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Safer Cities projects have been undertaken in a number of cities
in Africa over the past five years with the technical support
of UN-HABITAT and financial assistance from various agencies.
Safer Cities projects now include
Johannesburg and Durban in South Africa, Nairobi in Kenya, Dar
es Salaam in Tanzania, Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Antananarivo
in Madagascar, Yaounde and Douala in Cameroon, and Bamako in
Mali.
Specific tools such as victimisation surveys, safety audits
for women, and training courses have been developed to support
local level community safety partnerships and activities. Safer
Cities projects also use visits, study tours, and seminars to
facilitate the exchange of experiences and expertise among cities.
In fact, the stimulus for the eThekwini/Durban International
Conference came from a study tour of the City of Durban arranged
for the Mayors and local authorities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi.
During this visit it was proposed that eThekwini Municipality
could host a follow-up event to the Johannesburg International
Conference on Crime Prevention Partnerships to Build Community
Safety that took place in 1998. eThekwini was considered to
be an ideal location given the success of its Safer Cities project
and its strong commitment to municipal safety and crime prevention.
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