The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Center for Public Safety Studies (CESC) of the Public Affairs Institute of the University of Chile and the Open Society Institute have announced that the deadline has been extended to submit proposals to contribute to the prevention of crime and violence by promoting best practices in Caribbean and Latin America.This second call opened on August 15 with an extended deadline until October 10, 2011. Its objective is to contribute to broadening and deepening the knowledge on strategies to prevent crime and violence in the region.The purpose of the call for proposals is to: Promote the design and implementation of effective crime prevention practices in Latin America and the Caribbean,Air Max 97 Womens, considering the basic criteria that define a Best Practice; Create and promote a knowledge base, supported by empirical work, on the models or practices that increase the effectiveness of the crime prevention interventions in the regional context; Foster the use of assessment practices, as well as the adoption and development of rigorous design and assessment standards for prevention projects relevant to the specific situation being addressed, and recognizing the teams that execute crime prevention initiatives in the context of the region.The prevention of problematic conduct related to crimes or violence in children and adolescents in the context of school, family, neighborhood and other social or institutional spaces, is also an issue to be looked at.Participants may be public institutions at any level of the State; private, not-for-profit agencies and agencies that are not government agencies (corporations,Air Max 90 Black Leather, foundations, NGOs); social, community and/or neighborhood organizations. The participant must have legal standing recognized under the related national regulations.All the proposals received will be evaluated by a jury of high-level international experts, as follows: Paula Miraglia (International Center for the Prevention of Crime), Heloisa Griggs (Open Society Institute), Elkin Vel?squez (UN-HABITAT), Adriana Mej?a (Organization of American States), Estela–Maris Deon (UNODC),Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Arsenal Jersey UK, Javiera Blanco (Fundaci?n Paz Ciudadana [Citizen Peace Foundation,Air Max 97, Chile]), Anthanas Mockus (Corporaci?n Visionarios), Lawrence Sherman (Cambridge University),Cheap Air Max Tn Shoes, Hernando Paris (Costa Rican government),Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Women, Michael Shifter (Interamerican Dialogue), Timothy M Shaw (University of the West Indies), Gustavo Beliz (IDB) and Hugo Fr?hling (CESC).The awards will consist of financial support for the implementation of projects and/or fees for the teams; scholarships to participate in Diplomas in Crime Prevention at the Local Level and/or Supervision and Rendering of Accounts in Policing offered by the CESC as distance learning; a full scholarship to participate in the Seventh International Training Course in Crime Prevention offered by the CESC at its facilities; inclusion of the project as an example of a model initiative in the print edition of the Libro de Buenas Pr?cticas de Prevenci?n del Delito en Am?rica Latina y el Caribe [Crime Prevention Best Practices Handbook for Latin America and the Caribbean] and publication in the online projects and best practices knowledge base.The first call for proposal, issued in 2010, attracted 57 initiatives from 10 countries in the region.