D3.5 Report of Local validation workshop with civil society

The IcARUS project aims to enhance a strategic approach to urban security based on
multi-stakeholder cooperation and the co-production of solutions. Based on a vision for
tackling crime which combines prevention, sanctions and fostering social cohesion, the
project’s main objectives are to provide a comprehensive understanding of urban security
challenges and policies, and an opportunity to reflect upon and define tools and practices
to respond to such challenges.
The IcARUS project seeks to facilitate a transformation in the application and utilisation
of the knowledge base in urban security by adopting existing innovative tools and
practices to develop a toolkit that allows urban security actors to better respond to urban
security challenges. The four IcARUS focus areas correspond to the priorities expressed
by the project’s partner local and regional authorities in terms of their local urban security
issues, namely: 1) preventing radicalisation leading to violent extremism; 2) preventing
juvenile delinquency; 3) designing and managing safe public spaces, and 4) reducing and
preventing trafficking and organised crime.
The project aims to transform the benefits of security policies to local communities by
engaging them as active co-producers of urban security policies and practices, rather than
passive recipients of municipal services. Thus, IcARUS will foster innovative governance
approaches based on the promotion of citizen participation and the co-production of
security policies.