Clubbing with know how!

Experience with the expansion of the Safer Clubbing

network

DC&D Safer Nightlife Group

23.10.2008, Bucharest

Speakers:

-René Akeret (Safer Clubbing Switzerland)

-Alexander Bücheli (Safer Clubbing Switzerland)

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Safer Clubbing basics

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Safer Clubbing = Clubbing with know-how!

• SC is a quality label for clubs

• SC guarantees a high-quality of events

• SC want to boost a lively club culture

• SC is a protected trademark of the ‘Swiss Federal Institute of

Intellectual Property’ in Berne

• SC is an association, the members are club-owners exclusively

• SC aims no subsidy by the city’s after the implementation of a

section

• SC is music neutral

How Safer Clubbing works

• The association safer clubbing have (position of the club owners):

• A President

• A Vice President

• A Member of the quality commission

• A Secretary

• Meetings between club owners, government, police and medical

service 4 time per year

• Meetings between the club owners 4 – 6 time per year

• Workgroup on special topics (alcohol, violence)


Information about the expansion

• This new form of structural prevention has gained a lot of

recognition among experts

• For doing lobby work on national topics, it’s necessary to have SC

Clubs all over Switzerland

• The expansion is financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Public

Health and the local cities

• During the 1. expansion step, SC have expand its activities into six

cities and regions in Switzerland

• This Autumn/Winter SC will ask the Swiss Federal of Public Health

to co finance the second expansion step


SC organisation chart


SC after the expansion step 1


Local Section

- 6 Section

- 40 Clubs

Problems related to the expansion

The coordination work between the national and the local

structure is sometimes difficult and needs a lot of time.

Because they are difference between the sections:

• Every local section has its own culture

• There are different aims and needs from the Clubs, Government

etc.

• Different goals of the members of the quality commission

• Different working paces in each section


Reasons for the problems

• SC doesn’t have a professional structure yet

• To be an SC Clubs means more work for the club owners

• Differences between the member Clubs

• Lack of nightlife experience of some local quality commission

partners

• The Suisse political system (federalism)

• Local difference in laws

• Different local partners

• Differences of human resources


Aims of the future

• Annual finances for creating a professional structure

•Office/Secretary

• National Manager

• Consolidation of the existence section

• Improve sustainability

• Gain more financial benefit for SC members

• Be part of an European quality label

• Active participation at the Club Health Conference 2010 in Zurich

• Integrate other nightlife stakeholders like bars and restaurants

with live music or DJ

• To become more visible for clubbers


Safer Clubbing outcomes

Clubbers

• A high quality of clubs and events

• Access to information-material at any time

• Easier to make a decision where they go

Government

• One partner to talk about nightlife problems

• A lively and high-quality club-scene boosts the attraction of a city


Safer Clubbing outcomes


Club-owners

• Lobby system

• Direct contact with the police and the government

• Exchange platform within a city

Prevention institutions

• Direct access to clubbers

• Possibility to be up-to-date an to gain scene-relevant information

• Close contact to the scene to do good prevention work(harm

reduction)

Police

• One respondent system (they don’t have to talk to all the club

owners)

• Less problems with drug selling in clubs

Questions about Safer Clubbing?

www.saferclubbing.ch

[email protected]@saferclubbing.ch

Safer ClubbingPostfach 20708031 Zürich


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