PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 8, CMC -A three-day sub-regional workshop aimed at facilitate the exchange of information, good practices, and lessons learned on major events’ security will get underway here on Tuesday.
The event is being hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago government in collaboration with the Organization of American States Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (OAS/CICTE), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),
It is being funded by the government of Canada and the organisers said that the workshop aims to facilitate the exchange of information, good practices, and lessons learned on major events’ security – specifically concerning festivals, carnivals, and cultural events- among the National Focal Points (NFPs) of the Network of Major Events’ Security in the Caribbean.
The NFPs are part of new regional programme of the OAS/CICTE and UNICRI titled: “Improving Crime Prevention Policies and International Cooperation for the Protection of Crowded Spaces and Other Vulnerable Targets.”
The purpose of this programme is to develop and/or enhance strategies to protect crowded venues in the Americas and improve the management and security of those spaces.
One if its key objective is to update and bolster the Network of NFPs, which was originally established by OAS/CICTE and UNICRI in 2010 within the framework of the International Permanent Observatory on Major Events Security, (IPO Americas) to share information and good practices related to the security of crowded spaces and vulnerable targets.
The organisers said that participants, will over the next three days, hear from experts on the protection of intellectual property, the management of events from pre-planning to post-event evaluation, and the importance of publicprivate partnerships.
The meeting brings the expertise and valuable experiences from countries such as the United States, Brazil, and Canada as well as from regional organisations like CARICOM/IMPACS, and other independent experts.
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