Needs Assessment

Survey for Road Safety

NGOs

Association for Safe International Road Travel

Purpose of Survey

• To ascertain the needs and challenges of

road safety NGOs worldwide

• To identify possible opportunities for

NGO collaboration as we approach the
DECADE OF ACTION

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 Survey Structure
• Types of Questions:
– Multiple Choice
– Rating Scales
– Percentage Breakdowns
– Direct Response (Textbox)

• Available in English, French and Spanish

Dissemination of Questionnaire
To whom?
• ASIRT-generated list of NGOs in
cooperation with WHO
• NGOs recommendations

How?
• E-mail
• On www.surveymonkey.com with links on
ASIRT website and gTKP newsletter

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 Response Rate

• Distributed to 178 NGOs

• 65 complete returns
• 12 partial returns

Percent Response by Geographic

Region
North America South America
5% 6%

Africa
Europe 32%
37%

Asia
20%

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 Years of Operation

• 57% of NGOs founded in the last decade

(2000-2009)
• 25% of NGOs founded during 1990s
• 12% of NGOs founded between 1950 and
1989
• 2% of NGOs founded before 1950
• 4% unclear

Was the organization founded in

response to a personal road crash
tragedy?

• 45%: YES

• 32%: NO

• 23%: OTHER (includes those who worked in

hospitals or with insurance companies and those
who witnessed a road tragedy)

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 Geographic Levels of Operation
Overall Multiple levels
Local = 40% 1 level = 52%
Regional = 41.5% 2 levels = 17%
National = 68% 3 levels = 14%
International = 41.5% 4 levels = 15%
Other = 6% 5 levels = 2%

Organizational Human Resources

Full-time Employees Part-time Employees
56%: less than 3 48%: Less than 3
19%: 3 to 6 21%: 3 to 6
8%: 7 to 10 16%: 7 to 10
10%: 11 to 25 12%: 11 to 25
7%: More than 25 3%: More than 25

Volunteers: 87% of NGOs use volunteers

35%: volunteers accomplish 5-25% of organization’s work
21%: volunteers accomplish 100% of organization’s work

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 Budget
50% of NGOs have a budget of $25,000 or less
39% of these are in Africa 29% of these are in Europe 19% of these are in Asia

81% of these were founded in the last decade (2000-2009)

30%
26%
24%
25%

20% 18%

15% 13%
11%
10% 8%

5%

0%
Under US$5,000 - US$25,000 - US$50,000 - US$100,000 - Over
US$5,000 24,999 49,999 99,999 249,999 US$250,000

Perceived Financial Health

60%
50%
50%
42%
40%

30%

20%

10% 6%
2%
0%

Secure Adequate Insufficient Do Not Know

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 Sources of Funding by Percent
0- 4% 5- 24% 25- 49% 50- 74% 75- 99% 100%

O ther

F ees for Ser v ic es / Pr oduc ts

Umbr ella O r ganiz ation

Inter national Ins titutions

F oundation G r ants

C or por ate F unding

G ov er nment Suppor t

Member s hip D ues /D onations

Percent of NGOs 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Road Safety Activities and

Interventions
Activities Interventions
• Government Advocacy • Helmet Use
• Education & Training • Seat Belt Use
• Targeted Road Safety • Child Safety Restraints
Campaigns • Anti-speeding
• Meetings & Conferences • Anti-drink driving
• Data Collection, • Roads & Infrastructure
Research & Analysis • Vehicle Safety
• International Events • Post-crash/Victim
• Other Support
• Other

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 Frequency of Collaboration with Partners
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Unclear

International Associations

Medical Community

Media

Driver Training Institutions

Schools

Universities

Private Businesses

Traffic Police

Government

Percent of NGOs 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Perceived Non-Monetary Government Support

Unsupportive Minimally Supportive Moderately Supportive
Highly Supportive N/A Unclear
30%

25%

20%
Percent of NGOs

15%

10%

5%

0%
Government
Level Local Regional National

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 NGO Involvement with WHO Road
Safety Activities
90%
82%
80%

70% 66%

60%

50%
40%
40%
31% 31%
30%

20%

10% 5%

0%
Participate in Use WHO In-Country Central WHO Familiar but Not Unaware of
WDR/RSW Manuals WHO Office Office Involved WHO Road
Safety
Activities

Looking to the
Future…

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 Which of the following Human & Informational
Resources would be most helpful to your NGO?
Not Useful Minimally Useful Useful Extremely Useful N/A Unclear

70%
65% 65%
59%
60%

50%
46%
Percent of NGOs

40%
39%

29% 29%
30%
25%

20%

10%

0%
Additional Staff Additional Volunteers Best Practice Accurate Road Safety
Guidelines Data

How useful would training in the

following areas be to your NGO?
Not Useful Minimally Useful Useful Extremely Useful N/A Unclear

Communications &
Marketing
Technological
Development
Project Development &
Implementation

Fundraising

Financial Management

Staff & Volunteer

Training
Organizational
Development

Percent of NGOs 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

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 How useful would training in the
following areas be to your NGO?
Majority of NGOs felt that training in the
following areas would be extremely
useful:
37%: Organizational Development
46%: Staff & Volunteer Training
40%: Financial Management
69%: Fundraising
49%: Project Design & Implementation
46%: Technological Development
45%: Communications & Marketing

Which of the following collaborative actions would

be most helpful to your NGO?
Not Helpful Minimally Helpful Helpful Extremely Helpful N/A Unclear

Judicial Reform

Advocacy Campaigns

Victim Support

Targeted Road Safety

Campaigns

Global Commemorative
Events

Joint Declarations

Percent of NGOs 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

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 Which of the following collaborative actions
would be most helpful to your NGO?

Majority of NGOs felt that the following

collaborative actions would be extremely
helpful:
43%: Global commemorative events
65%: Targeted road safety campaigns
52%: Victim support
52%: Advocacy campaigns
45%: Judicial reform

Which of the following types of collaborative

information sharing would be most helpful to your
NGO?
Not Useful Minimally Useful Useful Extremely Useful N/A Unclear

60%

50%
Percent of NGOs

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Central Website Online Forums E-Newsletter Peer Mentoring Conferences/
Workshops

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 Which of the following types of
collaborative information sharing would
be most helpful to your NGO?
Majority of NGOs feel that the following
forms of collaborative information sharing
would be extremely useful:
49%: Central website
45%: Online forums
42%: E-newsletter
52%: Conferences/workshops

Levels of NGO Collaboration

Majority of NGOs felt that NGO collaboration
on the following levels would be highly
useful:
46%: Regional
62%: National
66%: Global
52%: Key Issues

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 Lead NGO Coordinating Body

89% of NGOs indicated that it would be

helpful to have a lead global NGO
coordinating body
• 61% of these favor a WHO/UN-
facilitated coordinating body
• 38% of these favor a Central Council
with regional representatives
• 14% ticked both of the options above

A Decade of Action
for Road Safety
2011 ‐ 2020

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