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When networking among European cities creates safer urban public spaces |
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Making urban public spaces safer is a key priority for local and regional authorities across Europe. It is also a difficult challenge because of their openness and ease of access. Direct exchanges of know-how, practices and experience among local and regional authority professionals and other security actors, such as local police forces, is one way of improving safety and security. This was the purpose of the two-year, EU-funded PACTESUR2 project, which held its final conference in Gdańsk (Poland) in June (photo). |
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Efus welcomes three new member cities in its Executive Committee |
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The cities of Bochum (Germany), Fort-de-France (France) and Turin (Italy) were elected members of Efus' Executive Committee during the General Assembly, on 17 June in Gdańsk. |
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Situated in the Ruhr region, Bochum is implementing a long-term strategy that focuses, among other areas, on citizen participation and resilience to crises. The capital-city of Martinique, a French overseas department in the Caribbean, Fort-de-France's priority is to fight organised crime and drug trafficking. As for Turin, an important industrial and cultural centre in northern Italy, it bases its overall urban security strategy on a combination of social and technological innovation.
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New EU-funded project to tackle the recruitment and retention of security professionals across Europe |
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which aims to ensure the long-term availability of skilled labour in the safety and security sectors in European regions. It will do so by identifying good practices and novel solutions through interregional exchange and learning. (Photo: iStock EvgeniyShkolenko) |
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Drugs: summit in Bordeaux on the prevention of consumption and trafficking among young people |
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Efus' Executive Director, Elizabeth Johnston, attended a summit on the prevention of drug use and trafficking among young people organised on 20 June by the city |
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of Bordeaux (France), an Efus member and the president of the French Forum for Urban Security. Efus has been working on the issue of drugs ever since it was founded almost 40 years ago. It is currently developing an initiative to establish a Coalition of the willing gathering European cities and regions that will work together to tackle drug-related violence and trafficking. |
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🎙️ Stay in the loop with Efus podcasts! |
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Efus podcasts are a great way to connect with fellow urban security specialists from all over Europe on a wide range of issues such as organised crime, police-population relations or juvenile delinquency, to name a few. Already 14 episodes available and more to come! >> Check out the new episode on youth violence (in French) |
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Save the dates - 25-26 June, Tampere (Finland): kick-off of the SafeSkills European project
- 3-6 July, Madrid (Spain): field visit during the Madrid Gay Pride (MADO), PACTESUR 2
- 10 September, Brussels (Belgium): final event of the TRANSCEND European project
- 18 September to 15 October, France: second cohort of French cities following the AI for Cities training programme
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Join our Safer Together group on LinkedIn! A space for practitioners, experts, academics, students, or anyone interested in urban security and crime prevention. |
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