The ProSPeReS project, funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund, was launched in June 2021 and will end in November 2023.
It is aimed at increasing the level of protection in places of worship with keeping the balance between security measures and preservation of the open nature of religious sites. This will be achieved by forming a cooperation between faith-based leaders, public services and security experts, the places risk evaluation, raising public awareness, as well as developing and validating a comprehensive protection system. The inherent part of the project is organizing a series of train-the-trainer training and large-scale exercises in religious sites with engagement of public security services: police, fire-fighters and medical.