Successful Citizen Security Initiatives in Bogot谩, Medell铆n, and Cali, Colombia: Are They Sustainable and Replicable?
Successful Citizen Security Initiatives in Bogot谩, Medell铆n,
and Cali,Colombia: Are They Sustainable and Replicable?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
9:00 a.m. 鈥 1:00 p.m.
Sixth Floor Board Room
Woodrow 浪花直播 International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Improvements in citizen security in Bogot谩, Medell铆n, and Cali, Colombia have been widely celebrated and these cities have become models of 鈥渂est practices鈥 for combatting crime and violence in urban areas worldwide. What explains these success stories and why have there been some setbacks? A distinguished group of analysts and practitioners will identify the key policy initiatives undertaken at the municipal and national level in order to assess the sustainability of security gains and whether they are replicable in other settings.
9:00-9:15 a.m.: Introductory Remarks
Cynthia J. Arnson, Director, Latin American Program
9:15 鈥 11:00 a.m.: Panel I 鈥 What Has Happened and Why?
Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali
Jorge Giraldo Ram铆rez, Universidad EAFIT, Medell铆n
Ariel 脕vila, Corporaci贸n Arco Iris, Bogot谩
11:15 鈥 1:00 p.m.: Panel II 鈥 Cross-Cutting Views: Lessons Learned, Sustainability, and Replicability
Aldo Civico, Rutgers University
Nathalie Alvarado, Inter-American Development Bank
Mar铆a Victoria Llorente, Fundaci贸n Ideas para la Paz
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