Security in the Northern Triangle: The Private Sector’s Role in Violence Reduction

Join AS/COA and the World Bank for a luncheon discussion on the role of the private sector in security and violence prevention in the Northern Triangle with a focus on El Salvador. Why and how should business get involved, and how can business work in cooperation with policymakers? Speakers will explore their on-the-ground experience in violence prevention working with former gang member reinsertion and programs directed toward high-risk youth. This on-the-record event will coincide with the release of an Americas Society policy brief, Security in Central America’s Northern Triangle: Violence Reduction and the Role of the Private Sector in El Salvador, and follows a series of public-private roundtables in El Salvador held by AS/COA in collaboration with the World Bank and funded by Open Society Foundations.

Speakers:

• Josue Alvarado, President, Rio Grande Foods*
• Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Director for Central America, The World Bank
• Vice Minister Douglas Moreno, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, El Salvador***
• Adriana Roccaro Giamporcaro, Stakeholder Relations,  The AES Corporation
• Hasan Tuluy, Vicepresident for Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank
• Moderator: Jason Marczak, Director of Policy, AS/COA, Senior Editor, Americas Quarterly

*Rio Grande Foods is one company taking a lead in gang member reinsertion efforts in El Salvador.

**AES is participating in youth violence prevention efforts in El Salvador.

***Vice Minister Moreno leads the Ministry’s involvement in violence prevention and its collaboration with the private sector in these efforts.

This event is complimentary for all registrants but prior registration is required.

Please register no later than December 10, so the World Bank can issue guest passes for security.

Please also arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the event so you have time to get your guest passes and go through security at the World Bank.

Note: The event will be in Spanish with simultaneous translation.

Event Information: Contact Alana Tummino at atummino@as-coa.org or 212-277-8389, or please visit www.as-coa.org.
Press Inquiry: Contact Adriana La Rotta at alarotta@as-coa.org or 1-212-277-8384.
Cancellation:  Contact Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org, by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 10, 2012.