12/12/2016
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez participated in a Road Safety Summit in Washington DC
The "Safe Roads / Safe Kids†summit took place on December 8 and 9. The event was organized by Safe Kids Worldwide and aims to improve road safety visibility on the international agenda in order to reduce child injuries and deaths. The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, through its Research Coordinator, Florencia Lambrosquini, made a presentation on "Articulation Between the Third Sector and Regional Governments to Manage Child Road Safety".
09/11/2016
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez presented its Check Up Point at the V Ibero-American Road Safety Congress
The V CISEV was held in Santiago de Chile on November 7 - 9. One of the main aspects of the congress was "Vulnerable Users´ Safetyâ€. The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, represented by its Training Coordinator, Mathías Silva, delivered a presentation on "Check Up Points for Child Restraint Systems in Uruguayâ€.
28/10/2016
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez took part in the Conference "Healthy, Safe, and Sustainable Mobility†in Colombia
The Road Safety Week took place in Colombia between October 24 - 28. In this country more than 5,700 children and adolescents died in the decade 2005 â€" 2015, according to data provided by the Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory.
22/09/2016
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez took part in the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
The Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion was held in Tampere, Finland, on October 18 - 21, 2016. In this 12th edition the international conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion gathered important researchers, professionals, politicians, and advocates of injury prevention and safety to debate, discuss, and share information and experiences.
06/09/2016
Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez completed a course for the development of road safety initiatives
On September 1st, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety graduated its first generation of Alliance Advocate cohort. and a representant of Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez was one of them.
06/09/2016
The best homage to "Gonchi†Rodríguez
As a tribute to the Uruguayan driver, the film "Gonchi, la película†will be shown to students from the Technical Schools of Malvín Norte and Flor de Maroñas neighborhoods.
24/06/2016
An agreement to guarantee children´s road safety
The Declaration of Santiago was signed at the closing of FISEVI. Representatives from more than 30 countries expressed their concern about road crashes being the global main cause of death for those aged between 5 - 29; Latin America is one of the continents that suffers this tragedy the most.
19/06/2016
Third Edition of National Motor Racing Award Gonchi Rodríguez
Aiming to promote and celebrate Gonzalo "Gonchi†Rodríguez´s values, the Uruguayan Motor Sport Federation (FUAD) and the Uruguayan Karting Federation (FUK) will organize the Gonzalo "Gonchi†Rodríguez Prix and all the races held in September will have his name.