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Forum “The Public/Citizen Insecurity in Latin America: a Regional Challenge”

Mexico City, ITAM Santa Teresa

11-12 March 2013 Objectives FSC

• Deepen the critical analysis of insecurity in Latin America through an interdisciplinary dialogue and creation of methodological tools.

• Create an interdisciplinary network with academics at a hemispheric level focused on the study and comprehension of insecurity.

• Share the findings and recommendations that this network will produce with key actors and decision makers of the region.

• Constitute an annual Forum-Conference of citizen security in Latin America, with a high degree of academic analysis, open to dialogue with government officials and authorities.

Topics The conference is organized by 4 thematic blocks:

I. The Citizen Insecurity Tipping Points II. Drug Trafficking and Drugs Regimes III. Interventions and Best Practices to Decrease Violence IV. The Costs and Impacts of Insecurity

Monday, March 11

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Remarks: Alejandro Hernández, Provost of the Instituto

Tecnológico Autónomo de México

10:00 – 13:00 I. The Citizen Insecurity Tipping Points Marcelo Bergman, Human Development Report UNDP Viridiana Ríos, SHCP Mexico Angélica Duran – Martínez, Brown University Steven Dudley, InSight Crime John Bailey, Georgetown University

Gema Santamaría, New School for Social Research - Human Development Report UNDP

       

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Chair: Juan Carlos Garzón, Georgetown University- Human Development Report UNDP Discussion and Commentary - ITAM / Stanford Representatives (Arturo Aguilar – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Eduardo Moncada, Newark Universtity - Human Development Report UNDP)

13:00 – 15:15 Free time 15:30 – 18:30 II. Drug Trafficking and Drugs Regimes

Ilona Szábo, Igarape Institute - Human Development Report UNDP Gabriela Calderón, Stanford University Daniel Mejía, Universidad de Los Andes Daniel Rico, Independent Consultant Luis Astorga, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México*

Chair: Rafael Fernández de Castro, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México - Human Development Report UNDP

Discussion and Commentary - ITAM / Stanford Representatives (Hernando Gómez Buendía, Razón Pública - Human Development Report UNDP)

Tuesday, March 12 10:00 – 13:00 III. Interventions and Best Practices to Decrease Violence

Benjamin Lessing, Stanford University Robert Muggah, Igarape Institute - Human Development Report UNDP Enrique Desmond Arias, City University of New York - Human Development Report UNDP Alys Willman, World Bank Ignacio Cano, PUC – Rio, Brazil Chair: Beatriz Magaloni – Stanford Universtity Discussion and Commentary - ITAM / Stanford Representatives (Alberto Díaz-Cayeros - University of California San Diego, Emilio Gutierrez – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)

       

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13:00 – 15:15 Free time 15:30 – 19:00 IV. The Costs and Impacts of Insecurity

Jorge Restrepo, Resource Center for Conflict Analysis – Human Development Report UNDP Ana Corbacho, Inter-American Development Bank Gustavo Robles, Stanford University Edgar Franco, Stanford University Enrique Seira, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Chair: Cesar Martinelli – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Discussion and Commentary - ITAM / Stanford Representatives (Jeremy Weinstein – Stanford University, Vidal Romero – Instituto Tencológico Autónomo de México)

CONTACT: Paul Moch 56 28 40 00 ext. 3927 ITAM Santa Teresa Auditorio Calle Camino Santa Teresa 930 Col. Heroes de Padierna Ciudad de México, 10700 + 52-55 – 56 28 40 00 (ext. 4094 y 3927)