Program of Prevention and Attention to the Juvenile Violence of the city of Managua
The Program of Prevention and Attention to the Juvenile Violence of the city of Managua was developed in five districts of Managua from 2002 to 2006. The neighborhoods with the highest rates of violent acts were chosen. It was aimed at 15-25 year olds, many of them gang members. Its objective was to prevent and reduce violence involving young people and adolescents, as well as to facilitate opportunities for their social integration. In this initiative, young promoters from these neighborhoods participated; they dealt with issues such as drug abuse prevention, sexual and reproductive health, teamwork, among others. Gang leaders were trained in technical skills and recreation spaces were created. Up to 3870 young people benefited.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- both
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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