CAT/C/39/2 page 66 282. It should also be stressed that the National Policy of Community Police was launched in 2005, with the holding of the I Latin-American Congress on Citizen Security. Professionals and scholars debated with an audience of over 500 people the theme of Community Police in Latin America. Representatives of more than 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Colombia) were present, expounding their experiences in the introduction of a citizen’s police. This event marked the start of a survey of national experiences to support the elaboration of a National Matrix of Community Police Programs, in line with the national curricular matrixes for the training of state professionals in public security. As well as professionals from Municipal Guards. Another strategic activity was the holding of the Community Police Contest, in 2005, whose objective was the recognition of the success of community police programs implemented in any unit of the Federation in the country and the dissemination of successful experiences. 283. On April 26 2006 a Working Group was set up within SENASP-MJ through ministerial act with the task of elaborating the “National Curricular Matrix for Community Police”, whose chief objective is the presentation of proposals for the description of the subjects in the curriculum of the Community Police Course for Multipliers which will guide the training of professionals in the field of public security, under the philosophy of community police and social mobilization of community leaderships. 421 public security professionals from all over Brazil were trained, among whom military police officers, chief civil police officers, community leaders and inspectors from Municipal Guards. 284. As for medium-term, the Government is investing in a partnership between the Special Secretariat for Human Rights and SENASP-MJ, with an investment to date of the equivalent to R$6,6 million to strengthen existing police ouvidorias, as well as to create such ouvidorias in states where they do not yet exist, especially the states of Sergipe, Amapá and Paraíba, by way of agreement, and Rondônia, Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul and Tocantins. It should be stressed that the model adopted for the police ouvidorias, endorsed by the National Forum of police ouvidores, not only does the follow-up of denunciations of practice of arbitrary or illegal acts on the part of police officers but also aims at promoting preventive action, looking for investment on qualification and control by the state before the occurrence of facts of that nature. 285. Finally, as regards the long-term, the Government is investing in the continuing training of all professionals in public security from the states (civil and military police) and municipalities (municipal guards) - prison wardens, physicians, experts and police officers - through the projects National Curriculum Matrix for Police Learning and National Public Security Network and Long Distance Education Network for Public Security. 286. The National Curriculum Matrix is a national reference for the formation and training of operators in public Security, based on the principles of human rights and citizenship, integration. interdiscipline, continuity and quality, aiming at standardizing formation activities in public security focusing on humanistic and technical training in all units of the Federation. The implementation of this pedagogic reference for public security professionals has brought about important changes regarding the formulation of policies guiding formation, professional development and permanent education of its professionals.