We’re so inspired by All the great ideas and tangible solutions on how to counter segregation and create more saftey in neighbourhoods in need of change!
Lesson #3 from our #TogetherForSafety2022 Key Findings: Inclusion is key to strengthening local democracies and building more resilient societies. Read more + all 9 of our key findings here 👇
https://strongcitiesnetwork.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/05/Together-for-Safety-2022-Key-Findings.pdf #StrongCities @NordicSafeCities
No one really expected anything of the students when Marco Damgaard became principal at Tingbjerg Skolen.
He changed that #Mindset from the get-go, and that has completely changed the narrative and (!) the results of the school’s students in national tests.
GROW – leave no #neighbourhood behind
Social and economic #segregation is on the rise across Nordic cities. But we won’t accept that any neighbourhood is left behind. We want #inclusion and #safety to grow so every citizen of any neighborhood take part in society.
Officially huge news!
#Nato #FinlandNATO #SwedenNATO
A historic day.
Today, Finland and Sweden hand in letters expressing their countries’ interest to apply for #NATO membership to SG @jensstoltenberg.
#FinlandNATO
There's a lot to be cheerful of these days in the #Nordics 😀 Today, we celebrate the National Day of #Norway 🇳🇴 #nasjonaldagen
Gratulerer med dagen Norge 🇳🇴Generalsekretær Paula Lehromäki besøker Nordisk senter i Oslo for å feire Norges nasjonaldag @NordForsk @nordicinno @NEF_Oslo #nrpol #Nasjonaldag
Re-upping this vid I did about how all of us should act on social media after a far-right terrorist attack. Our online discourse is part of the blast radius of an attack. We have the power to lessen that radius. https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1234471016845365249
What makes people willing to fight and die for their beliefs? @nafeeshamid and his colleagues scanned the brains of supporters of groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda to find out. https://nyti.ms/2vn5iQ5
In our recent Together for Safety Talks we - among several subjects - touched upon how #cities can counter #disinformation campaigns.
Read the key takeways from the Talks right here:
https://nordicsafecities.org/initiatives/together-for-safety/
@Strong_Cities
Learn how #cities can counter #disinformation campaigns and harness digital #technology to strengthen local #democracies & create safer, more inclusive societies. Read more: 👇
https://strongcitiesnetwork.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/05/Together-for-Safety-2022-Key-Findings.pdf #StrongCities @NordicSafeCities
The prime minister and the president of @finland want the nation to join @NATO. Huge news, obviously!
If they do join – and Sweden too, which looks likely at this point - it’ll change the whole security landscape of the Nordic countries.
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow warns of âretaliatory stepsâ over Finnish Nato bid; Russia inflicting âpure evilâ, says Ukraine â live
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We're so proud of the 'Together for Safety 2022'-talks which we held with @Strong_Cities earlier this year.
The Talks focused on how to Safeguard Local Democracies and Safe City Governance. Read the takeaways right here👇
https://buff.ly/3wbXaNz
Based on one of the pillars of our Blueprint, @Jeppealbers gives a speech on how to identify and tackle online discrimination and hate at the 3rd European Conference on #democracy and #HumanRights
#demokratiuka
We all know local politicians are at the receiving end of quite a lot of negative online talk. But exactly how much?
That's been anyone's guess up until this point.
But we won't have that. We need to know how much, in order to change it!
Hadet på lokalpolitikeres Facebook-sider skal undersøges: - Det er ganske voldsomme beskyldninger
Mange politikere som Aalborgs borgmester oplever ubehageligheder på de sociale medier, og derfor skal bl.a. kommentarer på de offentlige Fac...
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Today our CEO @Jeppealbers will be giving a speech at MEET’s – The Muslim European Empowerment Programme – conference in @krskommune.
The theme of today’s conference is how to address the challenges of Islamophobia in the light of European Democratic Values.
Enig. Oplevet utryghed er et af de mest komplekse samfundsprobl vi har, bl.a. fordi det handler om følelser og bypsykologi, som kan være løsrevet fra krimstat. Men der er løsninger; fx er enkelte vestegnskomm allerede nået langt, pga arb m borgerrettede netværksstyringsprocesser https://twitter.com/krimforebyg/status/1522096464306089984
Selvom kriminaliteten generelt er faldende, er danskerne blevet mere utrygge, når de går udenfor i mørke. Det Kriminalpræventive Råd opfordrer nu landets kommuner til at øge trygheden i det offentlige rum.
https://dkr.dk/nyheder/2022/maj/trygheden-kan-oeges-lokalt
#dkkrim #dkpol #kompoldk #tryghed #boligpol #dkbyg
Our researchers Maarten Van Alstein & @anneliespwls on #polarisation & #radicalisation. Read more:
✔in @RANEurope Spotlight
https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/document/download/edf83900-6f86-4ef3-8bce-2d20e2e1d06f_en?filename=ran_spotlight_polarisation_en.pdf
✔on the role of #education
https://vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/en/factsheet/the-role-of-education-in-the-prevention-of-violent-radicalisation-and-polarisation/
✔P/CVE #strategy
https://vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/en/factsheet/managing-a-whole-of-society-approach-to-preventing-and-countering-violent-extremism-insights-from-the-flemish-case/
