Municipal-Based Crime and Violence Prevention in Central America
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Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic Draft Annual Implementation Plan – October 2018 to September 2019 Cooperative Agreement RLA-A-00-09-00050-00 Prepared for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Office for Regional Sustainable Development, Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Team (LAC/RSD/DRG) Isabelle Bully-Omictin Director, Latin American/Caribbean Programs ICMA International Tel: 202 489 2780 E-mail: [email protected] Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Approach ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Provide Technical Assistance and Partnership Activities in Selected Municipalities in Honduras 5 A. Support to the Sula Valley Municipalities ................................................................................................. 5 Proposed Activities and Timeline – Municipalities of ZMVS ..................................................................... 7 B. Support to Municipalities in the Dept. of Francisco Morazán................................................................... 7 Proposed Activities and Timeline – Dept. of Francisco Morazán ............................................................. 7 2. Promote prevention strategies and reduce risk of trafficking in high risk municipalities in the Dominican Republic .................................................................................................................................. 8 Proposed Activities and Timeline .............................................................................................................. 8 3. Enhance Efforts at Regional Ownership and Sustainability of Results and Partnerships .............. 9 A. Enhance the existing network of regional and other interested citizen-security practitioners through virtual and in-person outreach: ............................................................................................... 9 Proposed Activities and Timeline ............................................................................................................ 10 B. Identify and pursue a plan to maintain the network after project end .......................................... 10 Proposed Activities and Timeline ............................................................................................................ 11 2 Draft Annual Implementation Plan – October 2018 to September 2019 Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic Introduction The Municipal Partnership for Violence Prevention in Central America (AMUPREV) Project began on October 1, 2009 and focuses on two key objectives: (1) to promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key Central American stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge networks; and (2) to provide training and technical assistance to local governments and community groups, in coordination with national police efforts and other municipal-based programs. ICMA has worked with key institutions in the region to promote the first objective and engage in outreach. We developed a Toolkit for municipalities to use to promote the creation of municipal-led mechanisms to provide leadership in bringing together key stakeholders to design and implement crime and violence prevention programs. We have facilitated the participation of experts in national, regional and international conferences and conducted workshops for municipal associations and municipal stakeholders. We have developed a website (www.amuprev.org) which showcases daily examples of municipalities throughout Latin America, which are taking the initiative to develop programs that are building the foundation for crime prevention in their communities. Furthermore, we have documented via video the experiences of municipalities in Central America and the Dominican Republic which have demonstrated a commitment to crime prevention through the leadership of their elected officials, the dedication of their police forces and the collaboration of representatives from all sectors of civil society, as well as national government agencies. We have shared these videos through our website and at events and workshops throughout the Region. To accomplish Objective 2, ICMA has implemented the Toolkit in twenty-nine (29) municipalities to create and/or strengthen municipal violence prevention committees/commissions (MCVPCs) and engaged in a series of municipal partnerships with cities in the US to share the model of community- oriented policing and governance with the following municipalities in Central America: Colón, San Miguelito, and Panama City, Panama; Nahuizalco, Sonsonate, Suchitoto, San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía, El Salvador; Mixco, Palencia, Santa Catarina Pinula, Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and Tactic, Guatemala; Villanueva, San Manuel and Pimienta, Honduras and Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. Through these partnerships, police officers, municipal staff, community and private sector representatives from US cities have provided information, training and technical assistance to their counterparts to bring about a greater awareness of the need to prioritize and act upon violence and crime prevention programs in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion. The lessons-learned and knowledge gained from the municipal partnerships have been shared with the broader network through the AMUPREV website. ICMA has also provided support to municipal associations in each of the countries where we have had direct municipal interventions (the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama) as well as Costa Rica, in order to promote the sharing of information and replication of the methodology. In September 2012, USAID issued a six-month extension to ICMA through March 29, 2013. Subsequently, USAID issued a no-cost extension to ICMA through April 30, 2013 and another cost extension through September 30, 2013. ICMA applied the tools and methodologies tested throughout the first Phase of this Cooperative Agreement to new municipalities in Guatemala and El Salvador; provided continuing support to the Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Committees of Mixco, 3 Draft Annual Implementation Plan – October 2018 to September 2019 Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic Palencia and Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala and Nahuizalco and Sonsonate, El Salvador; continued to share information and practices with its established network of violence prevention and other interested practitioners in the Region; developed a sustainability plan to maintain the network after project end; and facilitated the sharing of the Youth Services Eligibility Tool developed by the City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) Office with stakeholders in Guatemala and Honduras. As part of the sustainability plan, ICMA facilitated the creation of the Municipal Association Network for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (the “Red”). In October 2013, USAID issued a two-year cost extension to ICMA to continue our work with supporting the creation and strengthening of Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Committees in three new municipalities each in Guatemala (Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and Tactic) and El Salvador (Suchitoto, San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía). During this period, ICMA documented and shared the experience in Brazil of the Unidades de Policía Pacificadora (UPPs) as a model for potential adaptation to and application in Central America. ICMA coordinated with USAID/Brazil and the Secretaria de Estado de Seguranca (SESEG) of Río de Janeiro to develop a Toolkit and Comprehensive Training Program on the UPP model and supported a series of exchanges with El Salvador to share lessons-learned and identify ways that the model can be adjusted and applied in the country. ICMA supported the creation of the Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean (CAMCAYCA), which was launched in June 2015 with resources from the Dutch Cooperation Agency, VNG and the DEMUCA Foundation (technical and financial arm of the Spanish Cooperation Agency). CAMCAYCA is comprised of all of the association members of the Red AMUPREV except for AGAAI and with the addition of Belize and Puerto Rico. In September 2015, USAID issued another two-year cost extension to expand the CityLinks Partnerships into new countries, build on the existing AMUPREV network of security practitioners and strengthen the relationship between the State of Río de Janeiro and/or the Federal Government of Brazil and El Salvador and/or other third countries. ICMA worked with three municipalities in Honduras (Villanueva, Pimienta and San Manuel) and two in the Dominican Republic (Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este), continued to strengthen CAMCAYCA and engaged with the municipal associations of the Red. In September 2017, USAID issued a final two-year cost extension to AMUPREV to expand its