Strengthening Civil Society Participation in Public Security Policies

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION

IN GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR

Nov. 10-11, 2010

SUMMARY

In 2010, NDI began implementing a regional project on Civil Society and Public Security in Guatemala and El Salvador, with the goal of addressing recurring themes in democratic processes in the Central American region.

Within this framework, the Institute – in alliance with the Third Vice-Minister of Governance’s Community Violence Prevention Unit (Unidad para la Prevención Comunitaria de la Violencia del Tercer Vice-Ministerio de Gobernación) and the Technical Secretariat of Guatemala’s National Security Council (Secretaría Técnica del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad de Guatemala) – organized the International Forum on Violence Prevention in Guatemala and El Salvador, Nov. 10-11, 2010.

The forum focused on exploring theoretical and methodological approaches to reducing insecurity and strengthening of crime prevention in Central America; additionally, the event allowed discussion of the respective roles of state and civil society for preventing violence in Guatemala and El Salvador.

Forum participants identified a number of successful local-level violence-prevention experiences in Guatemala and El Salvador. These experiences illustrated the multifaceted nature of the region’s insecurity problem and the wide range of preventive strategies that have been developed to address the situation.

Many distinguished experts and regional leaders with experience in implementing violence prevention strategies participated in the forum, including: Antanas Mockus (Colombia); José María Rico (Costa Rica); Guillermo Galván and  Stanley Rodríguez (El Salvador); and Héctor Rosada, Javier Monterroso, Selvin Galindo, Isabel Aguilar and Fabiola Ortiz (Guatemala).

INDEX
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I. Conference Documents

1. Justification
2. Objectives
3. Agenda
4. Discussion Groups
5. Summary: November 10, 2010
6. Summary: November 11, 2010
7. Findings, Conclusions and Follow-up Actions
8. Presenters
9. Institutional Profile

II. Conference Papers

1. Assessments and Perspectives on Violence Prevention, Dr. Héctor Rosada Granados
2. Social Violence Prevention in El Salvador, Guillermo Galván
3. Strategies and Policies for Violence Prevention in Central America, Dr. José María Rico
4. Violence Prevention in Guatemala: Breakthroughs and Limitations, Javier Monterroso
5. Strategies for Youth Violence Prevention, Isabel Aguilar

III. Presentations

1. Security, Prevention, Public Policies and Civil Society in Latin America, Dr. Antanas Mockus
2. Proposals and Governmental Actions on Violence Prevention in Guatemala, Axel Romero
3. Violence Prevention in Guatemala: Breakthroughs and Limitations, Javier Monterroso
4. Politics of Cooperation and Citizen Security: Santa Tecla’s Municipal Government, Stanley Rodríguez
5. The Municipality and Citizen Security: Pachalum, Quiché, Guatemala, Selvin García
6. Strategies for Youth Violence Prevention, Isabel Aguilar
7. Strategies for the Prevention of Violence against Women in Guatemala, Fabiola Ortiz

IV. Appendices

1. Photographs of the Event
2. Biographies of Presenters
3. Participant List