This study aims to improve the evidence base on vehicular terrorist attacks that have occurred since 2013 in the EU, Israel, United States and United Kingdom and understand what measures could be employed to prevent or mitigate such attacks in the future.
This guide aims at helping smaller and medium-sized places of worship to enhance awareness and security preparedness, by listing basic vulnerability assessment steps, without altering the nature and purpose of the space.
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
The second edition of the EU Digital Autumn School on Protection of Public Spaces took place over five morning and afternoon sessions once a week from 23 September 2021 to 21 October 2021.
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.
On 5 October 2022, The Commission adopted the first ever EU Strategy on Combating antisemitism. The strategy consists of actions around three objectives: • to prevent all forms of antisemitism • to protect and foster Jewish life • and to promote research, education and Holocaust remembrance.
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.
International and interdisciplinary conference organised by the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) in Nice, France.
The European Commission is organizing the second EU Digital Autumn School which will offer specialized workshops on a broad spectrum of topics related to the protection of public spaces.
Register for specialized sessions on a broad spectrum of topics. The morning sessions will focus on introducing the concepts, while the afternoon sessions will look into practical case studies, hands-on exercises and in-depth discussions.
The course will address both basic and advanced topics related to fire and blast effects on reinforced concrete structures. It will enable students to use simplified methods in the thermo-mechanical analysis of reinforced concrete structures under blast and fire loading.
DG HOME of the European Commission held on 23 June 2021 the EU Practitioners’ Forum with law enforcement practitioners and EU funded networks, and on 24 June 2021 the EU Operators’ Forum with Member States’ policymakers, representatives from the private sector and faith associations.
The report provides a relatively new method in the European context - the collective impact model, which local security managers can implement to find new innovative solutions for complex and persistent urban security challenges
The Urban Agenda partnership has published a manual on the use of the Prevention Pyramid, a concept developed by Johan Deklerck, as a scientific instrument for integral and positive prevention, which aims to avoid a one-sided approach of insecurity. The main idea is to integrate crime-related social problem dimensions into prevention policy. The pyramid is a reference framework for developing prevention policies and practices aiming at a combination of general and specific measures within an integrated approach.
The Urban Agenda partnership has published a report which discusses the use of facial recognition technologies for the protection of public spaces. It provides an overview of the use of such technologies in the EU, provides concrete case-studies and discusses the technological vulnerabilities and practical challenges with implementation. The report looks in detail into the legal issues surrounding the use of facial recognition technologies and concludes with recommendations.
The EU invests in projects around the world aiming to stop extremism in its tracks before it erupts in violence. This is a multifaceted issue which has to be approached through a broad range of perspectives like education, media, women empowerment, youth work, socioeconomic inclusion, governance, justice and intercommunal activities. The brochure Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: Stories from around the Globe showcases stories and lessons from such projects.
How can we better protect public spaces in Europe - without restricting fundamental rights and freedoms? What innovative solutions or concepts exist in other EU countries? This handbook is the result of the ISF-funded SafeCi project and presents 25 examples of good practice from different European cities.
Europol has published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2021, which provides figures and analysis of terrorist attacks and terrorism-related arrests in the European Union in 2020.
