The Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre (QTTSC), at Qatar University’s College of Engineering (QU-CENG), hosted a training workshop recently on Road Traffic Safety Management (RTSM). Organised in collaboration with the International Road Federation, the workshop was part of the continuous efforts of the Centre to implement the Qatar National Traffic Safety Action Plan (2018-2022).
According to QU, the workshop aimed to provide information on the elements of RTSM system, including institutional management, interventions and results. It also addressed the requirements of ISO 39001 standards and discussed the impact of RTSM on business and operational performance. Participants learned about RTSM institutional processes, procedures to perform capacity review through practical examples and group exercises, management of fleet safety programmes, and the application of different tools to support RTSM related processes.
More than 35 participants from the National Traffic Safety Committee, senior engineers from General Directorate of Traffic, and Ministry of Municipality and Environment, as well as from a variety of engineering consultation companies and contractors, participated in the workshop. Susanna Zammataro, director general of the International Road Federation; and Martin Heath, technical director of RTSM Global Limited and member of the ISO 39001 British Standards Working Group RTS/1, delivered the workshop.
Khatib & Alami Engineering Consultation Company co-sponsored this course as part of their commitment to support the efforts for improving traffic safety in Qatar.
QTTSC director, Prof Faris Tarlochan said: “Road Traffic Safety is one of the important challenges that confronts the local and international community, thus QTTSC is working actively to contribute in improving the traffic safety status in collaboration with local authorities and international partners. This workshop is one of a number of forums that aims to raise public awareness and responsibility in road safety.”
QTTSC workshop co-ordinator, assistant professor Dr Wael Alhajyaseen said that having an effective RTSM system in the institutional level is essential to ensure sustainable improvement in road safety levels through the continuous reduction in road fatalities & severe injuries. ISO 39001 can significantly help institutions or organisations in placing a comprehensive management system of road safety interventions.
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