UrbSecurity starts its activities for better urban security

Under the claim “Planning Safer Cities”, this project has the Municipality of Leiria, Portugal, as Lead Partner and brings together eight other European cities and regions: Longford (Ireland), Madrid (Spain), Mechelen (Belgium), Michalovce (Slovakia), Parma (Italy), Pella (Greece), Szabolcs 05 Association of Municipalities (Hungary) and Unione della Romagna Faentina (Italy).

Through the participatory method, in which local stakeholders will be engaged, the main objective of the network is to study, create and develop new approaches and strategies aimed at innovative urban planning solutions that can prevent crime, improve the perception of urban security and change behaviors, in order to ultimately improve the quality of life of citizens in urban environments.

This Friday, the city of Leiria kicks off its activities with symbolic and digital actions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by other partners with initiatives in their respective cities.

Through international meetings, local meetings and public events, UrbSecurity will seek to contribute to the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of cities, having the partners been divided into nine thematic groups: spatial design, functions & animation, engagement techniques, communities, minorities, benchmarking & impacts, CCTV, nudging and pedestrian safety.

Taking advantage of the good practices already implemented by each of the partners and having each established their local objectives, the network's work will run until mid 2022, when the results will be presented.

All the UrbSecurity activity can be followed on the website, Twitter and Facebook.