The BeSecure-FeelSecure (BSFS) project aims to reinforce urban security and promote positive perception of urban safety by providing strategies & tools to link the main urban security stakeholders & facilitate their collaboration in physical-and-cyber space.
CURiM is a digital platform that collects and enables the assessment of physical and cyber threats.
The LCCP was established in Piraeus and aspires to coordinate and implement actions to prevent petty crime.
Established in 2021, the Unit operates in the Municipality and provides support to victims of any type of crime.
Beautify and clean significantly degraded areas will contribute to the overall well-being of the city residents.
By restoring 8 playgrounds in the 5th Municipal District of Piraeus, BSFS addresses the need for increased actual and perceived security.
Abandoned properties are potential hubs for illegal activities. BSFS will secure and improve the image of several suchlike buildings to boost the safety in the area.
Bullying and cyber-threats are critical issues that need to be tackled. Under the BSFS project, several information sessions to local high school students have been conducted.
The effort has engaged more than 100 local businesses. Information sessions provide important guidelines about market protection and safety issues.
The Unit’s purpose is to provide holistic support to victims of any type of crime and their environment.
By Edna Peza-Ramirez, BSFS UIA Expert
On October 20, 21 and 22, 2021, the BSFS consortium participated in the largest European Forum on Urban Security which brought together over 700 participants from 26 countries and 140 cities.
Piraeus is one of the largest cities in Greece with significant trade and tourist activities, which is why the issue of urban security is one of the priorities of the municipal authority.
The Municipality of Piraeus responds to the challenge with the “BeSecure-FeelSecure” project, utilizing the European funding of the European Regional Development Fund through the UIA (Urban Innovative Actions).
By implementing a holistic governance framework and by strengthening an interlinked network between citizens and city stakeholders, we envision Piraeus as an open workshop of synergies for the development of solutions that will be replicated at local, national and European level.
Led by the Municipality of Piraeus, the consortium is comprised by two very important universities: Panteion University via the Laboratory of Urban Criminology and the University of Piraeus Research Center, two leading IT companies : Singular Logic SA and Space Hellas, the Ministry of Citizen Protection via the E.D.P.D and the international organisation: “European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS)”.
This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative under grant agreement number UIA04-274.
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