The International Congress on Public Safety in a Diverse Society, October 19-22 2011

The Public Safety Community Programme, based in Madrid, Spain, aims to define a model of public safety to guarantee the rights of each and every individual and group in our increasingly diverse, complex, technological and interdependent cities.

This pioneering international project has received the support of a multitude of organisations and entities from across the world in cities with high levels of social diversity such as Belem and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, San Francisco and Chicago in the USA, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Madrid, among others.

Local meetings have been carried gathering experts, professionals from the police, legal entities, social workers, civil society, academics and researchers, NGOs, and residents, to discuss the challenges faced and propose solutions for the future of public safety in their own neighbourhoods. As our world is increasingly interdependent, the problems of some have an effect on many and a lot can be learnt from the experiences of others. The Programme is therefore organising the International Congress on Public Safety in a Diverse Society to be held in Madrid and Segovia (Spain) from the 19^th to the 22^nd of October 2011. 

For more information or to request an invitation to the International Congress on Public Safety in a Diverse Society, please contact Thandi Demanet (International cooperation) at thandi.demanet@ie.edu and be sure to visit the Public Safety Community Programme’s website at www.ie.edu/universidad/seguridadinnova.