VPA Steering Committee
The VPA Steering Committee provides advice to the VPA on:
- The strategy for achieving the VPA's goals and setting priorities;
- The elaboration of the VPA Strategic Priorities, Work Plan, and method of work;
- The selection of Project Groups;
- Integrating violence prevention into other global agendas (e.g. development, urbanization, social determinants of health);
- Encouraging the active involvement of sectors currently not represented in the VPA.
Steering Committee members are appointed for two years. The Steering Committee is currently composed of the following individuals and organizations:
- Alexander Butchart and Christopher Mikton, World Health Organization
- Alexandre Marc and Alys Willman, World Bank
- Julio Marcial, The California Wellness Foundation
- Jerry Reed, Education Development Center
- Sophie Couture, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Luigi Demartino, Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
- Paula Miraglia, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
- Peter Donnelly, University of St Andrews
- Jim Mercy, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Eveline Debruijn, United Nations Development Programme
- Mark Bellis, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores Univesity