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The sponsor will assist to organize and support a network of approximately ten to fifteen public housing Tenants Associations in Bathurst, Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton in order to assist those communities to build local and collective capacity; identify local and common issues related to crime and victimization; identify assets and mobilize resources; and develop local and regional strategic plans to address crime and victimization in the communities.
A series of regional focus groups and workshops will be held on a number of topics related to neighbourhood safety and crime prevention. The workshops will also lay the foundation for a major bilingual provincial public housing conference on safe and peaceful communities, to be held in 2007. This initiative is a response to and based upon the challenges and barriers identified in the evaluation report from Communities Taking action 2001 conference.
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