The Government delegate in the Canary Islands, Anselmo Pestana, has inaugurated on Tuesday the Training Days of VioGén2, the new version of the Comprehensive Monitoring System in Cases of Gender Violence of the Ministry of the Interior.

The inauguration ceremony, which took place at the headquarters of the Delegation of the Government of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, was also attended by the Superior Chief of Police of the Canary Islands, Jesús María Gómez, and the Chief General of the Civil Guard in the Canary Islands Area, Juan Hernández.

The conference, which will take place on 20 and 21 May in person in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and in streaming on all the islands, is organized by the Government Delegation in the Canary Islands, through the Coordination Unit against Violence against Women, in collaboration with the Secretary of State for Security of the Ministry of the Interior.

Taught by the main managers of the VioGén system of the Secretary of State for Security - who have traveled from Madrid to Gran Canaria to share their knowledge and experience - this is an interinstitutional training that is aimed at users and professionals who operate with this application: State Security Forces and Bodies, Local Police, Penitentiary Institutions, Social Services, and Legal Medicine Institutes.

The day on Tuesday, May 20 is dedicated exclusively to the Security Forces and Corps, while on Wednesday, May 21, it will be addressed to the professionals of Social Services, Penitentiary Institutions and Legal Medicine.

“Today we are here to reinforce the use of one of the most powerful tools for the protection of women: the Comprehensive Monitoring System for Cases of Gender Violence, known as VioGén, which was created in 2007 by the Ministry of the Interior with the aim of identifying and assessing the risk of gender violence, predicting possible attacks and providing personalized protection measures to victims,” said Anselmo Pestana during the inauguration of the conference.

The government delegate in the Canary Islands also recalled that “so far this year in our country, 11 women have been killed by violence in the couple or ex-couple, and they have already numbered 1,305 since 2003, an intolerable figure that we cannot normalize, and therefore it is necessary to continue improving the tools to eradicate gender violence, guaranteeing justice for victims and security for women.”

“These training days have a clear purpose: to improve the management and application of the new VioGén2 system, through the updating and training of its main users. All this, in the conviction that training and knowledge are key to improving the protection of those who need it most,” said Pestana.

The new VioGén2 system represents a technological and operational evolution of the system for monitoring cases of gender violence, incorporating improvements such as new risk assessment algorithms, greater interoperability between databases, strengthening security and a new Protocol 2025 for police action.