SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW GROUP (SIRG)
Second Regular Meeting of 2009
February 9-13, 2009
Rubén Dario Room – 1889 F Street NW, DC 20006
Washington, D.C.
Inter-American Development Bank Presentation
on Citizen Security
OEA/Ser.E
GRIC/O.2/doc.5/09
9 February 2009
Original: English
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OEA-GRIC, February 2009
CITIZEN SECURITY
-The IDB experience in the region-
Institutional Capacity & Finance Sector (ICF)
Institutional Capacity of State Division (ICS)
I.
IDB’s INTERVENTION STRATEGY: -Ten years of lessons
learned and innovative interventions in the sector
II.
CHALLENGES AND CURRENT ACTION LINES
I. IDB’s INTERVENTION STRATEGY:
Ten
years of lessons learned and innovative
interventions in the sector
What have we done in the sector?

The IDB has approved 11 Projects in Citizen Security for the following
countries :
Chile
Colombia
Guyana
Jamaica
Panama
Uruguay
 Trinidad y Tobago

More than 25 technical cooperations
In Central America:
 El Salvador
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Guatemala
The context
Europa Central y Occidental
2
Oceanía
3
4
Sur de Asia
América del Norte
7
Africa del Este
8
Asia Central
9
17
Europa del Este
Centroamerica
22
Asia del Este y Sureste
22
América del Sur
26
29
Africa del Sur y Oeste
Caribe
30
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Tasa de homicidios por 100.000
habitantes (2002 o más reciente)
(Fuente: Crime, Violence, and Development:
Trends, Costs, and Policy Options in the
Caribbean, Banco Mundial y UNODC, 2007)
35
Tasa de muerte por arma de fuego
por 100.000 habitantes
(Fuente: Small Arms Survey, 2008)
The context
Tasa de homicidios por 100.000 habitantes, 2006.
60
55.3
49.1
50
45.2 45.0
42.9
37.3
40
28.4
30
25.0
21.4
20
15.0
12.4 11.3
10
5.3
4.3
1.9
0
ES
JA
GU
VE
HO
CO
TT
ME
GY
EC
NI
PN
AR
UR
CH
Tasa de homicidios por 100.000 habitantes (2006)
(Fuente: Elaboración propia con datos de Ministerios de Justicia, Interior, policías y observatorios de
la violencia de la Región. )
People’s voice
35%
30%
30%
29%
25%
29%
25%
24%
23%
23%
21%
20%
21%
20%
19%
18%
17%
16%
15%
14%
10%
9%
8%
7%
5%
9%
8%
8%
7%
7%
5%
0%
1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Año
Fuente: Latinobarómetro 1995-2007
Delincuencia
Desempleo
Institutional Capital
The IDB has contributed considerably to the Citizen Security sector in the
last decade:
•
Studies to identify the magnitude and cost of violence for Peru, Mexico,
Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Panama and Brazil.
•
An interdisciplinary expert regional network (specialists in: institutional
reforms, criminology, violence prevention, police reform, among others).
•
Conferences and seminars to disseminate best practices at the regional
level. (Inter America Forum in Medellín, 2006; Lima, 2007; and Jamaica,
Institutional Capital
•
Strategic alliances and partnerships with the international community
working in the sector (UNODC; WOLA, IACPV, OEA, PAHO, among others).
•
Publications related to: juvenile violence (a regional study to characterize
juvenile violence, based on victimization, habits and values survey;
domestic violence; urban development; penitentiary and police reform,
among others).
•
Citizen Security Technical Notes (including Sector’s institutional analyses
and evaluations of programs for violence prevention).
•
Project Impact Evaluations.
•
Knowledge Management Network to constantly hone IDB staff skills.
The IDB’s Operational framework
Public Policy
Planning
Comprehensive Analysis of Citizen security
Institutional Strengthening of SectorRelated Entities
Laboratories for “Good Government for Security”
Prevention
Activities
Law Enforcement
Criminal Justice
and Alternatives
Measures
Rehabilitation of
convicts or
juvenile
delinquents
Follow-up and evaluation mechanisms
The IDB’s Operational framework
Public Policy
Planning
Activities and Projects directed at juvenile delinquents
Prevention
Activities
Prevention of Domestic Violence
Actvities targeting communities
Law Enforcement
Criminal Justice
and Alternatives
Measures
Rehabilitation
of convicts or
juvenile
delinquents
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Strategies for engaging the media
The IDB’s Operational framework
Public Policy
Planning
Institutional reorganization and internal
administrative planning
Prevention
Recruitment process improvement
Activities
Police
Management
Law Enforcement
Criminal Justice
and Alternatives
Measures
Community
Policing
Strengthening of technical and
professional skills of police officers and
prison guards to improve attention and
respect for Human Rights
Citizen participation
Training in the use of new IT systems
Rehabilitation
of convicts or
juvenile
delinquents
Improvement of internal control and
accountability mechanisms of the police
with community participation
Studies and strategic discussion groups
facilitation
The IDB’s Operational framework
Public Policy
Planning
Personal, psychological, social and medical attention
Prevention
Activities
Formal education
Training and Education for microenterprise development
Law Enforcement
Criminal Justice
and Alternatives
Measures
Development of alternative disciplinary methods and
improvement of social skills
Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment
Rehabilitation
of convicts or
juvenile
delinquents
Job Placement Assistance through alliances with
private sector
Development and strengthening of alternative
penitentiary mechanisms with supervisory systems
Development of support mechanisms and follow-up
following prison release
II. Challenges and
Current Lines of Action
Challenges

Continuing the design of innovative interventions in the
public security area

Adapting the Bank’s support to each country specific
background and current demands

Promoting a long term vision in the region, through the
support for security public policies’ implementation

Emphasizing sub-national governments’ participation in
the prevention area.
Current Action Lines
1. Quality Information in Citizen Security: Regional Public
Good

Establishment of standardized information systems
(Regional Public Good)

Technical cooperation approved and currently being
executed

Civil Society participation

Regional Victimization Survey / Quality of Life Study
Current Action Lines
2.Regional Laboratory of Citizen Security
Scientific analyses of reforms processes
Dissemination of best practices
Research on cutting-edge interventions in the sector
 Analytical documentation of methodologies and lessons
learned
 Identification and promotion of innovative practices at
the local government level
 Promotion of networks linking academia and policymakers



Current Action Lines
3. Regional Dialogue of State Policies for Citizen Security
(Permanent Forum)
Political, economic and social sustainability
Consensus-building dialogue around the sector’s policy
guidelines at the national and sub-national level
 Feedback for other actions undertaken by the IDB in the
sector
 Promotion of citizen security policies at the local level,
articulated with national policies, through a Mayoral
Network


Current Action Lines
4. Citizen security as an element in the
Corporate and Social Responsibility Agenda
for the Private Sector



Mapping exercise of best practices and
innovative actions
Demonstrative cases as models for the
region
Update of the costs of violence analyses
at the micro and macro levels
Thank you !
Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo
Febrero 2009.