Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas

Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA)

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Status

Active

Start

2008

Implementation

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The Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security (MISPA) is the main political forum in the Americas dedicated exclusively to identifying shared challenges, strategic solutions and opportunities for cooperation to support decision-making in public security at the regional and sub-regional levels, under five pillars:

public security management
prevention of crime, violence and insecurity
police management
citizen and community participation
international cooperation

The process began in 2008. So far, seven meetings have been held (Mexico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, Honduras and Ecuador).

Four Technical Groups are linked to the MISPA process.

Subsidiary Technical Group on Police Management
Subsidiary Technical Group on the Prevention of Crime, Violence and Insecurity (led by Ecuador)
Subsidiary Technical Working Group on Emergency Services and Security (led by Ecuador)
Subsidiary Technical Working Group for the Strengthening of International Cooperation

Objectives

Generate spaces for discussion and cooperation among the highest authorities in the region in the area of public security.
Identify trends, position priorities and identify regional concerns in the area of public security and present joint recommendations to improve responses and address them.
Facilitate technical discussion forums to inform decision making and guide public security policies in all their aspects.

Activities

MISPA I: adoption of the Commitment to Public Security in the Americas.
MISPA II: Adoption of the Santo Domingo Consensus for Public Security in the Americas.
MISPA III: approval of the Port of Spain document: Institutionalization of the MISPA Process that governs the MISPA Meetings process.
MISPA III: creation of the Subsidiary Technical Group on Police Management.
MISPA IV: Creation of the Medellin recommendations focused on strengthening international cooperation in public security.
MISPA V: presentation of the Inter-American Network for Police Development and Professionalization (REDPPOL) Program by the DSP/OAS and adoption of the Lima Recommendations for the Prevention of Crime, Violence and Insecurity.
MISPA V: creation of the Inter-American Network for the Prevention of Violence and Crime (RIAP), which includes the Inter-American Program for the Prevention of Violence and Crime.
MISPA V: Establishment of the Subsidiary Technical Group for the Prevention of Crime, Violence and Insecurity.
MISPA VI: approval of the recommendations focused on strengthening results-based management within the institutions that make up the national public security systems in each country (led by Ecuador).
MISPA VI: Establishment of the Subsidiary Technical Group on Emergency Services and Security.
MISPA VII: approval of the recommendations focused on the design and implementation of a Hemispheric Strategy to prevent and combat transnational organized crime.
MISPA VII: creation of the Subsidiary Technical Working Group for the Strengthening of International Cooperation.