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THE ICA - PROMOTING CPTED GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY
The International CPTED Association (ICA) is an international non-profit association
founded in Calgary, Canada in 1996.
The ICA promotes the use of CPTED globally and supports local organizations, practitioners and
communities that utilise CPTED principles to create safer communities and environments.
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CPTED ASSOCIATION!
WHAT IS CPTED? Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to crime prevention that uses urban and architectural design and the management of built and natural environments. CPTED strategies aim to reduce victimization, deter offender decisions that precede criminal acts, and build a sense of community among inhabitants so they can gain territorial control of areas, reduce crime, and minimize fear of crime. CPTED is pronounced ‘sep-ted’ and it is also known around the world as Designing Out Crime, defensible space, and other similar terms.
The use of ICA logo is only authorized for use by approved ICA chapters, CAP-accredited course holders (as specified in the CAP Completion Letter), events hosted or co-hosted by the ICA, or when otherwise agreed.
The International CPTED Association (ICA), in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) embarked on an initiative to identify cities that have demonstrated positive outcomes resulting from the application of CPTED principles. The intention is to eventually collect evidence and data from 100 cities globally that could be used to advocate and demonstrate the virtues and benefits of CPTED. REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS You are invited to submit a brief description of case studies involving a CPTED project that made a positive difference to a city. This call for proposals is intended to be the pilot that would be used to initiate the initiative and help the organizers to refine the process, selection criteria etc. Ten cities will be selected as case studies from the submissions for this purpose. The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2025. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION 
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| The latestICA Newsletter is out!Our January - May 2025 issue of the ICA Newsletter has now been published! Click on the image below to see the PDF version. Access all our past Newsletters HERE.
New ICCP certifications A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was recently established between the ICA ICA’s MOU Chapter Stichting Veilig Ontwerp en Beheer (SVOB) from the Netherlands to formalise the alignment between SVOB’s Dutch Register CPTED Expert Certification (RCE) and the ICA’s CPTED Certification Program for Individuals (ICCP). In terms of this relationship, all ICA members that are certified through SVOB’s RCE’s program will automatically be recognised as ICCP certified individuals. We would like to congratulate the following members who have been certified under this agreement:
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