CYTA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY CHARTER AND CONTINUES IS ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT     

At an event in Nicosia on Friday 13 February to welcome 19 new signatories from Cyprus to the European Road Safety Charter, Cyta Chairman Stavros Kremmos renewed the Organisation’s commitment to the aims of the Charter.

Cyta was one of the first 39 organisations in Europe and the first in Cyrus to sign the European Road Safety Charter in 2004. It welcomes the 19 new members from Cyprus which, by their signature, undertake to participate in the efforts of some 1,300 organisations and authorities across Europe to reduce the number of road accident victims by 50% by 2010.

Turning its renewed commitment into action, Cyta continues to invest in a range of activities, both within the Organisation and in society at large. Internally, the Organisation’s activities focus on personnel training and maintaining high standards of safety in its fleet of around 800 service vehicles.

Regarding its broader social contribution, Cyta continues to focus primarily on the cultivation of road safety awareness through specialised education initiatives, aimed in particular at young people who represent a large proportion of road traffic victims in Cyprus. To this end, since 2004 Cyta has held special seminars on road safety for all National Guard conscripts and final-year high school students throughout Cyprus. It should be noted that, so far, more than 55,000 young people have attended these free seminars.

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Cyta has been a member of the European Road Safety Charter since 2004