FIA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS IN 13 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS
The Fédération Internationale de l’Car (FIA), the worldwide governing physique for motorsport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, introduced on the FIA American Congress 2025 in Asunción, Paraguay, funding for street security initiatives in 13 international locations throughout the Americas by means of the FIA President’s Growth Fund and the FIA Basis.
The initiatives are the primary consequence of the primary version of the FIA Secure Mobility 4 All and 4 Life, an FIA College capacity-building programme delivered by United Nations company UNITAR with FIA Basis assist. The programme is a cornerstone of the FIA Mobility’s improvement technique, reflecting the Federation’s long-term dedication to assist FIA Member Golf equipment and authorities authorities construct safer transport techniques.
The FIA, UNITAR and the FIA Basis are dedicated to constructing a sustainable neighborhood of apply between FIA Member Golf equipment and authorities authorities working collectively to sort out street security challenges. Launched in FIA Areas III (North America) and IV (Central America and South America), the programme is ready to broaden to different areas in 2025.
The 13 initiatives, spanning Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay deal with a variety of street security challenges. They embrace initiatives corresponding to strengthening security requirements, enhancing driver coaching for younger street customers, utilizing expertise to observe high-risk autos, and implementing interventions based mostly on the Secure System method. Every mission is designed to ship measurable outcomes and supply fashions that may be scaled throughout the area.
Individuals within the programme accomplished 120 hours of e-learning masking 56 subjects, took half in three in-person seminars, and obtained tailor-made mentorship from worldwide street security specialists to develop their initiatives. The primary cohort of 38 street security leaders from FIA Member Golf equipment and authorities authorities in FIA Areas III and IV graduated in July 2025, on the remaining session hosted with UNITAR on the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. There, they offered their initiatives, exchanged classes realized, and constructed momentum for implementation.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem stated, “Via the FIA President’s Growth Fund, I need to guarantee our Member Golf equipment have the means to be taught, however extra importantly, to take actual motion. These initiatives are designed by the individuals who know the challenges of their international locations greatest, and we’re proud to assist them as they put their options on the bottom to avoid wasting lives.”
UNITAR Director of the Division for Folks and Social Growth Alex Mejía stated, “Secure Mobility 4 All & 4 Life stands as a testomony to the ability of multilateral cooperation in addressing one of the pressing improvement challenges of our time — street security. This programme is rooted in a realistic understanding of regional contexts and aligns with worldwide frameworks to assist international locations in lowering traffic-related fatalities and accidents.”
FIA Basis Govt Director Saul Billingsley stated, “Efficiently delivering these initiatives will present the ability of focused coaching, worldwide collaboration and native possession. We’re dedicated to empowering FIA Member Golf equipment as street security leaders working in partnership to take actual steps to scale back deaths and accidents of their communities”.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Focus: Public Coverage & Technical Tips for Safer Roads
· Argentina
Automóvil Membership Argentino
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial
Infraestructura segura para motociclistas (Secure Infrastructure for Motorcyclists)
The mission goals to enhance bike security in Argentina by mapping high-risk areas, growing best-practice infrastructure tips, and making a replicable mannequin for nationwide and regional implementation.
· Guatemala
Automóvil Membership de Guatemala
Guatemala no se Detiene – APP, Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda, FUNDESA
Bases generales para la seguridad vial en la infraestructura de Guatemala (Common Tips for Safer Street Infrastructure in Guatemala)
The mission will permit integration of street security standards all through the lifecycle of infrastructure initiatives in Guatemala, combining technical improvement, audits, coaching, and monitoring beneath a Secure System method, aligned with nationwide legal guidelines and world street security objectives.
· Perú
Touring y Automóvil Membership del Perú
Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones
Voces pequeñas, caminos seguros (Small Voices, Secure Roads)
Specializing in youngsters and adolescents, this mission seeks to boost the profile of kid street security on the general public agenda and create a complete nationwide coverage.
Focus: Coaching and Schooling to Save Lives
· Brazil
Automóvel Clube Brasileiro
CETRAN-GO
FOCOTRAN
Agente Mirim (Junior Agent)
Beginning in Goiás with plans to broaden nationally, the “Agente Mirim” mission in Brazil goals to coach 15-18-year-old college students in public colleges on street security by means of a 20-hour on-line course and neighborhood actions, selling safer each day commutes, youth management, and consciousness in class communities.
· Chile
Automóvil Membership de Chile
Organizaciones aliadas gubernamentales: Consejo de Sociedad de la Subsecretaria del Ministerio de Transporte y Comisión Nacional de Seguridad y Transito
Modernización de herramientas educativas para la formación de futuros jóvenes conductores (Modernizing Academic Instruments for Future Younger Drivers)
This mission goals to modernise the theoretical coaching for Class B driving licenses utilizing digital instructional instruments tailor-made for younger folks.
· Costa Rica
Automóvil Membership de Costa Rica
Consejo de Seguridad Vial (COSEVI)
Movilidad segura y sustentable en dos ruedas (Secure and Sustainable Two-Wheel Mobility)
The mission goals to enhance bike security within the Nicoya canton, Costa Rica, by enhancing sensible coaching and evaluation for driving license candidates.
· República Dominicana
Automóvil Membership Dominicano
INTRANT
RD Seguro (Secure DR)
The RD Seguro mission goals to scale back street crashes within the Dominican Republic by means of a digital instructional platform concentrating on younger folks acquiring their first driving license, utilizing interactive modules, digital lessons, and assessments aligned with the Secure System method.
Focus: Monitoring & Danger-Administration Techniques
· Bolivia
Automóvil Membership Boliviano
Viceministro de Seguridad Ciudadana
UNIVIDA
Rutas Vigiladas, Vidas Protegidas (Monitored Roads, Protected Lives)
The mission goals to scale back deadly crashes in long-distance passenger transport in Bolivia by means of an AI-assisted monitoring system that detects dangerous driver behaviours and situations.
· Colombia
Automóvil Membership de Colombia
Federación Colombiana de Municipios
INTELLIMOTO
Intellimoto helps defend Colombia’s motorcyclists by monitoring driving habits in actual time, giving instantaneous suggestions to right dangerous behaviours and forestall crashes.
· Ecuador
Automóvil Membership del Ecuador ANETA
Agencia Nacional de Transito (ANT)
Salvar vidas de los pasajeros de transporte publica interprovincial de Ecuador (Saving Lives in Ecuador’s Interprovincial Public Transport)
The mission goals to scale back street crashes in Ecuador’s interprovincial public transport by selling greatest enterprise practices for drivers, autos, and infrastructure, whereas utilizing expertise to detect and deal with driver dangers.
Focus: Complete Interventions for Secure Infrastructure
· Honduras
Asociación Hondureña de Automovilismo Deportivo
Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa)
Caminando seguro por las calles de Tegucigalpa (Strolling Safely Via the Streets of Tegucigalpa)
The mission goals to improves security for weak street customers alongside BRT corridors by means of infrastructure upgrades, pace monitoring, training, and consciousness campaigns utilizing a Secure System method.
· México
Asociación Nacional Automovilística ANA A.C.
Gobierno Municipal de Amozoc
Camino a la escuela sin riesgo (Secure Path to Faculty)
The “Secure Path to Faculty” mission in Amozoc, Puebla, seeks to enhance street security for college students aged 12–18 by means of infrastructure upgrades, signage, training, and neighborhood audits, creating safer faculty routes and lowering accidents and fatalities.
· Uruguay
Automóvil Membership del Uruguay
Unidad Nacional de Seguridad Vial
Jóvenes en movimiento (Youth on the Transfer)
Enhances adolescent street security by means of a complete intervention at an academic centre, combining infrastructure, training, expertise, and neighborhood engagement, in step with Uruguay’s Nationwide Street Security Plan 2025-2030.
For media enquiries please contact:
· Geri Sherwin, Director of Presidential & Mobility Communications: gsherwin@fia.com
· Laure Mercier Roussel, Head of Mobility Communications: lmercier@fia.com
In regards to the Fédération Internationale de l’Car
The Fédération Internationale de l’Car (FIA) is the governing physique for world motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations globally. It’s a non-profit organisation dedicated to driving innovation and championing security, sustainability and equality throughout motor sport and mobility.
Based in 1904, with places of work in Paris, London and Geneva, the FIA brings collectively 245 Member Organisations throughout 5 continents, representing thousands and thousands of street customers, motor sport professionals and volunteers. It develops and enforces laws for motor sport, together with seven FIA World Championships, to make sure worldwide competitions are secure and truthful for all.
