Prevention: who does what?

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Created in January, 2004 by the College of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Brussels, BRAVVO (Bruxelles Avance Brussel Vooruit) includes all the projects of prevention. Its mission is to decrease the feeling of insecurity, revalue the urban life and fight against social exclusion.

Actions are made in mediation, in the guarding of the public place, in the animation of young citizens,... This is also done by punishments and alternative measures that are developed, with the key actors in the districts.

BRAVVO counts on the help of about 200 workers and bases its action on a strong logic of partnership with all other social actors.

These projects of prevention are subsidized by the municipal, regional, federal and European authorities among which in particular:

• The Strategic prevention and safety plan
• The Political Programme for Big cities (city contract and housing contract)

The main actions of BRAVVO are distributed on 5 major axes:

• Social and citizen prevention (youth and community projects)
• Conflict prevention (projects of mediation and legal aid)
• Prevention through presence in neighbourhoods (town guards)
• Prevention by measures and alternative sentences (SEMJA and administrative fines)
• Prevention by the quality of life.