Liège

1. General Information :

Population: 190 000 inhabitants

Location: Belgium

Official website: http://www.liege.be/

Website of the crime prevention service:
http://www.liege.be/securite/plan-de-prevention

Safety contract: signed in 1992

Twinned with: Nancy (France) , Maastricht (Netherlands), Aix-la-Chapelle (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands) , Turin (Italy), Cologne (Germany) , Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) , Volgograd (Russia) , Lubumbashi (R.D.Congo) , Plzeň (Czech Republic) , Porto (Portugal) , Krakow (Poland), Saint-Louis (Sénégal), Tanger (Morocco), Lille (France).

2. The city in our network :

The city and Efus:

Member since : 1995

Member of the Executive Committee : since 2008

Participated in:

• Partner of the Goal Project – Gathering of All Local Actors to prevent violence during sporting events, 2009-2012
• Partner of the Secucites project Citizens, Cities and CCTV, 2009-2010
• Presentation at the debate on collective violence, Toulouse, 26th of June 2009
• Partner of the Democracy, Cities &Drugs II project, 2001-2008
• Presentation at the Conference on Local Safety Audits, Brussels, Belgium, March 27th 2008
• Pilot of the Workgroup ‘Prevention of urban insecurity facing the challenge of cultural diversity’, 2004-2006
• Partner of the SecuCities  Crime Prevention in Europe, 2001-2002
• Partner of the project Abused and neglected Elderly Women, 2001-2002
• Partner of the Secucities Drugs Network: “Pilot training programme on the prevention and treatment of drug dependencies for elected officials and local leaders in small and medium-size towns, 2000-2001
• Partner of the SecuCities Football : Euro 2000 cities against racism, 2000
• Presentation at the Conference “A stadium in the city, a city in the stadium”, 4th and 5th of June 1999
• Partner of  The Pertinency of Drug Prevention Messages, 1998-1999
• Partner of the Local participation in strategies for the prevention and control of drug abuse, 1997-1998
• Partner of the Study: Drug-related cross-border traffic patterns, 1995-1997
•  “Local voices – Local communication strategies to prevent extremism”

Attended:

• General Assembly, Cascais, Portugal, 27th June 2013
• General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 7th June 2012
• General Assembly, Toulouse, France, June 25th 2009
• General Assembly, Barcelona, Spain, July 18th 2008
• Final conference of the “Cities Against Terrorism”, Brussels 10th of September 2007
• General Assembly, Rome, Italy, July 6th 2007
•  General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, May 5th 2006
• Towards a European framework for Prevention, Meeting at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, February 23rd 2006
• International conference of Saragossa, Spain, November 2nd- 4th 2006
• European Conference on Mediation and Conflicts Regulation, Angers, France, May 6th 2004
• International Conference on Safety and Democracy, Naples, Italy, 7th-9th December 2000
• Conference “Urban transports, safety and social crisis”, October 30th-31st 1995

3. Best Practice Forms :

• Domestic violence always hurts. My strength is to speak out, , Liège, 2008
• Respect16, an awareness-raising campaign to ensure compliance with the minimum age of 16 for drinking beer, Liège, 2008
• Community Mediation, Liège, 2005
• Parental Mediation Service, Liège, 2005
• Go-Karting Workshop, Liège, 2002
• Graffiti, Liège, 2002
• Improving safety for shopkeepers, Liège, 2002
• Drugs in prison, Liège, 2001
• Training sessions for professionals using the LIPOL electronic security system, Liège, 2001
• Prevention of Hooliganism, Liège, 1997
• Coordinator for emergency and transit housing, Liège, 1996
• For a square that turns round, Liège, 2016