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A Wednesday to talk about safety and respect cultural exchanges

last Wednesday at the conclusion of the project I am not afraid, a seminar was held between citizens, institutions and Press to talk about the issue of security and narratives of a territory. It was an opportunity for comparison, on the one hand, pull the sums of 10 years of European security door Building and, secondly, think about the difficulty of telling a complex area like ours and means possible.
Among the various interventions we propose considerations Alessandro Stillo, representative of Vivibalon, the Committee on Safety as a tool for citizen participation:

"Some considerations on the safety of a person who lives in Port building, or rather in what was once called "the square of the smoke," for more than 10 years.
First, a consideration that comes to me after these years of participation in the Committee Safety: Safety is a mix of reality and perception, with the result that sometimes it comes among us citizens of the same angle but the district assessments and the perception of security or insecurity of the place are completely different.
Another consideration, the very personal: the security term always causes me a bit 'anxious, as if sottintendesse contrast, insecurity, and I'd really like you speak of serenity and quality of life, rather than security .
That said, I try to list the things for which I have been very useful to sit on the Committee in recent years:
1 - The recognition of otherness: in other words, discussing, even eagerly, in the committee, I learned to understand, to immerse myself, to refute, but always real, everyday life, the opinions of people who live near me, in the same neighborhood.
2 - The compensation of frustration, as in many other areas of daily life, the comparison and the termination of their discomfort does not always solve the situations, but almost always give relief to those so he can express his dissatisfaction. So it was for me at the Security Committee, and I think for other citizens: not reported one case only to see it resolved, I already knew and we knew that in some cases the wait was long, but the very fact of speaking, share it with others, improve the situation.
3 - Understanding the complexity of operations: our citizens often believe that the solutions of the police and the institutions are primarily technical and linear. In short the line to get from A to B is right. Instead, it is not, or at least not so as regards the security operations are complex, long and often intervene in a trigger consequences in others and therefore the assessments are not easy to reverse.
4 - The definition of our unease in talking about these 10 years we have recognized these issues: we, our difficulties, anxieties and inconveniences, we have come closer between us and we became a community.
5 - Finally, the report institutions, law enforcement and citizens: if there's one thing I have to say is that participate in the Safety Committee has redefined my relationship with institutions and law enforcement agencies, has built a close and understanding of their problems (and I think it was mutual), which certainly is not acquired with the normal contact with these two entities.
The Safety Committee is a perfect tool? No, surely. Can you improve? Absolutely, as long as you know, as an old maxim that the best is the enemy of good. I believe that today, if we are dealing with situations of irregularities it is because we no longer shop in front of the heavy, constant fights, illegal taxis and many other things.
course the situation can and must improve, but certainly in these years and every day, hard, become less worse of the past. "

Thanks to Alexander and all the speakers and participants of the seminar which allowed an interesting comparison of the time.