2nd EURO 2008 Security Conference of Neighbouring, Transit and Participating

On Thursday morning, the Austrian Minister of the Interior, Günther Platter and the project managers Security, Martin Jäggi Switzerland, and Günther Platter, Austria, opened the 2nd EURO 2008 Security Conference of Neighbouring, Transit and Participating States in Zurich. Questions pertaining to international co-operation in regard to security during the EURO 2008 will be clarified during the conference through tomorrow, Friday.

“Austria and Switzerland have intensively prepared since 2003 for the world’s third-largest spo ting event. The final draw held on 2 December 2007 in Lucerne now enables us to im-mediately begin with even closer coordination and very detailed planning,” stated Austria’s Minister of the Interior, Günther Platter.

“As a major sporting event that is being organized on an international level, co-operation is required in the security sector which extends beyond national borders,” stated Martin Jäggi, head of the Security Sector, Public Authorities Project Organisation. He pointed out, in addition to the civil order forces from abroad, the duties of the foreign liaison officers, the spotters, the delegation heads, the uniformed officers who will accompany trains, deployments at airports and mixed patrols in the fan zones in the host cities as well as those of the civil officials for the combating of con artists and pickpockets. “The success of the international co-operation will also very significantly influence the success of the efforts of the committee in charge of security during the EURO 2008,” stated Martin Jäggi.
On 13 and 14 December 2007, the 2nd EURO 2008 Security Conference of Neighbouring, Transit and Participating States is being held in Zurich. Participating in the conference are 120 people, among them police representatives from 25 nationals as well as representatives from Interpol, Europol, Frontex, COLPOFER, Eurojust and Euro 2008 SA. Topics will include possibilities regarding the exchange of data, preventing the entry and departure of perpetrators of violence, the use of uniformed officials on Swiss and Austrian sovereign territory, the use of border officials and the dispatching of officials and liaison officials who are familiar with the scene. The conference in Zurich is a follow-up conference to the 1st EURO 2008 Security Conference of Neighbouring, Transit and Participating States held from 29 November to 1 December 2006 in Vienna. The third and last of these conferences will again be held in Vienna on 31 March 2008.

In order to implement the international exchange of data and also prevention of the entry and departure of individuals prone to violence, the Federal Office of Police has initiated bilateral ministerial statements based on existing treaties with all nations participating in the EURO 2008 as well as the most important transit states. Experience gathered at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany has also been integrated. In terms of content, close coordination is being made with Austria, which is also concluding corresponding bilateral ministerial state-ments.

Editor: Sector Security Swiss Public Authorities for the UEFA EURO 2008

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Published by: Federal Office of Police on 14.12.2007 at 11:22:00
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