As it has been every 2 years since 2006, the Føreropplæringskonferansen conference was held in 2024. This year, it was held in Stjørdal (Norway) from 21st to 22nd November. Each edition is attended by around 250-300 people, this year there were over 280 participants, mostly driving instructors.Read More
MR. Enrique Lorca was re-elected EFA President On October 25th at the Milan Chamber of Commerce, during the usual EFA meeting, mr Enrique Lorca was reconfirmed as EFA President for the next 3 years.Read More
EFA Board is proud to announce that EFA and ERC have been honored with the “ISMA SILVER WINNER” award for best video on safety and injury prevention at the World Health Organization’s 15th Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference (Safety 2024), held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi. Our video, “Learn to Drive, Learn CPR,”...Read More
The European Mobility Week is the European Commission’s flagship awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility. It encourages behavioural change in favour of active mobility, public transport and other clean, intelligent transport solutions. The main event takes place from 16-22 September each year, culminating in the popular Car-Free Day. Local authorities are encouraged to use the...Read More
ANIECA held the traditional event commemorating driving school day on 29.06.2024, which this year had the theme “Does it make sense to drive a motorcycle without receiving training?”. This event had the following main objectives: – Highlight that the self-reporting system in force is contributing to an increase in motorcyclist accidents and that, therefore, it...Read More
At the end of June, the first CPR training course for driving instructors was held in Milan, Italy. Organized by the Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC), a member of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the course lasted five hours and certified the driving instructors as CPR operators. The next phase aims to certify these instructors as...Read More
On May 15th, the EFA Delegate Meeting was held in Helsinki, organized by “Suomen Autokoululiitto”, the Finnish association of driving schools. The meeting was attended by several international guests who had the opportunity to present the latest innovations in the field of road safety, to support quality training.Read More
The event organized by EPDA on behalf of the FitDrive project was held in Dublin on 16th and 17th April. Some preliminary results of the project were presented. The event alongside the Transport Research Arena (TRA) was very successful. Among the high-level speakers we highlight Ewa Ptaszyńska, deputy head of the road transport of the...Read More
The project “Learn to Drive Learn CPR” has been awarded! EFA European Driving Schools Association and ERC European Resuscitation Council are thrilled to announce they received the best road safety project award at the CIECA 2024 Conference in Dubai! This award is a huge honour and a testament to the team’s hard work and dedication...Read More
Mobile driving licences, self-assessment of fitness to drive and better awareness of pedestrians are some of the changes to EU driving licence rules by MEPs on Wednesday. Parliament backs reforming the EU’s driving licence rules to make sure they contribute to road safety and to the EU’s green and digital transitions.Read More
