Mechanisms to reduce fatalities due to road accidents in Nicaragua

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The objective of the Technical Cooperation (TC) is to support the sector responsible for road safety in Nicaragua in the creation of effective tools to reduce fatalities associated with road crashes in the country, in addition to strengthening the response capacity of the entities in charge of regulation, control and improvement of statistics for evidence-based decision making. The TC focuses on supporting the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) of the Government of Nicaragua (GoN) in the creation of a coherent and updated normative and regulatory framework, focused on the protection of vulnerable road users. The specific objectives of the TC are: (i) support the GoN in the establishment of a coherent and updated normative and regulatory framework focused on protecting vulnerable users; (ii) improve technical capacities for road safety prevention; (iii) promote awareness of citizen culture and protection of vulnerable users in the area of road safety.