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.
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