The first phase of the project will consist therefore in identifying these strategies and seeing how an effective partnership between the different people concerned by social cohesion can be put in place, with a partnership being the only method which guarantees a global and diverse approach.  This will allow partners to meet and to exchange the best practices, which in turn will allow a collection of the most promising approaches to be established.  On the basis of innovative practices, the partners will create recommendations aimed at the people involved locally and will form a pilot programme.  This will consist of several aspects, for example:- meetings between victims and criminals, managed and organised by the cities’ mediatory services; - social prevention: effective measures launched to promote the reintegration of former criminals into society.

The second phase of the project will allow this pilot programme to be launched in three cities, chosen from within the partnership, and supported during this stage by all of the project’s participants.  Applying the recommendations from these three pilot cities on the ground will allow them to be fine-tuned and adjusted if necessary.

Project coordinator: European Forum for Urban Safety (EFUS)

Partners

• City of Valencia (Spain)
• City of Göttingen (Germany)
• City of Le Havre (France)
• S.R.F. – Turin (Italie)
• City of Opava (Czech Republic)
• City of Brasov  (Romania)

Roles of the partners and distribution of the activities

Within this project, the EFUS, the cities of Göttingen and Valencia and the S.R.F.  association in Turin in partnership with the city of Turin are going to:

• host a study visit in order to share their knowledge with the other partners
• participate in 3 other study visits organised by the partners
• carry out research
• contribute to the definition of a pilot programme
• help the three cities (Brasov, Le Havre et Opava) implement the pilot programme
• carry out evaluative visits to the three pilot cities

Within this project, the cities of Brasov, Le Havre and Opava (the pilot cities) will:

• participate in 4 study visits in order to improve their expertise and their knowledge
• carry out research
• contribute to the definition of a pilot programme
• implement the pilot programme 

Results :

Creating a European database collected in a website (national legislative frameworks, sheets of good practices, documentation, links…)

Multilingual publication containing the capitalization of experiences of partners, the results of the draf,t recommendations and the pilot program (with the 1st results of its application)

Pilot Programs (adaptable to different European contexts)

Agenda 2008:

January: 1st working seminar in Paris (France)

April: study visit to Göttingen (Germany)

May: study visit to Turin (Italy)

June: study visit to Valencia (Spain)

July: study visit to Paris (France)

September: Opening of the project website

October: 2nd working seminar in Paris (France)

November 2008 - December 2009: 2nd phase of the project

Working Languages: French and English

Contact : Roxana Calfa ; Carla Napolano