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Welcome to iRAP's Training and Accreditation newsletter - May 2021
In this edition of the iRAP Training and Accreditation e-newsletter you will see:
If you need more information please visit our Training and Accreditation webpage.
Enjoy reading!
iRAP's Training and Accreditation Team
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Sharing knowledge and experience around the world during UNGRSW 2021
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Last week, iRAP joined forces with our partners and RAP Community all across the world to support the United Nations Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) #StreetsForLife #Love30 campaign.
During the week we collaborated with the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety to produce a series of videos that shared the community voice.
We also collaborated with NACTO-GDCI to release a series of animations, based on the iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide, to demonstrate how lower speed streets can save lives.
iRAP also participated in a number of online events, including presenting in 10 webinars during the week with over 1,000 attendees participating.
Below are a few images from the training during the week. Congratulations to everyone who was involved and advocated for #Love30 #StreetsForLife worldwide.
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New webinar series coming in July
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Invitation to attend this free webinar series: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa – BIGRS 2020-25
DATES: 06, 09, 13 & 16 July 2021
TIME: 3.00PM – 4.30PM (UTC+3) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Please note this webinar will be delivered in English
The webinar series World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa: BIGRS 2020-25 is designed to provide an introduction to iRAP to those in Africa who want to use the methodology to help eliminate high-risk roads, unlock the economic benefits of 3-star or better roads and meet Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and United Nations (UN) Targets.
The focus of this introductory webinar will be on the road safety experience and lessons learned, and how to use iRAP methodology to do safety assessments across the region.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This series of webinars is created for engineers of road authorities; and road safety engineers, consultants and professionals involved in road design, operation, and maintenance.
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iRAP Training Courses available
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iRAP has 20 online courses available from free introductory modules to advanced and paid courses. Some courses have versions translated in Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, French and Russian.
These courses can be taken at you own pace and include videos, supporting materials, assignments and certificates upon successful conclusion of all activities.
Want to understand the iRAP model and how it works? Register for the Introduction to iRAP. It’s free and available in 3 languages.
Want to apply for accreditation? The recommended courses to complete are Star Rating Essentials and, subsequently, Star Rating for Designs.
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Celebrating International Women in Engineering day in June
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International Women in Engineering Day (June 23 2021) is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the career opportunities available to females in this industry. It celebrates the outstanding achievements of women engineers throughout the world.
This year the the theme is 'Engineering Heros' recognising the amazing work that women in engineering around the world are doing as a response to the COVID19 pandemic and also to support lives and livelihoods every day.
Our #RAPcommunity is made up of just over 20% females and we're keen to encourage women to contribute to save lives around the world on our roads.
This year you will see a few initiatives from iRAP that will benefit and encourage women to be part of our #RAPcommunity, including:
- celebrating women making a difference in road safety as part of the International Women in Engineering Day campaign.
- selecting 20 women to take our Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses for free.
Watch out for this space and don’t miss this opportunity!
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ViDA and SR4S User Guides now available in Spanish
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We have updated the ViDA user guide and the Star Rating for Designs user guide, and have made them available in Spanish as well as English.
ViDA User Guide – This guide introduces ViDA, iRAP’s online analysis and reporting tool, and provides instructions for accessing ViDA, creating a ViDA account and accessing Star Ratings and Safer Road Investment Plan (SRIP) results.
This guide has been recently updated in January 2021 (Version 2.1) to include:
- New Raw Star Rating Maps and latest images to reflect recent ViDA updates.
- New sections on how to use the Star Rating Demonstrator and the ViDA Forum.
Star Rating for Designs (SR4D) User Guide – This guide provides instructions on how to use Star Rating for Designs (SR4D),a web application in ViDA which can be used to code existing roads and road designs.
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usRAP offers free courses in the USA
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With the support of the Federal Highway Administration, the Roadway Safety Foundation is able to offer U.S. Road Assessment Program (usRAP) online introductory courses.
Now in their third year, these courses have been a popular and efficient way to attract new usRAP partners, and train teams of coders needed to conduct a full usRAP study. Attendees receive professional development credits, and are eligible to receive no-cost technical assistance and further training by the usRAP team if they pursue a project.
RSF and other partners at Iowa State University (host of the online courses and one of usRAP’s 3 Centers of Excellence) are always looking for ways to improve the courses, and will be making some updates this year. Make the most and spread the word about the availability of this exciting training opportunity!
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Are you interested in becoming an iRAP Accredited Supplier?
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iRAP accreditation helps ensure that iRAP assessments are performed to the same consistently high level of quality worldwide. Consultants that are accredited can become part of a market of suppliers that are able to bid competitively to provide iRAP-specification services. Although not mandatory, we encourage organisations that are performing and/or commissioning iRAP assessments to make use of accredited suppliers.
Currently, we have 206 accredited inspections systems and individuals from 67 organisations in 38 countries.
Accreditation of practitioners (individuals)
Three categories of accreditation are available to individual practitioners:
- Road survey (described in the iRAP Survey Manual).
- Road Attribute Coding (described in the iRAP Coding Manual).
- Analysis and Reporting (described in the iRAP Star Rating and Investment Plan Manual).
Practitioners may hold one or more category of accreditation at a time.
Accreditation of inspection systems
This is for organisations that have their own equipment and software and want endorsement that it is able to be used for iRAP-specification surveys and coding. Organisations that want to market and sell their equipment and survey seek this accreditation.
An accredited inspection system is capable of being used in:
- The performance of survey activities described in iRAP Survey Manual and road attribute coding activities described in the iRAP Coding Manual; or
- The performance of road attribute coding activities described in the iRAP Coding Manual.
The requirements for system accreditation are described in the iRAP Inspection System Accreditation Specification.
What are the benefits of iRAP Accreditation?
- Formal acknowledgement that a practitioner can perform iRAP-specification activities.
- Formal acknowledgement that an inspection system is capable of being used to perform iRAP specifications.
- Listing on the iRAP website as an accredited supplier. This listing is used regularly by organisations procuring iRAP-specification services, such as the World Bank.
- Join a community that is guided by the iRAP Accreditation Code of Conduct.
- License to use the iRAP Accredited logo.
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Join the Global Youth Coalition!
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The Youth Coalition for Road Safety is a movement under the patronage of YOURS – Youth for Road Safety, and unites individual youth and organizations in an informal member-based structure guided by key principles, with a focus on meaningful youth participation and safe mobility.
The ultimate outcome of the Youth Coalition is to energize the global youth movement for road safety.
By taking concrete actions both locally and globally, they are hoping to contribute to specific sustainable development goals that are linked to the target of halving road traffic deaths.
iRAP is encouraging you to become a member of the Youth Coalition and take action for road safety and sustainable mobility.
Becoming a member will give you access to many benefits, including training sessions, a resource library, advocacy opportunities, seed funding for your projects, partnerships, connection with your peers around the world and more.
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For those that want to learn how to Star Rate road designs using the Star Rating for Designs (SR4D) web app, this course is now available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
The SR4D tool empowers designers and road engineers to assess the road safety of a design and improve its safety star rating before the implementation of civil works. It enables the Star Rating Methodology to be streamlined into the road design process.
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World Bank and UN Women Launch Course on Managing Gender Equality in Transportation
Open-access online program seeks to empower users to apply solutions to gender inequality and raise awareness.
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IRF India Chapter Webinar Series: Road Safety Challenges in India and Preparation of an Action Plan
The 5th webinar in the series will be held on Tuesday 1 June at 16:30 hours (IST) on the topic 'Engineering Measures and Funding for Road Safety'.
Includes a presentation from iRAP's CEO Rob McInerney on 'Adopting iRAP Star Ratings for Global Targets'.
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Meet Monica Olyslagers, iRAP's Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist
Monica is responsible for iRAP's urban products and coordinating iRAP partner innovation, R&D and the development of new products.
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She is also responsible for developing and updating the content of iRAP manuals and specifications used in more than 100 countries to perform iRAP model projects. In the last 3 years we have updated a range of documents under her coordination.
Monica has been working with iRAP since 2015. Up until 2018, she was the Programme Coordinator for the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Initiative for Global Road Safety. Monica's background is in psychology and international development. She is based in the Asia Pacific region.
Email: Monica.Olyslagers@irap.org
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Since 2018, Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. (ICT) has a team of Road Safety Engineers who are trained and accredited by iRAP for all the four stages of iRAP assessments (iRAP Survey; Road Attribute Coding; and Analysis and Reporting).
ICT has also an iRAP accredited road inspection system and software of ROMDAS for conducting road surveys and data coding. They have experience in delivering the complete range of iRAP services including road surveys, data collection, data coding, data processing to generate star ratings and safer road investment plans.
The organization has the added advantage of being a leading consultancy offering a wide range of services in the infrastructure sector for various transport modes (e.g. roadway, railway, airports and ports including all modes of urban transport) and has already successfully undertaken large number of prestigious consultancy assignments under International Competitive Bidding in 46 Countries. Therefore, providing implementation support to the road authorities and funding agencies, for preparing detailed design of safety countermeasures recommended by iRAP, and Star Rating of road designs, are the regular features of the organization’s work portfolio.
Visit: www.ictonline.com
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