PACTESUR2 News
Use of the Intervention simulator V300 by Local Police Forces, 15 May 2024
From May 13 to 15, the city of Nice welcomed 43 police officers and elected officials from 15 European cities as part of a European police academy which was also the opportunity to inaugurate and test the police simulator immersive interventions V300 from the VirTra...
Friendship Charter between Municipal Police of Nice and Xabia
Facing similar problems due to their great tourist attractiveness, partners for many years on European projects such as PACTESUR and PACTESUR2 and guided by their reciprocal desire to strengthen the links between their Municipal Police, the cities of Nice and Xabia...
Nice Police Academy 13-15 May 2024
43 European municipal police officers gathered in Nice for a European Municipal Police Academy From May 13 to 15, the City of Nice welcomed 43 police officers and 10 elected officials from 15 European cities (Madrid, Turin, Liège, Vilnius, Xabia, Riga, Gdansk,...
PACTESUR2 was present at Efus International Conference in Brussels- March 2024
Organized every three years, the international conference on Security, Democracy & Cities brought together over 100 speakers and 800 participants from 150 cities and regions across Europe and the world for 3 days of intensive exchanges between European cities....
Nice Carnival- Exchange of police officers
As part of the PACTESUR2 project, 4 moments of exchange are planned during which police officers from partner cities observe and participate in securing a major tourist event in a host city. This exchange will give rise to an observation report for the European...
Kick off meeting in Paris- 14 November 2023
The Mayor of the city of Nice, Christian ESTROSI, and the First Deputy Mayor, Anthony BORRE, were delighted to welcome all the partners in the "Maison de la Métropole de Nice Côte d'Azur" in Paris for the Kick off meeting of PACTESUR2, the 14th of November 2023. We...
PACTESUR2 flyer
PACTESUR2 team is now full with these 11 new partners. Please find below the flyer of the project: PACTESUR 15X21 Nov2023-Anglais-HD
Welcome to the associated cities!
Following the call launched in September 2023, PACTESUR2 consortium is really glad to welcome onboard the beautiful cities of: Vilnius (Lithuania) Xabia (Spain) Riga (Latvia) Gdansk (Poland) Tallinn (Estonia) Bologna (Italy) Bratislava (Slovakia) Lisbon (Portugal)...
Public Call for expression of interest – PACTESUR2
What is the schedule? PACTESUR2 has started the 1st of September 2023 for 2 years. The main events are scheduled as follows: 14 November 2023: Kick off meeting in Paris (France) June 2024: 4-day Police Academy in Nice (France) September 2024: 2-day Public/Private...
Adoption of PACTESUR Final Declaration by the Efus Members (1 December 2022)
During PACTESUR’s final conference, the project partner cities, including Nice, Turin and Liège, as well as the project’s 11 associated cities had adopted the Brussels declaration built upon the work carried out during the 4 years of the project. During the Efus...
PACTESUR News
The Evolution of Innovative Approaches to Build More Secure and Safer Public Spaces
The following article was written by three researchers from the University of Leeds: Adam Crawford (Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice), Susan Donkin (Research Associate in European Urban Security) and Christine Weirich (Research Assistant in European Urban...
The PACTESUR project holds its third Annual meeting to discuss innovation in public spaces
Nice, France, October 2021– How can local authorities develop innovative approaches in the conception, planning and design of public spaces? That is the question that the PACTESUR partners tried to address during the project’s third yearly meeting on 19 October in...
Turin Police Academy | November 2021
The city of Turin hosted the second Police Academy in its International Training Center ITC-ILO from the 16th to the 18th of November 2021. One hundred participants from 14 different cities joined the 3-day academy. The schedule included dedicated trainings such as...
The International Expert Group Meeting on the Protection of Urban Centres and Touristic Venues, June 2020
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) has invited PACTESUR team to participate in the International Expert Group Meeting on the Protection of Urban Centres and Touristic Venues held on 15-16 June 2021 by the UN Global Programme to Counter Terrorist...
Local Governance Workshop in Liège
The last Local Governance Workshop hosted by the City of Liège, took place on the 5th and 6th of May 2021 and gathered 90 participants. Due to the travel restrictions, the event was held entirely in a virtual format (with the exception of local partners). The...
SAVE THE DATE – Security by Design in the protection of public spaces
Webconference: Urban planning, design and management of security in public spaces - What can we learn from European practices? The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) is organising a webconference within the Working Group on Security and Innovation, in which the...
An initial review of the PACTESUR project on the security of public spaces
How can cities and local security actors better protect their vulnerable public spaces? That is the question that the PACTESUR project has been exploring since January 2019. Two years down the line, the Efus team can review its progress so far and assess the challenges that lie ahead.
The European Week of Security of Torino
Bringing together European local stakeholders, police representatives and experts, the European Weeks of Security of Nice, Turin and Liège are major dissemination events for PACTESUR, contributing to raise awareness among citizens and local politicians on their role...
SAVE THE DATE: The Second European Week of Security 19-23 October 2020
In the framework of the PACTESUR project, the city of Turin (IT) is pleased to invite you to the second European Week of Security, which will take place on 19-23 October, 2020. Given the COVID-19 situation, the event will be held online. This year, the programme...
Annual meeting in Edinburgh
On Thursday the 20th of February, the experts, associated cities and consortium were invited for the annual meeting organized in Edinburgh. The specific objective of this annual meeting was to gather project’s consortium, Experts Advisory Committee and associated...