The Way Towards Safe Communities Trauma in the UAE, the way forward Plenary Session 3 International Conference on Trauma Management, Critical Care and Prevention Al Ain, United Arab Emirates February 16-19, 2008 Leif Svanström, Chair WHO CC Community Safety Promotion

Safe Communities A WHO Concept and a worldwide movement the first ”comprehensive” local community accident prevention program (Falköping in Sweden) starts The worldwide ”movement” starts slowly 1980’s- WHO developed their Safe Community Concept The first joint contacts between WHO and the movement WHO establishes The Safe Community Program in Stockholm by Deputy Director Abdelmoumene; the Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion is inaugurated and the Stockholm Manifesto on Safe Communities adopted.

Chair Leif Svanström Co-ordinator Moa Sundström

Safety Promotion Sector Level International National Community Organisation Group Individual Community Safety Promotion “Safe Community”

What is a Safe Community? A “Safe Community” can be a Municipality, a County, or a City working with safety promotion, injury-, violence-, suicide and natural disaster prevention, covering all age groups, gender and areas and is a part of an international network of accredited programs. The community makes application to a Certifying Centre and if accepted, an agreement is signed between the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion and the community.

The Role of the WHO Collaborating Centre To coordinate world-wide and regional networks of Safe Communities, Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres and Safe Communities’ Certifying Centres. To develop indicators for Safe Communities and sector-wise Safety Promotion. To organize training courses, conferences and seminars in Community Safety Promotion.

Safe Community concept and networks introduced on location Spreading the Safe Communities concept

The Safe Communities Network Designated Members Norway Alvdal Bergen Fredrikstad Harstad Høyanger Klepp Kvam Larvik Os Rakkestad Sogn &Fjordane Ski Spydeberg Stovner Trondheim Vågå Årdal Sweden Arjeplog Borås Falköping Falun Katrineholm Krokom Lidköping Ludvika Mariestad Motala Nacka Skövde Smedjebacken Staffanstorp Tidaholm Töreboda Uddevalla Denmark Horsens Finland Hyvinkää Kouvola Estonia Rapla Netherlands Rotterdam Austria Vorarlberg Poland Tarnowskie Góry Serbia Backi Petrovac Czech Republic Kromeriz Bosnia (B&H) Konjic Iran Arsenjan Bardaskan Kashmar Israel Raanana South Africa Eldorado Park Broadlands Park & Nomzamo South Korea Jeju Suwon Songpa Vietnam Da Trach Dong Tien Due Chin Lang Co Loc Sonh Xuan Dinh China Financial Sub-district Hong'qiao Huamu Jianwai Jing Ge Zhuang Jing’an Kangjian Lu’an Maizidian Qianjiaying Wangjing Yayuncun Youth Park Yuetan Alishan (Province of Taiwan) Dungshr (Province of Taiwan) Fongbin (Province of Taiwan) Neihu (Province of Taiwan) Kwai Tsing (Hong Kong) Sham Shui Po (Hong Kong) Tuen Mun (Hong Kong) Tai Po (Hong Kong) Tung Chung (Hong Kong) Tsuen Wan (Hong Kong) Japan Kameoka Australia Denmark Hume City Latrobe Mackay/Whitsunday Manly Melbourne Mosman Noarlunga Northcott Palmerston Pittwater Ryde Townsville Warringah New Zealand Christchurch New Plymouth North Shore Porirua Taurange Waimakariri Waitakere Wellington Whangarei Canada Brampton Brockville Calgary Wood Buffalo Rainy River Sault Ste. Marie USA Anchorage Dallas Omaha Springfield Peru San Borja Chile Peñaflor

Hong Kong 1.Kwai Tsing 2.Sham Shui Po 3.Tai Po 4.Tsuen Wan 5.Tuen Mun 6.Tung Chung Canada 1.Brampton 2.Brockville 3.Calgary 4.Rainy River Valley 5.Sault Ste. Marie 6.Wood Buffalo Vietnam 1.Da Trach 2.Dong Tien 3.Lang Co 4.Loc Sonh 5.Xuan Dinh Australia 1.Denmark 2.Hume City 3.Latrobe 4.Mackay/Whitsunday 5.Melbourne 6.Noarlunga 7.Northcott 8.Palmerston 9.Ryde 10.SHOROC 11.Townsville Austria State of Vorarlberg Bosnia and Herzegovina Konjic Chile Peñaflor Israel Raanana China (Province of Taiwan) 1.Alishan 2.Dungshr 3.Fongbin 4.Neihu Czech Republic Kromeriz Denmark Horsens Estonia Rapla Finland 1.Hyvinkää 2.Kouvola Iran 1.Arsanjan 2.Bardaskan 3.Kashmar Japan Kameoka Korea 1.Jeju 2.Songpa 3.Suwon South Africa 1.Eldorado Park 2.Nomzamo–Broadlands Park New Zealand 1.Christchurch 2.New Plymouth 3.North Shore 4.Porirua 5.Tauranga 6.Waimakariri 7.Waitakere 8.Wellington 9.Whangarei USA 1.Dallas 2.Anchorage 3.Omaha 4.Springfield Peru San Borja (Lima) Sp. Poland Tarnowskie Góry The Netherlands Rotterdam Sweden 1.Arjeplog 2.Borås 3.Falköping 4.Falun 5.Katrineholm 6.Krokom 7.Lidköping 8.Ludvika 9.Mariestad 10.Motala 11.Nacka 12.Skövde 13.Smedjebacken 14.Staffanstorp 15.Tidaholm 16.Töreboda 17.Uddevalla Republic of Serbia Backi Petrovac Norway 1.Alvdal 2.Årdal 3.Bergen 4.Fredrikstad 5.Harstad 6.Høyanger 7.Klepp 8.Kvam 9.Larvik 10.Os 11.Rakkestad 12.Ski 13.Sogn and Fjordane 14.Spydeberg 15.Stovner 16.Trondheim 17.Vågå China 1.Hong'qiao 2.Huamu 3.Jianwai Community 4.Jing Ge Zhuang, Kailuan 5.Jing’an 6.Kangjian 7.Lu´an Community 8.Maizidian 9.Qianjiaying, Kailuan 10.Wangjing 11.Xicheng District, Beijing 12.Yayuncun 13.Youth Park Community 14.Yuetan, Beijing Updated to 21st Oct 2008 Countries with designated Safe Communities In total: 119/144 in 26 countries 5 and more 1-4

Designated Safe Communities by region Updated to 21st Oct Sum 119 ｛ 144 ｝

Sweden Swedish Association for Safe Communities (SCCC) Czech Rebublic Centre for Injury Prevention (ASCSC) South Africa Centre for Peace Action (ASCSC) (SCCC) Canada Safe Communities Canada (ASCSC) USA National Safety Council (ASCSC) Peaceful Resources Center (ASCSC) Injury Prevention Research Center (ASCSC) Colombia Instituto CISALVA (SCCC) China, Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Council (ASCSC) South Korea Center for Injury Prevention and Community Safety Promotion (ASCSC) (SCCC) Bangladesh Centre for Injury Prevention and Research (CIPRB) Australia Royal Children´s Hospital Safety Centre (ASCSC) Austrailian Safe Communities Foundation (SCCC) New Zealand Safe Communities Foundation (ASCSC) (SCCC) The Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres (ASCSC) and The Safe Community Certifying Centres (SCCC) These Affiliate Centres are supporting the WHO CC in the development of the Safe Communities Program and providing advice and assistance in the field of injury prevention and safety promotion to the communities in their country and internationally. The Certifying Centres also take care of the certifying function of the WHO CC.

Regional Safe Communities’ networks Updated to 21st Oct Asia Safe Community Network – est TANG Wah Shing, Chair Executive Director of Occupational Safety and Health Council, Hong Kong SAR, China Pacific Safe Community Network - ?? North America Safe Community Network - ?? European Safe Community Network est. 2009

Indicators for International Safe Communities Safe Communities have: 1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community; 2.Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders, all ages, environments, and situations; 3.Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups; 4.Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries; 5.Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change; 6.Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks. Stockholm May 2002 WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion

Countries with designations under preparation Safe Community concept and networks introduced on location (countries) Spreading the Safe Communities concept

Specific Indicators for Different Settings There is one set of indicators for Safe Community development but also subsets of indicators. These were developed for further development of the Safe Community movement and improving the quality of safety promotion: Safe Traffic; Safe Sports; Safe Homes; Safe Elderly; Safe Work Place; Safe Public Places; Safe Schools; Safe Waters and Safe Children.

Navajo Nation, USA

Accident Injury or Physical harm Violence Natural Disasters War Suicide Psychological harm Material harm SAFETYSAFETY

Safety Promotion Sector Level Regional/ International National Community Organisation Group Individual Community Safety Promotion “What can we do to support?” National organizations or authorities...

Safety Promotion Sector Level Regional/ International National Community Organisation Group Individual Community Safety Promotion “What can we do to support?” National Action for... “What can we do to support?” Regional Action like “the Asian Network”

Chair Leif Svanström Co-ordinator Moa Sundström

What is a Safe Community? A “Safe Community” can be a Municipality, a County, or a City working with safety promotion, injury-, violence- and suicide and natural disaster prevention, covering all age groups, gender and areas and is a part of an international network of accredited programmes. The community makes application to the Karolinska Institutet or to the Certifying Centres and if accepted, an agreement is signed between the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion at the K.I. and the community.

Indicators for International Safe Communities Safe Communities have: 1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross-sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community; 2.Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders, all ages, environments, and situations; 3.Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups; 4.Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries; 5.Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change; 6.Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks. Stockholm May 2002 WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion

Sweden Swedish Association for Safe Communities (SCCC) Czech Rebublic Centre for Injury Prevention (ASCSC) South Africa University of South Africa, Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ASCSC) Centre for Peace Action (SCCC) Canada Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research (ASCSC) Safe Communities Foundation (ASCSC) USA Peaceful Resources Center (ASCSC) Columbia Instituto CISALVA (SCCC) China, Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Council (ASCSC) Korea Center for Injury Prevention and Community Safety Promotion (ASCSC) (SCCC) Bangladesh Institute of Child and Mother Health (ASCSC) Australia Royal Children´s Hospital Safety Centre (ASCSC) Austrailian Safe Communities Foundation (SCCC) New Zealand Safe Communities Foundation (ASCSC) (SCCC) The Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres (ASCSC) and The Safe Community Certifying Centres (SCCC) Sweden Swedish Association for Safe Communities (SCCC) Czech Rebublic Centre for Injury Prevention (ASCSC) South Africa Centre for Peace Action (ASCSC) (SCCC) Canada Safe Communities Canada (ASCSC) USA National Safety Council (ASCSC) Peaceful Resources Center (ASCSC) Injury Prevention Research Center (ASCSC) Colombia Instituto CISALVA (SCCC) China, Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Council (ASCSC) South Korea Center for Injury Prevention and Community Safety Promotion (ASCSC) (SCCC) Bangladesh Centre for Injury Prevention and Research (CIPRB) Australia Royal Children´s Hospital Safety Centre (ASCSC) Austrailian Safe Communities Foundation (SCCC) New Zealand Safe Communities Foundation (ASCSC) (SCCC) These Affiliate Centres are supporting the WHO CC in the development of the Safe Communities Program and providing advice and assistance in the field of injury prevention and safety promotion to the communities in their country and internationally. The Certifying Centres also take care of the certifying function of the WHO CC.

The Safe Communities Network Designated Members Norway Alvdal Bergen Fredrikstad Harstad Høyanger Klepp Kvam Larvik Os Rakkestad Sogn &Fjordane Ski Spydeberg Stovner Trondheim Vågå Årdal Sweden Arjeplog Borås Falköping Falun Katrineholm Krokom Lidköping Ludvika Mariestad Motala Nacka Töreboda Skövde Smedjebacken Tidaholm Uddevalla Denmark Fyn Horsens Nordborg Vejle Viborg Finland Hyvinkää Estonia Rapla Netherlands Rotterdam Austria Vorarlberg Czech Republic Kromeriz Bosnia (B&H) Konjic Iran Kashmar Israel Raanana South Africa Eldorado Park Broadlands Park & Nomzamo South Korea Suwon Vietnam Lang Co Loc Sonh Da Trach Dong Tien Xuan Dinh China Youth Park Community Alishan (Province of Taiwan) Dungshr (Province of Taiwan) Fongbin (Province of Taiwan) Neihu (Province of Taiwan) Kwai Tsing (Hong Kong) Tuen Mun (Hong Kong) Tai Po (Hong Kong) Tung Chung (Hong Kong) Sham Shui Po (Hong Kong) Tsuen Wan (Hong Kong) New Zealand New Plymouth Waimakariri Waitakere Wellington Whangarei Australia Denmark Hume City Latrobe Mackay/Whitsunday Manly Melbourne Mosman Noarlunga Northcott Pittwater Ryde Townsville,Thuringowa Warringah Canada Brockville Calgary Wood Buffalo Rainy River Sault Ste. Marie USA Anchorage Dallas Omaha Springfield Chile Peñaflor

Specific Indicators for Different Settings There is one set of indicators for Safe Community development but also subsets of indicators. These were developed for further development of the Safe Community movement and improving the quality of safety promotion: Safe Traffic; Safe Sports; Safe Homes; Safe Elderly; Safe Work Place; Safe Public Places; Safe Schools; Safe Waters and Safe Children.