INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR CRIME PREVENTION PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD COMMUNITY SAFETY

Wednesday, 28 October 1998

Session 1: Inaugural Session

Chairperson: Nandi Mayathula, Mayor, Southern Metropolitan Local Council, and Daniel Biau, UN Habitat

Welcoming address and declaration of mayors – Isaac Mogase, Mayor of Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, RSA

Opening address: Towards an integrated justice system for social crime prevention – Mathole Motshekga, Premier of Gauteng, RSA

Partnerships for Safer Cities –Klaus Toepfer, Director General UNCHS

City safety in the context of conflict and insecurity in Africa –Joseph Tanny, Security Council of Côte d’Ivoire

The road to Johannesburg – The South African perspective – Azhar Cachalia, Secretary for Safety and Security, RSA

Session 2: Opening Plenary

Chairperson: Charles Keenja, Chairman of the City Commission, Dar es Salaam, and Hortense Aka-Angui, Mayor of Port-Bouet, Côte d’Ivoire

The road to Johannesburg: The international perspective – Irvin Waller, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime

Experiences on creating urban safety in the developing world – Alioune Badiane, Urban Management Programme: Africa, UN Centre for Human Settlements

Experiences on crime prevention partnerships in the developed world – Michel Marcus, EU Forum for Urban Security

The community perspective on crime prevention – Robert Coates, National Crime Prevention Council, USA

The role of the Practitioners Network in crime prevention – Patti Pearcey, BC Coalition for Safer Communities, Canada

Session 3A: Role and Capacity of Local Governments in Reducing Crime

Chairperson: Bernie Fanaroff, National Crime Prevention Strategy, RSA

Joseph Tanny, Security Council of Côte d’Ivoire: National government support to cities in developing crime prevention capacity

Carolyn Whitzman, Toronto Task Force on Community Safety, Canada: Safe Cities: guidelines for planning and management

Kelvin Barichievy, City Administrator (City Services), Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi, RSA: Inter-sectoral anti-crime networks to co-ordinate crime prevention activities

Rory Robertshaw, Johannesburg Safer Cities, RSA: Crime information in the development of a safer cities strategy in Johannesburg

Session 3B: Information Gathering – Preparing Safety Appraisals for Cities

Chairperson: Pat Mayhew, Home Office, UK

Antoinette Louw, Institute for Security Studies, RSA: Victim surveys to determine crime profiles in cities of the developing world

Patti Pearcey, BC Coalition for Safer Communities, Canada: Crime and social factor mapping

Anna Mtani, Dar es Salaam Safer Cities, Tanzania: Formulating initiatives and partnerships for safer cities in the developing world

Mduduzi Mashiyane, Idasa, RSA: From statistics to strategy in Pretoria

Briefing 1: Integrated Criminal Justice System

Chairperson: Bernie Fanaroff, National Crime Prevention Strategy, RSA

Discussion Panel: Willie Scholtz, BAC; Hassin Ebrahim, Department of Justice; Johanna Prozeski, Department of Welfare; Willie Meyer, South African Police Services; Hardy Fourie, Department of Correctional Services

Briefing 2: Programme Johannesburg

Chairperson: George Fivaz, National Commissioner South African Police Service

Discussion Panel: Sakkie Pretorius, South African Police Service (SAPS); Daniel Vermaak, SAPS; Helgaard Muller, SAPS; Louis van Huyssteen, SAPS; Barbara Holtmann, BAC Gauteng

Thursday, 29 October 1998

Chairpersons: Nkele Ntingane, GJMC Public Safety, RSA, and Mamadou Diop, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal

Opening address: Dullah Omar, Minister of Justice, RSA

Session 4A: Community Initiatives to Empower Vulnerable Groups

Chairperson: Aubrey Lekwane, NEDLAC, RSA

Helen Reeves, Victim Support UK: Institutionalising victim support

Glenda Cooney, Crime Prevention Saskatchewan, Canada: Children’s rights and empowerment against crime - case studies at local level

Claire Alderton, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, RSA: Through the doors of a trauma clinic: a view of crime

David Syme, National Campaign Against Violence and Crime, Australia: Breaking the cycle of violence against vulnerable groups - a strategic approach

Session 4B: Building Safer Urban Environments to Reduce Crime

Chairperson: Paul Taylor, UN Urban Management Programme

Tinus Kruger, CSIR, RSA: Designing safer environments - lessons from South Africa

Tunde Agbola, University of Nigeria, Nigeria: Urban violence and urban design in metropolitan Lagos: an analysis of crime coping mechanisms

Ahti Laitenen, University of Turku, Finland: Crime prevention through environmental design in the developed world

Gomolemo Moshoeu, University of Fort Hare, RSA: Fear of crime: an obstacle to building safer urban environments

Session 5A: Role and Capacity of Local Police Agencies to Reduce Crime

Chairperson: Sharma Maharaj, South African Police Service, RSA

Piet Biesheuvel, Policing Advisor, UK Department for International Development Programme in RSA: Case study: Beating crime at the community level

Lans Megregor Stuart, Durban City Police, RSA: Metropolitan policing - is this the key to successful local crime prevention in the developing world?

Janine Rauch, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, RSA: Police and crime prevention in two South African cities

Peter Woods, Northumbria Police, UK: Crime reduction through the co-operation between local authorities and the police

Session 5B: Rethinking Justice to Prevent Crime at Local Level

Chairperson: Ximena De La Barra Mac Donald, UNICEF Representative, El Salvador

Harvey McMurray, Fulbright Scholar, Sociology Department, Makerere University, Uganda: Rethinking justice to prevent crime at local level

Gavin McFadyen, Police National Headquarters, New Zealand: Diversion and reintegrative shaming in New Zealand

Pathe Diagne, Researcher, Dakar, Senegal: Alternative mediation in human settlements

Wilfried Scharf, Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town, RSA: Designing a restorative community justice model for a developing country

Session 6A: Firearms and Local Crime Prevention

Chairperson: Virginia Gamba, ISS

Wendy Cukier, Coalition for Gun Control, Canada: Words into action: Mobilising communities to tackle the problem of firearms

Joseph Dube and Claire Taylor, Gun Free South Africa, RSA: Live free, go gun free: Gun free zones as a unique community initiative to reduce violent crime

Piko Mbambo, Secretariat for Safety and Security, RSA: The role of the National Crime Prevention Strategy in firearms and local crime prevention initiatives

Martinho Chachiua, Instituto Superior de Relacoes Internacionais, Mozambique: Weapons collection programmes - the Mozambican experience

Session 6B: Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Chairperson: Graeme Simpson, CSVR

Merle Friedman, Business Against Crime, RSA: Defining the effects of the cycles of violence

Lauren Segal, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation: the cycle of youth violence and crime in South Africa

Maria Rangiawha-Rautangata, Safer Hamilton, New Zealand: Zero tolerance to family violence

Barry Weisberg, Civic Consultants, USA: Breaking the culture of violence, and building a culture of urban peace

Session 6C: Mobilising for Partnerships

Chairperson: Mike Mohohlo, BAC

Anthony Minnaar, Technikon South Africa: Partnership policing – Is there any role for the private security industry to play in assisting the South African Police Service in crime prevention?

Norman Jantjies and Rosemary Shapiro, NICRO, RSA: Mobilising local communities for crime prevention

Fatima Alvarez-Castillo, University of the Philippines-Manila: The benefits of participatory action research on urban crime

Clive Begg, Australian Community Safety and Research Organisation, Australia: The politics of crime prevention and partnerships - the “Real World”

Session 6D: Changing Roles and Relationships for Crime Prevention

Chairperson: Hillow Maeko, GJMC

Irene Cowley, NICRO, RSA: Local government partnership with the community - the Pietermaritzburg experience

Matthew J Smith, Community Agency for Social Enquiry, RSA: Evaluations of the Western Cape’s community police projects

Michelle India Baird, Bureau of Justice Assistance, RSA: Pre-trail services: making the justice system more effective and more humane

John Blackmore, Community Safety and Empowerment, UK: The capacity of local governments to engage in local crime prevention

Friday 30 October, 1998

Session 7: Panel discussion – The Role of National Government in Setting Guidelines for Local Crime Prevention

Chairperson: Mark Shaw, Secretariat for Safety and Security, RSA

Conceptualising of crime prevention from a national perspective – Rapu Molekane, Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security, RSA

Policy advice, co-ordination, and administering crime prevention programmes from national level – Bronwyn Somerville, Crime Prevention Unit, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand

The South African view of the role of national government in setting guidelines – Bernie Fanaroff, National Crime Prevention Strategy, RSA

The international perspective of the role of governments, the ICPC, and ICPAN in setting guidelines – Irvin Waller, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, Canada

Session 8: Implementation, Monitoring and Assessment of Crime Prevention Programmes

Chairpersons: Paul Mashatile, MEC for Safety and Security, Gauteng, RSA, and Fisho Mwale, Mayor of Lusaka, Zambia

Standards of best practice for successful crime prevention at local level – Sohail Husain, Crime Concern, UK

Mobilising local communities in the crime prevention partnership – David Syme, National Campaign Against Violence and Crime, Australia

An early assessment of Safer Cities initiatives in South Africa – Omar Valley, Cape Town Safer Cities, RSA

Evaluation of crime prevention projects and programmes at the community level – Marnix Eysink Smeets, Consultant, The Netherlands

Session 9: Closing Plenary

International crime prevention partnerships: Report of the Conference Task Team – Azhar Cachalia, Secretary for Safety and Security, RSA

Closing address and vote of thanks – International Steering Committee