Colombia
Region: Latin America and The Caribbean
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Duration: April 2024 - October 2025
Budget: US$345,000
Implementing Agencies: UNDP (lead), UNODC
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Duration: March 2019 - September 2022
Budget: US$5,015,659
Implementing Agencies: UNDP (lead), UNHCR
On 26 September 2016, following nearly four years of negotiations, the Colombian Government and the country’s largest guerrilla group (the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or FARC), signed a peace agreement to end over fifty years of deep-rooted and violent internal conflict. However, while some areas have seen an end to the conflict, others have experienced increasing violence and displacement as armed groups have competed to take control over areas vacated by the FARC.MORE -
Duration: May 2010 - May 2013
Budget: US$2,670,613
Implementing Agencies: WHO/PAHO (lead) , OCHA, UNICEF, WFP, UNODC, UNIFEM, UNHCR, FAO
Colombia has enjoyed many years of economic growth and democratic stability. Nevertheless, a disaggregated view of the country’s development revealed pervasive disparities between regions and population groups. When formulating the programme, around 3 million people, displaced by nearly 50 years of conflict, faced significant daily hardships. Many settled in informal communities in the municipality of Soacha on the south-western edge of Bogota.MORE -
Duration: June 2004 - December 2005
Budget: US$1,100,550
Implementing Agencies: UNHCR
By building the capacity of local organisations, the programme enabled IDP communities to engage with the relevant authorities responsible for their protection. Beneficiaries were offered direct legal, health and psychosocial counselling, as well as training in agricultural production and small business management.MORE