In September, BIGS organised a PizzaSeminar in Berlin to discuss the security situation in Ukraine and the lessons for foreign investments with our Ukrainian CEDAR partners. Due to the high interest in this topic and some requests to learn more about the tools of our partner organisations, we want to offer the possibility for YouControl to present their solution in more detail to the BIGS community. oin us on December 4th for a discussion on conducting transparent and secure business operations with Ukraine and beyond.

Four years ago, BIGS first published a study on ‘The cost of violence against police officers’. Based on new data, the publication was recently revised and an updated version published. The study analyses the economic costs incurred by society as a result of violent confrontations with police officers on duty.

Together with the Polish Platform for Homeland Security we worked on the preparation of a cross-border security analysis between Germany and Poland. The concept for such an analysis is now available as BIGS Essenz and contains, among other things, proposals for potential pilot regions, a framework for conducting the criminological regional analysis and recommendations for securing the necessary funding.