SPIRIT
SPIRIT aims to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of places of worship and religious mass gatherings in a crossfunctionaland multilevel setting by presenting the relevant stakeholders with modern tools and security-by-design concepts in a holistic, yet cohesive approach.
Thus, the REAACT conceptual platform, developed to facilitate the objectives of the SPIRIT project, brings together Reporting (tools for early warning and enhanced situational awareness), Engagement (interreligious local security committees), Assessment/Action (threat taxonomies, enhanced vulnerability assessments, impact simulation, CPTED protection measures evaluation) Communication (awareness raising campaign and dissemination emissaries designed to engage key audience and support DG Home’s communication initiatives) and Training (i.e. a three-fold training programme designed to enhance familiarity with technological tools, legal and ethical considerations in security and the alignment of tactical responses).
The penultimate outcome is to create a toolbox of activities and best practices for the enhancement of the security of places of worship.
This complete ecosystem of actionable insights is supported by a group of beneficiaries from XX EU countries including Christian, Muslim and Jewish organisations, LEAs, technical providers and security consultancies, which ensures the depth and complementarity of each beneficiary in terms of experience and the smooth project implementation. At a medium scale, SPIRIT will benefit LEAS’s, religious communities and individual religious sites’ operators by improving their prevention/response effectiveness in a resource efficient and cost-effective manner. At a macro scale, the synergistic framework of SPIRIT will lead to the harmonization of today’s multi-faceted and complex mosaic of national and regional security approaches and will set the basis for the implementation of a European Standard in the field of PoW protection.
