Road Safety in Kazakhstan

Our local road safety partner

We support road safety in Kazakhstan through our local partners Urban Forum Kazakhstan and Common Road NGO. 

The Urban Forum Kazakhstan (UFK) foundation is an independent institution for sustainable urban development in Kazakhstan. It works as a dialogue platform for relevant stakeholders; as a research and advocacy think-tank; and as a capacity building centre for citizen-led initiatives in urbanism. UFK has been long engaged in studying and promoting the concept of child friendly cities. In 2018-2019, this work involved a project on creating a safer street environment for schoolchildren in Almaty’s underprivileged district. UFK experts teamed up with students of school #71 to study the quality of the street infrastructure and public spaces in their neighbourhood to assess its friendliness to children and adolescents as well as general safety for pedestrians, and diversity of functions. An extensive report with recommendations on the transformation of the area was sent to the district administration. UFK joined EASST as a partner in 2020. We are now supporting UFK to carry out similar work in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen), East Kazakhstan.

Common Road was formed in 2013 and launched their road safety activities in accordance with the new Road Traffic Law of Kazakhstan in April 2014. The NGO supports the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and the National Programme of Development ‘Kazakhstan 2050’. They work closely with the State Road Traffic Police and have been an EASST partner since 2014. Common Road currently have two main projects: ‘Safety Car Almaty’ and ‘Be Visible at Night’.

In addition to working with our local partners, in Kazakhstan we are working with Shell Kazakhstan and ENI to develop and implement a holistic road safety strategy based on the safe system approach in the West Kazakhstan Region.