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Conversations with Sports Safety and Service Experts – Rodrigo Cavaleiro on coordinating safety, security and service effectively at sports events
In this sixth episode of Balance S4 mini-series on safety and service, we sepak to Rodrigo Cavaleiro, President of the National Authority for the Prevention and Fight Against Sport-Related Violence of Portugal (APCVD). The APCVD is responsible for preventing and ensuring compliance with the...
Conversations with Sports Safety and Service Experts - Siobhán O'Brien on the importance of stakeholder co-operation
In our fifth episode of Balance S4 Mini-series on safety and service at sports events we talk to Siobhán O’Brien, Fan Relations Manager at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Siobhán shares her insights on the crucial role of promoting safety and service good practices at sports...
Conversations with Sports Safety and Service Experts – Stuart Dykes on the rights of fans
In this fourth episode of the Balance S4 mini-series on safety and service at sports events we talk to Stuart Dykes, Director of European and Institutional Affairs, Football Supporters Europe (FSE). Stuart emphasises the vital importance of fans’ safety and advocates for its integration with...
Balance S4 - Empowering Trainers to Champion Safety and Inclusivity in Sports Events
On 21 March 2025, the joint European Union - Council of Europe project “Balance S4: Strengthening the Safety and Service pillars of the Saint-Denis Convention” is organising a Training of Trainers session on Safety at sports events in Athens, Greece. The training takes place at the O.A.K.A Indoor...
New: Conversations with Sports Safety and Service Specialists
A series of nine interviews with sports safety and service specialists has been conducted as part of the European Union - Council of Europe joint project Balance S4. These interviews offer valuable insights into the concept of safety and service at sports events through the perspectives of...
Balance S4 Awareness Raising Workshop on Safety at Sports Events
On 5 December 2024, an awareness-raising workshop on safety at sports events was organised in the framework of the joint European Union - Council of Europe project “Balance S4”. The workshop took place at a unique location: the Stade de la Meinau, home of the Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace...
Project country Lithuania ratifies the Convention on safety, security and service in sport
On 2 February 2021, Lithuania ratified the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events (Saint-Denis Convention) becoming the 19th State to ratify this important international treaty*. This is exciting news for the...
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“Learning has no walls!" - ProS4+ online course welcomes its new users
The ProS4+ team had to postpone the face-to-face training activities due to the Covid-19 crisis. However, interest in the ProS4+ online course on the Council of Europe Convention on Safety, Security and Service at Sport Events (Saint-Denis Convention) has reached a peak and the number of users...
Covid-19: precautionary measures for ProS4+ programme of activities
Due to the evolving situation of the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in the Council of Europe’s host country France, in neighbouring and many other countries, the Secretary General has taken the decision to cancel or postpone - until further notice - all meetings or events in France which foresee...
National Football Policing Training seminar in Prague
The Council of Europe and the European Union joint project PROS4+ is organising a National Football Policing Training seminar in Prague (Czech Republic) from 7 to 9 January 2020. The training seminar is aimed at promoting the standards enshrined in the 2016 Council of Europe Saint-Denis...
Call for Tenders - production of training materials
The “ProS4+: Promoting and Strengthening the Council of Europe Standards on Safety, Security and Service at football matches and other sports events” project is currently organising training events to promote the safety, security and service standards enshrined in the new 2016 Council of Europe...
Pre-visit to Czech Republic for the National Football Police Training
The ProS4+ team and their expert carried out a pre-visit to Prague (Czech Republic) on 22-24 September. The purpose of the visit was twofold: To observe the police preparation and operations as well as their interaction with fan groups in connection with a football match; To conduct/film...
Interest for ProS4+ eLearning Course continues to grow
The ProS4+ project’s eLearning course on Council of Europe Convention on safety, security and service at sports events, launched in December 2018, has now around one hundred users. The user profiles vary: we have Security Officers from Football Federations, Police (National Football Information...
New Council of Europe e-learning course on safety, security and service at sports events
The Council of Europe launched its new e-learning course on safety, security and service at sports events. The course has been prepared within the framework of the Council of Europe and the European Union joint project entitled “Promoting and Strengthening the Council of Europe standards on...
July 2018 to February 2020
Prolongation of ProS4+ project
Council of Europe and European Union continue to co-operate in the area of safety, security and service at sports events and, as a result of this, the joint ProS4+ project has been prolonged from July 2018 to February 2020. The 20-month project aims at tackling cross-border threats to the...
National Police Training event in Romania
After the events in Lithuania and Bulgaria the third national police training event took place in Bucharest (Romania) from 9-11 May 2018. The main objective of the ProS4+ subproject 5 was to develop and deliver customized “one country” trainings for countries that have signed and therefore show...
SP3: 2nd Working meeting between Expert Review Panel and E-learning Course Developer
For the second working group meeting the project team, the representatives of the Council of Europe and the developer of the University of Liverpool came together in the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg to discuss the progress of the E-learning Course. Subject of their fruitful...
Training Seminar – Promoting the new Council of Europe Convention: Safe, secure, and welcoming sports events!
In co-operation with the Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior, the Education and Sports Department and Football and Basketball Associations, the Council of Europe / European Union joint project ProS4+ organised a training seminar in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 13-15 March 2018. The training seminar...
SP3: Working Group meeting on development of e-learning course
The ProS4+ project team, Council of Europe consultants and University of Liverpool representatives came together to discuss the roadmap for the development of an e-learning course. The working group meeting took place at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg on 17 November 2017. The...
SP5: National Police Training Event
The 1st National Football Policing Training Seminar organised within the CoE/EU joint project ProS4+ took place in Sofia (Bulgaria) from 17-19 October 2017. The aim of the training has been to promote the standards enshrined under the Council of Europe new Convention on safety and security at...
