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A report presented in August 2020 by Colombian senators and representatives of the opposition recounted where the Agreement was in terms of its implementation, four years after it was signed. Four months after that devastating report, statistics on violence remain staggering and, what represented a great and historic opportunity for Colombia, has witnessed an incomprehensible stagnation on some of its key points.
According to the report, the country has seen an important increase in the number of slayings of social leaders, confinements and forced displacements. Likewise, on the issues of victim reparation and land endowment, the report found it would take the Colombian State 43 years to compensate all of the conflict s victims, while only 0.08% of the targeted 3 million hectares of the Land Fund has been allocated.
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USAID/Colombia: Working with the Private Sector towards Colombia’s Economic Recovery
150SHARES
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
Through this Addendum to the Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS), the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Mission in Colombia (USAID/Colombia) is making a special call for the submission of Concept Papers focused on catalyzing private sector investment for Colombia’s economic recovery through inclusive and sustainable development.
USAID/Colombia seeks private sector partnerships to catalyze innovative market-based approaches that can drive Colombia’s economic recovery from COVID-19 via sustainable, environmentally-conscious, ethical, and inclusive responses and contributions.
USAID/Colombia believes the private sector is key to restarting Colombia’s economic engine, including the creation of long-term social, economic and environmental benefits that will result in a stronger and more prosperous country.
UNHCR Colombia Response Update #16, 1-15 November 2020
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The Colombian Ministry of Health confirmed 1,308,376 cases of COVID-19 as of 29 November, with Bogotá concentrating the highest number (374,077 confirmed cases). A total of 36,584 individuals have died from COVID-19 and 1,204,452 cases have recovered.
According to Migración Colombia, 119,885 Venezuelans have returned to Venezuela from or through Colombia since the 14 March border closure (as of 16 November).
UNHCR and partners are monitoring the flux of caminantes (people transiting on foot) entering Colombia via informal crossing points and heading towards cities inside the country or third countries.
According to this monitoring, an average of 80-100 Venezuelans enter daily in Arauca and 300 per day in Cúcuta.
Beyond the bang-bang: Reporting from the front lines of peace. This article is part of our peacebuilding coverage, reporting on how atrocities can be prevented, how societies can be made more resilient, and how peace can be sustainably built.
CAUCASIA, Colombia
Even as the fourth anniversary of a landmark peace accord came and went in late November, conflict and extortion were driving rising numbers of people from their homes in Colombia’s most lawless regions.
“There have been three major displacements in regions outside of the city since September,” journalist Éder Narváez Sierra told The New Humanitarian, flanked by two large state-provided bodyguards as he drank a coffee in a small bakery in Caucasia.