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IFP does not collect annual membership fees. Since its conception in 1963, the IFP has relied on volunteers. In a way, it is amazing how we have managed to do the work so far without any structural funding.
Recently, we started receiving some occasional limited funds to support our activities.
Through participation in the EU MORE project, started late 2018, for the first time we received multi-year funding for a project.
For the future, we hope to find structural sponsorships to guarantee continuity in our commitments to support the cause of the pedestrians in the international context.
In an ideal world, there shouldn’t even be an organization supporting pedestrians worldwide. But since we don’t live in an ideal world, we are needed to bring and keep pedestrian issues on the agenda of worldwide decision makers. Find out what we do, and be inspired to support us with a donation. Your help is extremely welcome.
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The bylaws were adopted at the IFP General Assembly in Zurich, Sept. 22, 2005, and amended on February 20, 2017
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A world that is inviting, safe and comfortable for all to walk.
Walking is not only a natural right. Walking is a legitimate use of public space and people should be supported and encouraged to choose to walk. Being an essential part of sustainable mobility, walking improves health and liveability of communities.
IFP will increase the awareness about walking through:
The Right to Travel by Human Power Steven G. Goodridge Cyclists and pedestrians have a legal right to access every destination reachable by public roads.… Read More »The Right to Travel by Human Power
Our first position paper on Urban Speed was launched during the 6th UN Road Safety Week in 2021:
The International Charter for Walking has been created by experts from different countries, and signed by cities, institutions and individuals. You can read more about it and sign it on the website www.walk21.com:
Towards internationally standardised monitoring methods of walking and public space (website)
International Walking Data Standard – Treatment of Walking in Travel Surveys (pdf)
The right to be mobile without a motor IFP wants to establish the right to walk in the public space as an explicitly stated basic human right. Read an American essay on this issue by Steven G. Goodridge: The Right to Travel by Human Power
Who owns the road? An article (pdf) by PL Jacobsen et all concluding that “Interventions to reduce traffic speed and volume are likely to promote walking and bicycling and thus result in public health gains.”
Pedestrian safety is of growing concern to many governments. The high rate of persons killed and injured in road collisions is not acceptable. Experience shows that the number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured is more difficult to reduce than the number of motorised road users, because they are the most vulnerable road users. In many countries where casualties of car drivers and riders have been significantly reduced in recent years, the number of pedestrians killed or injured has not been reduced at the same rate.
IFP actively participated in the writing of the Pedestrian Safety Manual, coordinated by the World Health Organization. The result is a comprehensive though appropriately compact, well balanced manual on what can and should be done to make our public space safer and better. It is an important contribution to the Decade of Action on Road safety. What can be taken from the manual goes beyond pedestrian safety only, as many of the proposed measures are also beneficial for other road users, vulnerable and less vulnerable. And more liveable cities will be a welcome side-effect!
Download the manual (PDF):
Pedestrian road safety cannot simply be measured by the number of the persons killed or injured. Whether the public space is hostile or inviting for walking has a huge impact on whether people choose to walk. Therefore, walking has to be planned, and a pedestrian-friendly and safe infrastructure has to be implemented. In 2012 a comprehensive report has been published by the International Transport Forum ITF
The research report may be bought here: OECD manual
Recommendations to Governments from NGOs advocating for road victims and road safety for the ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety. In May 2009, more than 100 representatives of 70 NGOs from 40 countries came together for the first time in Brussels at a meeting hosted by the World Health Organization. Using their unique expertise and perspective, participants compiled 33 recommendations to improve road safety. IFP has been active in the elaboration of the text together with other organisations.
Brussels NGO Declaration (PDF)
Convention on the rights of the child UNICEF has adopted a convention which is binding for all countries that have ratified it. It can be valuable to quote the following articles when you negotiate with your authorities for example on safe walking to school:
Convention on the rights of the child (UNICEF website)
The Young Women Lead (YWL) cohort 2021 have undertaken a 9-month long study into Glasgow’s urban infrastructure and whether it reflects and supports the diverse needs of women and non-binary people living in the city.
Glasgow: A Feminist City? Young Women Lead Report 2021
We are currently selecting and editing some relevant documents. Please feel free to suggest recent documents you would like to see included under these various topics. Thanks
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