EASST News - Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Ukraine
EASST co-hosts ITF Summit side event on multi-stakeholder engagement for resilient transport investment with EBRD and IRF
On 7 May in Leipzig, EASST co-hosted an official side event at the ITF Summit 2026 in partnership with the EBRD and IRF.
May 7, 2026

Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Uzbekistan
EASST facilitates panel discussion on impactful road safety and mobility projects at FIA Annual General Assembly in Tashkent
EASST, partnered with the FIA, FIA Foundation, and NAFKU to organise a panel discussion on implementing impactful road safety mobility projects at the FIA Annual General Assembly in Tashkent.
December 19, 2025

Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, News
Further engineering upgrades at School No. 12 in Sumgayit enhance safety and showcase of best practice
Beyond saving lives, this project has been groundbreaking as a capacity building exercise for local authorities, police, engineers, and designers.
October 31, 2025

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, News, Tajikistan
More than half a million children get safer school zones (and counting!)
In April 2025, we completed the second phase of our regional Safe School Zones project, supported by the FIA Foundation Advocacy Hub, with expansive results that have seen safer routes to school for more than half a million children.
May 13, 2025

Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, News
Advocacy and Star Rating for Schools project sees first 20km/h school zone in Azerbaijan
AMAK has been working to improve road safety around school No. 4 in the city of Sumgayit.
March 12, 2025

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: A timely reminder that road safety and sustainable transport systems are interlinked issues
AMAK draw attention to road safety in the context of COP29 transport discussions by organising a public event marking World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in Baku.
November 18, 2024

Active Travel and Healthy Streets, Azerbaijan, News
Road safety, youth, and COP29 in Azerbaijan
EASST joins forces with the National Automobile Club of Azerbaijan (AMAK) and the Global Youth Coalition on Road Safety to organise a workshop for students of the ADA University in Baku looking at the links between road safety, youth, and the COP29 agenda.
November 6, 2024

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory, Georgia, Moldova, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Ukraine
Work starts on the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory
As of February 1, 2024 the Eastern Partnership Regional Road Safety Observatory (EaP RSO) is up and running. Hosted by the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia, the Technical Secretariat is led by the ISET Policy Institute and EASST, and is located in Tbilisi, Georgia, at the ISET Policy Institute.
February 29, 2024

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
EASST supports road safety and sustainable mobility training for CAREC region
EASST Director Emma MacLennan is joining our local partner Public Association ‘Road Safety’ in Bishkek this week to deliver training as part of the CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course.
February 28, 2024

Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building
Road safety around schools: an ‘urgent’ priority for Azerbaijan
High level stakeholders have met in Baku to discuss the urgent need to prioritise road safety around schools in Azerbaijan.
December 8, 2023

Active Travel and Healthy Streets, Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, News
Slower speeds and new pedestrian infrastructure installed at School no. 12 in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
Teachers at School no. 12 in Sumgayit City in Azerbaijan welcome lower speeds and new pedestrian infrastructure ahead of the new school year.
August 8, 2023

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, News, Tajikistan
Advancing 30km/h speed limits around school zones – Regional Situation Report
The EASST regional Situation Report on advancing 30km/h speed limits around school zones in Eastern Europe and Central Asia supports calls to #RethinkMobility for a sustainable transition to safer streets.
May 15, 2023