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Press Release | The Establishment of the Crime Victims Information Unit of the Municipality of Piraeus
The Unit’s purpose is to provide holistic support to victims of any type of crime and their environment.
November 25, 2021
The Unit’s purpose is to provide holistic support to victims of any type of crime and their environment.
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.
The BSFS project of the Municipality of Piraeus in collaboration with Space Hellas, SingularLogic and the University of Piraeus won the “Silver” Award for the technological innovation of the “CURiM – Collaborative Urban Risk Management” Platform.
The Laboratory of Urban Criminology of Panteion University organized and conducted a training session that was specially adapted for the staff of the Victim Information Unit of the Municipality of Piraeus.
More than 680 high school students in Piraeus were informed about bullying and cyber threats.
On April 9, 2021, the 3 UIA projects working in the field of urban security met for the first time.
Panteion, via the Laboratory of Urban Criminology, conducted a diagnostic research on victimization and safety in the 2nd and 5th Municipal Departments of Piraeus.
Prof. Dimitrios Kallergis introduces the Evidence-Driven Urban Risk Assessment (CURiM) novel methodology.
Cities are hubs for the exchange of goods, services, knowledge, and ideas, and nowadays, they are growing at unprecedented rates.
In the context of the project’s broad communication, four information sessions with local stakeholders of Piraeus.
The BSFS expert Maija Katkovska conducted a research on local initiatives and practices concerning the prevention of cyber-threats against children and youngsters.
Three online training sessions on urban safety issues were conducted by Panteion University.
The kick-off meeting between the UIA expert for BSFS and the consortium took place on September 11th,2020.
The Launch Event of the European project Be Secure – Feel Secure (BSFS), led by the Municipality of Piraeus, took place on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Eleven consultation meetings with different urban security city stakeholders were conducted in order to reinforce urban security.
Τhe Local Council for Crime Prevention (LCCP) for the Municipality of Piraeus was established on the 15th of April 2020.
The project-kick-off meeting was held in Piraeus on October 8th, 2019.
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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