▪svetislav paunovic, on behalf of the european forum for urban safety (efus)
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"Cities as actors of armed violence prevention and reduction (AVPR)" Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development Geneva, Switzerland | 8-9 July 2014TRANSCRIPT
European Forum for
Urban Security
1987 – Meeting of European mayors in Barcelona
250 European local authorities in 16 countries are members of
Efus
Relations with 25 countries in the EU
6 National Forums
(BE-DE-ES-FR-IT-PT)
An association of Europeanlocal & regional authorities
Universities
Governments and national institutions
NGOs& associations
International organisations
Europeaninstitutions
Private sector
Promote the local level at the national, European and international levels
Advocate a balanced view of security:Prevention – Social cohesion - Sanction Strengthen local crime prevention and social cohesion policies
Build a Europe of cities and citizens, open to the world
Our Goals
Exchange of practices
Training
Recommendations
Technical Assistance
What we do
Workshops, conferences and field visits
Tools
Practice sheets (around 300)
Publications resulting from European programmes (around 50 so far)
Website2500 hits/month
Monthly newsletter7500 contacts
Political resolutions and Manifestos
Manifesto -> A European political platform on urban security, which has a purpose to support and inspire local authorities, and serve as their mouthpiece amongst national, international and European institutions.
Activities in Serbia --
Build capacities of Local Safety Councils in formulation and implementation of Safety Audits and Strategies…
… as well as in establishing effective partnership between local stakeholders – Local Safety Councils. 12 Pilot projects implemented with total
value of 250.000 USD12 Safety Councils and one Regional Safety
Group established, 6 existing reactivated
example of good practice
Pilot Project:Stop Drugs – Čačak Safer Town
12% increase in the number of persons arrested for distrubution of drugs compared to the same period of the previous year
23% increase in the amount of psycho-active substances seized
6% increase in the number of solved criminal cases
Example of the achieved results
Charter for democratic use of video surveillance in European cities
Example from Serbia
•Developed by EFUS•Translated by Safer Cities
•Designed by EFUS•Printed by Safer Cities
•Officialy adopted by Surdulica and Preševo
•Bottom-up approach to drafting of CCTV Law in
Serbia•Readiness for EU
transition
