PARTNERSHIP
Within the NEAR initiative 4 organisations from Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia are cooperating together to strengthen young people’s approaches to road safety in order to prevent deaths and injuries caused by road crashes.
Zavod Varna pot / Slovenia
Varna pot is a non-governmental organization with the mission to connect the individuals that were severely affected by the consequences of traffic accidents. Together with likeminded people and experts, we combine preventive, educational and supporting activities with the final aim to reduce the number of deaths and injuries in traffic accidents. Since 2017, we are the holder and promoter of the We Live Vision ZERO program. With its preventive activities, Varna pot is targeting a wide scope of age groups and profiles: from kindergarten children, schoolchildren, young people and adults. We developed our own educational and awareness raising programmes for each of the target groups. Road crash victims represent a special group profile for Varna pot. The organisation provides different standard support activities that are free of charge for all road victims in Slovenia that wish to participate or seek help. In 2022, there are 3 people employed, with more than 40 ambassadors.
Contact Person: Pia GolobWebsite: https://varna-pot.si
AktivNS / Serbia
Aktiv NS is a youth organization that deals with education, promotion of healthy lifestyles and activism, especially in the fields of road safety and social protection. We are a small association of great people who want to change their environment, to make it a more beautiful and safer place. Our target group is primarily children and young people and we implement various activities that are interesting to them and at the same time useful such as: simulations , field actions, workshops, promotion on social networks. Another significant project is the establishment of a free psychological online counseling center for victims and families of victims of road traffic accidents, where victims and families of victims can call and receive appropriate psychological support at any time from our certified psychologists.
Contact Person:Marijana JovanovicWebsite:https://aktivns.rs/
C.E.Z.A.R. / Bosnia & Herzegovina
We are young people gathered around the idea that together we can do a lot for our local community, citizens, children and young people. We are the Education Center for Active Development, better known as the Association of Citizens "C.E.Z.A.R." - Srbac! We have been active for 12 years. It is one of the most active non-governmental, non-profit, humanitarian and youth organizations in the region. One of the biggest friends of the Citizens' Association "C.E.Z.A.R." is the Municipality of Srbac, which provides constant support of the association. Through many program and project activities, we have been investing enormous effort, work and knowledge in order to create a positive environment for everyone. We actively work on the prevention of peer violence, promoting tourism of the local community and promotion of environmental awareness. Our team always employs young people, usually graduates, who are professionals full of enthusiasm, knowledge, experience and desire to work.
Contact Person:Tanja ŠnjegotaWebsite:https://ug-cezar.com
VISION5 / Austria
VISION5 is a company dealing with road safety, sustainable urban mobility planning and communication design. The three basic pillars are research, consultancy and knowledge transfer. The staff members of VISION5 are experts in road safety, mobility management, parking policy, SUMP, land use planning, awareness campaigning and advertising. Before establishing VISION5 they used to work up to almost 20 years for Austrian Mobility Research in dozens of EU projects as coordinators or project partners. Since 15 years they are running the successful road safety awareness project CLOSE-TO that is implemented all over Austria. Today, 7 persons are working with VISION5. The company business field of road safety embracing all its facades is complemented by sustainable urban mobility planning and communication&design competences.
Contact Person:Volker HoffmannWebsite:www.vison5.at