SaferSpaces: Active Public and Community Participation

Active Public and Community Participation

Local residents can become agents of change in their neighbourhoods and can provide government with necessary insights to meet a communities safety needs with tailor-made interventions. So the local communities need to play an active role in planning and implementing any safety measures to ensure a sustainable change and prevention of violence and crime.

In this section you can learn and discuss about the following:
• Sustainable forums for co-ordinated and collaborative action on community safety.
• Public and community participation in the development, planning and implementation of crime and violence prevention programmes and interventions.
• Public and private partnerships to support safety, crime and violence prevention programmes and interventions.
• And other relevant topics.


Catch up on the latest articles

Summary of the SaferSpaces Online Conference: Preventing Violence in South Africa - From policy making to evidence-based implementation
Summary of the SaferSpaces Online Conference: Preventing Violence in South Africa - From policy making to evidence-based implementation
Civic Engagement in Uncertain Times
27 May 2021 | by Ty Gamble-Eddington | Seriti Institute
Civic Engagement in Uncertain Times
“Call for active and resilient youth”: Launch of the Youth Ambassador Network
20 Apr 2021 | by Dambisa Dube
“Call for active and resilient youth”: Launch of the Youth Ambassador Network

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