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• 29.09.2022
Web conference:
Social interventions to prevent crime and support its victims| register | | • 06.10.2022
Public spaces: conference on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Prague | | • 10-13.10.2022
Efus at the European Week of Regions and Cities | | | |
• 30.10.2022
Deadline for applications for the icommit project's two training sessions on the prevention and countering of extremism | more information | | • 23-24.11.2022
Final conference of the PACTESUR project, Brussels | | • 29.11.2022
Meeting of the working group on organised crime (open to the public), Rotterdam | • 30.11.2022 Efus' Executive Committee meeting, Rotterdam | | | |
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The consequences of climate change on urban security
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As Efus member cities have directly been affected by the consequences of climate change or are putting in place adaptation and resilience measures, Efus has created a working group to better understand its impact on urban security through the contribution of experts and exchanges with existing networks and European local and regional authorities. Are you interested in following this topic? You are welcome to join the group. | | | |
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Organised crime: Efus’ working group explores innovative local responses
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Led since December 2019 by two Efus member cities, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, Efus' working group on organised crime explores its many aspects, such as the impact of illicit money flows on local security and public order, and fosters the exchange of practices that contribute to prevent, reduce or counter its local impact. Here is what the group has recently been working on. | Read the article
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Public spaces: PACTESUR final conference and Secu4All field visits | |
How can cities protect their urban public spaces in the face of evolving threats while ensuring they remain open and accessible to all? Two European projects, Secu4all, led by Efus, and PACTESUR, led by the City of Nice (France) and in which Efus is a partner, have been seeking answers to this question over the past few years. | Read the article | | | |
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The IcARUS project enters its second phase of designing practical tools for local crime prevention
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After the IcARUS mid-term conference in May, which was focused on the research conducted on urban security policies and practices over the past 30 years, the project is entering a second phase that will consist in developing practical tools to respond to the security issues of its partner cities through an approach based on co-producing security. | Read the article | | | |
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Nightlife: Innovative schemes to prevent sexual harassment and support victims | |
In Bordeaux as in several other European cities such as London, people who feel unsafe because of sexual harassment or other similar threat, notably at night, can discreetly “ask for Angela” at hospitality and other commercial venues, such as shops. It is a code that means they need, and receive, help. As part of its on-going work on the management of nightlife, Efus organised, on 15 September, a web conference during which the City of Bordeaux presented its experience of the Ask for Angela scheme. | Read the article
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Preventing violent radicalisation: Efus a partner in two European projects
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Efus is a partner in two European projects on the prevention of violent radicalisation: icommit, led by the Violence Prevention Network (Germany), and INDEED, led by the Polish Platform for Homeland Security. These are the ninth and tenth European projects on radicalisation in which Efus is involved, either as a leader or a partner, since 2013 besides its regular, on-going work on an issue that is concerning for European local and regional authorities. | | | |
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The municipality of Setubal is calling for contributions on the topic of security and tourism The municipality of Setubal (PT) has been organising for several years a triennial conference on security and tourism, with the next one scheduled on 30-31 March 2023. Setubal is calling Efus members to share their promising practices and will invite (all expenses paid) the representatives of municipalities whose practice will have been chosen by the selection committee in three categories: cybersecurity and resilience; investment and security; sustainability of tourism destinations. The deadline for submissions is 30 October. | | | |
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Risk management: How to bring citizens and civil protection authorities closer? Read the article | | | |
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Efus steps up its offer of expertise and support for gender-based approaches, methods and tools. | | | |
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The Urram policing operation of the United Nations' COP 26 conference on climate, Police Scotland
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The Operation Urram put in place by Police Scotland for the United Nations' COP26 climate summit in November 2021 in Glasgow has been one of the most important ever conducted in the United Kingdom. | Read the practice sheet | | | |
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Thierry Charlois, Project Manager for Nightlife at the Paris City Council | |
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