An organizational analysis examining such questions as staffing levels and allocation among the national and regional offices, the role of different NCPC units at each stage of the project cycle from solicitation to evaluation, and the structures that need to be in place to enable NCPC to fulfill the two core activities of its mandate since the repositioning (supporting targeted interventions and [...] The analysis should examine questions such as staffing levels and allocation of staff among the national and regional offices; the role of the various NCPC units at each stage of the project cycle from solicitation to The National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety Canada viii Interim Evaluation of the Renewed NCPS⎯July 17, 2007 evaluation; and the structures that need to be in place to enable [...] National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety Canada 2 Interim Evaluation of the Renewed NCPS⎯July 17, 2007 2.0 Overview of the renewed NCPS This section of the report provides a description of the context for the renewed NCPS, and describes the Strategy’s objectives, components, and expected results. [...] Phase II of the National Strategy, launched in 1998, consisted of the Safer Communities Initiative (consisting of five funding programs), a Promotion and Public Education Program, and the National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC), which was located within the Department of Justice and which was responsible for implementing the Strategy in partnership with the Solicitor General of Canada.2. [...] The National office is responsible for the overall program and policy direction of the NCPC elements of the renewed NCPS, and delivers the PCCF and the RKDF as well as CPAF projects that involve more than one jurisdiction.