Bologna

1. General Information :

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of northern Italy. Home to the oldest university in the Western world, University of Bologna, founded in 1088, Bologna is one of the most developed cities in Italy. Bologna often ranks as one of the top cities, in terms of quality of life in Italy: it was ranked 5th in 2006 and 12th in 2007, out of 103 Italian cities. This is due to its strong industrial tradition, its wide range of highly-developed social services, and its physical location at the crossing-point of the most important highways and railways in the country. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, and it has a rich history, art, cuisine, music and culture, and was made 2000’s European Capital of Culture.

Population: 373 026 inhabitants

Location: Italy

Official website

Twinned with:

• Coventry(UK),
• Leipzig(Germany),
• Salonique(Greece),
• Toulouse(France),
• Valence(Spain),
• Zagreb(Croatia),
• Kinshasa(Congo),
• Tuzla (Bosnie-Herze govine),
• Saint-Louis (Senegal),
• San Carlos (Nicaragua),
• Saint Louis (Missouri-USA),
• La Plata (Argentine),
• Kharkiv (Ukraine)

2. The city in our network :

The city and Efus:

Member since: 1996

Member of the Executive Committee:

• 1996-1997 as treasurer

Participated in:

• Partner of “Romanian Children- Isolated Minors” project , 2003-2004
• Partner of “Coherence  of Prevention strategies Cities and Schools project”, 2003-2004
• Partner of “SecuCities Women: Crossborder cooperation and victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation” project, 2001-2003
• Partner of “SecuCities Managers project” , 2000
• Partner of “Secucities Women victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and transborder cooperation (second step), 1999-2000
• Speaker of “Is a gender-differentiated approach relevant in terms of urban safety?”conference, 30th of September and 1st of October, 1999
• Partner of “Secucities Women victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and transborder cooperation (first step),1998-1999
• Speaker of “Social mediation” seminar, Anvers, Belgium, June 27-29, 1996
• Speaker of “Urban transports, safety and social crisis” conference , October 30th-31st 1995

Attended : 

• Conference  Democracy and Cities, Naples, Italy, December 7th- 10th 2000
• General Assembly, Paris, France, October 16th 1998
• General Assembly Paris, France, March 7th and 8th 1997
• General Assembly Porto, Portugal, October 21, 1996

The City and the Italian Forum

Member of the Executive Committee:

• President 1996-1999

Participated in:

• Second edition of “100città”, June 2008
• First edition of “100città” October 2006
• Member of the Thematic group “Communication and safety” , 2003

Attended : 

• Thematic group “Communication and safety”, 2nd meeting, Roma, 1 October, 1, 2003
• Thematic group “Local safety audit” 3rd working meeting, Roma, November 30, 2003

Hosted :

• « Borgo Block Party », Second edition of “100città”, June 14th 2008
• Executive committee, February 1, 2007
• Executive committee, September 15th, 2005
• Thematic group “Local safety audit” 4th working meeting, February 4, 2004
• Thematic group “Local safety audit” 2nd working meeting, October 15, 2003
• Thematic group “Local safety audit” 1st working meeting, September 17, 2003
• General Assemble, February 14, 2001

3. Best Practice Forms :

•  “Let’s give the city some colour”, Bologna, 2008
• “Conflicts with the institutions”, Bologna, 1996
• “Trafficking of Women”, Bologna, 1996
• Angels at the bus stop, Bologna

4. Further informations :

• “The governance of the public good of safety in Bologna. Feasibility analysis” Professor Massimo Pavarini
• Patto Bologna Sicura
• Partenariato tra la città di Bologna e le autorità di polizia
• “Report on the social situation in Bologna”, Maurizio barbagli e Maurizio Pisati, Il Mulino 1995