KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE

Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

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COMMUNITY SAFETY PROMOTIONSAFE COMMUNITY WEEKLY NEWSNo. 9April 2005******* LETTER FROM THE EDITOR*********
Welcome to the ninth issue of Safe Community Weekly News in 2005, the electronic Safe
Community Weekly News is edited by the European Safe Community Network andKarolinska Institutet, WHO Collaboration Centre on Community Safety Promotion on behalfof Safe Communities Network.

WHAT IS NEW AT SAFE COMMUNITIES?
In this issue:

CONFERENCE: The 14th International Conference on Safe Communities, Bergen
AFFILIATION: Disaster Management, Cape Province, South Africa
CONFERENCE: Queensland Safe Communities Conference, Queensland, Australia
SEMINAR: The Second International Safe SCHOOLS MEETING. Bergen, Norway
PROGRAM: The Northland Injury Prevention Programme; New Zealand**************************************************************************

14th International Conference on Safe Communities

www.safebergen.com
Early registration deadline: 15th April 2005
Special Sessions:••••Community Policing
National and regional strategies for Safe
Community developmentThe role of rescue services in SafeCommunities
Transnational and cross-cultural issues
in injury researchSpecial meetings:•••••Annual WHO Affiliate Safe Community Support Centre meeting2005 European Safe Community Network meeting2005 Asian Safe Community Network meeting
The 6th Nordic Safe Community Conference, Planning meeting.
The 3rd Asian Regional Safe Community Conference, Planningmeeting.

For registration and accommodation please contact:
Ms. Renate A. Ellingsen
Fjell og Fjord Konferanser AS
Nittedalsgt. 1a, 2000 Lillestrøm
Tlf: 63 80 65 10 / 419 04 189
Faks: 63 80 65 11renate@fjellogfjord-konferanser.nowww.fjellogfjord-konferanser.noKey Note Speakers

Etienne Krug, MD, MPH
Dr Krug was appointed Director of the Department for Injuries and ViolencePrevention at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in October
2000. He has co-ordinated the development of WHO’s first World Report on
Violence and Health published in 2002 and preparations for World Health Day
2004, dedicated to Road Safety. He also chairs the International Organizing
Committee for World Conferences on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
From July 1995 to December 1999 Dr Krug was medical epidemiologist in theDivision of Violence Prevention at the US Centers for Disease Control andPrevention in Atlanta. During that time he designed, conducted and publishedepidemiological research focusing on violence prevention at the national andinternational level.
Between 1987 and 1995, Dr Krug worked in war thorn countries for several
humanitarian organizations. He served as Medical Doctor in Mozambique andCountry Director in Nicaragua and El Salvador for Médecins sans Frontières, as
Health and Nutrition Coordinator for the United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees during the Rwandan genocide, and as Human Rights Observer in Haiti.
Dr Krug holds a degree of Medical Doctor from the University of Louvain inBrussels, Belgium and a Masters Degree in Public Health from Harvard
University. He has earned several awards. He is editor of several scientificjournals and has published many original articles, editorials and chapters. He is
fluent in French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.

Ingelin Killengreen,
National Police Commissioner, Norway
Education
1972:
1989:

Law degree from University of Oslo
National Defence College

Work experience
1972-1976:
1976-1978:
1978-1980:
1980-1983:

Executive officer; Ministry of Justice, Police Department
Deputy Judge; Oslo City Court
Executive officer; Ministry of Justice, Police Department
Head of Division; Ministry of Justice, Prison and Probation
Department and from 1982 same position in Police Department
1983-1989: Assistant Director General; Ministry of Justice, Prison and Probation
Department
1989-1994: Director General; Ministry of Justice, Police Department
1994-1995: Secretary General; Ministry of Justice
1995-2000: Chief of Police; Oslo Police HQ
2000National Police Commissioner
Special posts
1970:Assistant Lecturer; University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
1975-1978: Lecturer; University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
1994:
Member of the Norwegian Negotiation Committee to EU
1998-2000: Deputy Chairman; National Police Academy Board
1998-2001: Chairman; Norwegian Drugs and Alcohol Control Council

Leif Svanström B.A., M.D., Ph.D.
B.A. at Lunds University (major in Genetics), M.D.
and Ph.D. (Injury Epidemiology) at the same
University. Professor of Social Medicine at
Karolinska Institutet since 1980 and Head of Divisionof Social Medicine. Member of WHO Expert
Advisory Panel on Accident Prevention and Head ofWHO
Collaborating Centre on Community Safety
Promotion. leif.svanstrom@phs.ki.se
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
After introducing the Safety Policy concept of ‘Safe
Communities’ in the 1970´s he leads a teamconcentrating in developing process and outcome
evaluation of intervention programmes.
Through system oriented models he has also
participated in development of the Stockholm Cancer
Prevention and Diabetes type II intervention
programmes.

Zhongtang Zhao, M.D.,
Professor of Epidemiology.
He is the dean of School Public Health Shandong
University, China and the director of Epidemiology
and Bio-statistics institute of the school, and also
holds the post of deputy president of Chinese
Epidemiology Association, the director of Expert
Committeeon
Non-communicable
DiseasePrevention and Control in Shandong province
concurrently. He has been membership of theInternational Epidemiological Association since 1992
and working in the field of public health educationand scientific research for nearly 30 years. His main
research interests include non-communicablediseases, injures etc. As a visiting professor heworked, mainly in injury prevention and control, at
the WHO Collaborating Center on Community Safety
Promotion, the Department of Public Sciences,
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden for half a year in 2001.

Will Western Cape Disaster Management be designated as an Affiliate Safe Community
Support Centre in 2006?
Deputy Director Carstens Schalk, Disaster Management, Cape Province and Director Johan Minnie,Disaster Management, City of Cape with Staff med with Head of WHO CC on Comm Safe on the 15thMarch 2005 to discuss future co-operation. S Africa is the first country to take up the challenges from
United Nations on re-directing Disaster management towards community and primary safetypromotion. A unique law is under finalising and co-operation has started between about ten Africancountries. We will hear a lot about that in the Safe Comm movement in the future! Western Cape has
been struck by a number of mass fires in low-income areas leaving thousands of people home-less.

Burnt out area

What is left after taking the rubbleaway- area for reconstruction of four
storey houses

Burnt out home

Local community safety planner and
Dep dir Carstens Schalk

Waiting line for food in temporary tent
community

Sour milk as bulk food

Rapporteur:Leif Svanström…………………………………………………………………………………………………

Queensland Safe Communities Conference – October 2005
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
This Conference is an initiative of the Queensland Safe Communities Support
Centre on behalf of the dedicated individuals, communities, government andnon government organizations who are determined to make a difference to thesafety and security of Queenslanders.
The conference will address six themes which contribute to the WHO Safe Communities programs:• crime prevention• product safety• media engagement• sustainability/partnerships• environmental design• interface between Australian Safe Communities Foundation(ASCF), States, Territories and local communities.
This inaugural event, linked to National Community Safety month, will provide the opportunity to explore arange of approaches, challenges and opportunities in a two day interactive forum. The program is designed tointerest a wide range of representatives including community groups, researchers, government and nongovernment agencies, and private and public corporations.
Information will be posted on the website, www.safecommunitiesqld.org as available

To register your interest in attending, contact: conference@qisu.org.au

INVITES YOU TO THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SAFE SCHOOLS MEETING

JUNE 16, 2005
BERGEN NORWAY: VESTA INSURANCE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

AGENDA INCLUDES:NEW Affiliate Centres and Associates to support the movement throughout the world
Evaluations and Cross-evaluation of International Safe Schools and Programs
Presentations by International Safe Schools and Programs
This Conference is Associated with the 14th International Safe Communities Conference.
Registration for the International Safe Schools Conference is free*, and it is expected thatattendees make every effort to register and attend the main conference as well.
•••

Lunch is not included. Free registration has been made possible by the generous donation of Vesta
Insurance and the Norwegian Affiliate Centre for Safe Communities.
Registration for the 14th International Safe Communities Conference may be found at:
http://www.safebergen.com
Registration for the 2nd International Safe Schools Conference may be found at
http://www.intlsafeschools.com

ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS:

I am looking forward to seeing and hearing from each of you soon. With the extended
deadlines for abstract submission shown below, we shall have an excellent mix of speakers,
including researchers, practitioners, government and civil leaders. Most importantly, youstill have the opportunity to contribute.
Thanks,Max L. Vosskuhler

Executive Director: Peaceful Resources Center
Co-Chair : International Safe Schools WHO Designation Program in collaboration with the World
Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion - Karolinska InstituteStockholm Sweden+1 520-990-5156 Fax: +1 520-844-1171
www.intlsafeschools.com
www.peacefulresources.org

Northland (New Zealand) NewsThe Northland Injury Prevention Programme has been operational since 2001 and have, inthat time, planned, implemented and evaluated a number of exciting, robust and sustainableinjury prevention initiatives.
Throughout this time the Programme Advisory Group (PAG) has maintained its structure andfunction and has consolidated its membership in a spirit of collaboration, trust andcommitment to further decrease the unintentional injury rate to the people of Northland.
Key success’s to date have been the road safety – Shattered Dreams Video presentation
project. This video was made in Tai Rawhiti and features Tamati Paul, the victim of a roadcrash caused by a drunken driver. Tamati presented the video and told his personal story inall 23 secondary schools in Northland. It was a massive undertaking involving visits to allcommunities. The impact evaluation indicated that the students had retained the key
messages and some had made positive behaviour changes as a result of the presentation.
The Northland CIPP water safety group have been
responsible for producing the bath toy water safety
resource which has now been distributed to a number ofareas throughout New Zealand. Thanks to Safekids forincluding this resource in their database and promoting
it through their Kidsafe Campaign Planning Day 2004.
Some 10 000 have been produced and distributed todate.
A major challenge for us has been to involve key decision makers in the project. The CIPP isworking really well at a stakeholder and community level, but lacks the ‘buy in’ at thecommunity decision, funding and planning level. Therefore, it is with great enthusiasm andcommitment that we take up the challenge to achieve WHO Safe Community Accreditation
with the support of Carolyn and the team at Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand.
For further information about our community initiatives in the North of New Zealand, pleasecontact, Marion Weaver, Coordinator Community Injury Prevention Project, email:marionw@nhl.co.nz

Please send your activities, programs and reports via post/ e-mail to the editor: Yousif Rahim rahim@online.no************************************************************************************************************************************************Yousif Rahim
Yousif Rahim
European Safe Community NetworkPhone: +47 971 44 182
Fax:+47 770 67756
E-mail: rahim@online.no

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