The Sub Saharan African Transport Policy Program (SSATP) and the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) are working in partnership to strengthen road safety management capacity in Africa. To support this goal a training and knowledge dissemination workshop was piloted in November to provide training in road safety management systems and related institutional management functions.

The workshop took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 28-30, 2007. There were 58 participants who attended, drawn from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’ Ivoire, Ethiopia Ghana, Lesotho Nigeria, Uganda and Swaziland. The workshop took two and half days and entailed presentations, discussions, and country group work utilizing materials prepared by the Global Road Safety Facility team.

The workshop presented new road safety management approaches being promoted by the World Bank, and allowed countries to get an understanding of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and the support it can make available to countries for road safety capacity building activities. The workshop also provided training in the management of sustainable and successful road safety outcomes, and gave participating countries an opportunity to share their experience and knowledge on the delivery of road safety programs.

The workshop included training in the conduct of road safety management capacity reviews and the preparation of ‘2^nd generation’ road safety projects.