Regarding safety cases, interaction, the skill of conducting a dialogue , a master class on making candles – those were the activities male and female students of the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs were involved in participating in the forum “Kropyvnytskyi smart city day. Public security”.
An informal communication platform for the exchange of experiences and dialogue between the public, media, police, and the authorities gathered in the KOWO creative space in Kropyvnytskyi those who shape, influence and support public security and implement security initiatives.
The participants of the event discussed the formula of interaction, ideas and means of strengthening security in the communities, the role of youth in the implementation of projects.
According to Kateryna Koltunova, Deputy Head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration for Humanitarian Affairs, it is the youth who actively attracts international grant funds to municipal communities today in order to implement their own plans. They instruct managers to quickly solve security issues and announce it. The video shared by them on TikTok or Instagram is the most effective means of thought provoking.
The representatives of DonSUIA noted that at the forum they met interesting people, learned about security ambassadors and the efficient police-community tandem.
The event took place within the framework of the project “Wartime Public Security Support Program for Community Leaders” implemented by the NGO “Human Rights Foundation” with the support of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation. The regional partner of the project “Wartime Public Security Support Program for Community Leaders ” in the Kirovohrad region is the NGO “Sustainable Development Agency “Khmarochos”.
