(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: Qatar University and the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) yesterday launched ‘The Traffic Safety Award for the State of Qatar' during a ceremony held at Qatar University.
They also launched the Qatar Traffic Safety website www.roadsafety.qa, which aims to collect and publish research studies and initiatives in the country as a national and global reference. This site contains academic publications, reports, events and training workshops, in addition to traffic safety news.
Valuable prizes have also been allocated to everyone who contributes an innovative idea, project or an unprecedented new invention that serves the traffic safety system, contributes to spreading traffic awareness, and tries gradually to solve the problems facing the system. The value of the Award is QR1,000,000.
The ceremony was attended by Qatar University President Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham; Director General of the General Directorate of Traffic, Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah Al Shahwani; National Traffic Safety Committee Secretary, Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah Al Malki; Managing Director of Abdullah Abdulghani and Brothers Company (Toyota), Dr. Nasser Abdulghani Al Abdulghani; and Qatar Transport and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC) Director, Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Qaradawi.
'We are meeting today to value the efforts to make the traffic safety initiatives successful and to continue to meet the objectives of the National Traffic Safety Strategy 2018-2022. The traffic safety has been built on the National Vision 2030 and is one of the priorities that Qatar seeks to develop, Dr. Al Derham said.
Speaking at the event, he said: 'In recent years, the State of Qatar has been able to improve and work to reduce traffic accidents to the point of competition from developed countries, thanks to the efforts of all sides, notably the General Directorate of Traffic and the National Traffic Safety Committee at the Ministry of Interior.
Qatar University, represented by QTTSC, was assigned by the National Traffic Safety Committee to carry out several measures, including the annual program of the Traffic Safety Award and creation of the Traffic Safety website of Qatar, he added.
For his part, Brigadier Al Shahwani said: 'We are determined to make all the traffic safety initiatives in Qatar successful, and we inform you that the Directorate General of Traffic at the Ministry of the Interior has insisted on continuing to work to improve the traffic safety system in the State of Qatar.
'We are working together to achieve the United Nations goals for sustainable development endorsed by the State of Qatar, related to the development of road networks, transport services, congestion reduction, transport planning and land use. The country has also set a new world record in the reduction of traffic accidents, he said.
In his speech, Brigadier Al Malki, said: 'This annual prize for traffic safety in Qatar, measures traffic awareness in all categories of the society, represented in scientific and engineering innovations, artistic and intellectual innovations, and adopt and execute projects with a tangible and sustainable impact in the field of traffic safety.
The target groups in the Traffic Safety Award include, individual category, and this award will be presented to an individual who has developed an initiative concerned with traffic safety and has actively contributed to improving traffic safety in Qatar.
The person must be a citizen or resident of Qatar and the submitted works must be innovative and clearly explained, and the idea should not have been previously proposed. One or more ideas can be participated and if one of them wins, the rest of the posts are excluded.
Then there is a category of public and private institutions, and category considered to be special for prominent participants in the field of traffic safety for organizations that have undertaken initiatives to reduce traffic accidents and have contributed to raising the level of traffic safety in Qatar.
The institution must be in Qatar, and government agencies and institutions concerned with traffic safety in the public and private sector are entitled to participate in the award.
As for the educational institutions category, it includes kindergartens, schools, institutes, colleges and universities, where the best projects, initiatives, research and scientific, intellectual and technical innovations in the field of traffic safety will be selected.
The National Traffic Safety Committee has prepared a detailed guidebook that includes the conditions and criteria for participation for each category of the competition for traffic safety education in Qatar, in addition to the participation forms for each category.
The brochure is available via the link roadsafety.qa. An award ceremony will be organized for the winners during the World Traffic Safety Conference 2021 in Qatar.
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