OpportunityTitle: Guatemalan Citizen Security Partnership Program
CategoryExplanation: The principal objective is to increase greater security and justice for citizens through partnerships working to improve citizen security in Guatemala.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1.Be a local organization, organized under the laws of Guatemala  2.Have its principal place of business in Guatemala  3.Be majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the Guatemala or be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Guatemala and  4.Not be controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of the Guatemala.
Description: Within this overall results framework, USAID is particularly interested in applications related to the following themes for this APS:1.Violence prevention, especially building community resilience to chronic violence, including intra-familiar violence, trafficking-in-persons, extortion, homicides, violence against women, violence against lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual (LGTB) groups and other common violence in Guatemala;2.Civic responsibility, promoting active citizen engagement and service related to preventing violence and crime. Promoting crime prevention practices within local or national governments or monitoring existing efforts; 3.Community and police collaboration, specifically strengthening citizen engagement with local authorities&#146; efforts oriented towards violence prevention (in accordance with Leahy vetting procedures ). An illustrative example would be early warning systems; 4.Alternative Dispute Resolution and/or establishing/strengthening justice networks, and dialogues;5.Activities to strengthen capacities of traditional and non-traditional justice operators.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: cvillegas@usaid.gov
GrantorContactText: Carolina Villegas &lt;br/&gt;Negotiator &lt;br/&gt;