INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY (IPA)
Fifth Quarterly Status Report October 1- December 31, 2017
AWARD: AID-514-A-17-00001
Fifth Quarterly Status Report October 1– December 31, 2017
AWARD: AID-514-A-17-00001
SUBMITTED TO: Cristina Barrera U.S. Agency for International Development Carrera 45 No 24 – 27 Post 2 Bogotá, DC – Colombia Email: [email protected]
SUBMITTED BY: Hugo Tovar Chief of Party IOM Mission in Colombia Carrera 14 No- 93 B – 46 Bogotá, DC – Colombia Phone: 639 77 77
Date prepared: January 31, 2018
Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, USAID Cooperative Agreement No. AID-514-A-17-00001, INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY (IPA)
Implemented by: International Organization for Migration P.O. Box 253200 Bogotá, Colombia
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 5 Summary of Key Quarterly Results...... 5 Differentiated Approach ...... 6 Inclusion for Peace Activity (IPA) Regions ...... 7 2. INTRODUCTION ...... 7 Activity Description ...... 7 Context ...... 8 IPA’s Contribution to Peace Building ...... 10 3. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ...... 12 Principal Progress by Result Area ...... 12 Result Area 1: Enhanced GOC capacity to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of these communities in peace-building ...... 12 Result Area 2: Reduced vulnerability to income poverty through economic opportunities ...... 16 Result Area 3: Increased awareness and respect for ethnic diversity ...... 18 Result Area 4: Provide humanitarian assistance to Afro-Colombian and indigenous people ...... 20 Grants Fund ...... 21 4. ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT ...... 22 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ...... 22 Sustainability ...... 23 5. FINANCIAL REPORT ...... 24 6. COMMUNICATIONS AND DISSEMINATION ...... 25 7. CONCLUSION: PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS ...... 25 Challenges and Lessons Learned ...... 25 Priorities ...... 26 ANNEXES ...... 28 Annex 1: Activity performance indicator progress ...... 28 Annex 2: IPA Geographic Regions ...... 32 Annex 3: Grants Fund Approved APS Proposals ...... 33 Annex 4: IPA Success Story ...... 35 Annex 5: 2017 IPA Newsletter ...... 36 Annex 6: Project Rolling List ...... 40
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACIP USAID Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program Afrodes Asociación de Afrodescendientes Desplazados APS Annual Program Statement CNC Centro Nacional de Consultoría CONPA Consejo Nacional de Paz Afrocolombiano CONPES Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social CPEM Consejería Presidencial para la Equidad de la Mujer CSJ Consejo Superior de la Judicatura CSO Civil society organization DAFP Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública DANE Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística DNP Departamento Nacional de Planeación FPIC Free and Prior Informed Consultation GBV Gender-based violence GOC Government of Colombia ICAE Ethnic Affairs Capacity Index ICBF Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar ICFES Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior ICOE Ethnic Organization Capacity Index IOM International Organization for Migration IPA Inclusion for Peace Activity LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Intersexual MEN Ministerio de Educación MinAmbiente Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible MinCultura Ministerio de Cultura MINTIC Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones MOI Ministerio del Interior OACP Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz OAS Organization of American States OCAT Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool ODR Observatorio de Discriminación Racial ONIC Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia PDET Planes de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial PTP Programa de Transformación Productiva PS Prosperidad Social RPR Recruitment Prevention and Reintegration SIMAT Sistema de Matriculación UCA Unidad Comunitaria de Atención ICBF UNGRD Unidad Nacional para la Gestión de Riesgos de Desastres USAID United States Agency for International Development
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Executing Organization: International Organization for Migration (IOM Mission in Colombia) Activity Duration: November 2016 – November 2020 Key Activity Partner(s): MOI, MEN, DANE, MinCultura, Prosperidad Social Reporting Period: October 1 – December 31, 2017 Total confirmed funds: Total cash disbursements: USD 50,000,000 USD 6,091,347
Summary of Key Quarterly Results During this period, substantive progress was made in each of Inclusion for Peace Activity’s (IPA) four intermediate results (IRs), including:
Result Area1: Community and Institutional Strengthening IPA applied the ICAE to 19 municipal governments and 7 departmental governments, the results of which will provide IPA information to develop improvement plans for government entities to improve their capacities to respond effectively to the differentiated needs of the ethnic communities they serve. The city government of Medellín adopted a new public policy regarding promoting the rights and culture of its Afro-Colombian population. In order to improve the quality of education for black and indigenous students, 107 teachers, and 95 school directors and subject area coordinators from Tumaco, Quibdó, and Buenaventura received training to improve their teaching and curriculum. Additionally, the Special Fund for Education opened its call for applications for the second cohort of recipients. Finally, OIM and the Ministry of Education signed an agreement to implement the second phase of the program “Manos a la Escuela”, which involves a comprehensive infrastructure and social development strategy for 140 rural educational institutions in territories that have been seriously impacted by the conflict. IPA
Result Area 2: Economic Opportunities The first cohort of 1,124 participants in Empleo para la Prosperidad graduated from their training courses in Medellín, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, and Cartagena, and are now prepared to enter the formal economy. Similarly, 2,738 participants in the Mi Negocio initiative completed their business development training and 2,708 completed business plans. In the initiative to develop strategies to address trauma as well as business management and marketing, the first cohort of 22 Tumaco women completed both areas of training as well as their business plans, and will receive seed capital during 2018. Additionally, OIM and Prosperidad Social signed a cooperation agreement to implement Prosperidad Social’s IRACA program, which will benefit 9,500 families in 22 municipalities in the areas of food security, income generation and community development.
Result Area 3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity IPA supported the Cali Afro Show, which seeks to promote the social, economic, and cultural development of Afro-Colombian communities through increasing market access for small entrepreneurs in the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic, industries. Additionally, the Afro Show promotes the cultural identity and creativity of the black population in Cali and throughout Colombia. IPA began implementation of its strategy to strengthen the Mega Library Juan José
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Nieto in Cartagena, which serves 29 marginalized neighborhoods in the city. This initiative will increase recognition of the contributions black Colombians have made to the country’s history, culture, and society, while simultaneously creating a space for community and learning in an underserved area of Cartagena. IPA completed a pilot radio program called “Voices of Guaviare”, in which 16 radio programs addressed the identity, culture, and reality of the Jiw, Nükak, Tucano Oriental, and Sikuani communities from Guaviare. The objective of the Voices of Guaviare program is to draw attention to the situation of these communities, tackle discrimination, promote dialogue with mestizos, and safeguard their cultures.
Result Area 4: Humanitarian Assistance In La Guajira, IPA held a series of workshops with 25 Wayuú midwives (including three men) on maternal and infant health in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the region. IPA completed its emergency humanitarian food assistance transportation. Additionally, OIM, the Colombian Chancellery, and the Alpina Foundation reached an agreement to implement the initiative “Illustrative Learning Center: Building Food Sovereignty with the Wayuú indigenous people as a tool for income generation in the boarding school in Nazareth, Uribia” during FY2018. In Mocoa, IPA completed a temporary classroom for Indigenous Rural School Desayok Yanakona in the indigenous resguardo Yanakona Tachay Wasy. This classroom will give 23 children in the school their own classroom, and is part of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of basic infrastructure component of the humanitarian response.
Differentiated Approach
Different population groups have different needs and priorities, and effective socioeconomic inclusion involves recognizing these differences and adopting a differentiated response to address specific needs. Although by definition IPA includes a differential ethnic approach focusing in the different needs and interests of Afro-Colombians and indigenous peoples, within these groups, IPA prioritizes the needs of women and girls, LGBTI individuals, persons with disabilities, victims of the armed conflict, and children and youth. IPA has taken a variety of actions to ensure that these populations are taken into account in each of its sub-activities.
1. Each sub-activity must articulate its strategy regarding differentiated approaches. For example, IPA’s humanitarian responses actively seek out the participation of women, LGBT individuals and people with disabilities. IPA’s humanitarian activities also incorporate the guidelines of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee for interventions against GBV in humanitarian responses. 2. The gender and ethnic issues advisors actively participate in the development and execution of sub-activities. For example, the gender advisor reviewed all the APS proposals and ensured the selection of several related to gender. Additionally, to improve the gender approach of the Economic Opportunities Area, the gender advisor commissioned an analysis and recommendations for economic entrepreneurships and productive projects with a gender and ethnic approach and that take advantage of and develop the contributions and roles of black and indigenous women to Colombia. 3. Many of IPA’s sub-activities focus on women and girls, and LGBT individuals. For example, during FY2018 Q1, OIM and Caribe Afirmativo signed an agreement to implement an initiative for the inclusion of LGBT people in indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities through the creation of an Observatory of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) of LGBT individuals. The Observatory will design a pilot program to promote labor inclusion initiatives for black and indigenous LGBTI individuals in Cartagena; work with DANE to determine how quality of life indicators can identify LGBTI and ethnic minority people in order to develop policies to improve their quality of life; and develop public policies to ensure
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the inclusion of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. 4. Finally, IPA works to ensure the appropriation and sustainability of differential approaches in the government entities and CSOs with which it works. For example, IPA is developing guidelines for public policies with a differential approach regarding gender, disability, and LGBTI population within its initiative to strengthen the Ministry of the Interior. Additionally, IPA has trained DAFP 40 officials on a differential gender approach, as well as sensitivity regarding LGBT issues.
Inclusion for Peace Activity (IPA) Regions
IPA’s work spans 21 municipalities in 10 departments, comprising 36% of the national Afro- Colombian and indigenous population; a high number of victims of the armed conflict live in these municipalities. While several sub-activities are national in nature, the majority target specific concerns in specific municipalities, regions, and populations. IPA has regional offices in seven departments and regional liaisons in two municipalities; regionally based IPA employees play a crucial role in the implementation of sub-activities. Where feasible due to issues of space, this report highlights the regional focus of each sub-activity discussed. Annex 2 includes a map showing the different regions where IPA works.
2. INTRODUCTION
Activity Description
The Inclusion for Peace Activity is designed to significantly close the economic and social inclusion gaps between the general population and ethnic communities in Colombia. IPA will realize substantial gains in three areas: (1) building the capacity of the government entities and civil society organizations (CSOs) to respond to the differential needs of ethnic communities; (2) reduce income poverty in ethnic communities; and (3) address social and structural causes of discrimination and exclusion.
These are IPA’s result areas:
. R1: Community and Institutional Strengthening. Enhanced government capacity to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of these communities in peace-building.
. R2: Economic Opportunities. Reduced vulnerability to income poverty by increasing access to economic opportunities.
. R3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity. Increased awareness and respect for ethnic diversity.
. R4: Humanitarian Assistance. Provide humanitarian assistance to Afro-Colombians and indigenous people.
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Context
Progress and setbacks in the peace process In general, one year after the government formally adopted the Peace Agreements, the FARC-EP has demobilized, effectively ending armed conflict with this guerrilla group, and the FARC political party formed, thus permitting participation in the political process.1 What remains is for the government to address the structural issues that led to and perpetuated the conflict, including vast socioeconomic inequality, intense concentration of land ownership, and the lack of state presence in many areas. In fact, the disappearance of the FARC-EP has not been accompanied by increased state presence, which in many areas has led to increased violence among civilians, a lack of dispute resolution mechanisms, disorder, and violence among illegal armed groups competing for territorial control.2
Important developments regarding the implementation of the Peace Agreement between the GoC and FARC-EP took place during FY2018 Q1. The Colombian Congress voted against proposed legislation to create sixteen special “peace seats” in the Congress, which were reserved for victims of the armed conflict from areas that had been particularly hard hit by the conflict, and which had traditionally lacked significant representation in the national government.3 This vote reflects arguments from conservative factions and those who follow the former president Uribe that these seats would go to the FARC.4
Additionally, the Constitutional Court issued an important decision, confirming the right of demobilized members of the FARC-EP to participate in politics.5 This decision also clarified that neither state actors nor third parties involved in the conflict may be required to appear before the Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP). While this may help ameliorate the concerns of powerful families and businesses who were involved in the conflict that they will be forced to answer for their crimes, it diminishes the likelihood that victims of human rights violations perpetrated by state actors and private actors will obtain justice. Additionally, it feeds into the narrative that the government is not fulfilling the Peace Agreements, which may incentivize dissidence among members of the demobilized FARC-EP, in addition to reducing the likelihood of reaching a peace agreement with the ELN guerrilla.
An aspect of the implementation of the Peace Agreements facing serious complications is the eradication of illicit crops. This is an important component of the Peace Agreements, but poses a serious threat to the livelihoods of many peasant farmers, who depend on coca crops for their subsistence. Anti-narcotics forces attempting to forcibly eradicate coca crops have clashed with local peasants, the most violent of which occurred in Tumaco, Nariño on October 5. Anti- narcotics police fired on a human chain protesting the forcible eradication of coca crops, killing seven farmers and injuring 20.6 Days later, police fired on a verification commission, including
1 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (2017). Informe sobre el estado efectivo de implementación del acuerdo de paz en Colombia. Available at: http://static.iris.net.co/semana/upload/documents/informe-kroc.pdf 2 Ávila, A. (2017, November 23). Un balance: un año de la implementación. Semana.com, retrieved from http://www.semana.com/opinion/articulo/balance-del-primer-ano-de-implementacion-del-acuerdo/548285 3 (2017, November 30). Ni Santos pudo salvar en el Congreso las 16 circunscripciones de paz: faltó un voto. Semana.com, retrieved from http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/por-falta-de-un-voto-se-hundieron-las-circunscripciones-especiales-de-paz/549043 4 (2017, November 30). "No queremos entregarles otras 16 curules a las Farc": conservadores. Semana.com, retrieved from http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/conservadores-dicen-que-16-curules-de-paz-serian-para-las-farc/549013 5 Rendón, O. (2017, November 15). Corte despejó el camino a participación política de Farc. Elcolombiano, retrieved from http://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/acuerdos-de-gobierno-y-farc/corte-despejo-el-camino-a-participacion-politica-de-farc- CN7690062 6 (2017, October 10). Integrantes de la policía serían responsables de la muerte de 6 campesinos en Tumaco. Semana.com, retrieved from http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/quien-mato-a-los-campesinos-en-tumaco/543313
8 INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY - Quarterly Report #3 (Q4 FY 2017) representatives from the UN, OAS, the Indigenous Guard, and the Putumayo departmental government. Four police officers have been suspended for their involvement in the massacre.
A component of the Peace Agreements facing serious implementation challenges is the Ethnic Chapter. The government has failed to fulfill obligations with respect to prior consultation of legislative proposals related to implementation of the Peace Agreements.7 Additionally, the normative implementation of the Ethnic Chapter is practically null. At the same time, Afro- Colombian and indigenous leaders are targeted by paramilitary groups and other illegal armed actors.
Security situation Departments including Nariño, Cauca, and Guaviare have seen a surge of violence carried out by illegal armed groups that have increased their control in areas abandoned by the FARC-EP. They exert significant pressure against community and social groups and leaders, including a sharp increase in assassinations of leaders, many of whom are indigenous or Afro-Colombian. During 2017, human rights defenders report 156 community leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated, many of whom work in IPA territories, including Cauca, Antioquia, and Nariño.8 These threats and assassinations negatively affect the ability of the Ethnic Commission and other CSOs to carry out their work, including their IPA related work. For example, during November, a trans woman, Angelina Miranda, who participated in the training and organizational strengthening activities of Caribe Afirmativa (financed by USAID’s Human Rights Activity), was murdered in Antioquia.9
In addition to the massacre in Tumaco, reports of selective and extrajudicial killings, displacement, confinements, food blockages, threats, and injuries from land mines are common in Nariño, and, increasingly, in Chocó. For example, during FY2018 Q1, a participant in the Respira activity with Corporación Mundial Mujer in Tumaco was forced to flee the city due to threats she and her family received. This situation not only affects human rights defenders, but also the security and mental and emotional health of the general population. It also creates challenges for IPA’s work in the region, and means that IPA representatives must undertake constant supervision and coordination with the women with whom they work regarding their emotional and mental health, and to coordinate minimum security measures.
Indigenous minga Between October 30 and November 9, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) and the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) held a minga and blocked the main routes between Quidbó-Medellín and Quibdó-Pereira. The organizations held the minga to protest the national government’s failure to fulfill agreements previously made with these communities, including funding for indigenous education, increased and priority funding for indigenous
7 Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (2017). Acuerdo de paz y afrocolombianos un año después: la paz nos está costando la vida. Available at: http://raceandequality.org/espanol/acuerdo-de-paz-y-afrocolombianos-as-un-ano-despues-la-paz-nos-esta-costando-la-vida/ 8 Different sources report differing numbers of homicides. Delgado, C. (2017) Factores que evidencian sistematicidad en el asesinato de líderes/as sociales y defensores/as de Derechos Humanos en Colombia . Indepaz, Available at: http://www.indepaz.org.co/wp- content/uploads/2017/12/Factores-que-evidencian-sistematicidad-en-el-asesinato-de-líderesas-sociales-y-defensoresas-de-Derechos- Humanos-en-Colombia.pdf (2017, December 20), ONU habla de 105 líderes asesinados y se muestra preocupada por la estigmatización. Semana.com, Retrieved from: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/lideres-y-defensores-de-derechos-humanos- asesinados-en-colombia-en-el-2017/551193 . Defensoría del Pueblo (2017, March 31). 156 líderes sociales y defensores de derechos humanos han sido asesinados en los últimos 14 meses: Defensoría. Available at: http://www.defensoria.gov.co/es/nube/noticias/6236/156-l%C3%ADderes-sociales-y-defensores-de-derechos-humanos-han-sido- asesinados-en-los-%C3%BAltimos-14-meses-Defensor%C3%ADa-Defensor%C3%ADa-del-Pueblo-l%C3%ADderes-sociales-Defensor- del-Pueblo-Colombia-l%C3%ADderes-sociales.htm . Valenzuela, S. (2017, October 25). Líderes asesinados: ¿por qué no hay una sola cifra? ¡Pacifista!, Retrieved from: http://pacifista.co/lideres-asesinados-por-que-no-hay-una-sola-cifra/ . Toro, J. (2016, January 18). 9 Caribe Afirmativo. (2017, November 16). Asesinan a mujer trans en Caucasia, retrieved from: http://caribeafirmativo.lgbt/2017/11/16/asesinan-mujer-trans-caucasia/
9 INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY - Quarterly Report #3 (Q4 FY 2017) communities, and actions to protect the safety and security of indigenous leaders.10 Unfortunately, rather than negotiate with the ONIC, the government negotiated with the CRIC, which is a regional organization. Thus, no agreements were reached with respect to the ONIC’s list of demands, which were more ambitious, and included new demands, rather than affirming the government’s commitment to previous agreements, which was the case of the CRIC’s list of demands.11 Nonetheless, the CRIC and the government reached agreements regarding educational funding, funding for the indigenous guard, and taking steps to respond to a 1999 declaration of a state of social, cultural and economic emergency of the indigenous peoples in Cauca, which results in priority and additional national funds.12 The refusal of the government to negotiate with the ONIC led to some discord between the two indigenous organizations. As a result, IPA must work with both indigenous organizations in order to ensure that its work does not lead to greater discord. However, the list of demands from both organizations serves to guide and prioritize IPA’s interventions in indigenous communities.
Political instability An important factor that has created challenges for the implementation of local or departmental initiatives is the political instability in several IPA targeted municipalities, cities, and departments. For example, in early August, the mayor of Cartagena was removed from his post and charged for corruption, which has created political instability and challenge to governability in various secretaries of government in the city. Similar instability as a result of governors and mayors being removed from their positions for corruption has also occurred in the municipalities of Riohacha and Bagadó, as well as the department of La Guajira. The national government continues to retain responsibility for the provision of health, education, and water services at the departmental level in La Guajira, as well as at the municipal level in Riohacha and Uribia. Currently, local governments are focused on addressing the most pressing humanitarian issues the department has historically faced, leaving little attention for issues of inclusion. This political instability creates challenges for the ability of IPA to develop working relationships with different public entities, which is necessary for the successful implementation and sustainability of many IPA initiatives, especially those pertaining to result 1. It also limits the time and human resources of local and departmental government to focus on implementing and appropriating IPA strategies.
IPA’s Contribution to Peace Building IPA contributes to peace building in post-conflict Colombia in three principal ways: (1) working for the implementation of the Peace Agreements with state and non-state actors; (2) ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable populations in the implementation of the peace process, in particular indigenous and Afro-Colombians and women, and (3) addressing some of the structural drivers of the conflict.
First, a number of IPA initiatives seek the implementation of the Peace Agreements. IPA has provided technical support to the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace regarding the regulation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Peace Agreements. Additionally, IPA is developing a number of initiatives to support the development of Development Plans with a Local Approach (PDETS), which form part of the Agreements’ strategy to respond to areas that have been particularly affected by the armed conflict. As part of its support for the Special Jurisdiction for
10 (2017, October 30). Más de 100.000 indígenas inician minga nacional. El Espectador, Retrieved from: https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/paz/mas-de-100000-indigenas-inician-minga-nacional-articulo-720581 11 Soto, L. Gobierno conjuró el paro indígena dividiendo y con nuevas promesas. (2017, November 12). La Silla Vacía, Retrieved from: http://lasillavacia.com/silla-pacifico/gobierno-conjuro-el-paro-indigena-dividiendo-y-con-nuevas-promesas-63433 12 Decree 982 of 1999. Available at: http://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/scripts/doc.php?file=fileadmin/Documentos/BDL/2008/6528
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Peace (JEP), IPA supported research on how the JEP may include restorative justice measures from the special indigenous jurisdictions in its work.
Second, IPA has implemented various sub-activities that seek to ensure the inclusion of vulnerable populations and ethnic minority groups in the implementation of the peace process. An important component of IPA’s work has been to strengthen and support the Ethnic Commission for Peace, including the analysis of legislative proposals related to the implementation of the Peace Agreements and specific support for the women of the Ethnic Commission. IPA supported the elaboration of pamphlets explaining the Peace Agreements in Wayuunaiki, the language of the Wayuú indigenous people, as well as the dissemination of educational pamphlets for Afro- Colombian and indigenous people, members of community organizations, black community councils, and leaders in Spanish. As part of the support IPA is providing to the Union of Afro- Colombian Domestic Workers, IPA organized and held a peace gathering with Union members to socialize the measures of the Peace Agreements related to gender, and to devise ways in which Union members may exercise a leadership role in the implementation of these measures. Additionally, IPA provided technical input to the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace for the formulation of indicators for the framework implementation plan, including indicators related to Afro-Colombians and indigenous peoples.
Third, the structural drivers of the conflict that IPA sub-activities seek to address include the following: (1) the lack of channels and participation spaces in political processes and engage with the government for vast swaths of the population; (2) severe inequality with respect to income and access to infrastructure and public services, in particular between rural and urban areas; (3) a lack of economic opportunities, in particular for young people and those in rural areas, which leads vulnerable people to either join guerrilla groups or participate in illegal economic activities; and (4) the failure of the government to respond to the exclusion of marginalized populations, in particular ethnic minorities and the rural population.
IPA’s strategy to respond to these drivers of the conflict is reflected in the three result areas of the Activity: providing channels and spaces for excluded and marginalized groups to engage productively with the government, improving its capacity at local and national level to respond to the needs of these marginalized groups, reducing monetary poverty and economic inequality through labor inclusion and productive projects, creating legal alternatives to for income generation, and attempting to address structural inequalities and exclusion through improving secondary education and access to higher education for indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth. How the specific sub-activities respond to these conflict drivers is explained in greater detail in section 3 below.
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3. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS
Principal Progress by Result Area
Result Area 1: Enhanced GOC capacity to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of these communities in peace-building
Result 1.1: Targeted GOC agencies have increased capacity to respond to the needs of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons affected by conflict
Support to the OACP for the regulation of the ethnic chapter of the Peace Agreements: together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, IPA provided technical input for the formulation of indicators that measure the implementation of the framework implementation plan of the Final Agreements with respect to ethnic groups. This input has been used during the Special High Level Body for Ethnic Groups’ (Instancia Especial de Alto Nivel con Pueblos Étnicos) discussions of the framework plan.
Institutional strengthening of the Ministry of the Interior and local government entities: in order improve their capacity to address the needs of ethnic groups, after completing the ICAE and carrying out a pilot during FY2017, during FY2018 Q1, IPA applied the ICAE to local government entities in 19 municipalities and to departmental governments in seven departments.13 This will provide information for IPA to develop improvement plans for participating government entities, in addition to providing IPA with useful baseline metrics with respect to its target areas.
Training of government officials from the DAFP on a differential ethnic and gender approach: in collaboration with DAFP, IPA completed the work it began during FY2017 Q4 to include information regarding the level of application of a differential ethnic approach in the Unified Format for Reporting Management Progress (FURAG). The FURAG is a tool to capture, monitor, and evaluate sectorial and institutional progress in the implementation of administrative development policies. It forms part of the Integrated Model of Planning and Management, which evaluates and controls institutional management of public organizations with respect to the quality and integrity of their services. During FY2018 Q1, the DAFP applied the FURAG tool to more than 3,000 public entities at the local, departmental level, including the Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, municipal city halls, hospitals, and state-run businesses, among others.
Within the framework of IPA’s initiative to strengthen attention routes for Afro-Colombian and indigenous women victims of domestic violence, after completing the ethnic module of the Gender Backpack during FY2017 Q4, during FY2018 Q1, IPA validated its contents and methodology with 57 indigenous and Afro-Colombian women leaders that form part of the Ethnic Commission for Peace and Territorial Rights. This validation ensures that the contents and methodology are accurate, appropriate for different groups of women and effective. The Backpack is a guide that includes proposals from different government entities, organizations, and activists to promote, socialize, and educate on differential approaches to contribute to building equality in gender relationships. To this end, the guide includes information, methodologies, and experiences working with different population groups and communities to promote human rights. The Gender Backpack may be viewed at the following link.
13 The municipalities include Santander de Quilichao, Caloto, Puerto Tejada, Guapi, Timbiquí (Cauca), Quibdó, Bagadó, Bojayá (Chocó), Riohacha, Uribia, San Juan del César (La Guajira), Tumaco, Barbacoas, Ricaurte (Nariño), and Cali (Valle del Cauca). The departments include Valle del Cauca, Bolívar, Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, and La Guajira.
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The CNC has continued to make progress strengthening the Ministry of the Interior’s ODR through a diagnosis of the obstacles and opportunities the ODR faces. Based on this diagnosis, during FY2018 Q1, CNC developed variables to monitor racial discrimination and racism. Additionally, during FY2018 Q1, IPA completed two educational pieces on Colombia’s legal framework regarding ethnic peoples and the right to free, prior, informed consultation (FPIC). These pieces form part of a larger educational kit on a differential approach that the Ministry of the Interior will use to provide technical assistance to national and local government entities.
With technical assistance from IPA, the city government of Medellín adopted a new public policy regarding its Afro-Colombian population, which was made official in an event that included the participation of 200 members of local organizations. The public policy includes the adoption of a differential ethnic approach in government actions, as well as the promotion of the rights and culture of the Medellín black population.
In order to increase the capacity of the National Planning Department (DNP) to provide technical assistance to local governments and to develop public policies with a differential approach, IPA designed and elaborated seven technical documents on important aspects regarding differential public policies, including the following:
1) The systematization of different experiences training communities and local entities, in order to guide, adjust, and improve training processes and technical assistance for local government entities and ethnic groups. 2) A kit for indigenous peoples, which will form a micro website within the DNP’s larger site and serve to facilitate access to information and data regarding indigenous peoples. 3) The characterization of actors and black community council land tenancy in Buenaventura in order to propose different ways to involve collective lands in the city’s development. 4) Recommendations regarding the participation of ethnic communities in the New Cities project, a government multifaceted initiative to enhance the productive and industrial capacity of select cities (Buenaventura, Necoclí, and Tumaco) through improving living conditions and encouraging investment. 5) The results of a quantitative and qualitative review of legal norms and court decisions regarding land use with respect to indigenous lands, including a description and analysis of the current situation of indigenous territorial entities according to the Constitution, national laws, and domestic jurisprudence. 6) Technical guidelines to improve and/or develop public policies for ethnic communities and the application of an intersectional differential approach. 7) The main findings regarding the legal standing of Buenaventura community councils and the application of Law 70 of 1993 to them.
Over the past year, the number of Colombians, dual citizens, and Venezuelans migrating from Venezuela to Colombia has drastically increased as a result of the economic crisis in the former country. As many of these people are migrating to IPA targeted municipalities and cities, with large ethnic minority populations, IPA decided to study the impact this wave of migration is having on the demographics of these cities. Thus, during FY2018 Q1, IPA completed the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Cartagena, Uribia, and Riohacha. This study identified a total of 7,653 individuals who had crossed the border and were currently present in these cities. The demographic information from this study will assist IPA, as well as government agencies, in proposing initiatives and public policies that respond to the specific needs of migrant and non- migrant populations.
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Result 1.2: Increased Afro-Colombian and indigenous civil society capacity to advocate for their needs and constructively engage with the GoC
During FY2018 Q1, IPA completed its support to the Ethnic Commission for Peace, the goal of which was to strengthen the Ethnic Commission to allow it to participate in the implementation of the Peace Agreements, in particular the Ethnic Chapter. With IPA’s support, the Ethnic Commission held a series of meetings on topics including planning, the participation of women, the framework implementation plan, and others. As a result of this initiative, the Ethnic Commission achieved the following:
Reviewed six legislative proposals within the framework of the congressional Fast Track for implementation of the Peace Agreements (Land Formalization, Payment for Environmental Services, Development Plans with a Local Approach (PDET), Public Participation, Victims’ Legislative Project, and the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to determine the potential impacts of these proposals on ethnic peoples. Developed a proposal for the framework decree for the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter with respect to Afro-Colombians. Supported the active participation of 40 women leaders in the Commission, who developed a declaration on ethnic women in the framework of the implementation of the Peace Agreements in order to highlight the importance of women’s issues, contributions, and participation in the implementation of the Peace Agreements, in particular the Ethnic Chapter. Developed a media plan to position the Ethnic Commission in domestic and international media outlets.
IPA continued to make progress implementing the initiative to strengthen local peace building efforts through an online course to resolve intercultural and inter-ethnic conflicts. During FY2018 Q1, the Institute for Inter-cultural Studies of the Universidad Javeriana presented the curriculum for the online course. Sixty community leaders from Norte del Cauca, Buenaventura, and Tumaco will take this online course. Additionally, with respect to the course designed for officials from public institutions, IPA and the Universidad Javeriana began determining which public institutions will be included in the course. This course will complement the course designed for community leaders, and will strengthen the abilities of 50 public officials in managing inter and intra-ethnic conflicts.
Result 1.3: Increased implementation of targeted government initiatives to respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by conflict through a Do No Harm approach that engages the entire community.
During FY2018 Q1, IPA supported two government initiatives to ensure the participation of indigenous and black communities in decision making regarding environmental issues that will affect them and their collective territories.
First, IPA supported the meeting of 2,860 delegates from 181 community councils and grassroots organizations from black communities throughout the country to socialize and provide feedback to chapter 4 of Law 70 of 1993 in preparation for the regulation of this chapter. IPA is working with the national government to design a communications strategy to disseminate the future regulation of chapter 4 of Law 70. Law 70 recognizes black communities that have traditionally lived certain areas of the Pacific and their right to collective land ownership, the protection of their cultural identity and the promotion of their social and economic
14 INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY - Quarterly Report #3 (Q4 FY 2017) development to ensure that black communities enjoy substantive equality with respect to the rest of Colombian society. Chapter 4 addresses traditional and ancestral land uses and the protection of natural resources and the environment. It guarantees the right to make use of natural resources for subsistence and provides that collective property rights must be in conformity with the social and ecological function of the land. It also stipulates that black communities will participate in developing and implementing plans to protect ecologically fragile and protected areas. The community council delegates provided feedback specifically on the issue of government payment for environmental services.
IPA supported the creation of spaces for dialogue and the socialization of article 173 of Law 1753 of 2015 with indigenous resguardos and black community councils located within seven páramos (high altitude wetlands). 3,500 leaders from fourteen indigenous resguardos14 and one black community council15 took part in these spaces in order to ensure community participation in the Ministry of the Environment’s delimitation of these seven páramos. The demarcation process is important to ethnic groups that live in these areas because páramos are subject to special environmental protection regulations (agricultural activities and the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources are prohibited), which will impact the types of activities that can be undertaken. Páramos have long served as refuges for indigenous groups, and, to a lesser extent, black communities. Therefore, as the demarcation of páramos may bring changes to their livelihoods and ways of life, this process must be consulted with them.
Result 1.4: Improved “Pruebas Saber” results
Educapazcífico initiative with Corporación Manos Visibles: 107 teachers from 20 schools in Tumaco (35), Quibdó (38) and Buenaventura (34) received training from University ICESI professionals on how to improve their teaching as a method to improve their students’ performance on the Pruebas Saber exams. Corporación Manos Visibles also provided courses to 95 school directors and subject area coordinators in Tumaco (37), Quibdó (38), and Buenaventura (27) regarding strategic curriculum planning. Additionally, 384 grade 11 students (193 girls and 191 boys) from 18 high schools in Tumaco (129), Quibdó (94), and Buenaventura (120) participated in activities to plan for their futures after graduation.
With respect to the Gal&Leo strategy to improve the black and indigenous students’ results on the Pruebas Saber exams through a specialized online tutoring platform, during FY2018 Q1, 2,928 students (1,213 boys and 1,715 girls) and 35 teachers from 37 schools completed the diagnosis of their competencies in languages, math, and natural sciences. These 37 schools are located in 10 municipalities in 6 different departments.16 Additionally, IPA is addressing the issues of internet connectivity and lack of electricity that have prevented them from taking advantage of the online tutoring platform in 21 schools in 10 different municipalities. To date, IPA has provided one school with computers and obtained internet access for an additional three. IPA has identified solutions for the remaining 17 schools and will continue to implement these solutions during FY2018 Q2. Due to factors outside IPA’s control, this strategy has been suspended. IPA is currently considering different alternatives to continue the accompaniment process of the students whose online tutoring process is already underway. For more information, refer to section 7 below.
14 Leaders from the resguardos Cumbal, Iles, Refugio del Sol, Funes, Pueblo Kogi-Malayo-Arhuaco, Cibariza, Laguna Tranquila, Sabanas de Curripao, Valles del Sol, Iroka, Cristiania, Río Andagueda, and Unificado Chamí del Río San Juan participated in these spaces. 15 Community Council of San Juan ACADESAN. 16 These municipalities include Tumaco, Ricaurte, Barbacoas, Buenaventura, Cali, Quibdó, Santander de Quilichao, Caloto, Cartagena, and Riohacha.
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During FY2018 Q1, the 20 of the 22 indigenous and Afro-Colombian students17 from Soacha, La Guajira, and Medellín who were awarded scholarships for higher education through the Special Fund for Financing Higher Education during FY2017 Q4 received the first disbursement of their award. Additionally, in December the Special Fund opened its call for applications for the second set of recipients. The Special Fund will receive applications until January 18, 2018. To date, eight students from Tumaco, Ricaurte, Caloto, Uribia, and Bogotá have been selected to receive funds.
During FY2018 Q1, OIM and the Ministry of Education signed an agreement to implement the second phase of the program “Manos a la Escuela”. This program involves infrastructure development with a social approach for 140 rural educational institutions in territories that have been seriously impacted by the conflict. IPA will contribute to the program through the implementation of social development projects prioritized by schools and communities in 15 majority indigenous and black schools.
Result Area 2: Reduced vulnerability to income poverty through economic opportunities
Result 2.1: Targeted urban Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons receive vocational training and formal job placement opportunities through an inclusive process
During this quarter, IPA began implementation of the Fundación Arcángeles initiative to provide opportunities for income generation for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers who belong to ethnic minority groups in Cartagena, Riohacha, Uribía, San Juan del Cesar, Cali, Tumaco, Santander de Quilichao, and Soacha. In order to reach its objective of ensuring 20 individuals with disabilities obtain access to formal employment and 25 benefit from inclusive business initiatives, during FY2018 Q1, Arcángeles undertook 119 home visits to identify the socioeconomic situation of each person and determine whether the individuals with disabilities should enter the income generation or productive projects route. 37 people18 with disabilities were selected to enter the job placement route and 51 individuals and/or caregivers19 to enter the productive project route. To assure formal job placement, during FY2018 Q1, IPA developed alliances with companies such as Home Center, the Gran Estación Malls in Bogotá and Cali, and the Hotel de las Américas in Cartagena.
Empleo para la Prosperidad, based on the prior identification of promising economic sectors for the employment, IPA began training its participants in skills related to these sectors, including using and repairing heavy machinery, welding, administrative assistance, industrial mechanics, kitchen assistance, baking, and logistics and marketing, among other areas. During FY2018 Q1, the first group of participants in the cities of Medellin, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, and Cartagena completed this training process. In total, 1,124 participants (810 women and 314 men) completed this training process. Trainees in using and repairing heavy machinery received 150 hours of training, while those who received technical training in other areas received 1,780 hours of training. Additionally, IPA held meetings with private sector businesses to develop the alliances necessary to facilitate the employment of program participants.
17 10 female students and 12 male students 18 27 men and 10 women 19 28 men and 23 women
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Result 2.2: Inclusive business initiatives developed among urban and rural Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities affected by conflict and private sector companies
IPA, Fedecacao, and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism reached an agreement regarding the productive and commercial strengthening of 800 small cacao producers in Tumaco (Nariño). This sub-activity seeks to increase the income of cacao producers by improving their productivity. During FY2018 Q1, IPA and Fedecacao identified and selected the participants, giving priority to the most vulnerable cacao producers, and undertook socialization and articulation activities with participating organizations. IPA expects to sign the agreement and begin implementation the following quarter.
IRACA
During FY 2018 Q1, OIM and Prosperidad Social signed an agreement to implement IRACA. This program is a comprehensive strategy designed to meet the needs of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in poverty through food security, community strengthening, and productive projects that give them alternatives to overcome poverty while maintaining and strengthening their traditions and culture. IRACA will benefit 9,500 families in 22 municipalities over the course of 18-20 months.20
These projects are formulated, and implemented using Community participatory methods and ensuring a differential approach strengthening customized to each population. The program is designed to ensure that community members are active participants in defining and implementing their own development.
Food Productive IRACA promotes community productive projects that invigorate security projects local economies, as well as production of and access to food for consumption through communities’ specific, traditional forms of production and exchange.
Participating households and communities belong to indigenous and Afro-Colombian collective territories at risk of physical and/or cultural extinction as a result of the armed conflict, poverty, and discrimination, among other factors. IRACA, together with ethnic authorities, selects program participants in a process that prioritizes female-headed households, households with young people, and individuals with disabilities.
By the end of FY2018 Q1, IPA had socialized and coordinated IRACA activity implementation with eight black community councils in Bojayá, Buenaventura and Guapi, representing 1,932 families. Additionally, outside of IPA targeted areas, IPA has worked with ten indigenous resguardos and two black community councils in Florida (Valle), Riosucio (Caldas), Colón, San Francisco, Santiago, and Sibundoy (Putumayo), which represent 1,640 families. IPA has applied the ICAE to two indigenous resguardos and two black community councils in Florida. Based on the results of this experience, the ICAE will be adjusted as needed for other IRACA resguardos and community councils.
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With respect to the PS’s Mi Negocio initiative, during FY2018 Q1 2,738 participants completed the business training cycle. Additionally, IPA approved 100% of the business plans presented. In total, 2,708 business plans for small businesses including stores, salons, restaurants, and butchers, among others were approved. During FY2018, IPA will accompany participants in the implementation of their business plans.
In order to increase the technical, commercial, and organizational capacity of the Wayuú Handicrafts Federation, together with Artesanías de Colombia, IPA undertook visits to indigenous communities, including the Arruatachon, Pioulekat, Perrapu, Monte Harmon and Wimpeshi peoples, in order to carry out characterization exercises. The characterization exercises, which will be used to develop the strengthening strategy, evaluate the design and elaboration of the handicrafts themselves, as well as their possible markets, income generation potential, savings and credit practices, and women’s networks and empowerment.
Result Area 3: Increased awareness and respect for ethnic diversity
Result 3.1: Cultural heritage initiatives identified and supported
After supporting the 2017 Petronio Alvarez Festival during FY2017, during FY2018 Q1, IPA supported the development of conceptual guidelines for the cultural industries component of the Festival, through research in areas including as cuisine, traditional drinks, handicrafts, and Afro-Colombian fashion and aesthetic. This research and the resulting guidelines were used to develop the Cali Secretary of Culture’s regulations for participation in the cultural industry component of the 2018 Festival. Additionally, the guidelines were used to develop a script for a short documentary that will be filmed during the next edition of the Festival.
Production of photographic and audiovisual material on “Tradition Bearers” was also supported in the 2017 Festival. These materials include a photography book and a short film about the Afro-Colombian cultural industries that the Festival promotes. These products serve to highlight the importance of the cultural industry component of the Festival, which, on the one hand, is an important space for individuals from the Pacific to meet, share, and strengthen their culture and traditions, and, on the other hand, provide income to hundreds of Pacific families. These products reach a broader audience, and both share the daily life of the “tradition bearers” the public meets at the Festival, as well as highlight the economic impacts of the Festival for the Pacific population.
The Cali Afro Show 2017: 6th National Fair of Afro Aesthetics and Cosmetics, organized by the Chamber of Afro Cultural Entrepreneurship and Commerce (ANECAF) was also supported. This event was held October 10-14, 2017, and formed part of Afro Fashion Week in Santiago de Cali. The Cali Afro Show, as well as Afro Fashion Week, seeks to promote the social, economic, and cultural development of Afro communities in Colombia through increasing access to new markets for small entrepreneurs in the beauty, fashion, cosmetic, and aesthetic industries. Additionally, the Afro Show promotes the cultural identity and creativity of the black population in Cali and throughout Colombia, as well as bringing Afro fashion and aesthetics to a broader audience. This serves to increase the recognition and respect for Afro-Colombian culture among the mestizo population and promotes a more inclusive, non-Eurocentric, view of beauty and fashion. Afro Show has grown annually since its founding in 2012, and is becoming an important space for cultural mobilization and entrepreneurship. 40 entrepreneurs participated in the 6th
18 INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY - Quarterly Report #3 (Q4 FY 2017) version of the Afro Show, with visitors from across the country and the continent. The event included a business roundtable, an academic forum, trade samples, a showroom, and fashion runways.
Additionally, during FY2018, Q1, IPA began implementation of its strategy to strengthen the Mega Library Juan José Nieto in Cartagena, which serves 29 marginalized neighborhoods in the city, but is vastly underutilized by the majority black population that resides in those neighborhoods. This strategy forms part of IPA’s efforts to develop comprehensive initiatives to improve the employability, education levels, and self-identification of Afro-Colombians, and to create spaces and opportunities to share and strengthen black culture. Thus, this initiative involves developing a strategic action plan to improve the sustainability of the library, improve the capacity of its staff, and develop cultural programming that strengthens black identity, culture, and literary traditions. As a result, this initiative will increase recognition of the contributions black Colombians have made to the country’s history, culture, and society, while simultaneously creating a space for community and learning in an underserved area of Cartagena. The first public event held as part of this initiative was the a forum on and recital of traditional poetry from the Colombian Pacific and Caribbean on November 16 and 17, during which approximately 115 members of the public and high school students attended.
Immaterial cultural heritage is a key element in the construction of collective identity. Through its various manifestations, including language, oral traditions, traditional knowledge, social organization, art, collective traditional religious events, cuisine, etc., different peoples transmit their values and worldviews and pass them on to future generations. In urban settings, immaterial cultural heritage is particularly relevant for migrant communities. This is the case in Colombia, as a result of the constant migration between rural and urban regions, and where cultural identities are a key aspect of the nation’s sociopolitical dynamics. Currently, Colombian laws and policies regarding immaterial cultural heritage do not address the specificities of immaterial cultural heritage in urban contexts. Thus, in collaboration with the Javeriana University, IPA seeks to identify, analyze, and understand the different dimensions, expressions, and relationships that exist in immaterial cultural heritage in urban contexts, to then develop guidelines for a public policy for immaterial cultural heritage in urban contexts that articulate the concepts of sustainable development, resilience, urban planning, and cultural diversity. During FY2018 Q1, IPA completed the ethnographic work in mapping and analyzing immaterial cultural heritage in ten municipalities, including: Santander de Quilichao, San Juan del Cesar, Riohacha, Quibdó, Bogotá, Soacha, Medellín, Tumaco, Cali, San José del Guaviare, and Cartagena. This involved 67 field interviews and 20 focus groups with 60 participants. Result 3.2: Awareness of indigenous and Afro-Colombian cultures and contributions promoted
CNC completed the third and final wave of surveys of the General Media Study regarding consumption. This strategy serves to demonstrate the relevance of ethnic communities and diversity to the private sector as potential market niches. This is the first General Media Study to include specific questions regarding ethnic self-identification and consumption of goods and services with an ethnic component (music, food, beverages, health care, beauty products, etc.). The third wave included 4,085 surveys, and were carried out in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Cartagena, Ibagué, Neiva, Santa Marta, Armenia, Cúcuta, Manizales, Villavicencio, and Tunja, along with their surrounding metropolitan areas. Upon completion of this final wave of survey collection, CNC will undertake a complete analysis of consumption patterns of indigenous and Afro-Colombian individuals in the cities included in the
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During FY2017, IPA initiated a four-month pilot radio program called “Voices of Guaviare”, which includes four hourly radio programs per month, each of which addresses the identity, culture, and reality of the Jiw, Nükak, Tucano Oriental, and Sikuani communities from Guaviare. These indigenous communities face situations of extreme vulnerability, discrimination and marginalization as a result of the armed conflict and other historical conflicts related to access to land. As a result, these indigenous communities are at risk of physical and cultural extinction. The objective of the Voices of Guaviare program is to draw attention to the situation of these communities, tackle discrimination, promote dialogue and safeguard their cultures. These sixteen programs are produced by the Caracol Radio station with simultaneous emission from several community radio stations. During FY2018 Q1, IPA supported the production if the final seven radio programs (sixteen in total).
In December 2017, IPA supported the final edition of the Pájaros de Verano movie, which recounts the story of a Wayuú indigenous family during the marijuana production and trafficking boom of the 1970s. This movie provides the opportunity to show the reality of Colombian indigenous groups to a national and international audience, as well as highlighting the cultural richness of the country and the contributions indigenous peoples have made, in particular the contributions of the Wayuú people to the La Guajira department. Pájaros de Verano will be released during the following quarter.
Result Area 4: Provide humanitarian assistance to Afro-Colombian and indigenous people
4.1 Humanitarian assistance in La Guajira
During FY2018, Q1, IPA’s humanitarian assistance in La Guajira focused on improving maternal and infant health, as well as ensuring food security for the Wayuú indigenous people. Thus, during the month of October (9-27), IPA, together with the SENA, the Nazareth Hospital, and the Baylor Foundation, held a series of workshops with 25 Wayuú midwives (including three men) on maternal and infant health, in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the region. During the workshops, IPA provided 30 safe birthing kits to the 21 certified midwives, and provided an additional nine to the Nazareth hospital, to restock the safe birthing kids as the midwives use them.
With respect to improving the food security and sovereignty of Wayuú indigenous people, IPA completed its humanitarian food assistance transportation, undertaking four trips to deliver food assistance during FY2018 Q1, which brought the total number of trips to 10. Additionally, OIM, the Colombian Chancellery, and the Alpina Foundation reached an agreement to implement the initiative “Illustrative Learning Center: Building Food Sovereignty with the Wayuú indigenous people as a tool for income generation in the boarding school in Nazareth, Uribia.” This will allow participants to grow their own food and sell the surplus.
4.2 Humanitarian assistance in Mocoa, Putumayo
With respect to humanitarian assistance to indigenous and black Colombians affected by the mudslide in Mocoa, Putumayo in early March 2017, IPA is now completing its work. During FY2018 Q1, IPA completed a temporary classroom for Indigenous Rural School Desayok Yanakona in the indigenous resguardo Yanakona Tachay Wasy. This classroom will benefit 23
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Grants Fund
The Activity received 295 concept notes for the Grants Fund in the areas of gender, heritage, and institutional strengthening, of which, 194 met the conditions for Selection Committee consideration. The Selection Committee approved 74 concept notes, and invited those organizations to submit proposals to the Selection Committee, which will determine which proposals receive funding. IPA’s regional offices are offering technical assistance to organizations to develop their proposals. IPA received 57 technical proposals, of which, 23 were approved, 18 were denied, 11 were disqualified due to incomplete documents that were irremediable, 3 were disqualified for financial reasons, and 2 proposals must correct deficiencies in documentation before a decision is made with respect to their approval or denial. A brief description of the approved proposals is included in Annex 3. At the conclusion of FY2018 Q1, one grant was completed, and four were currently in the implementation phase:
Grants Completed: Afrodes is a grassroots organization with national recognition, created to respond to the needs of Afro-Colombian families displaced by violence, as well as to support the Government, and other entities responsible for addressing the needs of displacement victims. Afrodes is implementing the sub-activity “Strengthening the Ethnic Commission for Peace and the Defense of Land Rights,” which seeks to ensure that the Commission participates actively in the implementation of the Peace Agreement and the Agreement’s Ethnic Chapter.
Grants in Implementation: The Union of Domestic Workers is one of the first unions for domestic workers in the country. Based in Medellín, it works with Afro-Colombian domestic workers in order to improve their working conditions, combat discrimination, and ensure that their employers comply with laws and protections for domestic workers. During FY2018 Q1, the Union created a regional branch in Bogotá and signed up its first 27 women members. This is the first union for domestic workers in Bogotá, and is an important step in the expansion of the Union’s work and for protecting the rights of domestic workers across the country. Additionally, 160 women from Medellín and 30 from Cartagena participated in leadership training activities and characterization studies.
Corporación Mundial de la Mujer (CMMC) is an organization that works to improve the quality of life of vulnerable women through programs that promote individual and productive development. It is implementing the sub-activity “Emotional Wellbeing for Productivity and Rights Defense,” which offers mindfulness tools to improve the wellbeing of 49 Afro-Colombian leaders in Tumaco affected by contexts of violence, as well as accompaniment in entrepreneurial initiatives. 49 women victims of the armed conflict have received training in mindfulness techniques in order to develop tools to respond to emotional trauma. This initiative is based on the premise that women who have experienced violence and trauma, whether as a result of the armed conflict, gender-based violence, or other forms of violence, cannot effectively provide for the economic needs of themselves and their families without first learning coping mechanisms. Of those 49 women, 22 women have completed the mindfulness training as well as business management and marketing. With the assistance of IPA, these women have formulated their business plans, and will receive seed capital from IPA during 2018. An additional 27 women are completing mindfulness
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Asociación de Parteras Unidas del Pacífico (Asoparupa) is a Buenaventura-based association of traditional midwives. It works to preserve the traditional cultural knowledge and medicine of Afro-Colombian midwives and to develop their skills and knowledge. The grant allows Asoparupa to develop technological solutions to protect and strengthen the cultural heritage of traditional midwifery in Colombia, disseminating and raising awareness of the ancestral knowledge of Afro-Colombian communities. During FY2018 Q1, Asoparupa presented audiovisual and digital material from the Second Ombligando Saberes Festival. This material contributes to increasing the visibility of Afro-Pacific midwifery as part of the country’s immaterial heritage. Videos from this festival are available on YouTube, and can be seen following this link. Additionally, Asoparupa has continued to make progress in training and certifying midwife novices within the context of this initiative’s organizational strengthening activities. During this quarter, Asoparupa certified 15 midwives in Buenaventura.
Corporación Caribe Afirmativo is an organization from Baranquilla whose objective is to position an agenda of sexual and gender diversity in the Colombian Caribbean to promote the recognition of LGBTI people’s rights and access to justice. Caribe Afirmativo achieves its goals through monitoring, research, training, and accompaniment activities. The organization’s five strategic lines include 1) sexual diversity, 2) trans identity, 3) Afro-Colombians and sexual and gender diversity, 4) HIV and sexual diversity, and 5) homosexual and trans prostitution. On November 3, OIM and CSO Caribe Afirmativo signed an agreement to implement an initiative for the inclusion of LGBT people in indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Cartagena, Riohacha, Uribia and Tumaco. The purpose of this partnership is to create an Observatory of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) of LGBT individuals, and support the publication of the Observatory’s first report based on research in the aforementioned cities. Additionally, in collaboration with Colombia Diversa, the Observatory will design a pilot program to promote labor inclusion initiatives for black and indigenous LGBTI individuals in Cartagena.
4. ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
IPA has continued to make progress in its MEL area. Some of the most relevant developments from Q4 include the following:
Definition of accountability support indicators for Result Area 1. The Activity performance indicators do not reflect the entirety of IPA’s impacts and achievements, and many are designed to illustrate long-term, rather than short or mid-term progress. Thus, IPA is developing a series of supporting indicators that provide a more complete picture of IPA’s work, and that also reflect short and mid-term progress. Software for the registration of direct beneficiaries, including data categories including ethnicity, sex and age developed. The software includes a procedure to define and allocate services for Activity beneficiaries. The beneficiary module is scheduled to begin operation in FY2018 Q2. Software for the calculation of the Activity performance indicators. The performance indicator module is set to start operating during FY2018 Q2. Completion of baseline measurement and implementation of two baseline pilot measurements in Tumaco and Cali.
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Completion the of the 2018 work plan. Publication of terms of reference for baseline data collection (indicators 1 and 10) and media monitoring (indicator 12).
Sustainability IPA adopts a variety of strategies to ensure the sustainability of its initiatives:
Collaborating with local governments, communities, and civil society organizations so these actors appropriate and promote the work IPA has commenced. For example, IPA has made efforts to involve the Ministry of the Interior in the construction of the ICAE to ensure the institutional transfer of the Index and allow governmental entities to apply the ICAE and develop improvement plans independently. Consolidating alliances with universities to create actions that ensure the retention of students who receive IPA Higher Education Financing Fund. At the same time, IPA is seeking public and private resources to the Fund to increase its impact, durability, and geographic coverage. Planning and budgeting decisions are based on a process perspective, in which various sub- activities form part of a larger strategy that leverages time and resources to maximize Activity impact. For example, ICAE and ICOE strengthening sub-activities and student improvement strategies both form part of larger strategies to strengthen government entities and ethnic CSOs and improve indigenous and Afro-Colombian students´ access to higher education. Coordination with Other USAID Activities IPA seeks to collaborate and coordinate with other USAID activities in order to avoid duplication of efforts and improve the effectiveness of its initiatives. For example:
Coordinating with the Reintegration and Prevention of Recruitment (RPR) to strengthen coordination between indigenous and ordinary justice systems. Combining efforts with the Victim’s Institutional Strengthening Program (VISP) to strengthen the Judiciary’s National Gender Commission and the Gender Backpack, among other activities. Articulating with the Human Rights Activity in Antioquia in order to ensure that its prevention plans include an ethnic chapter and strengthen the women members of the Ethnic Commission for Peace. Articulating with USAID’s Clean Energy Program to rehabilitate water systems and ensure access to potable water in indigenous Wayuú communities in Manaure and Maicao.
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5. FINANCIAL REPORT
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6. COMMUNICATIONS AND DISSEMINATION The communications area plays an important role in disseminating the work of IPA and its collaborators, as well as in implementing different strategies to create positive stories about ethnic minorities in Colombia and to combat negative stereotypes and prejudices against indigenous and Afro-Colombians prevalent in Colombian media and society. During FY2018 Q1, the communications area made a short video describing the Inclusion for Peace Activity to present to communities, partners, government entities, and funders. Additionally, IPA worked with the Afro TV News Agency to produce five success stories related to the first year of IPA, including support for the Ethnic Commission for Peace, the Wayuú Cultural Festival, Mi Negocio, midwifery, and the Tumaco Respira initiative for Afro-Colombian women victims of violence. These audiovisual spots were transmitted on regional television channels in the Pacific, and can be viewed at the following link. IPA will make the videos available on Youtube and social media upon USAID approval. IPA also shared short notes and photos on the IOM website, Facebook and Twitter accounts regarding six different projects, including organizational strengthening in San José del Guaviare, the First Gathering of the Colombian Afro LGBT Network, the gathering of domestic workers in Medellín, the certification of teachers from Buenaventura and Quidbó in the EducaPazcífico strengthening program, the anthurium flower production initiative in Nariño, and the IRACA agreement with PS. Together, these publications reached nearly 16,000 people. Finally, IPA continues to publish weekly newsletters on Activity highlights. These newsletters are shared with all IPA staff and other interested individuals involved in the Activity. A special end of the year newsletter will also be sent to the various organizations IPA supports, and is included in Annex 5.
7. CONCLUSION: PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS
Challenges and Lessons Learned The vast differences in geographic conditions, accessibility, and infrastructure among IPA territories create challenges to the uniform implementation of IPA strategies. For example, in IRACA, reaching communities is a challenge, which makes the accompaniment and strengthening activities difficult. As a result, IPA is undertaking characterization activities using secondary information to define transportation routes and the frequency of accompaniment visits of participating families.
The generalized insecurity in areas such as Tumaco, and the heightened risks facing LGBTI activists and indigenous and black leaders in various IPA territories, as discussed in detail in the context section at the beginning of this document, present ongoing challenges for the implementation of IPA’s sub-activities. For example, in the Fedecacao initiative, IPA has had to reassign participants, making it difficult to fulfill IPA’s goal to focus on the most vulnerable cacao producers, as the latter are located in in areas with restricted access due to issues of security. Similarly, a participant in the emotional resiliency for economic productivity activity in Tumaco was forced to abandon both Tumaco and the activity due to threats to her family, while a trans woman involved in Caribe Afrimativo activities was murdered this quarter. While this situation creates a number of challenges to IPA’s work, it also makes this work even more crucial, in that IPA’s initiatives can improve the emotional, spiritual, and socioeconomic wellbeing of at risk individuals and communities, which help counteract some of the effects of the violence they face, and thus
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Another challenge that IPA has identified is ensuring clear and efficient communication between its partner organizations to avoid confusion and misunderstandings. For example, with respect to the initiative with Fedecacao, IPA has identified the need to establish a system to ensure transparency between all parties regarding resource management. IPA has led a series of meetings to establish this system. Similarly, IPA is designing a methodology to ensure the fluidity of communication between PS and IPA in the IRACA Program.
The greatest challenge IPA faced during FY2018 Q1 was related to the strategy to improve students’ performance on the Prueba Saber exam through an online tutoring platform. During the past quarter, the company implementing this strategy, Gal&Leo, unexpectedly closed. To overcome this and other challenges, IPA has restructured its Pruebas Saber results improvement strategy, which will now reach 18,260 students and involves six components: 1) Online and/or in person tutoring in math, language, social science and natural sciences. Universities, firms specializing in education, and/or local organizations will implement this component. 2) Training and accompaniment of teachers to improve their students’ performance in math, language, and natural and social science. The Ministry of Education, Secretary of Education of Quibdó, Corporación Manos Visibles, and the Tumaco branch of the National University will implement this component. 3) Life project guidance for students. The aforementioned implementing partners will undertake this component. 4) IPA will undertake monitoring and evaluation of students’ performance in the aforementioned disciplines. 5) IPA will provide solutions for connectivity, electricity, and technology issues in 21 high schools that faced difficulties using the online platform during 2017. 6) IPA will provide incentives for academic excellence and leadership among students and teachers, including scholarships.
Finally, IPA has faced challenges implementing activities that seek to measure the performance of entities when these entities or individuals do not want their capacity measured and feel that measurement activities will be used to judge their performance and will reflect negatively on their individual work. For example, this type of challenge has presented when attempting to coordinate dates to apply the ICAE to national government entities, and in certain schools with respect to strengthening exercises for teachers and methodology. IPA is attempting to mitigate these concerns by building trust with different entities and individuals involved in these activities, as well as focusing on the positive outcomes of measurement activities and ensuring participants that results will not have any negative repercussions.
Priorities In Result Area 1: Community and Institutional Strengthening: Develop and socialize improvement plans resulting from ICAE diagnoses. Complete technical support for the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Peace Agreements. Launch educational and communication strategies for ethnic self-identification in the 2018 Census.
In Result Area 2: Economic Opportunities: Complete the IRACA team and transfer the methodology to allow for an effective entry into communities. Sign agreement between OIM and Fedecacao. Complete technical training process and begin labor inclusion for Empleo para la Prosperidad participants.
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In Result Area 3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity: Initiate marimba and traditional song training with children and youth in the Marimba Pazcífica initiative. Develop strategies to recover Afro-Colombian and African culture to improve knowledge, identity, and leadership in the African Diaspora Center Muntú Bantú. Develop support routes for cultural manifestations and cultural industries.
In Result Area 4: Humanitarian Assistance: Deliver seven water storage systems to Wayuú authorities in seven communities. Implement the food security component in the extreme north of La Guajira, in articulation with Fundación Alpina and the Chancellery. In the differential approach: Begin activities in the Colombia Diversa project. Continue implementation of Donation Fund projects related to gender. Develop and implement a gender strategy with other areas and regional team. Develop a methodology to guide our activities and cross cutting gender actions in accordance with the realities and needs of the target populations. Implement labor inclusion activities and the creation of productive units with people with disabilities. Incentivize labor inclusion in the private sector by disseminating information regarding tax benefits and accompaniment in the inclusion process.
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ANNEXES
Annex 1: Activity performance indicator progress
Results Cumulative % Progress Frame Indicator Baseline Progress Q5 Activity Goal Comments Progress Total work Objetive 1. Percentage change in the Indicator 1 is to be measured at Activity end. Baseline data collection is set to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous start in March 2018. Not yet Communities Inclusion Index. N/A N/A 5% N/A The surveys where tested in Tumaco and Cali in October with 21 indigenous available people and 18 Afro-Colombians. The performance was satisfactory, with minor adjustments to be made. 2. Average percentage change in IPA will use the ICOE and not the OCAT tool. Changes to the indicator OCAT index in IPA supported definition are expected to be submitted to USAID during Q6. Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Baseline data is preliminary as it only takes into account two CSO (see list CSO. below). This will change in Q6. 1. Consejo de Organizaciones Afrodescendientes de Soacha. 2.Indigenous resguardo Lopez Adentro 57.47% N/A N/A 25% N/A As of December 31st, 7,032 indigenous and Afro-Colombian leaders participated in capacity building activities, public policy formulation, and other strengthening activities aimed at fostering ethnic inclusion. Of these, 2,860 are representatives of different indigenous and Afro-Colombian organizations who took part in the socialization and discussions with the MinAmbiente regarding Chapter 4 of Law 70. An additional 3,500 leaders took part in dialogues and the socialization of article 173 of Law 1753 of 2015 with MinAmbiente. R1. 3. Average percentage change in 19 municipal governments and 7 departmental governments were diagnosed the Institutional Ethnic with the ICAE tool during Q5. The results are to be presented and reported Not yet Governance Index. N/A N/A 15% N/A during Q6. As of December 31, 163 public officials had participated in capacity available development activities, the majority of which were related to including a differential ethnic approach in their work. IR1.1 4. Average percentage of GoC Strategies or guidelines fully developed: advancement in the design and 1. Guidelines for the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter within the Peace development of IPA supported Agreements. (OACP) GoC strategies or guidelines, 2. Guidelines for ethnic sensitive emergency attention. (UNGRD) which apply a differentiated GoC Strategies or guidelines under development: approach and respond to the 1. Micro website for community planning – Territorial Kit. (DNP) 0% 23% 28% 100% 28% needs of Afro-Colombian and 2. Educational pieces regarding the Peace Agreement. (OACP) indigenous persons affected by 3. Virtual Course on ethnic conflict resolution. (Defensoría del Pueblo) conflict. 4. Ethnic Educational Toolkit. (MOI) 5. Institutional Strengthening Model – ICAE. (MOI) 6. Afro-Colombian & indigenous women educational module developed for VISP’s Gender Toolkit. (CPEM) Results Cumulative % Progress Frame Indicator Baseline Progress Q5 Activity Goal Comments Progress Total work 7. Indigenous restorative justice recommendations for the Peace Special Jurisdiction. (CSJ) 8. Organizational Strengthening Model. (ICOE) 9. Concept document for the ODR. (MOI) IRI.3 5. Number of IPA supported 1. Mi Negocio. (PS) initiatives developed by the 2. Empleo para la Prosperidad. (PS) government with community 3. Communications public policy for Afro-Colombian communities, (MINTIC) participation. 4. Communications public policy for Indigenous communities, (MINTIC) 0 1 8 20 40% 5. Regulation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Peace Agreement. (OACP). 6. Regulation of Law 70. (MinAmbiente). 7. Afro-Colombian public policy of Medellín. (Medellin City Government). 8. IRACA. (PS) IR1.4 6. Number of beneficiary As of December 31st, 4,828 students received IPA accompaniment through students who improve their different strategies in order to improve their performance on the Pruebas performance in language, Saber. This is a decrease with respect to Q4, due to the suspension of mathematics, and civic 0 0 0 16,000 0% Gal&Leo, as many of the students could not conclude the capacity assessment competencies (from diagnosis phase. 303 school teachers in IPA territories were also receiving unsatisfactory or minimum to capacity development strategies, designed to improve ethnic student academic satisfactory or advanced). performance. R2: 7. Number of households that For progress on this result, please see Result Area 2, in section 3. 0 0 0 9,000 0% surpass the poverty income line. IR2.1 8. Number of beneficiaries As of December 31st, 1,124 project participants had received vocational or accessing formal employment 0 0 0 12,000 0% technical training to improve their employability. opportunities IR2.2 9. Number of households As of December 31st, participants had drafted 2,739 business plans, mostly benefiting from IPA supported 0 0 0 7,000 0% under the Mi Negocio program. inclusive business initiatives. R3 10. Percentage change in ethnic Indicator 10 is to be measured at Activity end. Base line data collection is set awareness and respect index. to start in March 2018. The surveys where tested in Tumaco and Cali in October with 21 indigenous 0 N/A N/A 25% N/A and 18 Afro-Colombians. The performance was satisfactory, with minor adjustments to be made. This indicator is measured using the same survey tools as indicator 1.
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Results Cumulative % Progress Frame Indicator Baseline Progress Q5 Activity Goal Comments Progress Total work IR3.1 11. Number of cultural heritage 1. Design, production and distribution of audiovisuals about the cultural protection initiatives supported practices of 6 indigenous cabildos: Misak, Inga, Quichua, Yanacona, Nasa, Kofan traditional world view. 2. Documentary on the Wayuú’s Majayut: Wayuú festivities. 3. Wayuú childhood and adolescence forum: Wayuú social organization. 4. Midwifery in the Petronio Alvarez Festival: Afro-Colombian medicine. 5. Publication of the book “Guía (Incompleta) al Festival de Música del Pacífico Petronio Álvarez”: Afro-Colombian festivities. 6. Research document on cultural products within the cultural industry 0 4 11 40 28% component of the Petronio Alvarez festival: Afro-Colombian cuisine. 7. Awards for culture bearers in the Petronio Alvarez festival: Afro- Colombian popular art forms. 8. Afroshow fair: Afro-Colombian handicrafts, clothing and jewelry. 9. Training school for the teachers of the Cantadoras network in the Colombian South Pacific: Afro-Colombian traditional music. 10. Knowledge exchange between the Nükak and Nasa women: Nükak cultural heritage. 11. Archeological and ethnographic research document on the stone paintings in Nuevo Tolima: Cultural heritage of the Amazon indigenous peoples. 1R3.2 12. Percentage change in For progress on this result, please see Result Area 1, in section 3, and mentions of ethnic inclusion and Not yet Communications ad Dissemination, and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in N/A N/A 25% N/A antidiscrimination messages in available section 4. media. Baseline data collection is set to start in March 2018.
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Results Cumulative % Progress Frame Indicator Baseline Progress Q5 Activity Goal Comments Progress Total work Cross- 13. Number of IPA supported 1. Training in human rights, union rights, attention mechanisms and IT for cutting initiatives specifically designed to Afro-Colombian domestic workers. promote the empowerment, 2. Training in psychological and social tools for emotion management for participation, and recognition of Afro-Colombian women victims of GBV and the armed conflict. Afro-Colombian and indigenous 3. Training in midwifery and participation in public policy formulation for the women safeguarding of midwifery. 4. Gathering to ensure women’s representation within the Ethnic Commission to ensure the adoption of a gender approach in the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter. 5. Participation in the formulation of educational tools to incorporate the ethnic approach in IOM’s gender back pack. 6. Formulation of attention mechanisms for ethnic women victims of GVB within the work developed by Defensoría del Pueblo. 7. Institutional articulation within the Peace Agreement to ensure access to justice for indigenous women victims of GBV. 8. Position the role of midwives as community health promoters and 0 1 14 40 35% consolidate network of midwives with the support of public health institutions. 9. Gathering of the midwives network from Choco to exchange knowledge, establish articulation mechanisms with public institutions and define an action plan to strengthen the network. 10. Academic agenda within the Petronio Alvarez festival to discuss the contributions of midwifery to the Colombian immaterial heritage. 11. Train and strengthen the network Cantadoras (traditional singers) positioning their role as culture bearers and peace agents. 12. International gathering to position the contributions of Afro-Colombian women to Colombian culture and to the construction of peace. 13. Strengthen Nükak women through training and knowledge exchanges to enable them to recognize GBV, promote leadership and develop their capacities for income generation. 14. Promote the inclusion of LGTBI women in Cartagena, Riohacha, Uribia and Tumaco. Cross- 14. Value of third party funds cutting mobilized to foster Afro- Colombian and Indigenous N/A 0 0 N/A N/A communities’ social and economic inclusion. Cross- 15. Value of third party funds 97.4% of leveraged funds come from the GoC: PS (76.7%), MEN (13.2%); cutting leveraged to foster Afro- MinAmbiente (5.7%); Medellin City Government (1.5%); MinTIC (less than Colombian and Indigenous 0 20,805,240 25,794,842 10,107,494 221% 1%); MinCultura (less than 1%); MinTIC (less that 1%). communities’ social and economic inclusion.
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Annex 2: IPA Geographic Regions
Departments and municipalities: 1. Cauca – Santander de Quilichao, Caloto, Puerto Tejada, Guapi, and Timbiqui 2. Chocó – Quibdó, Bagadó, and Bojayá 3. La Guajira – Riohacha, Uribia, and San Juan del Cesar 4. Nariño – Tumaco, Barbacoas, and Ricaurte 5. Valle del Cauca – Buenaventura and Cali 6. Bolívar – Cartagena 7. Antioquia – Medellin 8. Guaviare – San José del Guaviare 9. Cundinamarca - Bogotá/Soacha 10. Putumayo – Mocoa (Humanitarian Assistance)
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Annex 3: Grants Fund Approved APS Proposals
IPA Strategic Area Disability Gender Organizational Strengthening Strengthening Traditions and Culture
Organization Activity Title Location
Fundación para Personas Encourage artistic practices with individuals with Caloto, Cauca con Discapacidad disabilities in indigenous resguardos and black Triunfemos community councils in Caloto. Fundación Artístico PAZ-ARTE Caloto, Cauca Cultural Harmony Fundación Casa de la Training center for ethnic films and television Santander de Cultura Digital Quilichao, Caloto, and Puerto Tejada, Cauca Fundación Cultural Cueros Intercollegiate platform for cultural promotion Tumaco, Nariño y Chonta Consejo Comunitario de Participatory construction of internal regulations for Cartagena, Bolívar Islas del Rosario the Rosario Islands black community council in order to consolidate the Cimarrona Guard Asociación de Jóvenes Creating new youth leadership Barbacoas, Nariño Tiempos de Crear del Consejo Comunitario el Bien del Futuro Cabildo Indígena Awa la Strengthening the protection path for the Awá Hojal Barbacoas, Nariño Turbia la Turbia indigenous resguardo through training and empowerment of the Awá indigenous guard with a gender approach Resguardo Indígena AWA Participatory construction of the Life Plan of the Awá Tumaco, Nariño del Gran Rosario Gran Rosario indigenous resguardo in Tumaco Corporación para el Promote the participation and leadership of black Tumaco, Nariño Desarrollo Agroempresarial youth within their organizations and cultural, sporting, de Tumaco and political spaces Fundación Pedagógica y Provision of basic supplies for, and conformation of, Barbacoas, Nariño Folklórica de Danzas, dance troupes in Communal Action Groups within Música y Artes Escénicas the urban areas of Barbacoas los Telembies Asociación Red de Mujeres Capacity building in Afro-Colombian women for their Santander de del Norte del Cauca mental health, using psychosocial accompaniment for Quilichao, Caloto, healing as a contribution to peace building in three Puerto Tejada, municipalities in Cauca Cauca Resguardo Indígena Awa Reconstruction and organization of the indigenous Ricaurte, Nariño Magui justice system mandate based on the principles of spirituality, inclusion, and protection in the indigenous resguardo Awa de Magui Fundación Afrocolombiana Self-protection fo the LGBT population Tumaco, Nariño Arco Iris Corporación Artística Training four cultural spaces for peaceful coexistence Tumaco, Nariño Danzas Ecos del Pacifico Fundación Circo para Peace builders: multipliers and comprehensive Puerto Tejada, Todos development for peace in Puerto Tejada Cauca Resguardo Indígena Eperara Empowerment of indigenous women in Joaquincito Buenaventura, Valle Siapidara Joaquincito del Rio Naya for leadership and peacebuilding del Cauca Rio Naya Consejo Comunitario de la Leadership school aimed at Afro-Colombians from Valle del Cauca Comunidad Negra de community councils in three rural areas (Córdoba, Córdoba y San Cipriano Santa Elena, and San Cipriano) of Buenaventura, to develop management tools and capacities and their empowerment to promote their development and community goals. Fundación Huellas del Rebuilding community fabric in the Nayero Buenaventura, Valle Pacifico Humanitarian Bridge Zone del Cauca Asociación de la Red Indigenous midwives from Bagadó promote the sexual Bagadó, Chocó Interétnica de Parteras y and reproductive health rights of girls, adolescents, Parteros del Departamento and women within their territories. de Chocó Federación de Empresas Inclusion of black girls and youth in soccer, the Buenaventura, Valle Sociales y Solidarias de creation of sports clubs and teams, and coach and del Cauca Colombia referee training Consejo Comunitario Reviving our traditions and cultural inheritance Buenaventura, Valle Comunidad Negra de Llano del Cauca Bajo Fundación Chocó Vida Strengthening academic competencies of grades 10 Bagadó, Chocó and 11 students in Bagadó. Consejo Comunitario Adjustment of general guidelines to update internal Quibdó, Chocó Mayor de la Asociación regulations of black community councils in the area of Campesina Integral del influence of COCOMACIA in Quibdó. Atrato - COCOMACIA
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Annex 4: IPA Success Story
IPA Recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with Indigenous Women in San José del Guaviare.
As part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, IPA held a Violence Prevention and Healing Workshop with indigenous Jiw, Nükak, and Tucano women from San José de Guaviare. At the beginning of the workshop, in pairs, the women took turns giving one another Thai massages. The objective of this activity was to help the women feel comfortable relating to one another, as well as with their own bodies. The massage provided a starting point for conversations about the women’s bodies as the primary space of protection and self-care.
After the Thai massage and these discussions, workshop participants reflected on the different forms of violence they face in their homes and in other spaces, as well as their reactions to this violence. The majority of the women shared having faced violence from their husbands, as well as discrimination in spaces for political participation, when they attempted to advocate for themselves and their communities.
This discussion provided a segue for the final activity, which consisted of a dramatization of violence against women through the methodology of theater of the oppressed, in which audience members are not passive, but rather active participants who interact with the performers to suggest ways in which the performer being oppressed can respond to this violence. This allowed the women to collectively propose solutions to domestic violence and brainstorm ideas to create social change.
The Prevention and Healing workshop provided a space for indigenous women to learn, share, and recognize their bodies as worthy of care and protection. Part of the workshop’s success is due to its experiential learning methodology, in which learning stems from the women’s lived experiences, and allows participants to create forms of advocacy for their daily lives as well as political actions. It was a necessary first step in a larger strategy to develop relationships of sisterhood, care, and solidarity between women, in order to support one another and work to transform the discrimination they face as indigenous women.
This initiative also serves as an example of IPA’s differential gender approach in action. In order to facilitate the participation of indigenous women with children in their care, IPA coordinated with a library near the workshop space to hold different activities for the children. Thus, the women were able to participate in the day’s activities without seeking childcare. Additionally, since many of the women do not read Spanish and have low levels of Western education, the workshop used didactic and interactive methodology.
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Annex 5: 2017 IPA Newsletter
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Annex 6: Project Rolling List
Result Project Project Project Name Area Code Status IPA-1001 Nivelación de Estudiantes Indígenas y Afrocolombianos en Pruebas Saber. Execution Fortalecimiento institucional del DNP para la asistencia técnica y formulación de políticas públicas IPA-1002 Closing diferenciales Fortalecimiento de la Comisión Étnica para la Paz, para su participación e incidencia en la IPA-1006 Closing implementación del Acuerdo de Paz y el Capítulo Étnico.
IPA-1009 Inclusión del capítulo étnico en la implementación del Acuerdo Final Execution Fortalecimiento de la Red Nacional de Parteras Tradicionales del Pacífico colombiano por medio de IPA-1010 Execution la innovación social y digital IPA-1011 Educación Para la Paz en el Pacífico Colombiano Execution IPA-1012 Fortalecimiento Institucional al Ministerio del Interior y a entidades territoriales focalizadas por IPA. Execution IPA-1015 Fortalecimiento interétnico e intercultural para la construcción de paz territorial Execution
Fortalecimiento de la coordinación entre la Jurisdicción Indígena y la Jurisdicción Ordinaria y aportes IPA-1016 Execution de la justicia propia a la Jurisdicción de Paz
IPA-1019 Fondo de Educación Superior - Inclusión para la Paz Execution
Construcción e Implementación del Modelo de Fortalecimiento Organizativo para comunidades R1 IPA-1022 Execution étnicas priorizadas por el programa IPA.
IPA-1023 Fortalecimiento del Observatorio de Discriminación Racial y Racismo del Ministerio del Interior Execution
Fortalecimiento de la gestión de información estadística sobre Pueblos afrocolombianos e indígenas IPA-1025 Execution del Departamento Nacional de Estadística - DANE Estudio sobre situación de venezolanos en el territorio colombiano a través de la DTM IPA-1028 Closing (Displacement Tracking Matrix) Fortalecimiento de la capacidad técnica del Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública en IPA-1031 Execution temas de enfoque diferencial étnico Dialogo y facilitación para la transformación del territorio a través de la construcción de los Planes IPA-1035 Execution de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial - PDET.
IPA-1062 Apoyo a la formulación del Plan Interétnico e Intercultural del Norte del Cauca. Execution IPA-1068 Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de gestión de Organizaciones Afrodescendientes de Soacha. Execution IPA-1069 Programa Todos a Aprender PTA para docentes de comunidades indígenas y afrocolombianas. Fase I. Execution
Fortalecimiento de los mecanismos de registro y promoción del uso de variables étnicas dentro del IPA-1074 Execution Sistema Integrado de Matrícula – SIMAT y el SNIES.
IPA-1003 Generación de Ingreso Población con Discapacidad Closing
Implementación de estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza de afrocolombianos e indígenas – Mi IPA-1018 Execution Negocio y Empleo para la Prosperidad
IPA-1018- Subproyecto Don Bosco - Implementación de estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza de Closing R2 1 afrocolombianos e indígenas – Empleo para la prosperidad
IPA-1018- Subproyecto CDP-CALI, para la Implementación de estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza de Closing 2 afrocolombianos e indígenas-Empleo para la prosperidad
IPA-1018- Subproyecto CONTACT CENTERS, Implementación de estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza Closing 3 de afrocolombianos e indígenas – Empleo para la prosperidad
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IPA-1005 Fase 1 del proyecto “Memoria de la diáspora africana en Cartagena” Execution
Diseño, realización y divulgación de piezas comunicativas para reconocer prácticas culturales de 6 IPA-1021 Overdue cabildos en la ceremonia Inti Raymi 2017.
Apoyo a la agenda académica del XXI Festival de Música del Pacífico Petronio Álvarez: La partería IPA-1027 Execution tradicional afro patrimonio inmaterial de Colombia
IPA-1034 Fortalecimiento del festival de música del pacífico Petronio Álvarez Closing IPA-1039 Cantos de Transformación: Poder Sonoro en el Pacífico Sur Colombiano. Closing
Salvaguardia del patrimonio de las distintas manifestaciones culturales del Pacífico: Marimba, Cantos, IPA-1040 Execution San Pacho, Alabaos, Partería, entre otros.
Fortalecimiento a manifestaciones culturales tradicionales wayuú mediante el apoyo al Festival de la IPA-1041 Overdue Cultura Wayuú en La Guajira
IPA-1042 Apoya a la película Pájaros de Verano Execution R3 Lineamientos marco, mapeo y tipología para una política de patrimonio cultural inmaterial en IPA-1044 Execution contextos urbanos (PCIU). IPA-1045 Apoyo al Encuentro Internacional de Expresión Negra 2017 Closing IPA-1046 Fortalecimiento de la Megabiblioteca Juan José Nieto de la Ciudad de Cartagena Execution Fortalecimiento de las memorias culturales del Festival de música Petronio Álvarez del municipio de IPA-1047 Execution Santiago de Cali. IPA-1048 Fortalecimiento de política pública de comunicaciones étnicas: Convenio Min Tic – OIM Execution IPA-1053 Estado del arte de estrategias de comunicación para la erradicación del racismo y la discriminación. Execution IPA-1063 Laboratorios de creación de contenidos culturales “Contemos para contar” en La Guajira. Execution IPA-1064 El Mentidero, espacio cultural para tejer historias en el Pacifico Nariñense. Execution IPA-1067 Apoyo a la VI Feria nacional de estética y cosmética afro en la ciudad de Cali: Afroshow Execution IPA-1072 Apoyo al Encuentro Perypherya Diálogos Latinoamericanos de Economía Creativa y de la Cultura. Closing IPA-1080 V Cumbre Internacional de Etnoeducación y Derechos Humanos. Overdue IPA-1082 Evento Cali Epicentro Desarrollo y Paz: Una visión de Colombia a 2037 Closing IPA-1007 Fortalecimiento de la Respuesta Humanitaria a comunidades indígenas en La Guajira Closing R4 Fortalecimiento de la respuesta humanitaria y la recuperación de las comunidades afectadas por la IPA-1030 Closing avalancha en el Municipio de Mocoa IPA-1008 Inclusión de un módulo de derechos de las mujeres étnicas en el Maletín de Género Execution IPA-1014 Diseño de índices del AMEP y del instrumento para levantamiento de línea de base Execution Implementación de acciones rápidas en los territorios IPA para contribuir a la inclusión social y IPA-1020 Execution económica de las comunidades étnicas IPA-1026 Rutas de atención defensorial a las violencias de género contra mujeres indígenas y afrocolombianas Execution IPA-1029 Fortalecimiento Mujeres Nükak y comunicación interétnica en Guaviare Closing Cartilla pedagógica para promover la protección, el realce y la apropiación cultural de los páneles IPA-1032 Execution R0 rupestres de la Vereda Nuevo Tolima Mejora de la calidad vida mujeres en Tumaco afectadas por violencia a través de habilidades IPA-1033 Execution emocionales y la formación empresarial. IPA-1036 Trabajadoras domésticas Afrocolombianas, protagonistas de sus derechos y agentes de cambio Execution IPA-1051 Implementación de políticas públicas para la población Étnica de la Ciudad de Medellín- Colombia Execution IPA-1075 Desarrollo de herramientas tecnológicas para la implementación del Decreto 1953/2014 Execution IPA-1083 Apoyo a la implementación de normas y políticas publicas ambientales y territorios de grupos étnicos Execution IPA-1091 Inclusión para las personas LGBTI étnicas en Cartagena, Riohacha, Uribia y Tumaco Execution
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42 INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY - Quarterly Report #3 (Q4 FY 2017)