Government’s crime fighting capabilities received a major shot in the arm, with the announcement that the Inter-American Development Bank will fund Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP).Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan (4th from left) with IDB Rep. Sophie Makonnen (4th from right) with other officials at yesterday’s launching.The US$15M programme,Wholesale China Jerseys, which was launched yesterday by the government through the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, seeks to reduce the crime and violence levels in Guyana over the next five years.The Guyana Government is placing significant resources to address challenges such as rising homicide and robbery rates that significantly exceed global averages, and frequent cases of domestic violence.And the Citizen Security Strengthening Programme will contribute nationally to reducing crime and violence through a comprehensive approach that combines preventive strategies with institutional strengthening activities.At the launch ceremony held yesterday, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan highlighted recent country statistics focusing on crime and violence,Cheap Jerseys China, and pointed to the significant investment being made by Government to remove this “formidable obstacle to development in Guyana”.He hastened to implore that such efforts call for not only financial and technical inputs but they require local ownership and a national undertaking.With the combination of partners on the CSSP and strong community involvement, the Minister predicted success in reducing crime and violence in Guyana over time.IDB Representative, Sophie Makonnen,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, spoke of the high costs of violence and crime and its long-term consequences that put a significant burden on individuals, families, communities and ultimately country economies.She committed the Bank’s support to continue to build upon its current operational and knowledge base,NFL Jerseys China, providing countries like Guyana with high value-added financing and technical assistance under an integrated approach that will prevent and confront violence and insecurity.The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme is designed to increase the capacity of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in criminal investigation practices and crime prevention strategies. It focuses on skills training to improve community engagement and cooperation, as well as systems strengthening in order to more effectively use data to proactively prevent and investigate crime and violence.The programme will rely on the capacity of the Guyana Prison Services (GPS) to incorporate and deliver rehabilitation and re-integration services to detainees and inmates.CSSP activities will finance sustainable re-entry initiatives by assessing specific needs across the prison system,Authentic Jerseys Sale, developing a suitable? model for rehabilitation and re-integration and setting up a case management programme to support and track inmate progress.? Training for Guyana Prison Service staff to deliver these services is also included.Community-level crime prevention actions will target 20 communities based on homicide, burglary,Jerseys NFL China, robbery and domestic violence rates.The final list of communities under the CSSP will be compiled once the disaggregated data from the 2012 Census is released.The programme will address vulnerability through social prevention interventions and focus on developing a core of skills and capabilities among community members to allow them to cope with violence, unemployment and counterproductive behaviour risk factors.This Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) follows a Citizen Security Program (CSP) and it will be executed through a Project Implementation Unit within the Ministry of Public Security.