Analysis of Citizen Security in the Dominican Republic in DatAction
With great success in terms of attendance, on July 20 we had season six, episode six of DatAction, the digital community of practice and knowledge exchange produced by the InfoSegura Regional Project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
On this occasion, the focus was on the state of citizen security in the Dominican Republic, featuring Inka Mattila, Resident Representative of UNDP in the Dominican Republic, Daniel Pou, Director of the Citizen Security Data Analysis Center (CADSECI) and Marcela Smutt, Regional Coordinator of UNDP InfoSegura.
The first to speak was UNDP representative in that Caribbean country Inka Mattila who noted the joint work undertaken with local authorities in strengthening the CADSECI capabilities for information management. Mattila noted that, in this collaboration, “the objective is to create solid evidence to serve as the basis for designing and monitoring public policies in the area of citizen security, putting our global network of knowledge and experience at the service of the country.”
Mattila insisted on the need to maintain institutional collaboration to address the problem of crime, which 77 per cent of Dominicans consider, “the main problem we face.”
CADSECI representative Daniel Pou gave an overview of the work this institution has undertaken, listing some of the figures that most concern the authorities in matters of citizen security. Above all, he emphasized the data on violence against women, that he described as “disquieting.”
Pou also underscored the need to “rescue the credibility of the justice system, the Public Ministry and particularly law enforcement agencies,” and to, “establish a single data system for matters of security and social violence.”
On behalf of InfoSegura, Regional Coordinator Marcela Smutt appreciated the effort and work of the authorities in the Dominican Republic over the last decade, “acknowledging the value” of information and data on citizen security, and the progress achieved “integrating figures from different sources.”
Smutt stated that “work in the Dominican Republic and other countries strengthens the InfoSegura Project, strengthens our website, which is for all the countries in the region.”
During the broadcast, InfoSegura Communications Coordinator Armando Carballido presented the new website that is even more visual, more practical and complete, with everything needed for a deep dive into citizen security in the region.
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