Programme
DAY 1: 28 April 2014
08:00 | Participants registration |
09:00 | Opening Address Panellists
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09:30 | Additional statements by states
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10:15 | Testimony of a victim of armed violence
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10:30 | High Level Panel Plenary Armed violence reduction and prevention, from 2006 towards 2015: What have we learned? The panel will be the opportunity for leaders to highlight progress and challenges in armed violence reduction and prevention since the launch of the GD and will highlight the importance of the links to development and specifically to 2015 and the post-MDG agenda. The panel, organized as a questions and answers session moderated by a facilitator will outline the speakers' visions for the implementation of the Geneva Declaration and its process.
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12:00 | Lunch break / Networking events |
14:00 | Launch of the Handbook Implementing the Geneva Declaration
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14:30 | Plenary Panel Armed violence in the Americas: An overview
Armed violence in the Americas: What do we know? The panel will provide a discussion on the importance of measuring armed violence for policy and programming. But it will also address the question of the different languages used by different communities and the necessary ‘translation’ between communities, such as armed violence, citizen security, crime prevention.
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16:00 | Coffee break |
16:15 | Parallel Thematic Session |
| Session 1 What do we know about firearms in the Americas? Firearms are a key element in the violence perpetrated in the Americas. The session will focus on the challenges of researching firearms issues and measuring firearms violence in the Americas.
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Session 2 From data gathering to policy: the experience of armed violence observatories The session will be organized around two main axes: i) presenting the experiences of crime and violence observatories, and ii) the importance of translating research finding into concrete policies and programs.
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18:00 | End of DAY 1 |
DAY 2: 29 April 2014
09:00 | Plenary Panel Working in partnership to address armed violence The panel should underscore the importance for the actors involved in armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP) to work in a holistic manner, develop partnerships and integrate the different sectoral interventions and approaches into an overall armed violence reduction framework. A moderator will facilitate the discussion. The panellists will answer questions focusing on the issue of developing effective cooperation between actors and sectors in order to effectively respond to the challenges posed by armed violence.
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10:30 | Coffee break |
11:00 | Parallel Thematic Sessions Thematic sessions will focus on experiences and lessons learned in programming. |
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| Session 2 Organized in partnership with Interpeace This panel will offer the opportunity for a reflection on the role of youth in relation to themes such as security, small arms, violence and crime prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration. The session will consider experiences in which the youth is a central actor of innovative approaches to increasing security and ‘living together’ in Guatemala and in the region. Panellists
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| Session 3 This session will focus on the gender dimensions of armed violence. It will explore legal and policy frameworks to address femicide and violence against women in contexts highly affected by gun violence. It will consider interventions to tackle negative forms of masculinities which perpetuate armed violence, including the targeting of women. Ways to reduce cultural associations of gun use with power and manhood will also be showcased.
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13:00 | Lunch break / Networking events
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Side event organized by Action on Armed Violence | |
Side event organized by REDCEPAZ | |
14:30 | Keynote Speech
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15:00
| Parallel Technical Session While parallel sessions address key topics from a general programmatic perspective, the technical sessions will provide specific experiences (case studies) and the opportunity to go more in depth from some of the topics.
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| Session 1 Measuring the impact of armed violence reduction and prevention programs
Armed violence / citizen security interventions need to be assessed in terms of effectiveness and impact to make sure that the investment done produce their fruits. Systems that are able to measure and monitor not only the evolution of insecurity but also the performance of programmes put in place to provide solutions can provide important support to policy makers and programming efforts. The session will be dealing with results-based management in citizen security programming; the development of relevant indicators; and with integrating monitoring and evaluation into citizen security programming.
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| Session 2 Organized in partnership with the OAS Successful community-based approaches
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| Session 3 Organized in partnership with the OAS Firearms control programming Panellists
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19:00 | Official Reception organized by the Ministry of Interior of Guatemala at the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo |
DAY 3: 30 April 2014
09:30 | Parallel Technical Session |
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| Session 1 Engaging the private sector for armed violence prevention and reduction and development
Private sector activities that exacerbate conflict often receive attention, yet little attention has been paid to the sector’s positive impacts in reducing violence. The private sector plays a highly significant role in the context of security. Conflict-affected states and communities need economic activity, and foreign and domestic investments help these states recover from conflict. Investment creates jobs, which can prevent and reduce the likelihood of post-conflict violence. The private sector makes an essential contribution to establishing a long-term climate of security. The panel will focus on how the private sector can engage in reducing and preventing armed violence to foster peace and development.
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12:00 | Plenary Panel Looking forward: An agenda for action After two days of discussions and sharing of experiences, the session will be the opportunity to summarize the main lessons learned in addressing the challenges of reducing and preventing armed violence. The panel will also invite key speakers to provide an agenda for action towards and beyond 2015.
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13:00 | Closing Remarks
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13:30 | Lunch |
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