This provided the Conseil général de Loire-Atlantique the opportunity to demonstrate the renewed impetus given to initiatives since 2004 in favour of road safety under a global voluntarist policy.



The European Road Safety Summer University, jointly organised by LASER Europe and the Conseil général de Loire-Atlantique, had 300 participants, 60 of them young European Road Safety Charter Ambassadors.



The highlights of this event were:

• The presentation of the European catalogue of local best practice, “Good Practice Guide for Road Safety in Europe”;


• A round table on the integration of handicapped people into the professional job market through access to a driving licence;


• The launching of the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week;


• Several presentations on the commitments of local European authorities.

Among those participating were Rémi Heitz, Interministerial Delegate for Road Safety, Pascal Smet, Minister of Transport for the Region of Brussels-Capital, and José Capel Ferrer, Director of the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.