Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly NewsIssue No.10May 2008^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^In this issue
Youth Park
133 Safe Community
Songpa District, South Korea
Mentor VIP, WHO
The Action – BESIP Tour 2008
Travelling Seminar
Conferences
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Dear Colleagues,
We have received several applauding emails from the newsubscribers. We again want to thanks all of our subscribers.

News and reports of this issue are appended below.
Same issue is also available at our WHO Collaborating
Centre on Community Safety Promotion website:
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, Editor

The Youthpark Community carry out earthquake relief exercises
In order to enhance the residents' safe consciousness on earthquake, and to improve their ability toescape and to help others to escape when earthquake happens, on April 1st,2008,the Youthpark
Community carried out earthquake relief exercises in NO.505 building ,on the Qianwei street.
Participants in this activity included residents from the Youthpark community, policemen, firefighters,
rescue workers, ambulance staff Community Health Center staff, Community Emergency Rescue Teamand Volunteer Team. The whole event is fast and accurate, and is much closer to reality. So far, this is
the first time to carry out earthquake relief exercises in one community. In this exercise，residents’ability to cope with earthquake has been greatly improved, and they have learned how to evacuate andhow to escape and help others to escape when unexpected disasters such as earthquake happens.

Community emergency rescue

Upper air escape drill
Reporter: Jake Lee, Jinan, China.
1Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia –International Safe Communities Designation #133
On the 5th March 2008 Palmerston became the first City in the Northern Territory Australia tobe accredited as an International Safe Community, the 133rd Safe Community in the world andthe 11th in Australia. This was an extremely important day for Palmerston. As the mayor ofPalmerston Mr Robert Macleod JP stated “we have worked to reach this point for more than
two years and although this is only the start of much work ahead, this is the moment when wecan say we have achieved our goal of becoming the Northern Territory’s first International SafeCommunity”. The mayor also commented that the Regional Safe Communities Committee
membership includes representatives from Northern Territory Police, local businesses, Council,
Northern Territory government departments, members of the community, media and the notfor-profit sector and that “working together the committee has expanded from looking just at
crime prevention issues to looking at the wellbeing of the whole community and the ways inwhich we can improve the lives of everyone in Palmerston”.
Ms Marion Scrymgour, MLA, Minister for Family
and Community Services, Minister for Child
Protection who was also a signatory to thedesignation agreement and in her speech statedthat “in any project such as this, leadership andvision is vital … I would like to acknowledge themajor role that the Dept of Health andCommunity Services have played in working
closely with Palmerston Council from thebeginning, as well as all the other partners, whotogether have made the City of Palmerston’s safe
community programme so successful”.
The site visit, on the 19th and 20th February prior to designation, was led by Dr Carolyn Coggan
in her capacity as Director of Safe Communities Foundation, a Certifying Centre of the WHO
Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion, and included Dr Marilyn McPherson,Chairperson SCFNZ, and Ms Dawn Spinks Manager Queensland Safe Community SupportCentre. Dr Coggan and Dr McPherson returned from New Zealand for the designation
ceremony.

Dr Coggan commented at the designation ceremony that the site visit team had experienced an
informative interactive two days in the community and were very impressed with the strategic
partnerships established with local businesses and the success of the five working groups
Palmlesstonnes, Child Safety, Personal Safety, Data and Evaluation, and the AlcoholManagement Reference Group. She stated “the City of Palmerston as an International Safe
Community is recognised as working in a systematic way to improve community safety. Thisinitiative may be Council led but it is definitely community owned”.
Reporter: Tania Peters, SCFNZ, New Zealand.
2Songpa District in Seoul, Korea
successfully passed through the on-site evaluation
As it was said in its application report Songpa District is one of the most beautiful districts in Seoul,
Republic of Korea which is blessed by nature with a population of 623,876 living in an area of33.89 . Since 2005 Songpa District has been carrying out Safe Community progarmmes based on
the six indicators for International Safe Community Membership.
From 5th to 6th March, 2008 two days on-site evaluation was conducted by the expert teamincluding Professor Joon Pil Cho, Chair of Certifying Center for Safe Communities in Asian Regionin Ajou University, Suwon, Korea; Dr. Diana Stark Ekman from Karolinska Institute, Sweden andAssociate Professor Shumei Wang from Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The experts were very
impressed by its well organized infrastructure with strong support from the mayor and the city
council, innovative and lifeful programmes with multi-sectors cooperation and community
participation, scientific based injury surveillance system guided by ICECI and evaluation system,
and active performance of its function both in local and international level. The experts highly
appraised Songpa’s efforts in pursuing to become the member of International Safe Community
Network and thought that Songpa District has successfully met all 6 criteria for a member of theInternational Safe Community Network.

From left to right: Professor Nam Soo Park, Dr. Diana StarkEkman, Professor Shumei Wang, Ms. Kim Young Soon (Mayor),Professor Joon Pil Cho and Dr Inguk Kim
Reporter: Shumei Wang, China.

MENTOR-VIP Program from WHO
MENTOR-VIP has been designed to assist junior injury practitioners develop specific skills
through structured collaboration with a more experienced person who has volunteered to act as amentor. The programme provides a mechanism to match demand for technical guidance from somepeople with offers received from others to provide technical support. Mentoring arrangements may
take place in whatever language or languages the mentor and mentee are comfortable tocommunicate in. The majority of interaction between mentor and mentee is expected to take placethrough low cost electronic communication such as email or telephonic exchange.
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In the first two years of function, MENTOR-VIP will establish 15 mentorship pairings each year.
Applicants who wish to apply for one of these positions must do so by the application deadline of
May 16 through the capacity building section of WHO headquarter's website for injury and violence
prevention. All applications to the programme are made online and more detailed information isavailable at http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/mentor_vip/.
A general orientation of the programme is to initially target skills development needs among morejunior injury practitioners in low- and middle-income countries. The skill categories targeted byMENTOR-VIP include:
1. Planning and conducting research
2. Evidence-based programme design and planning
3. Programme implementation and management
4. Programme monitoring and evaluation
5. Policy analysis and development
6. Imparting knowledge and skills
7. Advocacy and communication
8. Assuring funding support
Applicants who apply to the programme indicate which categories of skills they would like todevelop and this, along with other information in their application profile, is used to match the best
suited applicants with one of the available mentors.

Czech Road safety multi-media project,“The Action – BESIP Tour 2008” continues
On 31st March 2008 in Prague has been started the 4th repetition of the road safety project of theDutch origin called „The Action – BESIP Tour 2008“. This multti media project aimed on young road
users is provided by the Czech company EURONET.CZ for the Czech Ministry of Transport, RoadSafety Department (BESIP) with support of the Czech Traffic Police Branch and the Czech Health
Insurance Company of the Ministry of Interior. During previous years more than 60000 young people
15 – 20 years old visited the Project acrossthe Czech Republic.
This project gives teenagers information on real road accidents and their consequences through story ofa fireman, policeman, paramedic and last but not least a person on a wheel chair – real victim of a realroad accident. The whole programme is framed by pop music and dancing so it is very closed to youngpeople and their mentality. The Action Project was awarded as the best multimedia project of 2005.
The EURONET.CZ is a holder of The Action Project licence for the Czech Republic and for 11 new
EU member states. The whole project is under auspices of the Czech Minister of Transport, Mr Ales
Rebicek.
Every The Action tour brings to its visitors personal experiences of young people to whom the roadaccindent has changed their life. A now member of The Action Team,
28 years old Ales Hyka, who had a motorcycle road accident a he must be on a wheelchair, said: “ I amstill looking after a sence of my life, which could compensate me a lost of freedom... I am trying tocontinue in my life, but I have never reconciled with life on a wheelchair...”
For the 1st half of 2008 the organisers plan to organise 42 events in 14 towns in 10 regions of the Czech
Republic. There are 17000 young people expected to visit the show diring this period. During the 1st
four days of the tour the show visited more than 5000 young people in Trutnov, Sokolov, Litomerice(North Bohemian and West Bohemian Regions) and in Prague.

4For more information visit either website of the project on www.theaction.eu or contact directly Mr
Martin Gebauer, Executive Director of the EURONET.CZ on gebauer@euronet.cz, please.

International Safe Community Travelling Seminar15- 18 October 2008, South Island, New Zealand
Waimakariri, International Safe Community, is pleased to be hosting a Travelling Seminar that isbeing planned in association with the 17th International Safe Community Conference inChristchurch New Zealand in October 2008.
Delegates to the Conference are invited to participate in this exciting event that has been organized
to showcase the best that New Zealand has to offer. You will visit some iconic New Zealand sights
including Queenstown, Mount Cook as well as experience some uniquely New Zealand safety
initiatives including seeing Waimakariri International Safe Community in action, as well as a visit
to Professor John Langley and his team at the world renowned Injury Prevention Research Unit inDunedin.
This travelling seminar is a must for our international and national delegates. The programme has
been designed to practically showcase and compliment the themes of the Conference and we lookforward to being your hosts. We hope also that we can share and learn from each other as we travel
around the very picturesque South Island of New Zealand. There is an extensive sightseeing
programme planned and your registration will include a Jet Boat ride on the world famous Shotover
Gorge, visits to a high country sheep station.
Bookings and payments must be made by Sunday 15th June 2008. To participate in the travellingseminar you must also register for the 17th International Safe Communities Conference as a fulldelegate, or the accompanying person of a full delegate. Contact sandra.james@wmk.govt.nz for
more information or register online at www.safecom2008.org.nz

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2008• 2nd World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention
26-28th June, 2008, Tromso, Norway
www.ostrc.no• Conference in South Africa: August 2008
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the victim empowerment programme (vep)17th to the 20th August 2008, International Conference Center in Durban•
Children and Injuries International Conference
31 August – 3 September 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
For information:Sebastian.VanAs@uct.ac.za
http://isviporg.datasenter.no/files/brief_isvip_2008.pdf
www.uct-cmc.co.za/Conferences/2008/ISVIP/•2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion
October 9-10, 2008
Paris, France
http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/paris2008
517th International Safe Communities Conference•Working together to make a difference

20th – 23 October 2008
Christchurch, New Zealand
For further information visit: Conference pamphlet
http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/
email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz
Abstracts: Submission deadline 1 May, 2008
Call for Abstract and registration for Travelling Seminar 15-18 October•2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference
3-6 November 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
For information: apacph_injury2008@hsph.edu.vn
http://apacph2008.org/
www.meliahanoi.com

2009•

1st Eastern Mediterranean Regional Conference
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Development and Safety - Together•

10-12 February 2009, Cairo, Egypt
15 August 2008 Close of abstract submissions
For information: http://www.emro.who.int/vip/ipsp
18th International Conference on Safe Communities

Community Safety Policies as an axis for development

August 13 – 15, 2009, Cali, Colombia
For information: www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co•
5th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities (ARCSC)
15-18 September 2009
Beijing, China
China Occupational Safety & Health Association (COSHA)
2010•
19th International Safe Communities Conference

Sustainability of Safe Community Programs23- 26 March, 2010Suwon, Korea
For information: jpcho@ajou.ac.kr

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CourseRESEARCH EDUCATION Course 2008
Ph.D. Level COURSE:
5th International Course - A Ph.D. Level Course
Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs, Methods & Analysis
20 October - 21 November 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
7,5 Credits
Application deadline: 15 April
For further information: Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.sePhone: +46 8 7373775, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Safety Promotion
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine
Norrbacka 2nd Floor, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
Communication: Koustuv Dalal (Email: koustuv.dalal@ki.se )7