The Youth Leadership Board (former Youth Advisory Board - YAB) is the focal point and the engine behind the Youth Coalition for Road Safety. Through their expertise, advice, and concrete actions, youth can weigh in directly on how all local actions and global advocacy strategies are run.

The YLB will help ensure that the work within the Youth Coalition is consistent with and reflects the realities of youth and in support of the achievement of the Global Youth Statement for Road Safety.

For their mandate, the YLB will proactively share their views on the strategy design and help implement specific milestones of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety during their 24-month term. The role of the Youth Leadership Board is to ensure that youth interests and voices are always represented at the center of the Coalition’s decisions, including the diversity of youth opinions, geographic locations, as well as gender, cultural, and local reflections.

• Identify and express the views and needs of youth

  By actively engaging with young people across the world.
  
  

• Support the strategic planning process of the coalition

  To ensure the youth voice is central to all actions of the coalition.
  
  

• Help organize global & local activities

  By initiating and supporting community-based projects and championing multi-sectorial events.
  
  

• promote and Expand the coalition

  By connecting with key actors and youth leaders in the world of sustainable development

ALISON DE BEAUFORT - USA

Director of the Vision Zero Youth Council (VZYC) - a 100% youth-led organization dedicated to educating youth in our communities about road safety and empowering them to become vocal advocates of the issue.

DEEPANSHU GUPTA - INDIA

A global road safety advocate and a Global Youth Ambassador for Road Safety. He also serves as a member of the Youth Sounding Board by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Union.

MOHAMED EISSA - EGYPT

He is a sixth-year medical student from Alexandria, Egypt. During his years of medical school, he discovered that his passion was not just for clinical medicine but also for public health and road safety.

ESTIARA ELLIZAR - INDONESIA

A transport planner who is currently working at the Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia, and a certified Indonesian young road safety expert with experience in road safety for over five years.

Haidarsho Makulshoev - Tajikistan

Haidarsho has experience working across five pillars of road safety and was one of the winners of the Impact Generation Challenge during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. He is currently working on Urban Resilience Program within Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Tajikistan.

Simon Patrick Obi - nigeria

A committed and passionate road safety advocate with more than six years of experience.  He has led and championed several interventions aimed at improving health, safety, and environment.

oliva nalwadda - uganda

A public heath practitioner with over six years of experience in design and implementation of youth-centered programs in areas of reproductive
and mental health, climate change, empowerment, and advocacy.