1. Implementing the African Road Safety Action Plan
ECA-ECE-ICAP Workshop
Robert Tama Lisinge
UNECA
7-8 July2015

2. Objectives
Improve understanding of extent to which African countries are implementing the African Road Safety Action Plan
Collect baseline data
Assess performance across different pillars of Action Plan
Identify areas were more effort should be directed
Identify and disseminate best practices

3. Motivation and Contribution
2015 is midway in the African RS Action Plan ( )
ECA expected to undertake mid-term review
ECA contributes to reports of UN Secretary General on Road Safety
Study provides evidence-based and updated information
First continent-wide quantitative study on the RS Decade in Africa
Study is part of ECA Work Programme

4. Structured Questionnaire
Methodology
Mixed Methods
Qualitative
In-depth Interviews
South Africa
Zambia
Malawi
Cameroon
Quantitative
Structured Questionnaire

5. Questionnaires
Administered during SSATP-RS Management Workshop (18-19 June 2014, Addis Ababa); ECA-ECE-IARD Workshop (12-13 Nov 2014)
Respondents asked to rate the extent to which their countries have implemented activities in the Africa Action Plan as follows:
Not at all or insignificantly
Some action taken or action in progress
Fully
23 countries responded

6. Analytical Framework Country Performance Activity Performance
Overall performance (Action Plan)
Performance by Pillar
Overall Ranking (Action Plan)
Ranking by Pillar
Activity Performance
High rate of implementation
Activities in progress
Poorly implemented activities

7. Country Performance in Pillar 1
18% of countries have fully implemented more activities than those that are in progress or for which insignificant action has been taken
39% of countries have a larger share of activities for which insignificant action has been taken compared to those in the other categories

8. Performance by Expected Accomplishments of Pillar 1 (1)

9. Performance by Expected Accomplishments of Pillar 1 (2)

10. Pillar 4

11. Ranking of Countries by Performance

12. Good Practices 1
Coordination: MoU for RS stakeholders in Zambia, Namibia
National RS Council/Committee (Burundi, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Cote d’Ivoire)
RS Strategy/Action Plan (Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia)
Infrastructure: Road safety audits/inspections (Malawi, Zambia)
Commitment: Government funding/Annual RS conference in Namibia; Road fund allocation: (Ghana, Ethiopia, Guinea)

13. Good Practices 2
Training: Scholarship to attend RS training abroad (South Africa –Mandela Charity on Road Safety); Study tour to France (Benin)
Deterring drunk-driving : High-level officials arrested in Kenya
High-level Political Commitment: Year of Road Safety declared by President of Togo; Ghanaian President champions RS in West Africa
Age restriction for imported vehicles: Senegal (5 years for cars/8 years for trucks); DRC (10 years)

14. Policy Implications
Strengthen data collection as well as analysis and reporting systems
Accelerate reforms/modernisation of systems to improve the accuracy of data
Raise awareness of police of the importance of accurate and timely reporting of RS data
Provide a critical mass of road safety experts in national organisations directly involved in RS
Explore all possible financing options
Internal and External
Public and Private
Huge scope for sharing of experiences among countries

15. Limitations Only 23 countries completed questionnaire
Respondents not necessarily sufficiently informed on all Pillars of the Action Plan

16. Way Forward Countries update/revise responses in questionnaire
Questionnaire complete by more African countries (preferably all African countries)
Undertake analysis using a bigger sample of countries (preferably the entire population)
Update report on performance in the implementation of the African RS Action Plan (mid-term review report)

17. Thank You