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The work topics that Efus covers are chosen according to member local and regional authorities’ demand and local security issues. They are managed as part of cooperation projects that can be either local, national or European. For over 30 years, Efus has been working on cross-cutting topics linked to urban security such as nightlife, risky behaviours, gang violence, violent radicalisation, new technologies, violence against women, etc.

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Public space protection: a training platform for local stakeholders

June 2023 – Ensuring that citizens can freely and securely visit and use their city’s public spaces is a priority for all local authorities. But how to protect…

Post date 07/06/2023
Post categories In Public Spaces, Support, Training, Uncategorized
Tags Secu4All

An Interview with Barbara Holtmann, Associate Expert, Efus’ WICI

This interview provides more detail on Barbara Holtmann’s expert views on the importance of a gender-based perspective when creating urban security strategies. The main takeaways of the event…

Post date 07/06/2023
Post categories In Audits & Methodology, Discriminatory Violence, Exchanges among peers, Gender equality & Gender-based violence , The city at night
Tags Women in Cities Initiative (WICI)

Reducing citizens’ feelings of insecurity with a gender-based approach

Les Lilas, 23 March 2023 – How can we promote a gender-based approach to urban security policies? How can a gendered perspective be incorporated into the assessment and…

Post date 19/04/2023
Post categories In Audits & Methodology, Discriminatory Violence, Exchanges among peers, Gender equality & Gender-based violence , Specific Groups, The city at night
Tags BeSecure-FeelSecure, Women in Cities Initiative (WICI)

Making urban public spaces safer and more inclusive

February 2023 – Our cities’ public spaces, such as squares, historic sites, pedestrian zones and leisure areas are where we connect with others and feel we belong to…

Post date 13/03/2023
Post categories In Public Spaces
Tags ICARUS, PACTESUR, PRoTECT, Secu4All

Cities want to offer a safer nightlife for all

March 2023 – Cities increasingly consider the quality of their nightlife as a key component of their cultural and economic dynamism. Such quality encompasses not only the number…

Post date 13/03/2023
Post categories In Discriminatory Violence, Gender equality & Gender-based violence , The city at night
Tags SHINE, Women in Cities Initiative (WICI)

Concrete political, legislative and financial support to tackle organised crime

Resolution – Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 30 November 2022 The members of Efus’ Executive Committee, gathered in Rotterdam, call on national governments and European institutions to provide concrete political,…

Post date 21/12/2022
Post categories In Organised Crime, Resolutions

Brussels Declaration on the security of public spaces

Efus’ local and regional authorities sign the Brussels Declaration for a comprehensive and integrated approach to making public spaces safer and more inclusive

Post date 23/11/2022
Post categories In European cooperation, Press Room, Public Spaces
Tags PACTESUR, Partnership on the security in public spaces

LOUD one year after – Youngsters from Augsburg encourage their peers to act against racism and intolerance

Augsburg, Germany, October 2022 – A year after the conclusion of the LOUD project, through which nine European municipalities mobilised local youngsters who produced online campaigns promoting alternative discourses…

Post date 31/10/2022
Post categories In Discriminatory Violence, Exchanges among peers, Polarisation & Radicalisation
Tags LOUD

Nightlife: local authorities and professionals work together to improve revellers’ safety

Paris, France, October 2022 – How to prevent sexist and sexual violence at night? How to manage sound so that nights are lively without being a nuisance for…

Post date 31/10/2022
Post categories In Discriminatory Violence, Exchanges among peers, Gender equality & Gender-based violence , The city at night
Tags SHINE

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