ICF actively participated in the scientific and practical round table “Safe Road. Organisational and Educational and Methodological Aspects of Improving Road Safety for Children and Young People”. The event took place as part of All-Ukrainian Road Safety Week and brought together over a thousand participants.
Oksana Savchuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Traffic Safety and Transport Security of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee
on Transport and Infrastructure, and Inna Kilderova, Director General of the Directorate for School Education at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, highlighted the relevance of the topic and the critical issues facing the education of young road users.
ICF “Assistance to Victims of Road Accidents” presented to educators “Professional Development Programme for teachers in general secondary education institutions, principals and deputy principals, educational coordinators, social educators and practical psychologists: “Know and Act” (organising the activities of teaching staff on the provision of premedical care and safe road behaviour ); as well as a new video lesson and an updated methodological guide on road safety, “Safe Road to Home”. The professional development programme is based on practical methods (BLS) and aims to develop educators’ skills in first aid and algorithms for action during emergencies, and teachers will be able to use the lesson and guide during road safety training with children.
Representatives of the International Charitable Foundation also spoke about the aims and objectives of the national ‘Safe Country’ project’s All-Ukrainian youth photo and video works competition, which is being held for the ninth time this year, and called on educators to support children in creating works for the competition.
During the round-table discussion, experts and participants discussed road accident rates on the national roads involving children and measures to prevent child road traffic injuries; children’s cycling mobility in Ukraine and the experience of European countries in teaching children to ride bicycles safely; methods of treatment and rehabilitation for children injured in road traffic accidents; artificial intelligence technologies in the service of school bus safety; and other topics.
