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Working Group to Prepare the
First Meeting of Ministers Responsible for
Public Security in the Americas
COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY
PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF AMERICAN STATES
Washington D.C., United States, August 14th 2008
Valerie Sagant, Director General of ICPC
About ICPC
 ICPC’s missions:
o Identification and dissemination of inspiring practices in prevention
and community safety: planning of meetings (Next: Querétaro’s Colloquium on
Women Safety in November 2008) and publication of compendiums ( New
“International Compendium of Crime Prevention Practices” in September 2008).
o Analysis of international trends
September 2008).
( New “International Report on Crime Prevention” in
o Technical assistance and support to national and local actors
(Missions
of expertise in Chile, Centro-American Observatory on Violence, etc.)
o Creation of tools and planning of training sessions
(“Practical Guide on
Public Nuisances related to Drugs and Prostitution”, “The Key to Safer Municipalities”)
Increasing interest and requests
o From all our partners in the region:
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Support to National States to elaborate national strategies: ex: Haiti (with
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To Regional Organisations to develop tools such as : the Centro-American
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To local authorities and NGO’s partners to promote community safety
initiatives.
UNDP), Saint-Lucia, Trinidad-and-Tobago, Chile, Salvador
Observatory on Violence (definition of indicators)
o Main requests on:
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International standards on crime prevention and public safety
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Experiences in the other parts of the world
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Concrete support with tools, guide, expertise, training…
Specificities of American hemisphere
(in short)
o High level of violence
o Lack of trust in the public institutions, especially the police
o Fast development of private security services, and gated
communities
o But also, a very dynamic network of community based
organisations
o Lot of inputs from the municipalities
o Good network of universities and knowledge centres.
Identified needs
o Strengthen the transversal and the interministerial
approach: Public safety, but also, Justice, Health,
Education, Social support…
o Allocate more legal and financial resources to local
authorities: decentralization, urban management and
planning, cities' exchange…
o Include a systematic and long term support to local
partners, NGO’s, academics, including academic support to
local projects.
Comments on the Declaration draft
 PUBLIC SECURITY MANAGEMENT (20 to 26):
o Add the acknowledgement of the role of the
municipalities, and local authorities, and the need for
partnership between all levels of State (national,
regional and local) in public safety;
o Need for a balance in the expenses devoted to
security technologies and safety initiatives;
Comments on the Declaration draft
 POLICE MANAGEMENT (27 to 30):
Why not a Public Safety Institute instead of a
structure only devoted to the police:
o Variety of partners involved in Public safety
o Way to improve the partnership
o Way to enhance the private sector participation.
Comments on the Declaration draft
 PREVENTION POLICIES (31 to 34):
o Section too broad and not sufficiently targeted; importance of
the OAS technical assistance capacities;
o Refer to the UNITED NATIONS GUIDELINES ON CRIME
PREVENTION (2002); a Manual will be completed for the 12th
Congress
o Need to develop public safety diagnostics: surveys, qualitative
analysis, observatories, geo-mapping…
Comments on the Declaration draft
o Awareness on crime prevention and public safety cannot
rely on medias’ campaigns only. Need to develop exchange
between community groups, and also with the authorities:
local and national Councils on crime Prevention and Public
Safety, forums, speciliased concertation tables…
o Need to disseminate good practices and policies
o Limitation of emprisonment to be more efficient (lower
level of recidivism, better re-integration) not only to reduce
the costs
Additionnal comments
o On the indicators: refer to the Observatorio
centro-americano de la violencia
o In 2010, the 12th UN Congress on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice will be hold in
Salvador-do-Brazil (April). The Manual on the
implementation of the Guidelines on Crime
Prevention will be distributed.
Thank you for your attention,
Valerie Sagant
Director General of ICPC
Email: [email protected]