YOURS  - Youth Road Safety has a longstanding proven track record of delivering high-quality capacity development activities on nearly every continent of the world. Our training methodology and impact has been recognised with significant awards: the Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Award (2014), Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (2017), The Internation Road Federation Award (2023) and a second Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (2024) specifcally for the YOURS Academy.

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 the knowledge and attitudes of young people who are often unaware of the gravity of road safety crisis into passionate road safety advocates.

Capacity development has always been a fundamental part of our work since our existence. We build on our previous experiences and combine all of our capacity development knowledge under the flag of the YOURS Academy. Capacity Development  is one of the three strategic priorities in our YOURS Strategy Plan. With the launch of the YOURS Academy, we scale up the development the capacities of an entirely new generation of young leaders. 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.