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On 22 March, FIA Region I and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) co-organised a dialogue on used vehicle trade between representatives of importing and exporting countries.

FIA Member Club the Automóvil Club del Ecuador (ANETA) launched the Itinerant Road Unit together with Ecuador’s Ministry of Education and the Metropolitan Traffic Agency of Quito. This programme aims to provide road education and sustainable mobility training to 40,000 students aged 6-16 from 20 provinces of the country in 2023.

FIA Member Club the Automobile Association of Vietnam celebrates one year of the ‘Power of No’ campaign. Led by a multi-sector alliance of 28 organisations, the ‘Power of No’ campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of drink-driving among young people aged 18-30 in six Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam). Over 39 million youths have been reached by this digital campaign so far.

The Touring and Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran (TACI) organised a Touring Rally Car event for women in the capital city of Tehran.

51 applications received from FIA Member Clubs all over the world 3 Award categories: Climate Action; Road Safety; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Royal Automobile Club of Jordan, Mobilité Club France, and Motorsport Australia are the 2022 winners Special Award goes to Fédération Automobile d’Ukraine FIA will support the 4 winners with financial or in-kind contribution of up to €10,000 each

On 14 June, a new road safety initiative, aiming to reduce vehicle speeds around schools, was launched in Kitwe, Zambia by Mayor Mpansa Mwaya. This initiative is supported by the FIA Foundation, through its Child Health Initiative, as well as by the Zambia Road Safety Trust and FIA Member Club the Zambia Motor Sport Association.

With support from the FIA Sport Grant Programme and the Home Affairs Department of the HKSAR Government, Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) launched the “Digital Motorsport Youth Development Program” to give young enthusiasts an opportunity to experience motor sport and fight illegal street car racing threatening road safety.

In order to strengthen the risk awareness of road safety, the Chinese Taipei Automobile Federation (CTAF) cooperated with the Feng Chia University, which has the largest number of students in the central region of Taiwan, and organised promotional activities for freshmen to convey the crisis of blind spots of large vehicles and difference of inner wheels.

A new survey from the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) reveals top dangerous behaviours on the roads in Canada. Five tips are offered by CAA to stay safe while driving.

At last week’s World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism, FIA President Jean Todt announced the Australian Automobile Association as the recipient of the 2020 FIA Road Safety Award for “the Most Effective Road Safety Intervention by an FIA Club” for its ‘Drive in the Moment’ initiative.