YOURS  - Youth Road Safety has a longstanding proven track record of delivering high-quality capacity development activities on nearly every continent of the world. In 2014 and 2017, we received two significant awards for our capacity development work: the Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Award and the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.

The judges recognized that our work goes beyond stand-alone ‘technical’ workshops on road safety. As articulated by the participants themselves, we step into the realms of ‘life-changing experiences’ for youth. Transforming  young people who are unaware of the road safety crisis into passionate road safety advocates.

Capacity development has always been a fundamental part of our work since our existence. We want to further build on our previous  experiences and combine all of our capacity development knowledge under the flag of a YOURS Academy.Capacity Development  is one of the three  strategic priorities in our YOURS Strategy Plan 2021-2025. With the launch of the YOURS Academy, we aim to develop the capacities of an  n entirely new generation of young leaders with skills and knowledge to demand and deliver road safety. This will enable our advocacy work to be spearheaded by youth themselves; by creating cohorts of knowledgeable and powerful youth leaders, this will inspire and energize the broader  global youth movement for road safety.