How to become a member of the
International Safe Community Network

A “Safe Community” can be a: Municipality; a County; a City or a District of a City working with safety promotion, Injury-, Violence- and Suicide- prevention and prevention of the consequences (human injuries) related to Natural Disaster, covering all age groups, gender and areas and is a part of an international network of accredited programmes.

Those "Communities” who want to apply appointment, as a Safe Community including “designation” should follow the following procedure:

New Guidelines for Safe Communities membership English ; Japanese
13 November 2008

1) An application describing the activities under each of the “Six Indicators” (Spanish) for a Safe Community must be submitted as a hard copy and as a pdf. file; under the following title:
“Application to Become a Member of the International Safe Community Network” for International Designation as a Safe Community by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion.

2) Text for web page of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion (a short version of the activities including photos). See attached pdf file (Spanish). Will be sent to you on request as a word file.

3) The applying “Community” covers all costs related to the “Site Visit”, designation plus the Application Administration fee of 900 EUR. (The fee will be billed before the designation.)

4) Safe Community flags can be ordered by the Certifying Centre who is evaluating your program.

Big Safe Community flag: size 240 x 150 cm: Prize: 35 EUR
Table flag (for a 50 cm pole) 24 x 15 cm: Prize: 12 EUR

5) An Agreement is signed between the Community and the Karolinska Institutet, WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion.
Send the names, including titles for signing. Agreement attached. (Spanish)

6) The designation as a Safe Community
Time table for the Event: (suggestion)

7) The Safe Community logo will be sent as a jpg file and can be used after the designation.

The application report and file for web page shall be sent to:
Moa Sundstrom, Co-ordinator
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine
Norrbacka, 2nd Floor
SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: + 46 (0)8-737 38 70
Fax: + 46 (0)8- 33 46 93

Annual reports: Template (2009-09-02)

Beginning 2009, ISC are required to submit annual reports. Please submit by 1 February in word format your completed report and web page changes to the Certifying Centre who evaluated your application.
Certifying Centres http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_certifying_centres_network_en.htm

Redesignation after 5 years!

Follow up of the Safe Communities activities

The WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion at the Karolinska Institutet has decided to perform the follow up of the Safe Communities activities after 5 years, instead of after 10 years. (November 2005)

After Five Years - the Redesignation process Safe Communities that make their annual reports are considered members in good standing for five years. Those communities that do not submit annual reports are now required to submit applications for re-entry into the network, five years after their entry to the network. (13 November 2008)