Inclusive Security & Peace X | SIEC Program Ecuador

Asociación Silueta X · Ecuador · SIEC Methodology Since 2008

Inclusive Security & Peace X

SIEC Program for Institutional Capacity Strengthening across Public Security and Justice Institutions

Human Rights · Diversity · Non-Discrimination · Access to Justice · Institutional Trust · Peacebuilding

Inclusive Security & Peace X transforms Silueta X’s longstanding experience in awareness-raising, information, education and communication into a contemporary institutional-capacity program designed to strengthen rights-based responses across security and justice systems.

Historical record of Silueta X training and awareness activities with Ecuador's National Police
SIEC Archive · National Police Historical record of Silueta X human-rights training with police personnel, 2011.

Human-rights-based security

Better-prepared institutions can provide more effective, dignified and non-discriminatory responses.

Inclusive Security & Peace X strengthens knowledge, practical skills and institutional capacity so that police and other public security and justice actors can respond more effectively to discrimination, violence, vulnerability and human-rights concerns.

The program does not replace the responsibilities or official training systems of public institutions. It contributes civil-society expertise, community knowledge and rights-based approaches that can strengthen institutional practice.

Our methodological foundation

SIEC is not being replaced. It is evolving.

SIEC was launched in Guayaquil in 2008 and later expanded territorially and nationally. Today, Silueta X is systematizing that experience as an adaptable institutional-capacity model.

SIEC retains its original Spanish acronym: Sensibilización, Información, Educación y Comunicación.

S

Awareness

Examine bias, lived experience, inequality and barriers that can influence institutional interactions.

I

Information

Human-rights standards, concepts, legal frameworks, evidence, institutional pathways and case analysis.

E

Education

Develop competencies that can be applied to operational situations, public duties and institutional decision-making.

C

Communication

Respectful interaction, listening, communication with victims and stronger relationships between institutions and communities.

Documented experience

From a local initiative to an institutional-capacity platform

2008
SIEC begins in Guayaquil Silueta X develops Sensitization, Information, Education and Communication as a methodology for addressing discrimination and exclusion.
2010
Publicly documented police engagement Silueta X’s institutional archive records awareness and training activities involving National Police personnel in Guayaquil.
2011
Territorial and national expansion SIEC expands beyond Guayaquil to additional cantons and the national level, with police sensitization becoming a visible component.
2012
A more structured institutional methodology The archive documents an agreement with National Police–Guayas and multiple police training activities throughout the year, alongside engagement with public institutions, authorities and correctional settings.
2013
Training of trainers The National Police Directorate of Education requested training for 70 police human-rights instructors, with the intention that knowledge would subsequently be replicated within police units.
2015
Justice and correctional settings Work extended to correctional environments involving police, prison-security personnel, administrative staff and officials from the then Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Religious Affairs.
Today
Security + Justice + Peacebuilding Silueta X is systematizing this experience to strengthen institutional capacity, reduce discrimination and revictimization, improve public responses and build trust between institutions and communities.

Institutional evidence

This work did not begin with a funding proposal. It has a documented institutional history.

In November 2013, the Human Rights Department of Ecuador’s National Police Directorate of Education formally requested that Silueta X train 70 police officers serving as human-rights instructors.

The request addressed the rights of sexually diverse people, gender identity and sexual orientation, and anticipated subsequent replication of the training within police units.

Official request from Ecuador's National Police for human-rights training by Asociación Silueta X in 2013
Institutional archive · National Police training request · Ecuador · 2013

Institutional counterparts

An adaptable program for the security and justice ecosystem

Program scope is defined with each institutional counterpart or donor. Different institutions require different competencies, modules and implementation approaches.

👮 National Police Public interaction, operational response, victims’ rights, non-discrimination, diversity and police–community relations.
⚖️ Prosecution Services Victim-centered investigation, bias-motivated violence, diversity, human rights and inter-institutional coordination.
🏛️ Judiciary & Courts Access to justice, dignified treatment, non-discrimination, prevention of revictimization and understanding contexts of vulnerability.
🔐 Correctional System Dignity, diversity, protection, correctional security and prevention of violence against people deprived of liberty.
🛡️ Rights & Protection Institutions Ombuds institutions and other relevant public bodies when their mandates align with the supported component.
🤝 Institutional Trainers Human-rights, education and training personnel positioned to replicate competencies within their institutions.
Institutional engagement between LGBT organizations and Ecuadorian public authorities

Beyond a training session

Institutional engagement matters

Silueta X’s trajectory also includes engagement with public authorities to advance human rights, diversity and non-discrimination within institutional processes.

This history supports a program model that can combine training with technical dialogue, institutional recommendations, capacity development and relationships between public institutions and civil society.

Transparency note: this photograph documents institutional engagement with public authorities. It is not presented as a photograph of training delivered to prosecution or judiciary personnel.

Program architecture

Five components to move from knowledge to institutional practice

01

SIEC Training

Human rights, diversity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, intersectionality and non-discrimination.

02

Inclusive Security

Victim response, operational interaction, dignified treatment, referrals, prevention of abuse and police–community trust.

03

Access to Justice

Violence, discrimination, victim-centered responses, bias indicators, investigations and prevention of revictimization.

04

Institutionalization

Training of trainers, tools, materials, protocols, recommendations and replicable institutional capacities.

05

Trust & Peacebuilding

Institution–community dialogue, violence prevention, identification of barriers and trust-building.

Adaptable curriculum

A common human-rights foundation with institution-specific modules

⚖️ Human Rights

Dignity, equality, protection, public duties and institutional responsibilities.

🌈 SOGIESC & Diversity

Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sex characteristics and non-discrimination.

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans-Inclusive Response

Identity, names, pronouns, documentation, dignified treatment and prevention of discriminatory profiling.

🛡️ Victim-Centered Practice

Listening, interviewing, referrals, protection, dignity and prevention of secondary victimization.

🚨 Bias-Motivated Violence

Recognizing possible bias indicators and preserving relevant contextual information.

♀️ Gender-Based Violence

Diverse women, gender-based violence and intersectional vulnerabilities.

🌎 Migration & Displacement

Migration, asylum, displacement and overlapping vulnerabilities.

🤝 Police–Community Trust

Communication, prevention, community engagement, trust and constructive institutional dialogue.

Evidence-informed learning

SIEC can now learn from patterns and cases documented through Runa Sipiy.

Silueta X’s human-rights monitoring creates opportunities to connect institutional training with evidence about violence, barriers to justice, institutional responses and the lived experiences of affected communities.

Case-based learning can be anonymized or pedagogically adapted and should always protect privacy, dignity and the safety of victims and affected people.

Theory of change

Knowledge → Skills → Practice → Trust → Justice → Peace

Understand Rights, diversity and context.
Apply Turn knowledge into practical competence.
Respond Improve institutional practice.
Build Trust Reduce institution–community barriers.
Improve Access Strengthen pathways to rights and justice.
Build Peace Prevent violence and strengthen coexistence.

Institutional scalability

Train the people who can train others

Silueta X’s 2013 experience demonstrates the potential of working with institutional instructors rather than relying only on one-off training sessions.

A training-of-trainers component can support institutional ownership, internal replication and longer-term sustainability.

1. Selection Trainers, instructors and strategically positioned personnel.
2. Intensive Training SIEC methodology plus institution-specific content.
3. Replication Tools Guidance, cases, teaching materials and practical resources.
4. Replication & Follow-Up Internal implementation, learning and continuous improvement.

Monitoring, evaluation & learning

Institutional capacity should be more than a training attendance list

Each funded project can establish indicators appropriate to its institution, duration, target population and scope.

Reach Institutions, units, locations and participants reached through the supported intervention.
Learning Baseline and post-training assessments when appropriate to the project design.
Capacity Installed Trainers, materials, protocols, tools or institutional resources developed.
Replication Internal training or follow-on processes implemented by participating institutions.
Perception Appropriate feedback from participants and, when relevant, affected communities.
Institutional Change Practices, measures, mechanisms or institutional adjustments adopted within project scope.

For funders & international cooperation

An opportunity to invest in peace, justice and more inclusive institutions

Inclusive Security & Peace X can be developed through institution-specific projects with public counterparts, international cooperation, foundations, universities, embassies and specialized organizations.

Training Cycles Workshops, courses, institutional learning cycles and context-specific capacity development.
Training of Trainers Develop institutional trainers who can replicate knowledge and practice internally.
Learning Materials Guidance, case studies, teaching resources and specialized practical tools.
Technical Assistance Recommendations, referral pathways and support for more inclusive institutional practices.
Community Dialogue Institution–community exchanges designed to identify barriers, improve understanding and build trust.
Monitoring & Learning Documentation, evaluation, learning, reporting and project accountability.

Sustainable Development

Inclusive Security & Peace X contributes to peace, justice and stronger institutions.

The program connects institutional capacity, human rights, violence prevention, access to justice, non-discrimination and trust-building.

SDG 16 · Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

International cooperation

Protecting rights also means strengthening the institutions responsible for guaranteeing them.

Public institutions, UN agencies, international cooperation, foundations, universities, embassies and other partners can contact Silueta X to develop training, training-of-trainers, technical-assistance or institution–community dialogue components.

Institutional archive & traceability

Public records behind the program

Inclusive Security & Peace X systematizes experiences that were historically distributed across projects, training activities, official requests, institutional advocacy and public records.

Inclusive Security & Peace X: an Asociación Silueta X program that modernizes and systematizes the organization’s longstanding SIEC methodology — Sensibilización, Información, Educación y Comunicación.

Program scope: participating institutions, modules, locations, participant numbers, outputs, indicators and timelines are defined according to each agreement, grant or partnership. This page does not imply current agreements with every institution referenced.

Historical record: historical references are based on Silueta X’s institutional archive. Evidence of advocacy, coordination or institutional engagement does not mean that Silueta X personally delivered every training activity implemented by a public institution.

Institutional responsibility: SIEC content is adapted to the legal and operational mandate of each institution and is designed to complement, not replace, mandatory official training.

Victim protection: any pedagogical use of real cases or human-rights monitoring data should apply privacy, data-minimization, dignity and protection safeguards.

International partnerships: public institutions, international organizations, foundations, universities, embassies and other potential partners can contact Asociación Silueta X at info@siluetax.org.

Inclusive Security & Peace X · SIEC Program · Asociación Silueta X · Ecuador · 2026.