Corporacion Vida, Justicia y Paz (CVJP) is an ecclesiastical charity working on peace and development by tackling the main social problems affecting communities in the East of Antioquia. CVJP advocates the reconstruction of the social fabric in a way that it may be strengthened to create conditions for peace. CJVP targets vulnerable communities, and builds links [...]

Programa de Desarrollo para la Paz (PRODEPAZ) was founded in 1999 and is based in the department of East Antioquia. Its work is based on the idea of human development and community empowerment as means to defeat obstacles impeding peace. Its peace and development program helps communities affected by violence and poverty, in both rural and [...]

Fundación para la Reconciliación (the ‘Foundation for Reconciliation’) was started in 2001, working on peacebuilding and since 2003 has developed ‘Escuelas de Perdón y Reconciliación’ (‘Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation’ – ‘ESPERE’) in order to promote peace and coexistence. It works with communities in vulnerable areas of the country by encouraging civil participation, training young [...]

Since 1998 the Asamblea has acted as a forum for various civil organisation take part in discussions associated with Colombia’s peace process, and provide a way for them to insert themselves into the political agenda. The organisation is based on the principle of finding a negotiated political resolution to the conflict, and see neutrality as [...]

INDEPAZ is a part of the national network of peacebuilding organisations in Colombia. Its work is based on research and spreading information about the conflict, contributing to the peace process through the promotion of dialogue and nonviolence. The organisation is looking at relevant aspects of the conflict in Colombia, such as the status of the [...]

Founded in 1999, Fundacion Ideas para la Paz (FIP) seeks, through research, monitoring, and dissemination of information, the overcoming of armed conflict. FIP believes the first step towards a peace process requires understanding the complexity of the conflict, and therefore outlines four areas of work: Dynamics of the conflict and peace process: researching the nature [...]

The International Peace Observatory (IPO) is an organisation of international solidarity offering international accompaniment and defending human rights in Colombia. Since 2005 IPO has accompanied non-violent organisations in processes of resistance, particularly peasant farmer associations, in various regions of Colombia. Both social organisations and communities, and particularly their leaders, live under a constantly high level [...]

Hasan Dodwell from the International Peace Observatory (IPO) writes about his experiences with human rights accompaniment work in Colombia. 26 February, 2010. After three days of travel we had almost arrived at our destination, the town of Teorama, in the department of Norte de Santander, in a region known as Catatumbo. I travelled there as [...]