The Child Health Initiative Advocacy Hub supports organisations across the world engaged in policy change activities to secure safe, low-speed streets below 30km/h where pedestrians, particularly children and youth, mix with motorised traffic.

At the centre of the 2020 Stockholm Declaration for Global Road Safety was a call for 30km/h speed limits on urban streets as part of the ‘Vision Zero’ approach. This represents a paradigm shift in urban design, to prioritise pedestrians, cyclists and active mobility over motorised transport, with increased provision of sidewalks, cycle lanes and traffic-calmed crossings to deliver safe, low-speed streets, set out in the Child Health Initiative’s Manifesto 2030: Safe & Healthy Streets for Children, Youth & Climate, launched at the Stockholm Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in 2020.

The FIA Foundation has dedicated €15 million to the Advocacy Hub to support global, national and city campaigns to deliver this agenda by fostering strong, global advocacy alliances and sharing the practical tools and expert advice to the people and places that need it.

The Advocacy Hub, and connected funding, is supporting youth, NGO and institutional coalitions to build global support and action, supporting national and local campaigns in collaboration with NGOs and public authorities to identify inflexion points for interventions, with the aim of changing policy and practice at scale.

Activity through an initial portfolio of interventions across the world has identified two types of campaigns to reflect the local, national, and regional context around low-speed streets. ‘Persuader’ campaigns aim for specific legislative and regulatory change, while ‘Pathfinder’ projects are focused on developing an enabling environment that can set the case for policy change. Partners of the hub include UNICEF, UN Environment, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, YOURS – Youth for Road Safety, and a range of regional and national NGOs. A special fund has also been set up to support ‘Star Rating for Schools’ projects and advocacy by FIA clubs.