Dr. Francisco Alonso, Director of INTRAS, participated as moderator of the Round Table "Building effective leadership for road safety", within the 2nd Ibero-American Congress on Mobility and Road Safety.

Participants of the panel:

• Pere Navarro, Director General of Traffic of Spain
• Roy Rojas, Project Director of COSEVI, Costa Rica
• Carmen Ligia Valderrama, Vice-Minister of Transport of Colombia
• Saúl Castelar, Vice-Minister of Transport of El Salvador
• Jorge Tomasi, President FIA Latam, Uruguay

The following topics have been addressed

• Defining the key elements of effective leadership in road safety
• Sharing successful road safety experiences of different leaders in private companies, countries, institutions and communities
• Consider ways to build a regional team of effective leaders for road safety.
• The role of the different agents and sectors in meeting the objectives of access, safety, accessibility, improvement and attention to the needs of the most vulnerable.
• The importance of the provision of resources by multilateral agencies to guarantee education, continuous training in road safety issues and the reduction of road accidents.