2012 World Mayor Prize

  The City Mayors Foundation has launched this year’s World Mayor Project and is seeking nominations for the 2012 World Mayor Prize. The Prize is awarded every two years to a mayor who has been bold and innovative at community … More →

Calls for partners

1. Project for the training of local stakeholders working with Roma people Efus is preparing a project aimed at offering a specific training to local stakeholders working with Roma people. The idea is to produce a toolkit that will help … More →

Executive Committee to convene in Zebbug (Malta) early March

Paris, 17 January, 2012 – The Executive Committee meeting will take place in the town of Zebbug (Malta), on March 7, 8 and 9, 2012. The Mayor of Zebbug, Alfred Grixiti, has invited EC members to visit his town and … More →

Guilherme Pinto’s New Year message

  In his New Year message to members of Efus, Guilherme Pinto, President of the European Forum for Urban Security and Mayor of Matosinhos (Portugal), says that 2012 will be a crucial year for our network.    

Meeting in Marseille on European educational programmes and local policies

Marseille, 8 December 2011 – How important are European education and training programmes in local policies? This was the theme of a meeting organised on December 8 in Marseille by the French agency Europe Education and Training (see below), in charge … More →

Reducing reoffending in the UK

By Chris Williams, Community Safety Senior Advisor at the Local Government Association December 2011 - Successive governments in the UK have identified reducing the rate of recidivism as key to driving down overall levels of crime. The UK has one of the highest rates of … More →