YOUTH ACTING FOR ZERO ROAD FATALITIES IN MOROCCO

BY EL KHALIL CHERIF FROM MOROCCO

The project aimed to develop an advocacy toolkit for decision makers in Morocco to achieve meaningful youth involvement to impact the future of SAFE and SUSTAINABLE mobility. The toolkit was intended for entities at the decision-making table, like the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Interior, the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA), civil society organisations, and others. It adopted the recommendations of the Global Plan for Road Safety 2021-2030 by identifying the youth of Morocco as a main stakeholder that needed to be included at the decision-making level. The project involved several stages that resulted in creating a well-designed advocacy tool. This tool connected the sustainable development goals of health and well-being, sustainable cities and communities and reduced inequalities with the goal of shaping a safer future for mobility in Morocco.

To ensure meaningful youth participation, this project involved consultations with young people across Morocco, as well as with decision-makers. It focused on creating an adequate framework that included youth in developing the national policy for road safety, community mobilisation, and building the capacity of young people to take action and educate their peers on safe behaviour. Campaigning for road safety was an essential component of this project, to grow the number of supporters and increase pressure on decision makers to take action.

The goal of the project was to achieve meaningful engagement of youth in shaping the national road safety policy in Morocco by 2022 - 2030.

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

El Khalil is a researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico. He has gotten a PhD in Environment, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems and recently a Master's in Sustainable Ocean Blue Economy for Environment Diplomacy from the University of Trieste.

As a researcher, El Khalil believes in taking evidence-based measures to impact youth in his region. He is passionate about involving young people to achieve the sustainable development goals, especially SDGs: 3, 4, 13, 14 and 17.

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