Efus' Highlights - 2014 Edition

Highlights

2014

European Forum for Urban Security

Editorial

Supporting the cities’ action True to its founding mission, the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) acts as a resource centre where local authorities can find support and inspiration. The numerous activities carried out this year in the network contribute to reinforcing the knowledge of our members and thus their capacity to act on a wide variety of issues.

The field of security and crime prevention is vast and the themes on which we work reflect this diversity. Police-population relations; the management of nightlife; security and tourism; methodological tools for audits; security technology and ethics; the prevention of violent radicalisation, and the safety of senior citizens are some of the topics on which we have worked in 2014.

Our network gathers local elected officials and stakeholders who all share the belief that it is necessary to share and work together, beyond the political divide, for sustainable security. Thanks to our members’ commitment and effort we are able to constantly move local security and prevention policies forward.

Promoting Efus’ principles The European elections were a key event of the year 2014. As the European Union was preparing its new programme for the period 2015-2020, we made heard the voice of local authorities by the European institutions. Efus notably voiced its stance regarding governance and internal security guidelines as part of the work carried out by the EU for the preparation of its new internal security strategy.

Because security issues are not limited to Europe and go beyond its borders, Efus is developing its international activities, having already garnered a solid reputation on the global stage. In particular, the European Forum is supporting the implementation of violence prevention policies in Latin America and the development of networks of cities in Africa, based on the principles it promotes. Efus’ international cooperation activities allow us to apply beyond Europe the principles of mutualisation and solidarity that constitute the heart of the Union.

Consolidating the network Efus’ network is rich and varied. This is why we are seeking to strengthen our existing alliances and to foster new alliances through partnership. Local authorities are the core of our network but we are also keen to see our network reflect the true diversity of the many stakeholders involved in urban security. We therefore adapted our statutes to formalise and better recognise existing cooperations and partnerships.

Finally, we hope that the Efus Network platform, created this year and which many of you already know how to use, will help strengthen relationships and discussion amongst members.

With this activities report you will be able to appreciate all the activities carried out in 2014 by our staff – and I wish here to commend their commitment – and by myself with and for our members, in accordance with our strategic plan for the period 2013-1016.

Elizabeth Johnston Executive Director

Members and Partners

Members: Alba – Alexandroupolis – Amiens - Angers-Loire-Métropole (CA) - Associazione di Comune di Argenta – Aubervilliers – Augsburg - Aulnay-sous-Bois – Badalona – Bagneux* – Bastia* – Barcelona – Bari – Bellaria/Igea Marina – Besançon – Bischwiller – Blagnac - Blanc-Mesnil – Blois – Bologna – Bordeaux - Boulonnais (CA) – Bra – Brasov – Brescia – Brest – Brno – Bron – Bruxelles - Calderara di Reno – Camporosso – Casalpusterlengo - Cascais - Castel Maggiore – Cergy - Cervia – Charleroi – Clichyla-Garenne - Clichy-sous-Bois - Collectivité Territoriale de Corse (CTC)* – Conflans-Sainte-Honorine – Creil – Cremona – Departament d’Interior de la Generalitat de Catalunya – Dijon - Dunkerque (CU) – Düsseldorf - Eivissa (Ibiza) – Ferrara – Firenze - Fontaine-l’Evêque – Garges-lès-Gonesse – Gdansk – Gennevilliers – Genova – Gonesse – Göttingen - Grenoble – Halluin – Heidelberg – Heraklion - Issy-lesMoulineaux – Ixelles – L’Hospitalet de Llobregat - La Possession - La Rochelle (CA) - La Roche-sur-Yon – Lainate - Le Creusot - Le Havre – Leer - Les Ulis – Liège – Lille – Limoges – Lisboa – Lorient – Lormont – Landespräventionsrat Niedersachsen (LPR) – Lyon – Malmö* – Mannheim – Marseille – Massalombarda – Matosinhos – Maubeuge – Mérignac – Milano – Miramas – Modena - Molenbeek-Saint-Jean – Mons - Mont de Marsan - Mont Dore – Montijo – Montpellier – Montreuil – Mulhouse – München – Nantes – Nemours – Nevers - Noisy-le-Sec – Oeiras – Païta – Pantin – Paris – Pau - Pavullo nel Frignano - Pays de Martigues (CA) – Pella* – Perugia – Pessac – Piacenza - Pierrefitte-sur-Seine - Plaine Centrale-Créteil (CA) - Plaine Commune (CA) – Poitiers – Pontault-Combault* - Pont-de-Claix - Portes de l’Essonne (CA) – Porto – Prato - Reggio Emilia - Région Ile-de-France - Regione Abruzzo - Regione Emilia Romagna - Regione Marche - Regione Molise - Regione Toscana - Regione Umbria - Reims Metropole – Rennes – Rome – Rotterdam - Rueil-Malmaison - S. Lazzaro di Savena - Saint Laurent du Maroni - Saint Orens de Gameville - Saint-Denis - Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion - Saint-Gilles - SaintHerblain - Saint-Nazaire La Carène (CA) - Saint-Ouen* - SAN Sénart - Santa Coloma de Gramenet Sao Joao da Madeira – Sarcelles - Schaerbeek* - Seine-Saint-Denis (CG) – Setubal - SICOVAL - Solin – Solna – Sosnowiec – Stains – Strasbourg – Stuttgart – Talence – Terrassa - Thonon-les-Bains - Torino (Provincia) – Toulouse - Toulouse Métropole (CU) – Tourcoing – Tours – Trento - Trento (Provincia) - Val d’Oise (CG) – Valence – Valenciennes - Valenciennes (CA) (CAVM) - Vallée de Montmorency (CA) – Vernouillet – Villejuif – Villeurbanne - Villiers-le-Bel – Vilvorde* – Wien – Zaragoza PARTNERS : Bogota Chamber of Commerce* - Commission Communautaire Française (COCOF) - Comité National de liaison des Associations de Prévention Spécialisée (CNLAPS France) - Deutscher Präventionstag (DPT) - Groupement européen de recherche sur les normativités (GERN) - International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) – National Community Safety Network (NCSN) - NEFELI *Joined in 2014

Secutopics Since its creation, Efus has tackled more than thirty topics related to crime prevention and urban security. In 2014, Efus and its members have mainly worked on the following issues:

Secutopic Diagnostic et Methodology Since 2013, Efus has led project AUDITS which focuses on methodological tools that can contribute to forming local security policies. This project aims to disseminate the approach of local security audits to local authorities and to construct a European methodological tool. In order to do this, it is based on the International guide, published by Efus in 2007, and on the experience of the project’s partners: the French, Italian and German Forums, as well as the cities of Rotterdam and Stuttgart. The Belgian and Portuguese Interior Ministers, the Belgian Forum and the City of Brussels (asbl BRAVVO) are associated partners of this project, which is due to finish in 2016.

This project is co-financed by the European Commission.

Secutopic The City at Night On the 22nd of October in Milan, the Executive Committee adopted a resolution ‘For a global policy on nightlife’ in order to call for renewed public policy in the field of nightlife. The text of this resolution is available on Efus’ website.

A working group led by Efus, which supports the work of European cities, aims to develop sustainable and high-quality nightlife by integrating itself within a global strategy and based on partnership.

Secutopic Police Efus began project IMPPULSE in 2013. This European project must respond to two main objectives: firstly, to identify factors which contribute to the distance between the police and the population; secondly, to define practices at the local level in order to efficiently bring these two groups together. These practices will then be disseminated at the European level.

The project gathers together the cities of Barcelona (Spain), Milan (Italy), Nantes (France), Amiens (France), Toulouse (France), Aubervilliers (France), the Brussels Capital Police Zone (Belgium), Lisbon (Portugal); ASBL BRAVVO in Brussels (Belgium) is an associated partner.

Secutopic Radicalisation Launched in September 2014, project LIAISE “Local Institutions Against Extremism” is dedicated to preventing violent radicalisation by helping local authorities understand how to detect and act towards radicalised individuals. Through the exchange of practices and training, this project enables participating cities to strengthen their local action. The project will notably develop training modules for local stakeholders.

Nine European cities are part of this project: Augsburg (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Düsseldorf (Ger-

many), Leer (Germany), l’Hospitalet (Spain), Liege (Belgium), Malmö (Sweden), Reggio Emilia (Italy) and Vilvoorde (Belgium), as well as the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD, United Kingdom) and the Ufuq association (Germany).

There are also three associated partners: the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs, the Berlin Association for Interactive Cultures and the Belgium Forum for Urban Security (FBPSU).

Secutopic Technology Efus is a partner of the European research project “Surveille” which focuses on the ethical issues, legal limitations and the effectiveness of surveillance technology. Launched in February 2012, this multidisciplinary project aims at systematically reviewing the impacts of different surveillance systems, and helping manufacturers and end-users to better develop and deploy these systems.

Within this framework, Efus’ mission is to link research with the authorities who use surveillance technology. This project is coordinated by the European University Institute (IUE).

Secutopic Tourism The “Security & Tourism” project aims to help cities take greater account of security issues in tourismrelated policies. The project tackles issues such as: tourists’ needs, tourists as potential causes of nuisance or damage, or even the local populations’ needs and managing coexistence between tourists and residents.

The cities of Alba (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Brasov (Romania), Brussels Bravvo (Belgium), Munich (Germany), Rome (Italy), Saint-Denis (France) and the Portuguese Association for Victim Support APAV all bring their experience and practices to this project.

Secutopic Senior Citizens At the suggestion of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Efus implemented a working group whose object is to reflect on both the safety of senior citizens and on ways to promote their participation within society and to strengthen their relationships with other generations, especially with the youngest.

Efus and Europe Within the framework of the European elections and in preparing for the 2015-2020 programmes, Efus has paid particular attention to relationships with European institutions in 2014.

Together, at the General Assembly in Karlsruhe (Germany) on the 13th May, Efus’ local authority members published an open letter to representatives of European Institutions in order to present their expectations and needs within the framework of future justice and security policies . In this letter, Efus’ members express their expectations and needs in 12 points which can be summarised as the following: it is necessary to better recognise, including financially, the role played by local authorities in justice and security policies; investment in prevention is crucial; a holistic approach to security issues, developed around the citizens’ needs and respectful of Human rights, is the most effective; we must take into account the specifics of the urban environment.

Efus responded to two consultations by the European Commission following the recommendations of the Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis Manifesto and the open letter from Karlsruhe. The first focused on renewing the interior security strategy and the second on the European Union’s urban policy.

Guilherme Pinto, President of Efus, asserted the role of local and regional authorities within the European Union’s security policies during a session organised in Brussels on the 7th of April within the framework of ‘structured dialogue’ proposed by the European Union’s Committee of the Regions (CdR) ‘to strengthen policy coordination between the Commission and the local and regional authorities’.

Elizabeth Johnston met Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator, and Nathalie Pensaert, Chief of the police and customs cooperation unit, Justice and Home Affairs of the Secretariat General of the European Union, in order to introduce Efus to them. This meeting was able to highlight the importance of the field of prevention and the perspective of local authorities.

Recognised by the European Commission as a major stakeholder in the field of urban security, Efus is a member of the following advisory bodies: - Advisory body for ‘Dialogue with civil society’ - Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSF) - Informal network on the administrative approach to prevention and tackling organised crime Efus has also participated in the global conference on urban violence organised by the Council of Europe, where it was one of the few non-governmental organisation to have been invited.

International Aware of the global nature of security issues, this year Efus has improved its relationships and its activities at the international level in order to share European experiences and to benefit from the experience of other continents.

United Nations Efus participated in the World Urban Forum 7, hosted this year by Medellin (Columbia). This conference gathered more than 20,000 participants. Efus, represented by Elizabeth Johnston and one of its members, Véronique Ketelaer from the city of Brussels, participated as experts in several workshops and conferences on governance and security.

Within the framework of the World Urban Forum, the UN-Habitat asked Efus and the International Centre for Crime Prevention (CIPC) to collect 100 promising practices for the safest cities. Efus and the CIPC collaborated in order to publish a sample of these practices, practices implemented by Efus’ members, European territorial authorities, for over twenty years. Gathered together in a publication from late 2014, they are now available to a public of local authorities and security practitioners from all over the world.

Côte d’Ivoire Efus is a partner on the European project ‘Municipal support programme for the governance of urban security in the Côte d’Ivoire’, led by the Ivorian Forum for Urban Security. Through the production of a guide, the idea is to provide locally elected Ivorians with a training programme for security coordinators.

It is also a question of developing a communication strategy and producing effective and relevant tools for better urban security management at the local level.

Eurosocial In several Latin American countries, this programme aims to support the policies and public institutions who work towards improving social cohesion thanks to collaboration with the European Union. Efus is an operational partner of the ‘citizen security’ approach from this programme which affects the following countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Uruguay.

In 2014, Efus led activities in four Central American countries. These actions aim to strengthen prevention policies and strategies through, on the one hand, coordinating stakeholders at the national, local and interdepartmental levels and on the other by strengthening the capacities of public officials.

Social Life

Members of the Executive Committee 2014 Elected on the 12th of May in Karlsruhe With voting rights President: Matosinhos / Portugal Vice-President & Treasurer: LPR-Niedersachsen/Germany Vice-President: Nantes /France Alexandroúpolis (GR), Aubervilliers (FR), Augsburg (DE), Barcelona (ES), Bruxelles (BE), Cascais (PT), Charleroi (BE), Generalitat de Catalunya (ES), Genova (IT)*, CA La Rochelle (FR), Leer (DE), Le Havre (FR), Liège (BE), Lisboa (PT), Mannheim (DE), Milan (IT)*, Mons (BE), München (DE), Oeiras (PT)*, Regione Emilia Romagna (IT), Regione Molise (IT), Rotterdam (NL), Setubal (PT), Sosnowiec (PL), Toulouse Métropole (FR), Zaragoza (ES) ................................

With consultative status Belgian Forum: Schaerbeek* Spanish Forum: Hospitalet of Llobregat French Forum: Lomme* Italian Forum: Piacenza Portuguese Forum: Lisboa German Forum: Stuttgart ................................

With observer status Italy: Rome ................................

Honorary Member France : Paris *Joined the EC in 2014 The Executive Committee met twice in 2014: - Karlsruhe, in May following the General Assembly - Milan, in October

General Assembly The 2014 General Assembly took place in Karlsruche (Germany) on the 12th of May within the framework of the International Forum of the German Congress for Crime Prevention.

In order to best reflect the diversity of the stakeholders who are part of the network, Efus has renewed its status in order to formalise existing collaborations and partnerships.

Communication In 2014, Efus launched Efus Network, the collaborative exchange and information platform dedicated to the network.

Members thus have the opportunity here to share their experiences and to discover practices from other authorities. A large number of resources are also freely available here: publications, practice sheets. Efus Network also keeps up with the European Commission’s calls for proposals in the field of security, as well as Efus’ partnership calls. Finally, the Efus Network Platform is the central point with regards to the network’s life, especially: general assemblies, membership, events, etc.  www.efus-network.eu

Human Resources Emilie Voight, Executive Assistant, and Clélia Bonnet, Accounting and Financial Manager (part-time between Efus and the FFSU), both joined Efus.

Pilar de la Torre, Project Manager since September 2013, continues her work at Efus with a permanent contract. ………………………………………………..........…………………………………………………………..

To know all the activities Efus has led in 2014, please consult our 2014 activity report which you can find on our website www.efus.eu