1. IPO AMERICAS Knowledge Management System (KMS)

2. IPO AMERICAS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM I.What is it? II.What is its purpose? III.Who can access it? IV.How could the homepage look? V.Menu

3. Knowledge Management System (KMS) refers to a system (generally IT based) for managing knowledge in organizations for supporting the creation, capture, storage and dissemination of information. I.What is it?

4. The IPO AMERICAS KMS will: create a networks of participants; enhance the sharing of information; capture knowledge from projects, assignments, case studies, experts etc.; collect important documents; develop an active database. II. What is its purpose?

5. The platform’s access is restricted to those who have a password: National Focal Points, UNICRI and OAS/CICTE responsible staff. This is to guarantee a certain level of privacy and security. However, it is possible to decide to let other selected entities involved in major events to have access to the entire system or select areas. III. Who can access it?

6. IV. How could the homepage look? Please, see questions n.1-3.1

7. 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS V. Menu Please, see questions n.4-6.1

8. Everything about the IPO AMERICAS Project, an executive summary, the history and all of the activities 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT Please, see questions n.7-9.1

9. All the information and contact details of partner organizations and countries, including details of all National Focal Points 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS Please, see questions n.10-13.1

10. A list of upcoming and past major events 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY Please, see questions n.14-17.1

11. Legal Document Database A collection of other relevant international, regional, and national legislation Technical Tools Tools available for use by the IPO AMERICAS stakeholders 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES Please, see questions n.18-21.1

12. A virtual space to post questions, exchange information, explore interoperability and equipment sharing opportunities, discuss training matters, etc. 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 5. COMMUNITY Please, see questions n.22-25.1

13. archives for news previously presented on the homepage and for previous IPO AMERICAS NEWSLETTERS 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES Please, see questions n.26-29.1

14. Links to other relevant organizations, private security companies, technology providers, for instance 1. IPO AMERICAS PROJECT 2. MEMBER COUNTRIES and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 3. MAJOR EVENTS REGISTRY 4. DOCUMENTS AND TOOLS on MAJOR EVENTS’ SECURITY and CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES 5. COMMUNITY 6. NEWS and NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 7. USEFUL LINKS Please, see questions n.30-33.1

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