How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.
-
Upload
madlyn-weaver -
Category
Documents
-
view
221 -
download
0
description
Transcript of How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.
![Page 1: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
How to advocate?…the use of a declaration…
Floor LieshoutDirector| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety
![Page 2: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
“Advocacy means actively supporting something or someone (an idea, action, or person) and attempting to persuade others of the importance of that cause. Advocacy is often a group effort focused on changing particular public policies”
![Page 3: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
• For example you advocate for…Better legislation on drink-drivingLower speed limits around schoolsMore youth involvementetc.
• A declaration is a tool, never a goal on itself
![Page 4: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
• A declaration is helpful to align a group and to focus on three or four shared points
• A declaration can give you a great entry at all levels
• A declaration is as good as the implementation of it:o Many resolutions and declarations are written and barely used again after adoption
![Page 5: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
2007 UN Youth Declaration for Road Safety
![Page 6: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
Prepared by a special working group and presented during UN World Youth Assembly:
![Page 7: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Youth Ambassador meets his Minister of Transport in The Gambia:
![Page 8: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8
Youth Ambassador meets her Minister of Transport in Morocco:
![Page 9: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9
Chairs of the WYA meeting with EU Commissioner at European Road Safety Day:
![Page 10: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10
Pre-meeting with high officials in Russia
![Page 11: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11
Pre-meeting with high officials in Russia
![Page 12: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
12
Adopting the Youth Declaration and discussing distribution during the coming days
![Page 13: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13
![Page 14: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
14
1. It is clear, to the point and advocates for 3 or 4 key points;
2. The distribution is well thought of;3. It is translated in as many languages as
possible when it is an international doc;4. There is a follow-up to check if people did
what they said they would do…
![Page 15: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15
1. Use the media (friendly journalist?);2. Meet with Politicians;3. Write letters to key-stakeholders;4. Talk with your friends-peers and urge them
to endorse and help;5. Talk with other NGOs to help spread the
word.
![Page 16: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16
Thank you!
![Page 17: How to advocate? the use of a declaration Floor Lieshout Director| YOURS – Youth for Road Safety.](https://reader031.fdocuments.net/reader031/viewer/2022022117/5a4d1bf77f8b9ab0599e9471/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Contact
web: www.youthforroadsafety.orgemail: [email protected]
Find us by searching Youth for Road Safety on: