CURiM (Collaborative Urban Risk Management platform)

It contemplates security through participation: city as a network, citizens as sensors and reporters

Citizens can use it to evaluate urban risks, report incivilities, evaluate an offence or crime they have witnessed and chat with other inhabitants

It provides policymakers of the Municipality and the Local Council for Crime Prevention (of which the local police is a member) with up-to-date information regarding the local security situation and enables the creation of tailored, evidence-based policies, and to visualise risks through a geospatial mapping

Victim Support Unit

The baseline assessment allowed for a comprehensive understanding of victimisation factors and to design the creation of the Victim Support Unit, which provides with: psychological, social and legal counseling

The Local Council for Crime Prevention members contributed to the creation of the Victim Support Unit so it can respond with accuracy to identified needs in Piraeus. For an enhanced and sustainable impact, both entities work closely, bringing together the local security stakeholders

Its action is based on three principles: