With the slogan “Madrid, Seguro que Sí” (Madrid, for sure), the new Public Safety Community Program has launched a catalog of activities and intervention services for the neighborhoods that are searching the active involvement of the citizens and the institutions to localize risk situations and attention of the citizens.

The public safety calls on for a diversity of opinions and attitudes between the residents of the center of Madrid. “This term is positive but not considered necessarily by many of the citizens” is the explanation of the Professor of psychology of IE University and director of the mentioned Program, Miguel Angel Gandarillas. Placed in the “Centro Comunitario Casino de la Reina”, the Program is promoting a series of innovative initiatives that represent an expansion of the traditional concept of security and delves into the need to work at the root of crime focusing on communitarian prevention in their own neighborhood. According to Miguel Angel Gandarillas, “we need to promote public discussions of what kind of security we want in our neighborhood and what should be the role of the neighbors, so that it can effectively extend the exercise of the rights of citizens from their involvement in the care of their environment and living in the neighborhood. "

So, are spearheading a campaign for public participation (“Contigo Seguro que Sí” – With you, for sure) that includes a series of discussion in each neighborhood of the District with the neighbors, merchandisers, institutions, associations and collectives. In these discussions will point the necessities of the neighborhoods and the proposal of the neighbors to incorporate in the design the prevention methods and the promotion of the public safety. “We need all the experiences, visions, opinions, approaches and proposals, all of them will be taking in consideration”, announce the Director of the Program. Also in the discussions the assistants will choose a representative for the Participation Forum of the Public Safety of District Center that will collaborate on the design of the methods over the territory. The first meeting will take place in Sol Neighborhood next Friday, 30^th of April at 18:00 at the headquarters of the Council of Spanish Youth (Montera street, 24, 6^th floor), next week, in the Universidad Neighborhood (and Maravillas), on Thursday 6^th of May at 18:30 at IES Lope de Vega (San Bernardo street, 70) and in the Palacio neighborhood the next week, Wednesday, 12^nd of May at 18:30 at the Cultural Center Puerta de Toledo (Gran Via de San Francisco street, 2).

At the Communitarian Program are collaborating also Social Services of District Center of Madrid, Municipal and National Police unities, different national and international universities, and the General Authority of Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission.