(December 21st 2016)The international seminar about the approach and taking charge of the vulnerable and with addiction problems population through damage reduction interventions was held on 15th and 16th December in La Paz, Bolivia. The event was organized by Bolivian Ministry of Justice, NGO Munasim Kullakita, with the participation of the Italian Cooperation, Italian Episcopal Conference, Vuela Libre, ECPAT, Educo and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). During the two-day workshop were analyzed very sensitive issues for the region, the various methods practiced internationally (specifically in Latin American area) in the field of damage reduction for people consuming narcotics, trafficking in human beings victims, sexual exploitation of minors and people who live on the streets, among others. Italian Cooperation contribution, through the efforts of experts as Vincenzo Merlo and Roberto Castelli, presented an analysis and a discussion of aspects of community work and social networks, urban development and urban safety models . Knowledge and experience gained as the result of actions developed in Italy in the last decades, have been compared to the major models of intervention and Latin American management, on which our experts have been measured for years. The participation of thirty years experience in the field of social intervention strategies (in addictions)Italian relators, follows the contribution as part of the meeting on community treatment orgnized last 17th and 18th November: space promoted by the municipality of La Paz during which it was developed a theoretical reflection onmrole and contribution of the local community toreduce social hardship in the territory, through the examination of some models of intervention on the community treatment realized in Italy and Latin America (Bank of time, Community Clinic, street enterprise). (Red)
