Together for Action: Partnerships for Youth Crime and Violence Prevention in the Americas

An international conference organized by the World Bank, USAID, and the Government of Guatemala.

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Conference Objective: Strengthen the institutional capacity of municipalities and their partners in government, academia, and civil society to implement evidence-based interventions for youth crime and violence prevention.

Articles

“It has been proven, less inequality means less crime”

Soccer: A social remedy against violence

Working from prison, a solution for thousands of inmates in Latin America

Latin America accounts for more than 30% of the world’s homicides

Blog Entries

Seize the Space" Reclaiming Streets For people

When a police officer, an ex-gang member, a government official, and an academic walked into a room…

In Central America, the youth take action against a future of violence

A new path away from violence: the story of Raul

Prisons as places of inclusion

Videos

Causes of crime and violence in Latin America

DAY 1 – TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4

3:00 – 6:00 pm

Registration and Reception

Hotel Casa Santo Domingo

3a Calle Oriente No. 28 “A”

La Antigua Guatemala

DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5

8:00 – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 – 10:30 am	Opening and Objectives
	Master of Ceremonies: Gerardo Tablas, Senior Public Private Alliance Advisor, USAID, El Salvador Speakers: Agustín Coroy, Activist, Youth Movement Against Violence, Guatemala Arkel Benítez, Vice-Minister for Crime and Violence Prevention, Ministry of the Interior, Guatemala Roberto Campa, Vice-Minister of Crime Prevention and Citizen Participation, Ministry of the Interior, Mexico Jorge Familiar, Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, United States Mark Feierstein, Associate Administrator, USAID, United States Mr. Todd Robinson, US Ambassador to Guatemala Mr. Otto Pérez Molina, President of the Republic of Guatemala (To be confirmed)
10:30 – 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm	SESSION 1 Youth Panel: Why We Need To Join Together
	Objective: Discuss the importance of youth activism and engagement on improving citizen security in the region. Youth activists will provide examples of where youth-led advocacy efforts are making a difference and how to build a transnational youth network against violence in the Americas. Moderator: Christy Javier Orellana García, Director of the Municipal Committee on Crime and Violence Prevention in Choloma, Honduras Panelists: Erick Esteban Escobar, Leader, Youth Movement Against Violence, Guatemala Guillermo Asiain, Coordinator, Viral Network, Youth Network, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Danilo Costa, Educator, AfroReggae, Brazil Alex Gálvez, Executive Director, Transitions Foundation, Guatemala Antonio Briones, Manager, Social Projects, Trust Fund for Competitiveness and Citizen Security, Mexico Wilmar Andres Martínez, Artist, Medellín, Colombia Q&A: 15 minutes
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Lunch Keynote
	Santiago Londoño Uribe, Secretary of the Interior, Government of Antioquia, Colombia
2:00 – 3:30 pm	SESSION 2 Primary Violence Prevention
	Objective: Highlight the core principles and components of evidence-based and promising interventions for school and family-based violence prevention, and the challenges of implementing them in a municipal context. Moderator: Celina De Sola, Deputy Director, Glasswing, El Salvador Panelists: Amy Bank, Executive Director, Meeting Points, Sixth Sense, Nicaragua Larry Cohen, Executive Director, Prevention Institute, United States Matthias Rüst, Coordinator, Productive Coexistence, Colombia Paul Carrillo, Director, Crossroads Program, St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services, United States Q&A: 15 minutes
3:30 – 3:45 pm	Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:15 pm	SESSION 3 Secondary Prevention
	Objective: Highlight the core principles and components of secondary evidence-based and promising interventions for youth violence prevention, reviewing the state of the art as well as implementation challenges for these types of interventions. Moderator: Enrique Roig, Senior Citizen Security Specialist, USAID, United States Panelists: Axel Romero, Advisor on Prevention and Security, Ministry of Interior, Guatemala Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Researcher, University of Chicago, United States Gregory Sloane-Seale, Coordinator, Citizen Security Program, Trinidad and Tobago Guillermo Cespedes, Senior Associate, Creative Associates & Former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, United States Q&A: 15 minutes
5:15 – 5:30 pm	Coffee Break
5:30 – 6:45 pm	SESSION 4 Measuring the Impact of Prevention Programs and Influencing Policy
	Objective: Discuss advances and challenges of rigorous evaluation methods and surveillance tools to promote informed violence prevention policy. Moderator: José Miguel Cruz, Professor, Florida International University, United States Panelists: Mitch Seligson, Professor, Vanderbilt University, United States Jens Ludwig, Director, University of Chicago, Chicago Crime Lab, United States Nelson Arboleda, Director, Central American Region, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Q&A: 15 minutes
6:45 – 8:30 pm	Networking Reception

DAY 3 – THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6

9:00 – 9:15 am	Opening Remarks
	Summary and Reflections on Key Themes Markus Kostner, Social Development Practice Manager, World Bank, United States
9:15 – 10:45 am	SESSION 5 Tertiary Prevention
	Objective: Highlight the role that tertiary prevention (including victims’ services) plays in the portfolio of responses, and lessons learned in the implementation of these responses. Moderator: Joan Serra Hoffman, Senior Citizen Security Specialist, Crime and Violence Prevention, World Bank, United States Panelists: Jasveeth Rocha Vega, Coordinator, Youth Community Builders, Tijuana, Mexico Carlos Cruz, Director, Citizen Path, Mexico Aldo Civico, Assistant Professor and Co-Director, the International Institute for Peace, Rutgers University, United States Luke Dowdney, Founder & Director, Fight for Peace, Brazil Barbara Ferrer, Chief Strategy Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, United States Laura Murray, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, United States Q&A: 15 minutes
10:45 – 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 – 1:00 pm	EXPERT MARKETPLACE Opportunity for Interactive Exchanges Between Participants and Experts
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Lunch Keynote
	Fabian Debora, Substance Abuse Counselor, Homeboy Industries, United States
2:30 – 4:00 pm	SESSION 6 Towards a More Comprehensive Municipal Response
	Objective: Discuss the process and approach required to develop a fully integrated municipal crime and prevention program. Moderator: Rodrigo Serrano-Berthet, Lead Social Development Specialist, Citizen Security Coordinator, World Bank Panelists: Mario Maciel, Division Manager, Mayor’s Gang Task Force, San Jose, California Lorena Martínez, Federal Attorney, Office of Consumer Affairs and Former Mayor of Aguascalientes, Mexico Edwin Escobar, Mayor of Villanueva, Guatemala Alvaro Duboc, Secretary of Strategic Actions, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil Norman Quijano, Mayor of San Salvador, El Salvador Carlos Loria, Regional Director, ICMA/AMUPREV, Costa Rica Q&A: 15 minutes
4:00 – 4:15 pm	Coffee Break

4:15 – 5:45 pm	SESSION 7 Bringing it All Together
	Objective: Conclude the conference with an overview of youth crime and violence prevention network and movement building lessons. Moderator: Enrique Betancourt, Director, Violence and Crime Prevention Initiative, Chemonics International and Former Executive Director at the National Center for Crime Prevention and Citizen Participation, Mexico Panelists: Carlos Hernández, Director, Association for a More Just Society, Honduras Amy Crawford, Deputy Director, National Network for Safe Communities, United States Peter Bunting, Minister, Ministry of National Security, Jamaica Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School, United States Kaile Shilling, Coalition Director, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles, United States Q&A: 15 minutes
5:45 – 6:30 pm	Closing Session
	Town Hall Meeting: Participant Slamfest

Jorge Familiar
Vice President. World Bank,, Latin America & Caribbean
Jorge Familiar, a Mexican national, is the Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean since May 1, 2014. He is the first Latin American to be appointed to that position in the last 30 years.
Otto Pérez Molina
Guatemala's President
Born in December 1st, 1950, Perez Molina has been President of Guatemala since January 14, 2012.
Rodrigo Serrano-Berthet

Senior Social Development Specialist for The World Bank
Serrano-Berthet is the focal point for the Bank’s Brazil, Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean citizen security and crime and violence prevention programs, as well as other high profile initiatives such as preventing crime and violence in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.
Gerado Tablas
‎USAID Regional Public Private Alliance Advisor (Mexico & Central America)