Social Development and Public Governance > Social Development > Violence Prevention
National and Regional Projects
REGIONAL
- The Regional Pilot Program to Address and Prevent Domestic Violence against Women ($2.875 million in non-reimbursable financing; $481,000 in local counterpart funding) creates links among service networks in six countries (Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela) to provide comprehensive treatment for women who suffer from domestic abuse. The project attempts to create synergies among the different service providers and trains and sensitizes key actors in the chain of services (Available in Spanish)
- The Technical Umbrella: Domestic Violence project ($707,000 in non-reimbursable financing) creates a "best practices portfolio" for the prevention of domestic violence. Financing is provided for the execution, monitoring, and evaluation of pilot projects, and the improvement of existing ones. Various best practice manuals and papers will be developed to disseminate the results. (Available in Spanish)
- The Judicial Education: Towards Jurisprudence for Equality project ($650,000 in non-reimbursable financing; $100,000 in local counterpart funding) trains judges and other judicial actors in five coutries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay) on the applicability of international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to treat cases of violence against women and ensuring greater protection for women's rights in the region.
NATIONAL
- The $95.6 million Peaceful Coexistence and Citizen Security project (loan amount: $57.0 million) in Colombia is focused on reducing the levels of violence and insecurity in various Colombian cities. The project provides a systematic approach to strengthening activities which prevent, counter, and control factors associated with social violence. The project is focused in particular on restoring confidence in the governmental law enforcement system, and works directly with local governments.
- The $25 million Crime and Violence Prevention Program (loan amount: $17.5 million) is aimed at preventing and treating interpersonal violence in Uruguay, and reducing the public's perception of insecurity. It seeks to create the necessary institutional capacity and encourage the active participation of civil society organizations, particularly those that are oriented towards young adults, as part of a multidisciplinary strategy for crime and violence prevention.
- The Police Training in Domestic Violence Prevention project ($150,000 in non-reimbursable financing; $25,000 in counterpart funding) in Suriname trained the entire police force and 100 social workers in order to provide better services to victims of domestic violence.
- The Support to the Center for Prevention and Treatment of Domestic Violence in the Southern Region of Metropolitan Santiago (a $149,000 project, of which $130,000 was financed with non-reimbursable IDB financing) offers financial support to a non-governmental organization which provides services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
- The Program of Prevention and Treatment of Domestic Violence for Families in La Florida (a $177,000 project, of which $115,000 is non-reimbursable IDB financing) supports a non-governmental organization which promotes community education in a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, as well as providing psychological and legal services to female victims of domestic violence.
- The $27 million Improvement of the Administration of Justice project (loan amount: $18.9 million) in Panama is reorganizing the administration of justice in two districts. The focus is to change how a case is treated from the time the crime is reported through court resolution. The project addresses violence through the creation of centers for victim services and the education and training of all those involved in the judicial process.
- The $43 million Support for Children and Adolescents in Social Risk in Argentina (loan amount: $30 million) emphasizes reducing the risk factors that increase violence among children and youth and have resulted in a decline in the mean age of offenders. The program also aids children who are victims of domestic violence.
- An IDB Health Sector Reform Project in Bolivia(a $53.7 million project with $45 million in IDB financing) includes advocacy against domestic violence by documenting the problem and creating a dialogue between the family and family health care units. A similar project in Argentina is being designed.
- The $31 million Support to Reform of the Justice Sector in Guatemala project (loan amount: $25 million) provides judicial services to indigenous populations in rural areas to, among other objectives, reduce violence.
- The $22.2 million Program in Support of Justice Sector Reforms in El Salvador (loan amount: $19.2 million) offers innovative methods of dispute resolution to El Salvador?s large post-war youth population.
- The $27 million Attention to Troubled Youth project in Argentina (loan amount: $19.7 million) intends to prevent future violence by working with youth who have been abandoned or are victims of domestic abuse.
- The Support to Youth Under Social Risk project in Nicaragua ($800,000 in non-reimbursable funds) is designed to prevent future violence by working with street youth, victims of armed conflict, and institutionalized youth.
- The $56 million Community Program for Peace in Guatemala (loan amount: $50 million) focuses on areas which suffer from violence or armed conflict.
- Program to Support the National Fund for Social Development in Peru ($430 million, of which 150 million was financed by the IDB, 150 million by the World Bank, and 130 million by national counterpart funding) focuses on areas which suffer from violence or armed conflict.
Last updated: 05/02/07
