PHARE Multi-Country Road Safety Project
(Trafficmaintenance in Central and East Europe)
Introduction
The Phare Multi-Country Transport Programme (MCTP) is one
of the European Union’s initiatives to develop a safer and more efficient transport
system in the Phare countries in Central Europe.
The programme has provided support to all Phare countries
since 1992, primarily in the form of pre-investment and strategic studies, management and
technical training and harmonisation of the regulatory and legislative framework.
One of the aim objectives is to encourage co-operation
between the central European countries; therefore an integral part of the programme is
dissemination of the results achieved and the best practice to key individuals and
authorities
 The project
Within the above-mentioned programme the European
Commission has decided to launch a Road Safety Project that covers 13 Phare countries. The
countries are divided into two groups; six countries in which an international group
experts financed by the World Bank and the European Union carried out a study and
recommended measures to improve the situation in 1993-94, and seven new countries not
included in the above mentioned study.
The countries are:
Bulgarian, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak
Republic, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Latvia Lithuania, Slovenia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The aim of the project is to:
- collect all relevant data to assess the road safety
situation in the countries
- asses the current road safety situation and the
implementation of the recommendations of the Phare/World Bank financed road safety project
in 1992-94 in six countries
- identify measures and programmes that could be replicated in
the other Phare countries
- assess the road safety situation and road safety programmes
in the other seven Phare countries
- carry out an illustrative example of a road safety audit on
the Helsinki Corridor NR. IV between Prague –Bucharest
prepare of the best practice reports that cover:
- major tow lane roads outside built-up areas
- urban roads and traffic calming
enforcement of traffic laws
- establishment of a regional monitoring and evaluation system
of the road safety situation
- prepare a proposal for behavioural improvement programmes
- prepare an overall action plan to be implement on national
level or through Multi-country initiatives
During the Project period of 12 months there were prepared
five reports, the Inception Report, The First Interim Report, the Second Interim Report,
The Draft Final Report an the Final Report.
The contribution of ITC
With regard to the item enforcement of traffic laws, ITC
has prepared the Report of
"Best Practice of Traffic Police
specialists"
The Report is accepted by the Steering Committee.
After the acceptation of the Best Practice Report, an
action plan to improve the enforcement of traffic laws is prepared. In the action plan
recommendations are given with regard to special training-programmes for the police Forces
in all the Phare countries, the use of all kinds of enforcement instruments and the
implementation of a new approach of road safety activities.
The action plan is prepared by:
- Mr. Sven-Olof Hassel, senior enforcement consultant
(Helsinki)
- Mr. David Rowland, inspector of police (Metropolitan Police
London and secretary of the European Traffic Police Network, and
- Mr. Peter ter Meulen, Director ITC
After the acceptation of the Action Plan further activities
will be executed.
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