Secu4All Panel: Improving anticipation of and preparedness to security threats in public spaces
Francisco Javier Castro
CRIMINA
Willy Demeyer
Mayor of Liège & President of Efus
Vivian Gravenberch
Dutch Institute for Safe and Secure Space (DISSS)
Elizabeth Johnston
European Forum for Urban Security (Efus)
Elodie Reuge
European Organisation for Security-EOS
Apostolos Skrekas
The Center for Security Studies-KEMEA
Christian Specht
Vice-Mayor of Mannheim & Vice-President of Efus
Paul van Soomeren
Dsp-groep
Actors involved in the management of public spaces are as diverse as their competences and the risks and threats likely to impact public spaces. Local authorities often struggle to train and coordinate them when it comes to anticipating, preventing and mitigating risks and threats. These different stakeholders must be efficiently involved in managing public spaces and in promoting a shared culture on security issues. This implies increasing their competences and strengthening co-production mechanisms.
The Secu4All project promotes a comprehensive approach to this challenge, by taking into account physical protection and prevention measures, but also citizens’ feelings of security and social cohesion. This contributes to addressing threats ranging from minor and major crimes to nuisances and incivilities. This session presents the results of the Secu4All project, with partners and local elected officials sharing their views about how the project contributed to respond to their training needs.
9h00-9h30: Welcoming remarks & Adoption of the Efus Resolution on Public Spaces
9h30-10h30: Secu4All project results and lessons learned
The Secu4All project promotes a comprehensive approach to this challenge, by taking into account physical protection and prevention measures, but also citizens’ feelings of security and social cohesion. This contributes to addressing threats ranging from minor and major crimes to nuisances and incivilities. This session presents the results of the Secu4All project, with partners and local elected officials sharing their views about how the project contributed to respond to their training needs.
9h00-9h30: Welcoming remarks & Adoption of the Efus Resolution on Public Spaces
9h30-10h30: Secu4All project results and lessons learned
