Representatives of several religious institutions from Timisoara, the Christian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Faculty of Theology, the Roman Catholic Diocese, the Greek-Catholic Church and the Lutheran Evangelical Church, as well as of the Jewish Community and of the Islamic Cultural League met on the 12^th of March with representatives of all Law Enforcement Authorities with responsibilities to provide protection and ensure the security of places of worship and of religious events.

The meeting was organized by the Intercultural Institute of Timisoara in the framework of SHIELD project, co-funded by the EU, and was hosted by Timis County Prefect Office and chaired by the Timis County Deputy Prefect, Sorin Ionescu.

It was decided to improve direct contacts and cooperation of each religious community with the Law Enforcement Authorities, but also to establish regular meetings and increase cooperation between representatives of religious communities. While there is a strong tradition of inter-religious dialogue and joint actions, connections have been maintained good between Christian denominations and have been recently enhanced also with the Jewish Community. It remains for the Muslims to be also included in such cooperation processes.

This project was funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund — Police under grant agreement No. 101034229.