SAFER CITIES MODEL

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SAFER CITIES MODEL
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SAFER CITIES TOOLS
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SAFER CITIES TRAINING MANUAL AND TOOLKIT

• Overall development objective is to facilitate
  effective strategy development and capacity
  building for crime prevention at city level.
• The SC Training Manual and Toolkit is meant to
  guide and support local SC Teams and local
  government officials in the design and
  implementation of urban crime prevention and
  urban safety initiatives.
• The Manual / Toolkit will follow the SC Model in
  terms of phases and themes.
• The Manual / Toolkit will be user friendly and
  pragmatic with examples and case studies.
• The Manual / Toolkit will be published in one
  volume.
• The Manual / Toolkit will be accompanied by a
  cd-rom with relevant publications, technical
  documents, articles, guides, training manuals,
  etc.

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COMPONENTS OF THE SC MANUAL / TOOLKIT

• Process Components
• Partnership Building and Coalition Building
  Awareness Campaigns, Coordinating Committee,
  Action Groups, City Consultations
• Strategy Development, Action Planning,
  Implementation
• Institutionalisation institutional arrangements
  for crime prevention through partnerships,
  strategy development and implementation
• Technical Components
• Diagnosis / Needs Assessment
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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COMPONENTS OF THE SC MANUAL / TOOLKIT

• Thematic Components
• Institutional Prevention police and justice
  reform, etc.
• Social Prevention youth and families at risk,
  family and domestic violence, drug and alcohol
  abuse, etc.
• Situational Prevention crime prevention through
  environmental design, etc.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SC MANUAL / TOOLKIT

• Introduction
• About the Manual
• Phase 1 Diagnosis / Needs Assessment
• Phase 2 Partnership and Coalition Building
• Phase 3 Strategy Development
• Phase 4 Implementation
• Phase 5 Institutionalisation
• Phase 6 Monitoring and Evaluation
• Urban Issues Good Urban Governance Secure
  Tenure
• Community, City and National Level Action
• Training Exercises
• Tips and Frequently Asked Questions
• Resource Materials and Organisations
• References

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Introduction

• Urban Crime and Violence facts and figures
• Why Crime Prevention?
• Good Governance the role of local authorities
• The Safer Cities Programme

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About the Manual

• Why a Manual and Toolkit?
• Target Groups and Beneficiaries
• How to use the Manual

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Phase 1 Diagnosis

• Why a Local Diagnosis of Insecurity?
• Components of a Diagnosis
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Municipal analysis
• Victimisation Surveys or Local Safety Appraisals
  - Baseline survey for indicator identification
• Youth and Crime Surveys - Youth Offender
  Profiling - Street Children Surveys
• Violence Against Women Surveys
• Safety Audits
• Social Crime Mapping
• Generation of Base Line Data and identification
  of Performance Indicators for Monitoring and
  Evaluation (ME)

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Phase 2 Partnership Building

• Why Partnerships and which Actors?
• Who does What?
• Tools
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Awareness Creation and Sensitisation Campaigns
• Training and Capacity Building
• Safer Cities Coordinating Committee
• SC Local Technical Team
• Thematic Action Groups
• Roles, responsibilities, participation, leadership

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Phase 3 Strategy Development

• Why an Urban Crime Prevention Strategy?
• Components
• Short, Medium and Long Term Strategies
• Focus on Priorities
• Institutional, social and situational prevention
• Tools
• City Consultations
• Exchange, Field Visits and Training
• Safer Cities Summit and Urban Pact
• Role of the SC Coordinating Committee and Local
  Technical Team

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Phase 4 Implementation

• Components
• Short, Medium and Long Term activities
• Social Prevention youth, families, women
• Situational Prevention urban design
• Institutional Prevention governance, police,
  justice
• Contribute to development of Culture of
  Prevention
• Tools
• Role of the SC Coordinating Committee and Local
  Team
• Action Groups

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Phase 5 Institutionalisation

• Why Institutionalisation?
• Tools
• Capacity Building and Institutional Arrangements
• National Government Support
• Policy Reform
• Institutional Reform
• Legislative Reform
• Formalisation and Integration of SC CC and LTT
• Formalisation of Action Groups
• Documentation, Exchange and Replication

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Phase 6 Monitoring and Evaluation

• Why ME?
• Tools
• Selection of Performance Indicators
• Base Line Study
• Regular Assessments needs and impact assessments
• Feedback
• Institutionalisation

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Urban Issues Good Urban Governance Secure
Tenure

• Good Governance Campaign
• Secure Tenure Campaign

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Community, City and National Level Action

• The Role of the Community
• The Role of the City
• The Role of National Government

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Training Exercises

• Team Building
• Knowledge Building

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SC Technical Support Team

• Terms of Reference
• Training and Capacity Building
• Management Arrangements and Strategic Positioning
• Priorities

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Role of Local Government

• Leadership
• Vision and Political Will / Support
• Coordination
• Safety as Cross Cutting Issue
• National Support

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SC Coalition

• Partners
• Participation and Partnership
• Sensitisation and Capacity Building
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Management Arrangements

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Role of Police

• Bridge the Gap with the Public
• Localised Approach
• Partnership
• Integration of Prevention

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Role of Justice System

• Alternatives to Imprisonment - Diversion
• Rehabilitation and Resocialisation
• Bridge Gap between Justice and People
• Traditional Forms of Justice mediation, etc.

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Role of National Government

• Local Government Capacity Building
• Safety as Cross Cutting Issue
• Police and Justice Reform
• Policy and Legislative Reform
• National Campaigns
• Political Will and Support
• Documentation, Exchange and Replication

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Role of the Media

• Public Awareness Creation
• Hold Government accountable

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Private Sector

• Facilitate and participate in crime prevention
  initiatives
• Link up with government and the education system

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Civil Society

• CBOs
• NGOs
• Research Institutions
• Church Groups / Religious Organisations
• are to
• Facilitate and participate in crime prevention
  initiatives

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Indicators

• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Performance
• Process
• Product

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Links

• Poverty and Unemployment
• Youth and Gangs
• Health and Environment
• Human Rights
• Domestic Violence and Gender Issues
• Conflict Prevention, Disaster Mitigation

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Finally

• Tips
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Glossary
• References
• Resource Materials and Organisations Practical
  Links