue of training of professional staff with appropriate competences in the field of traffic safety.Mission of activities in the field of traffic safety represents a reduction of fatalities, injuries and economic losses that occur in traffic accidents. Therefore, in order to develop a functional system of traffic safety, it is necessary to improve education, technical innovations and equipment, infrastructure, information and technological systems based on EU standards, constantly strengthen the personnel competencies by education and trainings and enforce introduction of traffic safety topics into curricula at all educational levels.This project is a concrete response to identified shortcomings in the field of traffic safety. Within the scope of the project existing curricula will be improved and new curricula will be introduced at undergraduate and master level within WB partner HEIs. Also, inclusion of non-university partners will enable training of experts and awareness raising activities.Expected impact includes education of new generations of students in accordance with the best EU practices through modernized and improved curricula, introduction of new practices by traffic experts in accordance with new legislations in WB countries.
Enhancement of traffic safety in WBC through Improvement of higher education curricula, the establishment of state-of-the-art laboratories, and the development of training for traffic safety professionals. All these objectives are accomplished based on the best practices and experiences of EU partner countries. Added value to these objectives was the introduction of permanent awareness-raising campaigns among young people implemented through the organization of traffic safety-related events.
Traffic safety is an issue of the biggest and crucial importance for all countries. Hence, the main task of society in this regard is to create a favorable environment for safe traffic. It is not sufficient to prepare people to participate in the traffic, but it is necessary for the regular school system to solve the issue of proper technology-based education of traffic engineers, as well as life-long training of professional staff with appropriate competencies in the field of traffic safety.
<< Background >> Traffic safety is an issue of the biggest and crucial importance for all countries. Hence, the main task of society in this regard is to create a favorable environment for safe traffic. It is not sufficient to prepare people to participate in the traffic, but it is necessary for the regular school system to solve the issue of proper technology-based education of traffic engineers, as well as life-long training of professional staff with appropriate competencies in the field of traffic safety. << Objectives >> Enhancement of traffic safety in WBC through Improvement of higher education curricula, the establishment of state-of-the-art laboratories, and the development of training for traffic safety professionals. All these objectives are accomplished based on the best practices and experiences of EU partner countries. Added value to these objectives was the introduction of permanent awareness-raising campaigns among young people implemented through the organization of traffic safety-related events. << Implementation >> Implementation included modernization of undergraduate/master curricula through the introduction of new courses or modernization of existing courses at both levels in WBC partner HEIs, organization of training events and workshops by EU partners for WB HEIs teaching and administrative staff, recommendations for purchase of equipment, preparation of materials for the training of traffic safety professionals, preparation of dissemination materials and organization of dissemination events. << Results >> New/modernized curricula have been introduced at undergraduate/master levels within each WB HEIs. New laboratories for traffic safety in WB HEIs have been established with new equipment and teaching materials. These activities underwent the procedure within relevant Universities and national agencies for accreditation. Also, the inclusion of non-university partners enabled the training of traffic safety experts and awareness-raising activities with printed training and dissemination materials.