SAFER CITIES MODEL
TIMEFRAME
PHASES
Diagnosis
Partnerships
Strategy & Action Plan
Implementation
Institutionalisation
M&E
Diagnosis Phase
Local Diagnosis of Insecurity
Stakeholder Analysis
Sensitisation
City Consultations
Demonstration Projects
Awareness Creation
Selection of Indicators
Base line Study
Coalition Building Phase
City Consultations
Coalition of Stakeholders
Coordinating Committee
Training & Sensitisation
Local Technical Team
Coordinating Committee
Stakeholders Summit
City Consultations
Training & Capacity Building
Training & Capacity Building
Sensitisation
Training & Capacity Building
Action Planning Phase
Analysis of Findings
Recommendations
Stakeholders Summit
Formation of Action Groups
Coordinating Committee
Development of Crime
Prevention Strategy
Development and Design of
Action Plans
Involving various stakeholders
Development and Design of
reform plans for police, justice
local and national government
to improve urban safety
Training & Capacity Building
Design activities for youth/families
Implement activities for youth/families
at risk, to address violence
against women, to improve
policing, governance, design
at risk, to address violence
against women, to improve
policing, governance, design
Implementation of reform plans
to improve transparency,
efficiency, technical capacity,
inter-agency collaboration, etc.
Assessment of indicators
Needs and Impact
Assessments
Develop Policies and
Influence Policy Making
in local and national
government
Structural and Policy Reform
in police, justice, local and
national government
Formalisation of reforms
and Innovations
Legislative reforms
Revision of structures,
reforms, innovations,
capacities, policies, etc.
Feedback of assessments
Implementation Phase
Institutionalisation Phase
Needs Assessment
Needs Assessment
Capacity Building
Formalisation of Coordinating
Committee & Action Groups
social, institutional & situational
prevention approaches & activities
SAFER CITIES TOOLS
THEMES
Urban Safety
General
PHASES
Diagnosis
Partnerships
Strategy & Action Plan
Implementation
Institutionalisation
M&E
Victimisation Surveys
City Consultations
Stakeholders Coalition
SC Coordinating Committee
Local Technical Team
City Summit to formulate an
Urban Crime Prevention
Strategy, including ones for
Lead Agency - Local Authority
Coordination SC Coordinating Committee
Support - Local Technical Team
Media Strategies
Training Programmes
Awareness Campaigns
Policy & Structural Reform
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Lead Agency - Local Authority
Main stakeholders:
national government, civil society
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
Institutional Reform
Legislative Reform
Formalisation of the CC
Integration of the LTT
Lead Agency - Local Authority
Main stakeholders:
private sector, police, civil society
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
Formalisation of the
Action Group
Policy Reforms
Lead Agency - Police
Institutional Reform
Policy Reform
awareness & capacity building
Urban Governance
Institutional Prevention
Urban Design
Situational Prevention
Policing
Institutional Prevention
Justice
Institutional Prevention
Youth & Families at Risk
Social Prevention
Violence Against Women
Social Prevention
Level of Service Delivery
Needs Assessment
City Consultations
Safety Audits
Identification of target areas
City Consultations
Stakeholder Analysis
Needs Assessment
City Consultations
Stakeholder Analysis
Needs Assessment
City Consultations
SC Coordinating Committee
Participatory Governance
Stakeholder Coalition
Action Group for Situational
Prevention
Stakeholder Coalition
Action Group for
Improved Policing
Stakeholder Coalition
Action Group for Innovative
Forms of Justice
Youth Offender Profiling
Youth & Crime Surveys
City Consultations
Focus Group Discussions
Stakeholder Coalition
Action Group for
Social Prevention
Violence Against Women Surveys
Stakeholder Coalition
Action Group for
Social Prevention
Women's Safety Audits
City Consultations
Focus Group Discussions
City Consultations to design
Good Governance Campaign
as well as Secure Tenure
Stakeholder Consultations to
design a Situational
Prevention Strategy
and Action Plan
Stakeholder Consultations
for Capacity Building
of the Police
Main Stakeholders: communities,
local and national government
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
Lead Agency - Justice System
Main Stakeholders: Police,
Civil Society, local, national govt
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
Institutional Reform
Policy Reform
Stakeholder Consultations to
design Social Prevention
Strategies and Action Plans
Capacity Building
Lead Agency - Local Authority
civil society, communities, local, natl govt
Institutional Reform
Policy Reform
Formalisation of the
Action Group
Stakeholder Consultations to
design Social Prevention
Strategies and Action Plans
Capacity Building
Lead Agency - Local Authority
Main Stakeholders: communities,
media, civil society, local, natl govt
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
Coordination & Support - CC, LTT
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
Stakeholder Consultations to
introduce innovative forms
of justice and for capacity
building
Main Stakeholders: police, justice,
Regular assessments & Feedback
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
Institutional Reform
Policy Reform
Formalisation of the
Action Group
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
Selection of Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular assessments & Feedback
to LA, CC, AG's, LTT
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.
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
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SC MANUAL / TOOLKIT
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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
Introduction
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Urban Crime and Violence: facts and figures
Why Crime Prevention?
Good Governance: the role of local authorities
The Safer Cities Programme
About the Manual
– Why a Manual and Toolkit?
– Target Groups and Beneficiaries
– How to use the Manual
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 (M&E)
Phase 2 Partnership Building
– Why Partnerships and which Actors?
– Who does What?
– Tools
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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
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
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City Consultations
Exchange, Field Visits and Training
Safer Cities Summit and Urban Pact
Role of the SC Coordinating Committee and Local
Technical Team
Phase 4 Implementation
– Components
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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
Phase 5 Institutionalisation
– Why Institutionalisation?
– Tools
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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
Phase 6 Monitoring and Evaluation
– Why M&E?
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Selection of Performance Indicators
Base Line Study
Regular Assessments: needs and impact assessments
Feedback
Institutionalisation
Urban Issues: Good Urban Governance &
Secure Tenure
• Good Governance Campaign
• Secure Tenure Campaign
Community, City and National Level
Action
• The Role of the Community
• The Role of the City
• The Role of National Government
Training Exercises
• Team Building
• Knowledge Building
SC Technical Support Team
• Terms of Reference
• Training and Capacity Building
• Management Arrangements and Strategic
Positioning
• Priorities
Role of Local Government
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Leadership
Vision and Political Will / Support
Coordination
Safety as Cross Cutting Issue
National Support
SC Coalition
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Partners
Participation and Partnership
Sensitisation and Capacity Building
Roles and Responsibilities
Management Arrangements
Role of Police
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Bridge the Gap with the Public
Localised Approach
Partnership
Integration of Prevention
Role of Justice System
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Alternatives to Imprisonment - Diversion
Rehabilitation and Resocialisation
Bridge Gap between Justice and People
Traditional Forms of Justice: mediation, etc.
Role of National Government
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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
Role of the Media
• Public Awareness Creation
• Hold Government accountable
Private Sector
• Facilitate and participate in crime
prevention initiatives
• Link up with government and the education
system
Civil Society
• CBO’s
• NGO’s
• Research Institutions
• Church Groups / Religious Organisations
are to:
• Facilitate and participate in crime
prevention initiatives
Indicators
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Quantitative
Qualitative
Performance
Process
Product
Links
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Poverty and Unemployment
Youth and Gangs
Health and Environment
Human Rights
Domestic Violence and Gender Issues
Conflict Prevention, Disaster Mitigation
Finally
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Tips
Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary
References
Resource Materials and Organisations:
Practical Links