IDB presents platform to improve security of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

The platform, which will be available from the second quarter of the year, will offer artificial intelligence and data analytics tools to support cities in the construction and management of their citizen security plans. The platform is being developed through a pilot initiative with the city of Florianópolis, in Brazil, and will allow municipal managers to: 

carry out real-time diagnoses that integrate georeferenced data on crime, violence and fear, risk factors and institutional performance;  
prioritize the problems encountered in the city and indicate effective programs to address them;  
coordinate diagnosis and solutions with the education, health, social assistance and urban development portfolios, promoting a multisectoral approach to security; 
monitor the programs implemented by the city and provide society with transparency of results and the possibility of participation. 

"Solutions like this one for digital transformation make it possible to respond to relevant challenges for society, such as citizen security, in an optimized way, opening up space for sustainable results. The model that is being built with Florianópolis has great scalability potential for the entire country and the region,” says Morgan Doyle, IDB Group representative in Brazil. 

This initiative is part of the IDB's Vision 2025 as part of the efforts to strengthen the good governance of institutions and leverage digitalization to promote sustainable and equitable growth in the region. In the last decade, the IDB, along with other international donor agencies, have supported cities and governments at the state and federal levels to develop a comprehensive approach to citizen security and in the search for tailored solutions.  

Part of these efforts were reflected in the Citizen Security and Justice Week, which took place from February 28 to March 3, in Bogotá.  

Bajo el lema “Transformaciones policiales en América Latina y el Caribe, construyendo las policías a futuro”, el encuentro promovió el intercambio de experiencias y buenas prácticas en los procesos de transformación y modernización policial que están implementando países de la región. El evento fue organizado por el Gobierno de la República de Colombia junto con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y otros socios estratégicos como la Policía Nacional de Colombia (PNC), las universidades de Los Andes y EAFIT en Colombia y la Universidad Rutgers en Estados Unidos y la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE). 

The IDB is the largest multilateral institution focused on building capacity in the security and justice sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 2011, the Bank has approved 31 operations in the sector totaling more than US$1.5 billion in loans to 15 countries in the region.