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Security Sector Reform: Research The Colombia Program provides applied research and direct technical assistance to the Government of Colombia for Security Sector Reform, in particular to the Presidency (Oficina de Municipios y Regiones), to the Ministry for Justice and Interior Affairs (Division de Asuntos Territoriales y Orden Público), to the National Police (Oficina de Gestión Institucional), and to intermediate and local authorities. As a part of this research and n an effort to link with international best practices and draw from local experiences the Georgetown Colombia Program is closely following the public security progress of the newly elected DC mayor Adrian Fenty through his "100 days and beyond" campaign in Public Safety issues. a) The Program researches lessons learned and best practices with sub-national policies and programs to promote citizen security, in the context of national security strategy. With financial support from USAID and the City of Bogotá, the Program published the following book: Gerard Martin and Miguel Ceballos, Bogotá: Anatomy of a Transformation. Citizen Security Policies 1995-2003, Javeriana University, Bogotá, 2005, 774 pages. This book explores lessons learned with citizen security policies implemented in Bogotá over the period 1995-2003, i.e. the administrations of Antanas Mockus (95-97), Enrique Peñalosa (98-00), and Antanas Mockus (2001-2003). b) Website on Lessons Learned related to violence prevention in Colombia To facilitate information-sharing on themes, issues, lessons learned, research, etc. related to violence prevention in Colombia the Program co-created with CISALVA a website to distribute information to different stakeholders. This website is meant to be a "clearinghouse" aimed to serve local policy makers with appropriate information for their efforts to define and implement municipal policies of violence and crime prevention. A special section gives attention to lessons learned with Information Systems and Observatories. The website is currently operating and can be consulted at www.prevencionviolencia.org.co c) Develop applied research in the form of rapid assessments of sub-national security contexts. d) Creation and implementation of Crime Observatories In cooperation with the Universidad del Valle in Colombia and its prestigious CISALVA institute, the Colombia Program has designed a model for the creation and implementation of crime observatories as a crucial policy instrument for sub-national security program implementation. The model has been implemented in nearly 20 cities. The model has been presented to the international community including the IDB, the World Bank, and the PAHO. e) Citizen Security Section in the Political Data Base of the Americas. The Program, in a joint effort with the CLAS/OAS Political Data Base of the Americas has designed and is developing the section of Citizen Security. This website offers information about the institutional and legal framework of citizen security policies at national and sub-national levels in Latin American countries. The site will also gather best practices and lessons learned with sub-national citizen security programs and strategies in the Americas. For the Colombian situation, this website is linked to a web-based clearinghouse on citizen security policies that the Colombia Program has been building with the Cali based Universidad del Valle, which can be consulted through the following link: www.prevencionviolencia.org.co f) Since March 2004, the Colombia Program has been providing technical assistance to the innovative “Departamentos y Municipios Seguros Program”, a countrywide program focused on defining roles and responsibilities of sub-national government in relation to citizen security. In this context the Program (i) assists and finances the staff of the Technical Secretariat of the Departamentos y Municipios Seguros Program. (ii) the program helped design, produce, launch and finance a quarterly national journal, Departamentos y Municipios Seguros (16.000 ex), that showcases lessons learned and best practices regarding citizen security policies at the sub-national level (iii) supports the organization of national and regional workshops (iv) advises the preparation of material, handbooks and other publication for training mayors and governors. g) The Program provides direct technical support to Governors in different departments on different issues related to security. From 2004-2005 Georgetown entered in an agreement with the Governor's office of Antioquia, in order to provide technical assistance and support for Observatorio de Vida. h) Advice and Technical assistance to Colombian universities, think-tanks and NGO's to design and publish a variety of occasional national government publications, and training materials for governors and mayors. i) The program produced training materials on local cities and security programs for City Council members. To access these materials, consult the following link: http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/clas/Colombia/democracy_publications.html