1. General Information :
Valenciennes is a city in, and the subprecture of, the Nord department. Only two hours away from the major capital cities of Northern Europe, Valenciennes is very fortunate in its geographic location. A reliable urban transport network, good motorway routes, direct TGV connections to Paris and international airports nearby all mean it is easy, fast and safe to travel around.
Population: 46 670 (in 2007)
Location: France
Safety contract: signed in 1999
Twinned with: Agrigento (Italy), Düren (Germany), Gliwice (Poland), Medway (UK), Moscow (Russia), Nacka (Sweden), Obuda (Hungary), Brioude (France) and Yichang (China).
2. The City in our Network :
The City and Efus
Member since 1995
Participated in
- “Democracy, Cities and Drugs II“, 2008-2011
- “Democracy, Cities and Drugs”, 2005-2008
- Secucities network on drugs: Effective prevention messages, 1998-1999
- Involvement of local residents in local prevention strategies and combatting drug abuse, 1997-1998
Attended
- Cities facing collective violence, Toulouse, France, 26 June 2009
- Efus General Assembly, Toulouse, France, 25 June 2009
The City and the National Forum (FFSU)
Member of the Executive Committee since 1999
Participated in
- French platform of the European project “Democracy, Cities and Drugs II”, France, 2008-2011
- Working group “binge drinking“, FFSU, 2007-2009
- Executive Committee meeting, FFSU, 11 February 2009
- Lunch-debate on “Elected Officials and Mental Health”, FFSU, 11 February 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 25 March 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Mediation and Access to the Law”, FFSU, 25 March 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 13 May 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “The Phenomenon of Gangs”, FFSU, 13 May 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 30 September 2009
- 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, 16 December 2009
- Lunch-debate on “Roma people, travellers”, FFSU, 16 December 2009
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 30 January 2008
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Information, Security and Freedoms”, FFSU, 30 January 2008
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 2 April 2008
- Lunch-debate on “Suburban Hope”, FFSU, 2 April 2008
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 21 May 2008
- Lunch-debate on “Prisoners’ Access to Human Rights”, FFSU, 21 May 2008
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate, 1 October 2008
- 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 meeting, 10 December 2008
- Lunch-debate on “The presentation of the National Institute of Higher Education Studies in Security, INHES”, FFSU, 10 December 2008
- Lunch-debate on “What partnership between specialised prevention and locally elected officials is emerging in the new legislative framework?”, FFSU, 31 January 2006
- Lunch-debate on “The outcome and future of victimisation studies”, FFSU, 14 March 2007
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 27 June 2007
- Lunch-debate on “Minimum Sentences and Reoffending of Minors”, FFSU, 27 June 2007
- Lunch-debate on “Social Intervention of the Commission and the Police”, FFSU, 19 September 2007
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 19 December 2007
- Lunch-debate on “Studying Public Security”, FFSU, 19 December 2007
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 31 January 2007
- Lunch-debate on “What partnership between specialised prevention and locally elected officials is emerging in the new legislative framework?”, FFSU, 31 January 2007
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 14 March 2007
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 18 January 2006
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 1 March 2006
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 12 April 2006
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 27 September 2006
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 21 November 2006
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 26 January 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 16 March 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “How much progress has been made towards prevention?”, FFSU, 16 March 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 27 April 2005
- Lunch-debate on “Night-time guardians: What skills, status, funding and obstacles?”, FFSU, 27 April 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 25 May 2005
- Lunc-debate on “Urbanism and Security”, FFSU, 25 May 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 5 October 2005
- Lunch-debate on “Safety in rural areas”, FFSU, 5 October 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 7 December 2005
- Lunch-debate on “Preventing violence in amateur football”, FFSU, 7 December 2005
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 4 February 2004
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 10 March 2004
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 5 May 2004
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 8 September 2004
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 20 October 2004
- FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 15 December 2004
- National Day of Local Security and Crime Prevention Councils, FFSU, 15 May 2003
- “7 major questions on juvenile delinquancy“, 11 December 2001
Attended
- Training session on “Addictive Behaviour”, Paris, 18-19 November 2009
- General Assembly, Toulouse, 25 June 2009
- Conference “Children and adolescents: are they all minors?” concerning the review of the Juvenile Justice System, FFSU, 10 February 2009
- Conference “CCTV: Prevention, Surveillance or Protection?” on the local and national issues regarding the development of video surveillance, FFSU, 25 June 2008
- Conference “1983-2008, is security still everyone’s concern?”, Efus-FFSU, 5 December 2008
- FFSU General Assembly, Paris, 25 June 2008
- General Assembly, La Rochelle, 25 June 2007
- General Assembly, Saint-Denis, 30 May 2006
- General Assembly, Rennes, 21 June 2005
- General Assembly, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 22 June 2004
- Conference “Road safety: what is the role of local authorities in road crime?“, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 31 March 2004
- General Assembly, Villeurbanne, 25 June 2003
- FFSU General Assembly, 3 July 2002
- FFSU General Assembly, 14 June 2000
- Information meeting “Programme of local victimisation surveys”, FFSU, 2006
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4. Further Information :
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