News – European Forum for Urban Security

Interview with Luisa Regimenti, Councillor at the Lazio Region, Italy

November 2025 – We are proud to announce that the Lazio Region has become one of Efus’ newest members. With a population of 5.7 million and Rome as…

Post date 12/11/2025
Post categories In Exchanges among peers, Innovation & Technology, Members, News, Public Spaces
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“Preventing violent radicalisation is a cross-cutting endeavour with educational and social aspects”

Interview with Manuel Comeron, Head of Crime Prevention for the City of Liège When did the city of Liège first encounter the problem of violent radicalism? Manuel Comeron:…

Post date 20/10/2025
Post categories In European cooperation, Exchanges among peers, News, Polarisation & Radicalisation
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“We combine prevention of violence in the football stadium with social cohesion projects”

Liège, Belgium, September 2025 – How to prevent violence in sport? This is a question that European local authorities have been working on for years in collaboration with…

Post date 20/10/2025
Post categories In About Us, Discriminatory Violence, European cooperation, Exchanges among peers, News, Publications, Topics, Uncategorized
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Mental health: a silent crisis that affects urban security across Europe

July 2025 – Reflecting our member local and regional authorities’ growing concerns, we have recently included mental health as a new area of work for the European Forum…

Post date 17/07/2025
Post categories In European cooperation, Exchanges among peers, Mental Health, News
Tags news, Respect to Protect

How to better involve citizens in preventing and combating gender-based violence

Marseille, France, June 2025 – How can citizens be better involved in preventing and combating gender-based violence? Representatives from some 25 European local and regional authorities worked on…

Post date 16/07/2025
Post categories In European cooperation, Exchanges among peers, Gender equality & Gender-based violence , Innovation & Technology, News
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Partnership with the LUCI network on urban lighting: new opportunities for our members

July 2025 – The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) recently signed a partnership agreement with the LUCI network, which brings together 70 cities from around the world…

Post date 07/07/2025
Post categories In Exchanges among peers, News, Public Spaces, The city at night
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Rotterdam’s outgoing mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb: a trailblazer and an old friend

Rotterdam, Netherlands, 11 September 2024 – Representing the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus), Elizabeth Johnston, Executive Director, joined Rotterdam’s outgoing mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb, who is stepping down after…

Post date 12/09/2024
Post categories In About Us, News, Security, Democracy & Cities Conference, Uncategorized
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Preventing insecurity in and through sport

Paris, July 2024 – As Paris welcomes the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, cities have a unique opportunity to showcase the actions they are taking to prevent…

Post date 24/07/2024
Post categories In Discriminatory Violence, European cooperation, News, Publications, Uncategorized
Tags MATCH SPORT, SENTRY

Efus launches its podcast channel on urban security: Join the conversation!

Paris, May 2024 – After a fruitful Security, Democracy and Cities conference in March in Brussels, the European Forum for Urban Security is launching a podcast channel to…

Post date 28/05/2024
Post categories In News
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