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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...
Working Group meeting on NFIP Website
Working Group on the NFIP website, the ProS4+ project team and the Council of Europe consultants came together for a meeting to discuss the current NFIP website, proposals for its improvement and the necessary update of the technical tool. The meeting was held at the Agora Building of the Council...
What we did in 2016
See what we did during the year 2016 in the framework of the ProS4 Project ! Link to our slide show
Closing event of ProS4 project
The closing event of the ProS4 project took place during the lunch break of the T-RV Standing Committee meeting on 6 December in Strasbourg. The event was attended by a large number of T-RV delegates who were offered a buffet lunch and beverages. Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General,...
Annual/Season Report 2015
In their Annual Report 2015 on violence, disorder and other prohibited activity in connection with professional football matches in Europe and, where appropriate, other sports events, the experts tried to provide a factual basis for undertaking further analysis of current trends and emergent...
Country reports
The ProS4 project produced country reports for the three project countries: Romania, Croatia and the Slovak Republic, and summarised the key issues and project contributions to their solutions respectively. They also included future recommendations for the national authorities.
Balkan Conference on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sport Events: “A Practitioner’s Perspective”
In co-operation with the Romanian Gendarmerie, the EU/CoE joint ProS4 project will bring together policy makers and practitioners from 12 Balkan countries to promote the new Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports...
