YLB member becomes Fellow at Global Road Safety Leadership Course

One of our Youth Leadership Board Members, Estiara Ellizar, becomes one of the Fellows at the Road Safety for the Alumni Fellowship Program for 2022-2030. Within the program, Estiara is looking to duplicate the success of a Local Actions project led by Titis Efrindu, one of her teammates with Trasportologi of Safety Street Participatory design.

It is a wide-known fact that low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) receive the brunt of road traffic crashes. Because of this, the fellowship program aims to increase the knowledge and skills of road safety professionals in LMICs to eventually bridge the gap between knowledge and practice. 

The Fellowship program will be delivered remotely and is designed to encompass capacity building, project implementation, and the delivery of the Initiative Partners Course. The integration of these three elements will provide the Fellows with an immersive experience that will help build their road safety profile and expertise.

For the program, Estiara will lead a project called “School Safety Zones Assessment through Youth Perception and iRAP Star Rating for Schools”. It focuses on the journey of the students from the Junior High School 22 Bandung City in West Java to and from school.

The project aims to provide a safer route for students by proposing safer design recommendations through the iRAP - International Road Assessment Programme Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) methodology. Estiara and her team will use this as an evidence-based tool to advocate for better road infrastructures for students.

Based on their experience and observations, the students will help identify the potential risks they face around the school.

To better amplify the voices of young people, a road safety workshop will be conducted for students of the Junior High School 22 Bandung City who will be participating in the program this upcoming Saturday, August 13. The workshop aims to raise awareness around the road safety issue and how student behavior can help address local issues on transport and mobility. Estiara will lead the discussion. The workshop will also have a media campaign component.

The workshop is made possible by the grant from Global Road Safety Leadership Course: Alumni Fellowship Program. It is co-organized by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and fully supported by the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety.

Estiara is mentored by Greg Smith, Global Programme Director at iRAP.