Launch of “Safer Cities Guide”
CAF is inviting all interested parties to the launch of this guide, which addresses key security issues facing cities in the region. The document compiles concepts, evidence, promising experiences, lessons learned and best practices with local public policies to reduce crime, violence and fear of crime.
Event date:
December 14, 2021
Over the last few decades, the importance of public safety in the public agenda has grown exponentially in Latin America. The flip side, insecurity, is the leading systemic social concern for most countries in the region. This is evidenced by a wide range of surveys, numerous research papers, as well as the constant demands of the populace for leaders, civil servants and public officials to provide better security in the areas where they live, travel, work or take part in leisure activities.
CAF’s security agenda proposes actions to help create safe and fear-free spaces, improve access to opportunities for the most vulnerable groups in critical territories; promotes crime and violence prevention policies to reduce crime and the fear it causes; promotes the use of quality data and information for decision-making; as well as security governance with local leadership and the gender perspective as cross-cutting issues, in order to ensure that the proposed solutions address effectively the demands and needs of women and diverse groups, while working to prevent adverse effects on these demographics.
This public safety guide is aimed at mayors, local government officials, those working in this field in other areas of the public sector; public, community and opinion leaders, as well as those interested in urban development.
Agenda
Day 1
December 14, 2021
Institutional welcome
Julián Suárez Migliozzi | Vice President of Sustainable Development of CAF
Presentation of the Guide
Tobías Schleider | Consultor y especialista internacional en seguridad democrática
Discussion
Daniela Valarezo Valdivieso | Secretaria Gral. de Seguridad y Gobernabilidad – Quito, Ecuador
Martín Appiolaza | Director de Prevención, Participación Comunitaria y Derechos Humanos – Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
Melina Riso | Especialista en seguridad ciudadana y tecnología para la seguridad. Directora de Programas de Instituto Igarapé - Brasil
Moderator: Ma. Guadalupe Aguirre | CAF Specialist in Citizen Security
Public question spaces
Daniela Monsalve | Análisis y Evaluación Técnica del Desarrollo Sostenible
Guadalupe Aguirre | Coordinadora del área de género
Closure
Jorge Concha | Director de Análisis y Evaluación Técnica de Desarrollo Sostenible, CAF
