D4.1 Work plan from LEAs to implement tools for each of the 4 priority areas

The IcARUS project aims to enhance a strategic approach to urban security based on multistakeholder
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 urban
security knowledge by adopting existing innovative tools and practices to develop a transferable
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.