• Improving Durable Solutions and Peacebuilding Through Human Security Business Partnerships in Post-Peace Agreement Colombia

    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.
     

     

     
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    Improvement of human security conditions in Soacha through the development of an integrated and sustainable social protection system

    Duration: May 2010 - May 2013
    Budget: US$2,670,613
    Implementing Agencies: WHO/PAHO, 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.
     

     

     
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    Support for IDPs in Colombia

    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.