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- International Conference
on School Safety and Security
- Safer
Cities
International
Conference on School Safety and Security Following the
"International Meeting on Helping Schools Prepare for and Respond to Terrorist
Attacks", the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and
the United States Department of Education (USDOE) are organising an international
conference on school safety and security, which will be held in Paris, France
from 12 to 14 November 2003. The purpose of this seminar
is to examine how schools - in co-operation with national, regional and local
governments, policy-makers, parents, community groups and local agencies, police
and law enforcement officials, architects, engineers and public health and safety
officials - are addressing issues of safety and security. Participants will have
the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences of different approaches,
including methods of best practice, used to ensure that schools are safe and secure
places of learning. Approaches to school safety and security will be discussed
primarily within the context of physical prevention of incidents and threats to
school safety and security, but also within a more comprehensive framework that
involves school, community, national, regional and local policies and prevention
programmes addressing issues of school safety and security. The
programme will include a presentation by ICPC's Director of Analysis and Exchange,
Margaret Shaw, on Comprehensive approaches to school
safety and security. For further information, please
consult the OECD Web pages at:
www.oecd.org/edu/schoolsafety
or e-mail hannah.vonahlefeld@oecd.org. go
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Safer
Cities Conference
in Durban The Safer Cities Programme
of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and eThekwini Municipality
are organizing an International Conference on Sustainable
Safety: Municipalities at the Crossroads in Durban, South Africa from
25 to 28 November 2003. The objectives of this conference
are to: - Strengthen the vision and understanding of
the Safer Cities approach and the importance of sustainable safety in the context
of good governance, poverty reduction, community mobilization and mounting of
community outreach, information and development programmes.
- Review
Safer Cities experiences/practices and learn from the experiences of mayors, city
councilors, municipal managers and key partners.
- Promote
sustainable safety as an integral part of strategic municipal planning.
- Develop
an integrated action plan for Safer Cities in Africa and other regions of the
world for 2004-2006.
- Foster the Safer Cities approach
and city-to-city co-operation in the NEPAD initiative for Africa.
In
October 1998, the International Conference on Crime Prevention Partnerships to
Build Community Safety - Urban Safety, Safety for All - took place in Johannesburg.
The Durban Conference will deal with the following questions:
Where are we five years later? What progress has been made in providing safer
environments for the citizens? Have we achieved success in reducing and preventing
violence and insecurity? How can we do more in the future? For
more information: UN-HABITAT:
Cecilia Andersson, whose
contact details are the following:
Tel: (+254-20) 624570
Fax: 62 4263.
E-mail:
cecilia.andersson@unhabitat.org. eThekwini Municipality:
Zanele Mbokazi or Nirvana Lachman, whose contact details are the following:
Tel:
(+27 31 303 3520)
Fax: +27 31 312 84 21
E-mail: info@mpr.co.za Link
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