Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP)

The U.S.

Agency for International Development-funded El Salvador Violence and Crime Prevention Project is addressing this troubling situation by improving the ability of communities, municipalities and national institutions to address violent crime.

Building on Creatives success with violence prevention programs elsewhere in Central America, this five-year project introduces community focused initiatives in 55 Salvadoran municipalities.

Creative is working with the government to finalize the National System for the Prevention of Violence Law and the National Strategy for Social Violence Prevention in Support of Municipalities, a vital document that sets country-wide policy and empowers municipalities to take the lead on prevention projects.

At the municipal level, a complete diagnostic guide incorporates 13 risk factors developed by Creative.

The program is also creating municipal observatories, which will collect and corroborate crime and violence data, and developing municipal crime and Violence Prevention Committees that will create action plans in their communities.By the projects end, Creative anticipates a higher level of safety for Salvadorans living in the 55 target municipalities, as well as stronger community, municipal and national structures that are able to respond to and prevent violent crime.