The Secretariat for Security signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to strengthen coexistence and citizen security policy
The current policy expires this year. It needs to undergo review, analysis and to be updated from a multidimensional perspective, looking at factors that affect coexistence and citizen security, in order to reduce the threats of violence, prompting safe and peaceful coexistence in the population.
The Secretariat for Security and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a letter of agreement to strengthen government actions in the context of a comprehensive policy of coexistence and citizen security with a gender and human rights approach, including actions to address the risk factors associated with the phenomena of violence and coexistence, and promoting violence prevention and strengthening peaceful coexistence.
The agreement establishes actions to review and update the 2023-2032 Comprehensive Coexistence and Citizen Security Policy with a gender approach, as well as the design of the gender-responsive 2023- 2027 National Prevention Strategy in Honduras.
"In the interest of strengthening institutions in the region, the UNDP has been supporting processes for strengthening policymaking in matters of citizen security, using our own tools, developed to support countries in these processes, promoting the exchange of lessons learned and the implementation of participatory methodologies to work on policy design, validation, implementation and assessment. UNDP works to promote citizen security from a perspective of violence prevention and response, in order to create the social conditions to improve the quality of life of the population and access to an effective justice system at both the national and local levels. In this way, we seek to promote better accountability of public institutions in the fight against violence and in strengthening the rule of law, said Rose Diegues, UNDP Resident Representative in Honduras.
For his part, Secretary for Security Ramón Sabillón reaffirmed his commitment to provide an effective response to society's demands for citizen security in the provision of services, decision making and a prior needs analysis and assessment process. The process of reviewing and updating the Policy on Coexistence and Citizen Security will be the instrumental for the Secretariat for Security – through the central government and local governments and their institutions – in opening social spaces for proactive dialogue on violence prevention, fostering peaceful coexistence and promoting sustainable human development that will lead to better institutional performance as a way to improve democratic governance and citizen security.
This agreement was signed in the multipurpose hall of the General Directorate of the National Police of Honduras with the highest authorities of each institution in attendance, UNDP Resident Representative Rose Diegues and Secretary for Security Ramón Sabillón, both accompanied by their technical teams and advisers.
