In keeping with government’s agenda on security at the community level, a workshop on the Regional System of Standardised Indicators in Peaceful Coexistence and Citizen Security was held on Tuesday to strengthen decision-makers’ capacity to make interventions to boost security.
The workshop is part of an overall project conducted by CISALVA, a Research Institute of Universidad del Valle in Cali, Columbia, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said. “Funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CISALVA establishes a Sub Technical Unit (STU) in each country that has membership in the Regional System of Standardised Indicators in Peaceful Coexistence and Citizen Security programme,” GINA added. The STU comprises various representative stakeholder entities and works under the relevant ministry.
GINA noted that the CISALVA group is working with Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico and 15 other countries. After assessing their individual needs, CISALVA will