Regional Gatherings for Peace
PURPOSE
Provide information on the peace process and on each of the points agreed as of the time and, in turn, link regional peacebuilding efforts with progress on the Havana agenda.
IMPLEMENTATION DATES
July 2014–2015WHO DID IT TARGET?
- Community in general
REACH
22
Regional Gatherings for Peace
6.500
Representatives from different segments of society (campesinos, Afro-Colombians, Indigenous people, victims, business associations, academia, etc.)
ACTIVITIES
- Dialogue-based gatherings
- Panels of experts and civil society leaders on specific peace process topics
- Roundtable discussions
PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
IMPLEMENTING PARTIES
- Corporación Pensamiento y Acción Social
- Office of the High Commissioner for Peace (OACP in Spanish)
- Red de Iniciativas y Comunidades de Paz desde la Base
- Redprodepaz
- Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres
FUNDERS
- Governments of Sweden Switzerland and Norway
- Peace Fund
LECCIONES APRENDIDAS
- It is important to recognize the diversity of authors within the process and to have mutual recognition among key territorial actors in order to share information about different proposals and agendas.
- It is necessary to guarantee the continuity of these types of gatherings, as well as to align conclusions from them with municipal and departmental development plans.
Resources
Reports
Regional meetings for peace 2015: Reflections from the territories
Documento elaborado por el Equipo de Paz Territorial de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz en el marco de los 5 “Encuentros Regionales para la Paz (ERP)” realizados en el año 2015 en: 1. Arauca, Arauca; 2. San Carlos, Antioquia; 3. Sibundoy, Putumayo; 4. Caucasia, Antioquia; y 5. Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca. Recopila […]
Reports
Regional meetings for peace: Peacebuilding from the territories
Documento que sintetiza los “Encuentros Regionales para la Paz (ERP)” que se llevaron a cabo durante el segundo semestre del 2014. Esta iniciativa fue presentada a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz (OACP) por la Red Nacional de Programas para el Desarrollo y Paz (Redprodepaz), en alianza con la Ruta Pacífica de las […]
