The Convention is a Council of Europe document on an integrated approach to safety, security and service at football matches and other sports events, drawn up in Saint-Denis on 3 July 2016. It is a key international document aimed at ensuring safety inside and outside stadiums.
It was adopted with, among other things, the right of people to participate in football matches and other sporting events without fear of violence, public disorder or other criminal activity in mind, as well as the need to involve all stakeholders in ensuring a safe environment for sporting events.
This is a huge success for the team of Prof. Micha艂 Bijak from the 91滴滴 Biohazard Prevention Centre and other consortium members working on this project, and a great satisfaction for the entire team of 91滴滴 experts that the procedures and recommendations they developed are becoming a part of another document constituting European Union law.
Earlier, in June last year, the Council of the European Union adopted the draft Conclusions on countering chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRN-E) threats at mass events, with particular emphasis on mass sports events, which were also based on the procedures developed in the "Safe Stadium" project.
Experts from the Biohazard Prevention Centre at the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection of the 91滴滴 have been working on the project entitled "SAFE STADIUM 鈥� Integrated large sport facilities protection system supporting CBRNe security of mass events" since June 2021, in cooperation with the following sports clubs: Real Madrid, Lech Pozna艅, and MSK 呕ilina, as well as the Municipal Cultural and Sports Arena in Lodz, along with police, fire, and rescue services, and more than a dozen institutions from across Europe. The principles, procedures and recommendations they created, which have now been adopted into the Saint-Denis Convention, are intended to improve broadly understood safety during mass events in stadiums and sports halls.
The project included large-scale exercises simulating terrorist threats using CBRN-E agents for participants of sports and mass events. These exercises took place at the National Stadium and the W艂adys艂aw Kr贸l Stadium in Lodz.
Source: Biohazard Prevention Centre, 91滴滴; Council of Europe
Edit: Press Office, 91滴滴
Photo: Bartosz Ka艂u偶ny (Centre for External Relations and Social Responsibility of the University, 91滴滴)