Efus general assembly is approaching in Genoa is nearing: we hope many of you will attend!

This meeting will be focused on current affairs in the areas of prevention, security and civil liberties. There will be a debate on the role played by cities in European policies dealing with the following themes: Roma people, video surveillance, recent inflow of migrants in Southern Europe, and drugs. The Efus has taken a public stance on these issues in the past months, through four resolutions adopted by its Executive Committee.

You have the possibility to be elected to Efus Executive Committee. If your city is interested, please contact us or the national Forum of your country ...

Resolution of the Executive Committee calling Europe to support local authorities of southern Europe faced with major inflow of migrants

Efus calls Europe to support local authorities of southern Europe faced with major inflows of migrants, according to a resolution it released after a meeting of its Executive Committee, on February 24, 2011, in Vienna (Austria). This resolution will be debated at Efus General assembly on May 19, 2011, in Genoa (Italy) ...

The Forum at the conference on the funding of EU Home Affairs: no to building a European fortress  

Four hundred people representing the 27 European Union member states, the Home Affairs and Justice directorates, NGOs and other European institutions attended the conference "The future of EU funding for Home Affairs: a fresh look", which took place on April 8, 2011, in Brussels. The objective was to contribute to establishing the EU Home Affairs budget for the next four years ...

Prespective, Information and awareness raising campaign to prevent gendered violence in secondary schools  

Violence against women is a global problem, not sufficiently acknowledged and denounced, as many studies carried out in other European countries on this subject reveal. This phenomenon often happens within the family, involving women belonging to every social origin and to every cultural level. European statistics, based on investigations concerning crimes committed in European countries, reveal that in Europe violence represents the first cause of women's death from 16 to 50 years old. The City of Modena designed a campaign to raise awareness ...

Meeting of international experts to elaborate a strategy to fight trafficking in human beings  

The Efus, which published a report in 2002 entitled "trafficking in human beings, international knowledge and local practices", took part in a meeting aimed at elaborating a strategic framework for the prevention of trafficking in human beings. The meeting took place in Montreal (Canada) last 21st and 22nd of March, on the initiative of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy and the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime ...

Conference on Young people and alcohol consumption in Leer, Germany  

The city of Leer (Germany), with its 32.000 inhabitants and a nice breeze of fresh air coming from the Northern Sea, seems to be a peaceful city. It is an open gate to the touristic region of Ostfrisia and welcomes every year thousands of tourists bound for the islands. These tourists stop in Leer to visit its beautiful city-centre and sip the local tea, a tradition in itself which gives way to a much codified ceremonial. But tea is not the only drink enjoyed in Leer ...

The first Maltese city joins Efus and organises international conference on cross boarder issues of urban security  

The European Forum is delighted to welcome the city of Haz-Zebbug amongst its members. Haz-Zebbug is the first Maltese municipality to join the Efus-network, which is now represented in 18 European countries."?a?-?ebbu?" or "Città Rohan" is one of the oldest towns in Malta and has today 12 000 inhabitants ...

International Forum on cybercrime in Oldenburg, Germany  

The 5th Annual International Forum within the 16th German Congress on Crime Prevention will take place 30. and 31. May 2011 in Oldenburg. This year's event is presented by the German Congress in special cooperation with the Federal Criminal Police Office as well as the Federal Office for Information Security and is titled "International Cybercrime ? Occurrence, Development, Prevention". German, European and International Experts discuss (in English language) the worldwide impact of Cybercrime and possible cross-border prevention strategies ...

UK : Where have all the preventers gone?  

A personal impression of crime prevention in England & Wales from Paul Ekblom, Professor of Design Against Crime, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. It's rather difficult to see exactly, after nearly a year in office, what the UK's Coalition government is doing vis-à-vis crime prevention in England & Wales ...