Road Safety Program Management

1. Road Safety Program Management Identify strategies for establishing and sustaining effective multidisciplinary collaborative relationships and coalitions.

2. Major Topics • Defining Collaboration • Methods for Developing Collaborative Relationships • Sustaining Collaborative Coalitions • Barriers to Collaboration • Process and Outcome Criteria • Benefits of Collaboration

3. Introduction to Collaboration • Many agencies have a role to play in road safety program management. • Each provides different knowledge, expertise, and approaches to problem solving. • These differing approaches contribute to more robust road safety programs. • They also increase the difficulty of collaboration.

4. Collaboration Definition • Dictionary definition: To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. • Road Safety Program Management definition: agencies and organizations working together to improve road safety • Establishing and Maintaining Effective collaborative Relationships • Create a basic foundation for effective collaboration. • Exert strong leadership. • Establish a process to support collaboration. • Provide organizational support.

5. Methods – Build a Foundation • Establish goals, mission statements and safety targets. • Assess organizational structure. • Implement a data collection and analysis strategy. • Identify mechanisms for sharing the data and analysis results. • Organize and institutionalize opportunities. • Establish road safety as a prime objective. • Examine dedicated funding.

6. Methods – Exert Leadership • Identify, support, and train safety champions. • Establish a high-level executive committee. • Encourage the leadership of all organizations. • Incorporate performance objectives.

7. Methods – Establish a Process • Develop an analysis-driven process. • Adopt an implementation focus. • Establish formal levels of communication. • Utilize tools. • Utilize collaborative technology.

8. Methods – Provide Organizational Support • Develop implementation plan. • Assess organizational relationships. • Evaluate type and quality of data. • Examine interagency communications. • Determine human resource and training needs. • Assess investment decision-making processes. • Examine potential resource utilization.

9. Motivating Active Involvement Broad Involvement Individual Representatives Responsibilities and Expectations Meeting Schedule and Location Refreshments

10. Sustaining Coalitions Solve Problems Manage Conflict Maintain Participation Evaluate Effectiveness Sustain Morale

11. Sustaining (Cont.) Manage Conflict Maintain Participation Continuously Recruit Evaluate Effectiveness Sustain Morale

12. Barriers to Collaboration • Values • Language • Problem Solving Strategies • Leadership by Discipline or Organization

13. Barriers (cont.) • Lack of Safety Champions • Failure to Mainstream Safety • Insufficient Data • “Siloed” Mindsets • Turnover • Time

14. Process Criteria • Inclusive • Rules of Collaboration • Engagement • Challenges • Information • Discussion Prior to Consensus

15. Outcome Criteria • High Quality Agreements • Stalemates • Innovative Ideas • Learning and Change • Social and Political Capital • Changes in Attitudes and Institutions • Flexible Institutions and Practices

16. Benefits of Collaboration • Multidisciplinary Problems • More Robust Solutions • Relationships Building among Competing Interests

17. Review • Defining Collaboration • Methods for Developing Collaborative Relationships • Sustaining Collaborative Coalitions • Barriers to Collaboration • Process and Outcome Criteria • Benefits of Collaboration

18. Exercise #10 Coalition Building