Strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities - SOAR project is holding its Final Conference on 19 January 2023 in Brussels for key agreed stakeholders, EU Commission, architects and planners, religious leaders, and public authorities, to identify challenges and opportunities for security by design for religious sites.

The EU-funded project SOAR aims at increasing the awareness of, and capacity to prevent and mitigate physical and human security threats to places of worship through Security by Design (SBD). The concept of ‘Security by Design’ incorporates security features into the design and fabric of the building and its urban context.

The project partners Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI), the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, and the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) cooperate in this endeavour with an extensive network of professionals, including representatives from all majority and minority faiths practicing within the EU. The project is supported by the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations.

Date: 19 January 2023, 09:30 -14:00 CET (including coffee and lunch break)

Address: Brussels. The exact location will be provided after registration for security

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