La Rochelle (CA)

 1. General Information :

The Conurbation Community of La Rochelle is the Intercommunal Cooperation Authority (EPCI, according to its French acronym) located in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the Poitou-Charentes region. The Conurbation Community of La Rochelle brings together 28 communities. It is the most populated intercommunal structure of the Poitou-Charentes region, even surpassing the conurbation of Poitiers, the regional capital, in terms of population.

The Community finances social housing, establishes property reserves and prepares and manages caravan sites for travellers. Its housing policy is set out in the “Local Habitat Programme” (PLH, according to its French acronym). At the same time, the Community manages contractual arrangements for local and urban development, for economic and social integration and for crime prevention.

Population: 162 781 inhabitants (2011)

Location: France

Official Website

Safety Contract: The Conurbation Community of La Rochelle has been working on “Crime Prevention” since 2000. In 2004 the Committee created the Conurbation Council for Security and Crime Prevention (CASPD, according to its French acronym).

2. The City in our Network :

The City and Efus

Member since : 2006

Member of the Executive Committee since : 2012

Participated in:

• French platform for the European project “Democracy, Cities and Drugs II”, France, 2008-2011
• Safer Drinking Scenes, 2010-2013

Attended:

• General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 7 June 2012
• General Assembly, Toulouse, France, 25 June 2009
• Conference “Cities facing urban violence”, Toulouse, 6 June 2009

The City and the French Forum (FFSU)

Member since 2006

Member of the Executive Committee since 2007

Participated in:

• Intervention through training “Municipal police: their position and doctrines, powers of the local police and the role of the municipal police in safety and prevention schemes”, FFSU, 9 September 2009
• Crime Prevention Award 2008, “Preventing Crime in Public Places”, France 2008
• Working Group “Binge Drinking“, FFSU, 2007-2009
• Training session on “Smoking, Alcohol, Illegal Drugs: Local Prevention Policies”, FFSU, 13 and 14 October 2005

Attended:

• Final conference for the “Safer Drinking Scenes Project”, Nantes, 2013
• Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The challenges presented by the national plan to relaunch crime prevention”, FFSU, 30 September 2009
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The Phenomenon of Gangs”, FFSU, 13 May 2009
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Mediation and Access to the Law”, FFSU, 25 March 2009
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Elected Officials and Mental Health”, FFSU, 11 February 2009
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The presentation of the National Institute of Higher Education Studies in Security, INHES”, FFSU, 10 December 2008
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The International Centre’s guide to preventing crime as regards public disturbances linked to prostitution and drugs”, FFSU, 1 October 2008
• FFSU Executive Committee and Lunch-debate on “Prisoners’ Access to Human Rights”, FFSU, 21 May 2008
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Suburban Hope”, FFSU, 2 April 2008
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Information, Security and Freedoms”, FFSU, 30 January 2008
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Studying Public Security”, FFSU, 19 December 2007
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Social Intervention of the Commission and the Police”, FFSU, 19 September 2007
• FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Minimum Sentences and Re-offending of Minors”, FFSU, 27 June 2007
• Information Meeting “Programme for a local victimisation survey“, FFSU, 2006
• Information Meeting “Programme for a local victimisation survey“, FFSU, 2005
• General Assembly, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 22 June 2004

Hosted:

• General Assembly, La Rochelle, 25 June 2007
• Conference “The authority of mayors and information for them” concerning the role of mayors in crime prevention, La Rochelle, France, 16 May 2007
• Charter for Nightlife of the City of La Rochelle, 2013
• Action on the ground for the prevention of risk behaviour, La Rochelle, 2010
• Festive Gatherings, La Rochelle, 2008, application selected by the members of the PPD panel 2008
• Action on the ground to regulate festive gatherings of young people from La Rochelle in public spaces, 2007
• Creating caravan sites for travellers, La Rochelle, 2005
• Creating caravan sites for travellers, the Conurbation Committee of La Rochelle, 2000
• Security at Festivals, La Rochelle, 1992

3. Project Files (Best practice forms) :

• Charter for Nightlife of the City of La Rochelle, 2013
• Action on the ground for the prevention of risk behaviour, La Rochelle, 2010
• Festive Gatherings, La Rochelle, 2008, application selected by the members of the PPD panel 2008
• Action on the ground to regulate festive gatherings of young people from La Rochelle in public spaces, 2007
• Creating caravan sites for travellers, La Rochelle, 2005
• Creating caravan sites for travellers, the Conurbation Committee of La Rochelle, 2000
• Security at Festivals, La Rochelle, 1992
• Prevention and Nightlife Management

4. Further Information :

News from the city:

Project selected by the members of the PPD panel 2008. Publication PPD 2008.

13/18 Questions on Justice: This action targets students in their 3rd year of secondary school and affects 1,400 students every year. Objective: to fight bad behaviour, to understand the judicial institutions, to become aware of one’s rights, obligations, and the consequences of one’s actions.

The Urban Social Cohesion Contract: Approximately 20% of residents in the Conurbation Community of La Rochelle live in priority neighbourhoods for city policy. In order to improve the quality of daily life and to restore the balance with neighbourhoods in the region, the Community and the State both signed an Urban Social Cohesion Contract (CUCS, according to its French acronym), to last from 2007 to 2012 (extended until 31 December 2014).

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