The Deputy President of the Polish Football Association officially opened the Targi Kielce’s “Safe Stadium” conference and the ALARM and SPORT-OBIEKT exhibitions. The conference co-organised in conjunction with the PZPN is a part of the campaign for sports facility safety enhancement. A whole array of specialists took part in the debate, and among them: Adam Olkowicz – the EURO 2012 Championship Director for Poland, representatives of PZPN, Polish police Headquarters, the EURO 2012 Polska SPV as well as the Ekstraklasa S.A. (Polish Premier League).

This year’s edition also focused on recapitulation of the European Football Championship EURO 2012 tournament held in Poland. The conference encompassed the key-importance issues of station and sports venues safety, audience sector monitoring and management as well as Poland’s sports infrastructure provision and development. The conference is a perfect chance for experience and information exchange; not only does it bring together specialists from the security sector but also representatives of sports clubs from home and abroad in addition to the delegates of institutions which work for security provision as well as sport facility construction and modernisation. This year’s debate mainly focused on the EURO 2012 recapitulation.

The presentations delivered in the meeting touched upon such questions as: the base caps organised in Poland for UEFA EURO 2012 tournament; the role of the Police in security provision at mass events and their experiences of EURO 2012, the Mass Event Security Act – proposed amendments, licence criteria for infrastructure and their impact on the safety level of football matches and the function of the Safety Manager. 

The 12th Exhibition of Sport Facilities, Fittings and Construction SPORT-OBIEKT and the 13th Visual Surveillance Exhibition and Conference ALARM will be also held on 6th and 7th November. SPORT-OBIEKT is the showcase for the equipment which has been used and tested at numerous stadiums as well as for the latest solutions for sport arena safety. ALARM - the exhibition branch range encompasses all kinds of protective and preventive measures used in danger spots and poorly supervised areas.Targi Kielce is also the venue where the Polish Football Association presents its awards for stadium safety enhancement.

The prestigious statuettes have been awarded in recognition of many-year involvement in safety improvement at football stadiums; the distinctions have been presented by the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism Jacek Foks, Mirosław Malinowski; the PZPN Board Member and Mirosław Starczewski; Deputy Chairman of the PZPN Safety Committee. The best of the best have been selected by Ekstraklasa S.A., Polish Footballers League and Polish Football Association. The list of commendations comprises the names of: Ewa Gawor – Director of Capital City of Warsaw’s Safety and Crisis Management Bureau, Jolanta Papuga –KS PELIKAN ŁOWICZ President of Board, Kazimierz Antkowiak – Security Manager of WISŁA KRAKÓW, Tomasz Milewski - Security Manager of GÓRNIK ZABRZE, Marek Zdrodowski – Security Manager of JAGIELLONIA BIAŁYSTOK, Marek Wójcik – Security Manager of POLONIA BYTOM, Jarosław Mędrzyk – Security Manager of ZAGŁĘBIE SOSNOWIEC, Krzysztof Ślusarz – Security Manager of FLOTA ŚWINOUJŚCIE, Jarosław Ostrowski – Deputy Chairman od PZPN Safety Committee, Waldemar Podsiadło – a member of PZPN Safety Committee, Jerzy Góra - a member of PZPN Safety Committee, Piotr Bielecki - a member of PZPN Safety Committee, Krzysztof Smulski – the PZPN’s central level delegate, the PZPN Licence Committee. 

The following institutions have also been recognised for exemplary football match organisation and safety provision KKS Lech Poznań, Lechia Gdańsk and SSA Dolcan – Sport Ząbki.