INTEGRATION AND PARTICIPATION: CHALLENGES OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY IN COLOMBIA
Colombia has experienced a significant influx of migrants, primarily Venezuelans, in the past decade seeking stability and better opportunities. However, their full integration is hindered by barriers that limit their development and participation in society. Aware of this, the Development and Peace Foundation has decided to prepare the Report on the Evaluation of the Participation […]
EMPOWERMENT ON RENEWABLE ENERGIES AS A RESTORATIVE AND PEACEBUILDING STRATEGY (ENERPEAS)
Empowering Rural and Indigenous CommunitiesThe Empowerment on Renewable Energies as Restorative and Peacebuilding Strategy (ENERPEAS) project, funded by JAC Trust, is transforming communities in the municipalities of Ricaurte and Cumbal, located in the department of Nariño in southwestern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and over 800 kilometers from Bogotá, the nation’s capital. These areas, […]
EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES AND BEST PRACTICES IN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN NARIÑO: A MEETING FOR TERRITORIAL RESILIENCE
On November 6, 2024, in San Juan de Pasto, the Exchange of Experiences and Best Practices in Disaster Risk Management was held as part of the BRACE project (Building Adaptation Capacity for Extreme Climate Events in Colombia through Community Empowerment), supported by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) of the Embassy of Canada in […]
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MILITARY OBJECTIVE OF ARMED GROUPS IN NARIÑO
The situation of Human Rights Defenders has been deteriorating in recent years in some regions of Colombia, including the department of Nariño, after the signing of the Peace Agreement. In February 2018, the Ombudsman’s Office issued Early Warning No. 026-18 in which it identified the risk situation of various human rights organizations in the country, […]
PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE BUILDING OF SEARCH PLANS FOR PERSONS MISSING FORCEDLY IN THE NARIÑO DEPARTMENT FINISHES SUCCESSFULLY
The consortium formed by the Colombian Interdisciplinary Team of Forensic Work and Psychosocial Assistance – EQUITAS, the Development and Peace Foundation – FUNDEPAZ and the Association Network of Human Rights Defenders – DhColombia implemented with the support of the Vivir La Paz Fund of GIZ / German Cooperation between October 2018 and June 2019 the […]
FUNDEPAZ PROMOTES THE INCIDENCE IN FORCED DISAPPEARANCE ISSUES BEFORE NATIONAL INSTANCES
On June 19, 2019 the Disappeared Persons Search Unit (UBPD) carried out at the Hotel Wyndham Bogotá the first public accountability hearing for the period 2018/2019. It’s worth recalling that this entity was created from the Final Agreement to end the armed conflict and build a stable and lasting peace, signed between the Colombian State […]
FUNDEPAZ PROVIDES ACCOMPANIANCE TO THE MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE TO FOLLOW UP OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW 1257 OF 2008
As in previous years, during the year 2018, gender violence increased steadily. In 2018, gender violence in Nariño increased for the second consecutive year by 7.6%, from 3,133 cases in 2017 to 3,371 cases in 2018, according to data from the National Public Health Surveillance System – SIVIGILA coordinated by the Departmental Institute of Health […]