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Dear EUNWA member/network partner,
you are now receiving the July 2016, Newsletter.
Thank you for your active participation!
Sincerely,
Karl Brunnbauer
President
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CONTENTS OF THIS NEWSLETTER
- EUNWA Third Annual Conference Vienna Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, 2016
- Hotels near the conference venue
- Draft of Meeting Agenda Fall 2016
- Abstracts of Some Presentations
- Please REGISTER NOW or by email to HQ@eunwa.org with copy to guenter@pronachbar.at.
- AVOCET sponsorship
- Other partners
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1. EUNWA Third Annual Conference Vienna Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, 2016
Please find below the latest version of the agenda draft for the forthcoming EUNWA conference in Vienna. There are some changes both in the speakers and in the sequence of presentations. Overall, the number of presentations has increased from 13 in the June version to 19 in the present version. Please take note.
We are also giving some additional topical information concerning the individual presentations as far as they are available at this time (see item 2: Abstracts of some presentations).
On the other hand, from experience we know that more changes will occur until the day of the conference. Two or three of the new speakers have not yet finally confirmed their appearance.
In the meantime we managed to finalize arrangements for the welcome dinner (get-together) on Thursday, Sep. 29, the dinner on Friday, Sep. 30, and the closing lunch on Saturday, Oct. 1. It is important for us to know how many persons will attend these functions, so please register now (if you have not already done so) using the following registration link:
>> PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE
2. There are a few hotels near the conference venue which we can recommend and which to date have rooms available.
www.austria-trend.at
www.hotelbergwirt.at
www.hotelviktoria.co.at
www.schneider-goessl.at
If you need any assistance do not hesitate to contact us.
3. Draft of Meeting Agenda Fall 2016
EUNWA
Draft of Meeting Agenda Fall 2016 Version 6 July 26, 2016
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Thursday,
Sep. 29, 2016
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Arrival of participants, check-in at hotel
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20.00
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Welcome dinner (snack) at Waldemar Tagesbar, Altgasse 6, 1130 Vienna
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All participants and guests
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Friday,
Sep. 30, 2016
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Conference Location: Amtshaus Hietzing,
Hietzinger Kai 1-3, 1130 Vienna
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09.00 – 09.15
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Registration at conference hall
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All participants and guests
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09.15 – 09.30
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Welcome
Introduction and presentation of topics
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Silke Kobald, Borough Mayor Vienna 13th District
Karl Brunnbauer
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09.30 – 10.00
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Keynote address: Asylum seekers - European Challenges and Chances
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Michael Girardi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
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10.00 – 10.30
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Best Practice Example: Love my Street – The Street Associations Initiative
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Martin Graham, Birmingham
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10.30 – 11.00
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Coffee break, networking
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11.00 – 11.30
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Cyber Crime, a rising threat
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Kate Algate, NHW England & Wales
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11.30 – 11.45
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Analysis of preventive effects of alarm systems
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Peter Komposch, Austria
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11.45 – 12.30
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Migration/Conflict Prevention
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Lisa Fellhofer, Austrian Integration Fund
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12.30 – 13.30
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Lunch buffet
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13.30 – 14.00
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Inspec2t – Solution towards the New Generation in Community Policing
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Panayiotis Papanikolaou, KEMEA, Greece
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14.00 – 14.30
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City Angels Milan
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Mario Furlan, Milan
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14.30 – 15.00
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Safer cities – Multilevel Partnership Example
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Tiina Ristmäe, Estonia
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15.00 – 15.30
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Burgernet
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Gohar Sargsyan, Netherl.
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15.30 – 16.00
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Coffee break, networking
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16.00 – 16.30
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Establishing NHW in a New Country – The Polish Experience
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David Huse, Warsaw
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16.30 – 17.00
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Project “Courageous Community”
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Hans Steinkellner/Stefan Ofner, Austria
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17.00 – 17.30
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The Sociology of Asylum, Migration and Crime
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Walter Fuchs, IRKS Vienna
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17.30 – 17.50
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Activities and Projects of Aditess
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Lisa Charalambous, Cyprus
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17.50 – 18.15
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Avocet – applied crime prevention
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Clive Lloyd, Avocet
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Appox. 18.15
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End of day 1
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19.00
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Meeting in front of the Convention Hall – 5 minutes’ walk to Parkhotel Schönbrunn for dinner
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Saturday,
Oct. 1, 2016
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09.00 –09.45
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Fighting International Organized Crime
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Andreas Holzer, Austrian Interior Ministry
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09.45 – 10.15
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The Contribution of Civil Society in the Field of Crime Prevention
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Erich Marks, German Prevention Day, Hannover
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10.15 – 10.45
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Coffee break, networking
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10.45 – 11.15
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Case Study: Crime statistics and People’s Subjective Feeling of Unsafety
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Jeremy Stoehs, Austrian Center for Security Studies
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11.15 – 11.45
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Nuclear Safety – a Challenge to the Residential Population
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George Vayssier, Nuclear Safety Consultant, Netherlands
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11.45 – 12.15
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Immigration, Crimigration and Crime
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Maria João Guia, Portugal
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12.15 – 12.30
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Closing statements, wrap-up of the meeting, outlook to next year’s meeting in Crete
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Karl Brunnbauer
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12.30
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End of conference, 5 minutes’ walk to closing lunch at Restaurant Braundauers Schlossbräu
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4. Abstracts of Some Presentations
Mag. Michael Girardi, BMEIA, AT |
Asylum seekers – European challenges and chances |
Michael Girardi, born 1964 in Innsbruck, studied Political Science at the University of Vienna, has been head of the department General Policy Matters of Integration in the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA) since the establishment of the General Directorate of Integration in July 2013 – then located in the Federal Ministry of Interior (MOI). Beforehand head of the department of public relations from 2001 to 2010 and was entrusted with the department for Integration, which had been tasked with the realisation of the National Action Plan for Integration. Furthermore, Michael Girardi serves as a district councillor for Vienna's fifth district, Margareten. |
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Martin and Gina Graham, The street associations initiative, Birmingham, UK |
'Introducing Street Associations - broadening the appeal of Neighbourhood Watch'
How creating a 'Street Association' can make any Neighbourhood Watch group more attractive, still focusing on crime prevention, but also adding 'friendship, fun, belonging, a helping hand', re-building community life street by street. |
Martin Graham, with his wife Gina, has pioneered Street Associations since 2010. Before that, for 11 years, he was founder and director of On the Move International, which helped churches to engage with their wider communities, organising big free barbecues in town centres in 27 countries! Prior to that, he was chief executive of the Kent Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1993-7), deputy director of the Conservative Party's national Research Department (1991-93) and Public Affairs Director of the British Chambers of Commerce (1988-91). He studied politics at Swansea, then Cambridge universities. |
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Panayiotis Papanikolaou, Center for Security Studies – KEMEA Hellenic Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, GR
Elisavet Charalambous, Advanced Integrated Technology Solutions & Services (ADITESS Ltd), CY |
INSPEC2T INSpiring Citizens Participation for Enhanced Community PoliCing AcTions |
Panayiotis Papanikolaou
Center for Security Studies – KEMEA, Greece
Panayiotis Papanikolaou holds a degree of BSc in Business Administration with a specialization in Computer Information Systems. He is an Information Systems Analyst with a fifteen years professional experience in Information Systems Analysis & Design as well as Social Media & Corporate Communication Consulting. He had been an associate contractor for the Greek Government authorities in central Government (Ministry of Development), in Local Government (Municipality of Athens), as well as the U.S. Government (Department of Commerce). He has experience in international contracts and tenders, and EU programmes since the FP6 (6th Framework Programme) and the 2nd and 3rd CSF (Community Support Framework). Since the beginning of 2013, he is a Research Associate for the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA), highly involved in the Center’s EU Research Programmes.
Mrs Elisavet Charalambous, Research Scientist
As of 2014 Elisavet is a research scientist and software engineer at ADITESS Ltd, specialised in the area of security systems and multimedia analytics. Awarded a BSc Hons in Information Technology and Multimedia Communications (2007-2010) and an MSc in Digital Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (2010-2011), Lancaster University, UK. Currently, a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Cyprus. During 2011-2014, Elisavet was an Early Stage Researcher on the NARNIA ITN project “Application and Development of Computational Intelligence Methods in the Analysis of Archaeological Data” within the framework of the Marie Curie Actions Program. Background includes the areas of secure communications, sound and image processing, adaptive filters, intelligent systems multimedia coding and distribution, machine learning and computational intelligence. |
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Mario Furlan, Milan, IT |
City Angels, Angels of the street: City Angels are emergency street volunteers that help people in difficulties, trouble or distress. They prevent and fight crime and support the homeless, through material and psychological help. |
Mario Furlan, University teacher of Motivation and personal growth, founded the Association in 1994 in Milan. The Angels are now active in 17 Italian cities, with more than 500 volunteers. In 2014 we have opened our first chapter outside Italy: in Lugano, Switzerland. |
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David Huse, UK |
Neighbourhood Watch and Poland. Initial thoughts'. |
David started his career at Procter and Gamble and left as UK Healthcare Marketing Director having been Sales Director in Poland from 1996 to 1999. He joined Heinz as Sales Director for their UK and Ireland business before becoming COO for Asian Media and Marketing based in the UK and India. He then designed and ran the 2012 London Olympics/Paralympics volunteer programme for the Mayor of London, which included a one year Legacy project with the National Trust. He was awarded an OBE in 2014. He was appointed CEO of Waterloo200, the Charity set up to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the battle of Waterloo in 2015. He has recently been working pro bono for Sussex Police to understand their current volunteer programme and re-apply his external learning's where appropriate. He is an Advisor for Neighbourhood Watch UK, a Trustee for City Year Charity, a mentor for two young people in London and a Director of a Social Enterprise. |
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C.P. Lloyd, Avocet Hardware UK Ltd |
Avocet – applied crime prevention |
Clive started his corporate life in 1972 following service in the RAF and Army. He has held positions in sales and marketing principally and has retired from his post as President of the British Home Enhancement Trade Association. BHETA is the leading trade association for manufacturers, suppliers and distributors in the DIY, Housewares and Gardening sectors. Currently Clive is the Managing Director of Avocet Hardware (UK) Ltd and previously held the same post in RB (UK) Ltd a shelving and storage company who specialised in both shop fitting and consumer applications.Prior to this he held the post of Director of sales for Richard Burbridge Ltd, A timber based companyspecialising in stair parts/mouldings and decking. Clive has also had extensive export and new product development experience in USA, Middle East and Japan |
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Erich Marks, Deutscher Präventionstag, Hannover, DE |
The contribution of civil society in the field of crime prevention |
Erich Marks is an educationalist and works in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice as director of the Council for Crime Prevention. He has worked for many years, especially in the field of prevention at national and international level. Erich Marks is among others managing director of the German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP), Vice President of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), Vice President of the European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS) and chairman of the foundation Pro Child. |
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Jeremy Stöhs, Austrian Center for Security Studies, ACIPSS, AT |
Case Study: Crime Statistics and People’s Subjective feeling of Unsafety
Do you feel safe? – Perceptions of Security Among the Citizens of Graz |
PHD STUDENT, Department of History at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Thesis working title: “Europe’s Naval Forces since the End of the Cold War: Strategy, Technology and Operations; MAGISTER (MA) Teacher’s degree in History, Political Education and English (with honors)
Research focus: Modern European and American history, American politics and culture, Peace and Conflict Studies, military history; security studies, International Relations; Training in didactics and pedagogy Thesis: “The Decline of European Sea Power: Europe’s Navies in a Time of Austerity and Brinkmanship |
There are many more interesting topics to come, please see our current agenda.
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If you have not yet registered for this exciting conference, please REGISTER now.
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EUNWA’S MAIN SPONSOR AVOCET
AVOCET is a UK manufacturer of unique safety locks, forensic burglar identification and related products.
Participants at the Vienna Conference in September will have a chance to inspect the AVOCET products and to inform themselves about the product features and benefits to users.
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