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Washington, D.C., 27th June 2008

Safer Cites. Washington, D.C., 27th June 2008. UN-Habitat – United Nations Program for Human Settlements ROLAC: Regional Office for Latin America and Caribbean Mandate: To improve the conditions of those living in poor settlements Stabilize actual slums

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Washington, D.C., 27th June 2008

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  1. Safer Cites Washington, D.C., 27th June 2008

  2. UN-Habitat – United Nations Program for Human Settlements ROLAC: Regional Office for Latin America and Caribbean Mandate: To improve the conditions of those living in poor settlements Stabilize actual slums Avoid the proliferation of new slums United Nations

  3. United Nations Erradicate of extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equakity and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/Aids, malária and other diseses Ensure environmental sustainability Goal10: Reduce by half, by 2015 the proportion of population without permanent and sustainable access to good quality of water Goal 11: By 2020, improve significantly the lives of at least 100 million inhabitants that kive in slums. Develop a global partnership for Development

  4. Disadvantages: poverty and inequality City fragmentation Social and economic inequalities URBAN SEGRAGATION

  5. Population in Slums • Latin America andCaribbean: • 127 millionsofpeople living in poorhumansettlementsorslums in 2001 • It is estimatedwewillhave 143 millionsby 2015

  6. Improve basic infrastrucutre and communications Improve or create specialized services Technological innovations Sustainable environment (built and natural) Transparent institutions and regulations Improve the quality of regulations Fight security at all levels (home, neighborhood, city) Promote social cohesion City Challenges

  7. Traditional Response Focus on the criminal justice system Specializes on major crime Targets effects instead of causes Reactive instead of preventive Often short term and non sustainable results New Responses recognize Safety as a “common good” and key to good governance A role for everybody in building local safety, respecting mandates Need to target causes to reach lasting results Prevention is better than cure Safer Cities Programme

  8. Three pillars of crime prevention Safer Cities Prevention • Social Prevention • Youth and women • Youth empowerment • Victim support • Recreational facilities to • occupy youth • Developing victim support • Law Enforcement and • CJS Reform • Targeted visible police patrols • Conflict resolution • Neighbourhood watch • By-law enforcement • Improve relationships • and accessibility • Urban Design • Supporting street layout • Improving lighting • Designing streets, buildings, parks • to reduce opportunities for crime • Reorganize markets or terminals

  9. Key Elements for Effective Implementation Safer Cities Process • A strategy and action plan • Establish priorities • Identify model for practices • Target actions and risk factors • Balance short • & long term actions • A security diagnosis • Challenges • Risk factors • Community resources • A Coalition • leadership • Assembling all key partners • Engaging citizens • Communication strategy • Age and gender sensitive Regional and (inter) national networks for exchange and replication • Implementation • training • Co-ordination of partners • actions • Evaluation & feedback • Process evaluation • Impact evaluation • Tools development

  10. Safer Cities Programme • OBJECTIVE • Strenghten local authorities and key actors to be better • prepare to provide safety and security to vulnerable • groups in countries promoting social cohesion • RATIONALE FOR LOCAL INTERVENTION • Why a local policy on urban security? • Closest to local reality • Accountable to residents • Reinforcing the State at local level

  11. Safer Cites Programme • SPECIFIC GOALS • Promoteandvalidatean integral approch to safetyandsecurity in theareasofgovernance, urbanrenewalandimprovementofslums. • Developeguidesandtools for safety, documentationandpractice. • Promotealiancesamongpartnersandkeyactorsthropugh a strategic communication.

  12. Key actions and some examples • Coalitionswithleadershipincludingneighborhoodassociations. (Kenya e Tanzania) • A local safetyanalysis: • Local genesisandlocalizinginsecureactions (Bogota,Colombia) • InsecureandUnsafeperception • Identificationof positive andnegativeresponses

  13. Key actions and some examples • Local Strategies (Bogota e Medellin): • Define activitiesandpriorities • Define membersofthecoalitionresponible for actions • Calendarofevents • Improvetheeconomic background (New York) • Design Formsofevaluation • Strategyof Crime prevention in cities (Bogota)

  14. Key actions and some examples • Form a cooalitionwith a local technicalcoordinatorthatwill: (african cities): • Coordinatelocal diagnosis • Prepare a strategy, present it andhave it approvedfor practice • Support, impulseand supervise thecoalitionactions • Works in close relationshipwith local authoritiesSecurity in Open PublicSpaces (Mexico) • Promote a safetyciyandcitizenconscience as partoftheurbandevelopmentinterventions

  15. Cidades mais Seguras • 5. Otherkeylements • Measuresdirected to youth in risksituation (Monterrey, Bogota, Santiago). • Descentrallizedmeasuresonconflictresolution • Police andcommunitiesworkingtogether (Santiago, Chile) • Measuresdirected to safetyperception • Measuresdirected to victimsofviolence (Maipu, Tucuman, Mexico, Colombia)

  16. Thank you

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