The EU has established structures to ensure that cooperation on policy level are always underlined by facts. Africa might need something like a treaty to initiate goal setting and common policies. The last 3 papers dealt with the involvement of society in road safety matters, giving viewpoints from Uganda, the Netherlands and South Africa. A top-down approach alienates ordinary people, who then experiences road safety legislation and measures as forced upon them. Politicians are not committed to road safety and rather channel funds into the more immediately measurable and tangible transportation components.
Corruption also compromises the safety implementation process.
Furthermore, ongoing decentralisation has led to a gap in the provision of safety. The solution is a Community Based Road Safety Programme, extending the responsibility for road safety towards the community. This programme aims at the development of community ownership and participation in road safety. The programme strategy includes training community leaders as community based road safety educators, persuading road users to take responsibility for road safety and the creation of channels for negotiation between road safety agencies and the community. Community networking is an essential ingredient of this programme.