Safety problems discussed in Nacka

The 4^th meeting of the Commission on local Safety took place on 20 - 21 October 2011 in Nacka, Sweden. The representatives of nine UBC members were present: Botkyrka, Gdańsk, Karlstad, Nacka, Örebro, Riga, Tallinn, Turku and Vilnius.

The report on Commission's activities was presented. also, the participants became acquainted with the results of XI UBC general Conference in liepāja which approved the transformation from the working group to the Commission.

Hans-Ivar Swärd, Jan Landström (both Nacka) and Marcus Qvennerstedt (Botkyrka) presented how safety of their local communities was managed. a speech on the crime prevention through environmental design was delivered by professor Bo Grönlund from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts. next, hans akerlund from the Swedish Construction Federation spoke on how to keep the building sector clean from criminal activities and unethical behaviour. at the end, Dovilė Šulcienė, Vilnius, presented topic related to the taxi problems.

Second day focused on the issues selected at the previous meeting. Gdańsk presented the socio-economic aspects of homelessness and the problem of the illegal street trade. Monika Lestberg from Tallinn spoke on environmental protection. The next meeting will take place in Tallinn on 24-25 May 2012.