Safer Cities supports Local Authorities in establishment of Safety Coalitions
 Bujanovac, September 2010 - From the beginning of project activities in March 2010, the Safer Cities team within the UN Joint Programme in South Serbia Peace Building and Inclusive Development – PBILD, is working closely with all thirteen municipalities, and in close consultation with representatives of Local Self-government, Centres for Social Welfare, Youth Offices, Offices/departments for Economic Development, Police Departments and Municipal Safety Councils.
Through the consultative process, Mayors expressed their interest and appreciation of further Safer Cities support in the establishment and institutionalization of Safety Coalitions as Local Councils or Boards. Until now, two newly formed Councils have been established in Bojnik and Surdulica.
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Bujanovac, 25 July 2011 - After several months of intense assessment, including field and research work, Local Safety Diagnoses for the 13 municipalities of south Serbia have been validated by local communities. The formulation process saw the good and active cooperation with partner municipalities and local institutions, as well as expert support provided by the European Forum for Urban Safety, and field and desk research work implemented by PBILD Safer Cities partner the Educational Centre from Leskovac. 
Bujanovac, 15 July 2011 - In April 2011, the Regional Police department in Vranje launched the initiative and advanced the request to organise and perform the entire PBILD Safer Cities training cycle for Pcinjski district Police Officers. The initiative received the support and approval by the Ministry of Interior as well. During May, following the pace of one week – one training, 17 Police Officers took active participation in all four training sessions. Representatives of Police departments from across the Pcinjski and Jablanicki Districts have been actively participating to the work carried out in the previous months within local Safety Councils in partner municipalities. 
Bujanovac, June 2011 - In the frame of capacity building activities for improved safety and prevention of violence in partner municipalities of the Peace Building and Inclusive Local Development Programme in south Serbia, PBILD Safer Cities Training Cycle was delivered, with a total of 46 training sessions, to partner municipalities across the Pcinjski and Jablanicki districts from February to June 2011. 
Where do potential crimes take place? How does the specific town area function in its entirety? Are there unpopulated intervening spaces? Are there objects which create barriers? Where are the human environments where people don’t like to move about? Do we have a proper lighting of our streets? Are our children safe when going back home from school?
Bujanovac, September 2010 - Within the foreseen activities to develop appropriate capacity building programs to support the planning process for the formulation of local safety strategies and action plans in the 13 partner municipalities of South Serbia, Focus Group meetings were organized by the Safer Cities Team and conducted by the European Forum for Urban Safety EFUS experts. 
Belgrade, 19-20 May 2010 - On May 19th and 20th the Theme Group on Roma Inclusion of the UN Country Team in Serbia, organized two one-day training workshops targeting local and national level institutions on the right to adequate housing. The Ministry of Human and Minority Rights of the Republic of Serbia co-hosted the workshops.
The conference Access to social and affordable housing was held on February 11, 2010 in Belgrade, co-organized by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration with the technical assistance of UN-HABITAT and the support of the Italian Government.
