In the processes of joint work and support to local and reincorporated population organizations, these organizations highlighted as a central problem that they still don’t have sufficient material resources and don’t have the necessary capacities to be able to associate, develop economic initiatives, and ensure their permanence in the regions. To meet this need, ForumCiv, Diakonia, Act Church of Sweden, FLM, SweFOR, and We Effect, supported by the Swedish Embassy, designed the project recognizing that peace-building and the creation of permanence and rooting conditions of the communities in their regions depend not only on material resources, but also on recognition processes, reconciliation, participation, and socio-economic inclusion.

The project combines actions in the fields of sustainable agro-ecological production, and the reconstruction of the social fabric through various strategies that involve the recognition of rural communities as relevant actors in the formulation of public policies, programs and projects that enable comprehensive rural development, especially those plans included in the implementation of the Peace Agreement such as PATRs.

• Design, support, and implementations of sustainable and inclusive economic projects for local rural development in the Arauca, Cauca, Caquetá, Huila, Guaviare, Meta, and Tolima departments.
• Promote participation of the reincorporated population in economic initiatives and/or processes of organizational strengthening.
• Promote participation of women in different spaces of political and social participation to reduce the gap of discrimination and inequality.

• Strengthen capacities of conflict prevention and management from a Do No Harm approach that contributes to the reconstruction of the social fabric.

• Promote models of agroecological development adapted to the conditions of each one of the project regions of intervention in coordination with the Action Plans for Regional Transformation (PATR).

The project's objective is for rural communities and reincorporated population in areas affected by the armed conflict to improve their living conditions following the signing of the Peace Agreement. The action focuses on two interrelated strategic lines:

1. Design and implementation of economic initiatives for local rural development with an emphasis on agroecological production for food sovereignty, promotion of agro-food value chains, and the creation of partnerships between civil society and the private sector in order to generate sustainable livelihoods under a regional approach.

2. Reconstruction of the social fabric and relationships of mutual trust through support for community resilience and reconciliation  initiatives, the promotion of self-protection strategies, and the promotion of care economy initiatives to create a sense of belonging and roots in rural areas to ensure a stable peace.

Act Iglesia Sueca

Diakonia

Federación Luterana Mundial

SweFOR

We Effect