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On 4 June 2024, the European Commission DG HOME will convene another meeting of the EU Forum on the Protection of Public Spaces, as part of the implementation of the EU Action Plan for the Protection of Public Spaces, and of the 2020 Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU. The meeting brings together private operators, law enforcement, faith organizations and other relevant stakeholders to exchange information, best practices and lessons learned on the protection of public spaces from terrorist attacks within the EU.

Participate in our upcoming HVM workshop on the new ISO standard on Vehicle Security Barriers

The 19th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS) is scheduled for December 9th-13th 2024. The venue is Gustav-Stresemann-Institut in Bonn, Germany.

The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) is organising the 8th edition of its international Security, Democracy & Cities conference on 20-22 March 2024 in Brussels, in partnership with safe.brussels.

The EU Forum on the Protection of Public Spaces has been set up in 2017 under the Action Plan on the protection of public spaces. The Forum is meant to be one of the toolbox at disposal of Member states for the exchange of best practices, lesson learnt and networking among them and it consists of two sub-groups.

International and interdisciplinary the Security, Democracy and Cities 2021 conference is organised by the European Forum for Urban Security in Nice. Unique in its field, this event is geared towards all those involved in urban security: elected officials, civil servants, national administration, magistrates, law enforcement agencies, social workers, researchers, and representatives of the private sector and civil society.

The JRC has recently published a set of video tutorials for beginners in numerical simulations with the Europlexus program.

This report contains recommendations for prevention of crime and dangerous polarisation processes at the local level. Both phenomena threaten social cohesion and, conversely, can be alleviated by strengthening it.

The European Investment Advisory Hub has published a report, which identifies and defines key financial metrics and default values for security-related investments. The report aims to serve as a tool for people dealing with security related project, presenting them with financial metrics to assess costs and benefits of projects and security solutions.

The Commission has published a new call for proposals for € 14.5 million under the Internal Security Fund-Police to fund projects improving the protection of public spaces in line with the EU Action Plan to support the protection of public spaces.

In order to support the execution of the Programme, DG HOME has issued a call for proposals to fund work aimed at enhancing European coordination between Member States in countermeasures testing.

The Commission has published a new call for proposals for € 12 million under the Internal Security Fund-Police to fund projects improving the protection of public spaces in line with the EU Action Plan to support the protection of public spaces.

On the occasion of the adoption of the EU Strategy on combatting antisemitism and fostering Jewish life on 5 October 2021, the Protection of Public Spaces Newsletter interviews Katharina von Schnurbein - European Commission Coordinator on combatting antisemitism and fostering Jewish life.

The city of Nice, France has become a European pioneer in the implementation of technological solutions for the protection of its public spaces. Urban authorities have successfully adopted hi-tech protection without hampering the charm and livability of the Côte d’Azur capital city. We talk to Sébastien Viano, Director of the European Affairs and External Funding of the Metropole Nice Côte d’Azur and coordinator of the EU Urban Agenda Partnership on Security in Public Spaces.

Jörg Rock from Berlin's Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport (Senate Department for the Interior and Sport) is the Head of Supervision of the Uniformed Police in Berlin and the manager of the project 'Protection of Public Spaces in Berlin'. He talks to us about the fortifications done at the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin after the truck ramming attack at the Christmas market on 19 December 2016.

INTREPID is a three-year H2020-funded project (running from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2023) that aims to help first responders deal with the challenges they face when they arrive at the scene of a hazardous incident. It provides a platform which will improve the 3D exploration and analysis of disaster areas by seamlessly integrating Intelligence Amplification and eXtended Reality concepts.

This ISF-funded project aims to increase security in and around places of worship, as well as within and between religious communities

This ISF-funded project is about strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities