SAFETY AND SECURITY track - Tuesday 28th "The changing and increasingly complex security environment challenges the City of Tampere in many ways. Security and safety has been identified as one of the priorities of the City of Tampere strategy. One of the goals of the strategy is to increase effective and informed security cooperation with different authorities and other key actors." JOUNI PERTTULA, Risk and security director, City of Tampere Smart City Mindtrek 2020 – conference 28th-29th January Tampere, Finland www.mindtrek.org/2020/

1. Security and safety -
Strategic goal for the city of Tampere
Jouni Perttula
Risk and security director
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• The third largest city in Finland
• Centre of Tampere Region
• 235,600 inhabitants (2018)
• Forecast: 291,300 inhabitants (2033)
• 15,000 businesses and 31,000 places
of business in the region
• One of the most vigorously growing
and developing cities in Finland
The city of Tampere

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Municipality as an
important security actor
• Security failures and deviations happen
and affect locally
• Security is a significant part of the city
brand
• Tampere wants to be a national and
international pioneer in security and
safety development and make the city
even safer place for residents, visitors
and companies.Image: Visit Tampere / Laura Vanzo

5. Security and safety part of the Tampere city
strategy 2030
• Promoting well-being and equality also promotes safety. The city’s
safety and security preparedness will be systematically developed
• The ease of use, reliability and security of digital services will be
ensured
• Safety has been improved and there is a stronger sense of security
• Comfort, distinctiveness and safety will be taken into account in the
planning and design of neighbourhoods and living environments.
• The city will work with various authorities and other key players to
engage in close, effective and knowledgebased collaboration on safety
issues
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6. Security Ecosystem in Tampere Area
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Lähde: Älykkään turvallisuuden ekosysteemi:
Liiketoimintamallit ja kokeilut- hanke

7. Security and safety planning in Tampere
• The main objective of the Tampere city security and safety planning is to increase
a sense of security and to improve safety of the citizens by decreasing the amount
of accidents, crimes and disorder in the city area.
• Adding value by security planning in co-operation with local public and private
sector organisations (associations, Local Police, NGO’s, private companies etc.) 
Solving and reducing local security challenges
• Security and safety planning is done by the Security and Risk Management Unit,
but there is taken into account promotion of wellbeing and health care and the
common security and preparedness processes of the city.
• Security and safety plan brings together different kind of security actions, plans,
projects and programs (”working as an umbrella”)
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8. Key security problems
and challenges
• Reducing using of drugs
• Promoting stronger feeling of safety
• Removal of sexual abuse and crimes against children
and youth
• Prevention of domestic violence
• Promoting of housing security (Elderly/ other special
groups)
• Promoting security of living and residential
environment (excluding traffic)
• Developing a major event security and safety
arrangements
• Prevention of extremist hate, violence and
radicalization
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