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(f) Collaboration with other Governments and non-governmental
organizations in the development and dissemination of successful and innovative
crime prevention initiatives and specialized knowledge and expertise in crime
prevention practices, including public awareness and education campaigns about
effective crime prevention and the contributions that individuals, families,
communities and all levels of government may make to contribute to safer and more
peaceful communities;
(g) Consideration of how to contribute to the collective efforts of countries to
develop a comprehensive international strategy to advance community-based crime
prevention;
(h) Taking steps to incorporate into their national crime prevention strategies
measures to prevent and combat crime associated with racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related forms of intolerance.
B.
International actions
27. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance
with the present resolution:
(a) Develop and promote crime prevention expertise that has been carefully
adapted from proven practices to the conditions in the countries where those
practices are to be implemented, using seminars, training programmes and other
means;
(b) Where requested to do so by the State or States involved, conduct public
awareness and education campaigns about effective crime prevention and the
respective contributions that individuals, families, communities and all levels of
government may make towards safer and more peaceful communities;
(c) Endeavour to contribute to the exchange of information and experience in
crime prevention, for the purpose of encouraging new forms of collaboration
between countries involving government, the community and non-governmental
organizations;
(d) Assess the evolution and globalization of crime and prepare responses to
it through innovative and effective crime prevention initiatives that take account of
the impact of new technologies on crime and crime prevention;
(e) Continue to coordinate studies on crime in urban areas and measures for
its effective prevention, including on the possible cultural and institutional
differences in effective crime prevention;
(f) Encourage Member States to incorporate into international crime
prevention strategies and norms measures to prevent and combat crime associated
with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance,
taking into account measures already taken by Member States;
(g) Develop technical cooperation projects in the area of crime prevention for
requesting States and assist in their implementation;
(h) Develop a guide for policy makers and a handbook on proven practices in
the area of crime prevention.
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