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Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Peace in Colombia
The United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Peace in Colombia is a tripartite instrument established by the Government of Colombia, the United Nations and donor countries, with the participation of the civil society, which aims to articulate the investments of the international community to support the implementation of the Final Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace ”(hereinafter the Final Agreement) signed between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP, in 2016.
In the early stages after the signing of the Final Agreement, it was difficult to predict that bottlenecks would occur that could stall some processes. However, at that time there was a need for an immediate response, and to quickly generate peace dividends to manage and meet the country's high expectations in the areas most affected by violence and poverty. It was necessary to join the efforts of multiple actors including international cooperation to take advantage of their expertise and financial resources in order to channel them, and thus support the Government to meet its objectives of implementation of the Final Agreement.
This is how the Fund was born in 2016, whose main focus is to mobilize and coordinate the financing and co-financing of catalytic interventions to support the implementation of the Final Agreement. Catalytic investments are understood to be those aimed at filling strategic financing gaps when there are no other resources available, investments that unlock or enable processes that are vital for peacebuilding, or also financial resources that support innovative or high-risk approaches that partners cannot support. The Fund is the strategic partner of Colombians for peace.
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Thematic areas
Sustainable human development: 131 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 49%.
This area aims to promote the Comprehensive Rural Reform (RRI), rural development and human security in order to close historical gaps, reduce inequality and strengthen security, under 5 lines:
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Transformation processes, economic reactivation and productive reconversion of PDET territories, PNIS and geographies of peace.
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Improved perception of security and citizen confidence in institutions at the territorial level.
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Constructive and transformative management of social conflict in the territories.
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Strengthened territorial institutional capacities to allow for an integral local construction of the State, with a special focus on the most vulnerable populations, as well as on citizen participation.
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Improved access of the population living in rural territories to formal and alternative justice mechanisms, in order to guarantee greater justice, equity, tranquility and a democratic social and political order in the territories.
AICMA (Sub Area): 20 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 5.9%.
This area seeks to support both the national government and civil society in:
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The implementation of the Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines (AICMA) in the territories most affected by the presence of Antipersonnel Mines (MAP) and Unexploded Ordnance (MUSE).
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Reduce the humanitarian impact generated by the presence of these devices in the territory.
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Productive and economic development in these territories improving the security and habitability conditions of the affected populations, the effective enjoyment of their lands, as one of the necessary conditions to achieve peace in Colombia.
Two lines of work are prioritized:
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Supported territories to be free of threats from mines and explosive devices.
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Support for the articulation of humanitarian demining policies and plans.
Victims and transitional justice: 89 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 26.6%.
This area responds to the commitment to support and/or back the State in its strategy of comprehensive reparation to victims, with a differential and gender approach. As well as their access to truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition. Specifically, two main lines of action are supported in this area:
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Supported and supported the State in its comprehensive strategy of assistance and reparation to victims.
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Promoting the guarantee of victims' rights to truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition, through their participation in the strengthened Justice for Peace System.
Reincorporation: 29 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 16.1%.
This area seeks to strengthen the reincorporation route of the signatories of the 2016 Agreement, under a sustainability approach and thus promote their effective inclusion in the social, political and economic dynamics of civilian life, encouraging coexistence, reconciliation and non-stigmatization. Specifically, this area prioritizes three main lines of action:
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Supported the structuring, implementation and sustainability of reincorporation projects with a community focus on gender, environment, promoting reconciliation and economic development.
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Providing comprehensive psychosocial accompaniment with a gender focus as a fundamental axis in the development of reincorporation.
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Strengthened educational programs for job training, soft skills and economic inclusion.
Communication for the Peace: 35 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 8%.
This area responds to the need to strengthen territorial capacities and those of the bodies in charge of monitoring and verifying the Agreement, in order to effectively and periodically communicate the progress and challenges of the Agreement's implementation, as well as to promote pedagogical actions. Specifically, two main lines of action are supported in this area:
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Communicated in an effective and transparent manner the progress in implementation, the dynamics of peace building and the situations in the territories.
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Strengthened the mechanisms established in the 2016 Peace Agreement (Point 6) for its monitoring and verification, in order to publicize progress and challenges in its implementation.
Peacebuilding beyond the Agreement: 1 Projects
% participation in the Fund's total investment: 0.2%.
The presence of organized armed groups outside the law in the Colombian territory hinders the implementation of programs and projects to consolidate development and therefore peace in the territories. For this reason, this area seeks to:
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Support the early implementation of the partial agreements established at the peace talks with the ELN (National Liberation Army) and other armed actors, in order to build trust with the communities in the territories.
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Support initiatives to reduce violence, promote peace building, trust, and participation of communities and civil society.
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Strengthen institutional capacities and support the development of inputs for peace negotiations.