Attachm <br />Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners <br />Attach <br />those that have administrative responsibility for safety. The working group should <br />also include members who are not convinced about the importance or desirability of <br />safe walking and pedestrian safety measures. The goal is to create a diverse group that <br />draws on varying - even opposing - perspectives and strengths. Composition of the <br />working group may vary depending on whether the plan will be set at the national, <br />provincial or municipal level. <br />The key stakeholders identified in the situational assessment should constitute a <br />core working group. Working groups function best when they are smaller, but it is <br />also important to develop a mechanism to facilitate involvement of as wide a group <br />of stakeholders as possible, even if it is just for information sharing. High-level <br />political commitment from the government facilitates successful implementation <br />of the planned activities and high-level government representation may thus be <br />important for the working group. Government ownership of the action plan creates <br />opportunities for implementation and sustainability. <br />What should the working group do? <br />The working group should define its duties early in the process, in order to increase <br />the effectiveness of its operations. Basic issues the group will address as soon as it is <br />created include identifying a coordinator, defining an operational framework for the <br />group, creating a management committee and specific sub-groups as necessary, and <br />assigning responsibilities to members. <br />The critical strategic duties of the working group include the following (8): <br />. Setting the goals and objectives of the pedestrian action plan. <br />. Examining data or information available and prioritizing concerns. <br />o Coordinating the development and possibly implementation of the <br />pedestrian safety action plan. In some cases the working group may be tasked <br />with development of the action plan but not responsibility to oversee its <br />implementation. In other cases the working group may be assigned responsibility <br />to oversee both the development and implementation of the action plan. <br />. Mobilizing support and resources for the pedestrian safety action plan. The working <br />group should design strategies for raising funds and garnering financial and human <br />resources to provide some working capital to undertake planned activities. <br />. Coordinating and integrating the action plan into government road safety, <br />transport and/or urban development programmes at the national and local levels. <br />A pedestrian safety initiative has jurisdictional, resource and infrastructural issues <br />that require involvement of government. <br />. Defining performance measures and targets for implementation. <br />55 <br />C <br />B <br />01 <br />