The SPIRIT project – Synergies to Protect places of worshIp and RelIgious gaTherings – has been funded by the Internal Security Fund of the European Commission.

SPIRIT aims to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of places of worship and religious mass gatherings in a cross-functional and multilevel setting by presenting the relevant stakeholders with modern tools and security-by design concepts. The project will specifically benefit law enforcement agencies, religious communities and individual religious sites’ operators by improving their prevention/response effectiveness in a resource efficient and cost-effective manner.

The project consortium is comprised 12 partners from eight EU countries including Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith institutions, law enforcement agencies, technology providers and security consultancies.