Efus is pleased to invite you to register for the first session of a series of European training sessions organised within the framework of the PARTESS-COM project and with the support of the Brussels Police (PolBru) and safe.brussels. The PARTESS-COM project strengthens the security of places of worship, and educational institutions by providing targeted training, awareness-raising, and access to effective security tools and resources. It fosters cooperation between communities, practitioners, and authorities to exchange promising practices and build capacities in preventive security, crisis communication, and vulnerability assessment.
Efus will hold three European training sessions in Brussels in 2026 on the following topics:
- From Risk to Resilience: Local Crime Prevention Strategies for Safer Public Spaces
- Protecting what matters: Assessing and Reducing Vulnerabilities of Places of Worship
- Communicating Under Pressure: Communication Before, During and After a Crisis
This training sessions series aims at sharing effective European practices and tools for securing public spaces, with special attention to places of worship—such as synagogues, mosques, churches and other religious sites. The sessions will highlight transferable methodologies in the above topics. It will gather participants from Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA), city representatives and religious leaders.
Practical information
🗓️  1st session: 14 April 2026 (9am-5pm CET) / 2nd session: 20 May 2026  (9am-5pm CET) / 3rd session: 10 June 2026  (9am-5pm CET)
📍  Location: Rue de Ligne 40, 1000, Brussels for the 1st and 3rd training session. Location for the 2nd session TBC.
đź’¶Â Â Travel, accommodation (the night before the training), subsistence covered.
Format: One-day in person session, held in English (French simultaneous translation to be confirmed)
Participation: Limited number of places. Please note that registration is not equivalent to
confirmation of participation. Final selection will be made based on achieving a balanced
representation across target groups, geographic locations and available capacity.
You may register to any of the three sessions.