Capacity Building Trainings/Workshops
The Institute for Global Justice & Security (IGJS) is committed to providing capacity building assistance to entities which have a need to develop certain skills or competencies, or for general upgrading of performance abilities. The Institute Director and Affiliated Faculty have a vast amount of experience providing capacity building trainings/workshops as part of their technical cooperation with government and criminal justice agencies, international organizations, private sector consulting firms, nongovernmental organizations, emergency service providers, and victim advocacy agencies. These capacities building trainings/workshops have been conducted throughout the world and at EKU.
The capacity building provided has helped to transform community and government approaches to addressing:
- human trafficking
- gender-based violence/violence against women
- violence against, and exploitation of children
- victim support services
- women and child human rights
- police practice and policy
- community safety
- crime mapping and analysis
- emergency management services
The capacity building provided by the Institute is much more than training and includes:
- Human resource development – providing individuals with information, knowledge, understanding, and skills that enables them to perform more effectively.
- Organizational development – assisting with the development of organization and management structures, and guidelines/procedures and protocols for “best practices,” and assisting with the development of inter-agency coordination.
- Policy and legislative development and reform – assisting government agencies with the development and reform of policies and legislation related to crime, justice, victim support, and security to name a few.
- Inter-agency coordination – assisting with the development of inter-agency coordination, and facilitate dialogue between civil society/nongovernmental organizations and government agencies on issues of crime, justice, victim support, and security to name a few.
- Best practices – assisting with the development of “best practices” approaches and programs as used in developing and developed countries.
