Reflection on AFUS Learning

Exchange 2019

Presenters:

Dr. Alioune Badiane, Chair of AFUS Technical Advisory Council

Professor Babatunde Agbola, Deputy Chair Technical Advisory Council

The cause of crime is not POVERTY but rather MARGINALISATION and SOCIAL EXCLUSION

that underlies the poverty question

Architecture of FEAR – Desperate measures which do not address root causes of crime

What if there were more eyes outdoor???

Architecture of FEAR – Desperate measures which do not address root causes of crime

What if there were more eyes outdoor???

“Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and

private spheres, including trafficking, sexual harassment and other types of

exploitation”

“Build safe and inclusive green public spaces”, safe and affordable human

settlements

“Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to

justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels”

Sustainable Development Goals

“Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society

partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of

partnerships”

• Para 100: “Provide well-designed networks of

safe, inclusive for all inhabitants, accessible,

green, and quality public spaces and streets, free

from crime and violence…”

• Para 103: “Integrate inclusive measures for

urban safety, crime and violence prevention,

including terrorism and violent extremism

conducive to terrorism, engaging relevant local

communities and non-governmental actors,

where appropriate, in developing urban

strategies and initiatives…”

African Aspiration for 2063: Aspiration

4 - A peaceful and secure Africa

Par 34 : We aspire that by 2063, Africa

shall have:

• An entrenched and flourishing

culture of human rights,

democracy, gender equality,

inclusion and peace;

• Prosperity, security and safety for

all citizens; and

• Mechanisms to promote and

defend the continent’s collective

security and interests.

Regional Context: AFUSAFUS Immediate Objectives:

– Consolidate, develop and promote the exchange of experiences between African

cities/towns

– Develop practical tools for the implementation of urban crime prevention and safety

policies and initiatives, preventing crime, violence and insecurity.

– Develop exchange and collaboration mechanisms between the various municipal

safer cities coordinating teams

– Develop a regional position and capacity for local government involvement in the

global and regional initiatives on crime prevention, peace building and governance

THEME - 2019 Learning Exchange

“Advancing the safety discourse for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda – Towards Safer Cities for

Teenage Girls and Women in Africa”

OBJECTIVES

• To establish a mechanism of exchange and collaboration between cities,

research institutions, and networks of women for the prevention of

violence against teenage girls and women in African Cities and Local

Governments;

• To raise the profile of central, sub-national and local governments efforts

towards addressing teenage girls and women’s safety in Africa;

• To conduct training on promising practices and tools to support local

authority-civil society partnership for delivering urban safety programmes;

• To present innovative tools and approaches to advance safety of teenage

girls and women at the local level.

COMPLEXITY OF WOUNDEDNESS

▪ Personal level, Family Level, Institutional level, historical, inter-

generational, PATRIACHAL

WOUNDED

INDIVIDUAL &

WOUNDED FAMILY

WOUNDED

LEADERS &

INSTITUTIONS

WOUNDED

SOCIETY

KEY MESSAGES

▪ Gender Based Violence (GBV) is not ending because law is not taking care of women – the problem is

reactive approaches rather than proactive approaches

▪ Poor service delivery is at the core of women marginalisation and social exclusion

▪ Promotion of PEACE CARRIERS rather than TRUAMA CARRIERS

PEACE CARRIERS Increased number of

PEACE CARRIERS

TRAUMA CARRIERS Increased number of

TRAUMA CARRIERS

KEY MESSAGES

▪ PEER – PEER LEARNING – need for targeted effort to facilitate peer –peer

support amongst different communities, different community leaders, strategic

partners and practitioners

▪ REGIONAL CAMPAIGN ON SAFETY - cities and local governments

organised under national associations to establish national “community of

practice” where safety planning matters and safety of teenage girls and

women is discussed, ideas shared and programmes co-developed, lessons

shared – building from existing programmes

Leadership from the High Office

▪ Political Will – leadership at central and sub-national

government is a non-negotiable for successful

implementation of programmes

▪ Political Will – Cities and Local Governments –

Mayors have special opportunities since they government

closest to the people

▪ Leadership actions - Leading from the front matters for

Activism against Violence towards teenage girls and

women

EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP

Organised Civil Society

State in all levels

Regional Partnership – UCLG-A

Academia and

Research institutions

Organised Business

Global Partners –UN Habitat

PARTNERSHIPStrengthen Long-standing Partnership with UN Habitat:

– Signing of the revised MOU – to ensure ongoing technical support to AFUS and to all African Cities

and Local Governments;

– Full establishment and operationalisation of AFUS Special Purpose Vehicle – mobilise resources

to support effective programme as per AFUS Strategic Agenda

– Delivery of all AFUS-Durban Legacy Project milestones by December 2019 – State of safety

report (in draft), Reviewed City-wide safety strategy, Establishment of City Safety Laboratory,

Curriculum options for capacity enhancement

– Global evaluation of AFUS-Durban Legacy Project – start before end of 2019

– Global launch of AFUS Research Report – globally and locally

– Publication of the report

PARTNERSHIPLeadership and partnership at UCLG-A level:

• United Cities and Local Government – Africa (UCLG-A) Executive Committee adopted a Resolution to

establish AFUS as Standing Committee – Executive Committee Meeting, June 2019, Cairo, Egypt –

MOU on Programming

• Presentation and formal adoption of AFUS Research – AFUS Exco and UCLG-A Exco

• Share the AFUS Learning Exchange Report with UCLG-A – presentation by AFUS Chair to UCLG-A

Executive Committee;

• Facilitate agreement on the delivery of follow-up actions emanating from the Learning Exchange 2019

including recommendations from AFIS Research Report

• Discussion of the theme for next AFUS Learning Exchange and modalities for hosting the Learning

Exchange

EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH▪ Developing local capabilities to collect data in cost effective and

timeously manner - to advance strategy, policy and strategy

▪ Collectively develop and agree on indicators and outcomes - to guide

the work of the Coalition towards safety of teenage girls ad women

▪ This will then lead to development of local capabilities for monitoring and

evaluation and reporting

▪ Accountability – annual state of safety reporting demonstrating how the

City has developed local governance for implementation of safety

programmes in general and particularly for to advance safety of teenage

girls and women

KEY CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD

▪ Knowledge Management (KM) – vast knowledge, skills

and experience exist; however not easily accessible –

This has been long-outstanding – Virtual AFUS Portal

▪ This is a virtual repository of promising practices, list of

experts on safety planning, list of NGO, FBO and CBOs

involved in safety planning and governance

KEY CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD

▪ Knowledge Management (KM) – development of safety planning and

governance content and courses to enhance capacity of all practitioners on

safety planning and governance – empowered residents and local

governance

▪ Facilitate partnership with capable organisations in different African sub-

regions for the hosting of capacity building session

▪ Host capacity building sessions in different sub-regions of the African

continent as guided by AFUS Strategic Agenda and local context

CALL TO ACTION

▪ Establishment of National and Local Safety Fora to

advance safety planning

▪ Peer-peer Learning programmes in a institutionalised

fashion

▪ Development and operationalisation of Virtual AFUS

Platform

▪ Development of content for capacity enhancement as

guided by AFUS Strategic Agenda

CALL TO ACTION

▪ Development and launch Mayors campaign in all cities

and local governments – feedback on AFUS Platform

and during next learning exchanges

▪ Leverage technological advancement – support data

collection

▪ Development of Coalition to advance safety of teenage

girls and women

CALL TO ACTION

▪ Development of safety indicators which need to be

agreed upon from all cities – facilitate Peer Review

Mechanism and voluntary reporting on the state of city

safety linked to 2030 sustainable

Creation of a Safer City and Communities

is a COLLECTIVE Responsibility

MERCI !!! ASANTE!!! NGIYABONGA!!!

Dr Alioune Badiane – Chair of AFUS Technical Advisory Council

&

Professor Babatunde Agbola – Deputy Chair, Technical Advisory

Council