Voivodship road safety council

VOIVODSHIP ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL − (WRBRD) is a voivodship coordination team in road safety matters operating under the voivodship marshal. The Council coordinates and defines directions of public administration activities in matters of road safety. The tasks of the Council include in particular: developing regional programs for improving road safety; giving opinions on draft local legal acts in the field of road traffic safety; approving the expenditure plan of voivodship road centres in the part intended for improving road safety; initiating: training of public administration staff and training in road safety, inter-voivodship cooperation and education and information activities; cooperation with relevant social organizations and non-governmental institutions; analysing and assessing actions taken. The Council is composed of: chairman - voivodship marshal, deputy chairman: voivode and voivodship police chief, secretary - nominated by the voivodship marshal, Council members: voivodship road transport inspector, director of the appropriate branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, representatives: voivode, voivodship military staff, school superintendent, voivodship board, county boards, mayors or city presidents, voivodship police commander, voivodship commander of the State Fire Service, voivodship road board, voivodship road traffic centres, county road boards, as well as persons indicated by the voivodship marshal - in particular those representing non-governmental organizations operating in the voivodship, whose statutory purpose is the issue of road safety, where the voivodship marshal may indicate no more than 12 people. The president of the Council manages its work and represents it outside, receives reports and information from the bodies whose representatives are members of the Council on the implementation of tasks specified in road safety programs and information on the state of road safety, as well as submits to the chairman of the National Road Safety Council an annual report (at the end of January) on the state of road safety in the voivodship and actions implemented in this respect. The following may participate in the Council’s activities in an advisory capacity: representatives of non-governmental organizations whose statutory scope of activities includes road safety issues, academic staff of universities or research and development units, as well as independent experts. The Council is supported by the voivodship road traffic centre designated by the voivodship marshal. (→ National Road Safety Council) [M. Jurgilewicz]