Canadian Embassy will support governance and peace projects in Colombia

The Canadian embassy in Bogota I select the seven winning projects of the call for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives for the period 2023-2024.

For this contest, seven local organizations were called to receive financial support from among 25,000 and 49,000 Canadian dollars in order to execute the projects presented. In total, the Fund has at its disposal a total of $270,000 Canadian for financing.

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For 2023, the call prioritized three thematic areas according to the interests of Canada’s cooperation in Colombia: inclusive governance (including diversity and inclusion of LGBTIQ+ groups), democracy, human rights and the rule of law; peace and security, with special attention to conflict prevention and peacebuilding; and environment and climate action, with a focus on adaptation and mitigation, as well as water management.

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“We are very happy to support these projects. The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives allows us to reach more grassroots organizations that are in the regions and that with their daily work are transforming the reality of their communities; We hope to contribute to your work, and jointly contribute to the promotion of inclusive governance; peace and security, and the restoration of Colombia’s ecosystems“, assured Marianick Tremblay, Canadian ambassador to Colombia.

1. Colombo Amazon Forest Foundation
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– Name of the project: Increase the resilience to climate change of 300 families of the Kankuamo indigenous community through the application of an integrated water management plan with a gender-based approach.

– Amount financed: CAD$25,000.

– Impact area: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Kankuamo indigenous territory.

2. Association Center for Alternatives to Development (Cealdes)

– Name of the project: Strengthening of the governance mosaics of the indigenous communities that live in the vicinity of the Amazon River, through the promotion of inter-institutional dialogues, exchanges of regional conservation experiences, community advocacy actions, and strengthening of local conservation initiatives. ecosystem care.

– Amount financed: CAD$42,000

– Area of ​​impact: Leticia and Puerto Nariño (Amazon).

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3. Coalition against the involvement of children and young people in the armed conflict in Colombia (Coalico)

– Name of the project: Strengthening the capacity of civil society to monitor serious violations against children and adolescents and promote actions to prevent their involvement with armed forces and related violence.

– Amount financed: CAD$42,000

– Area of ​​impact: Antioquia, Arauca, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Meta, Guaviare, Nariño, Putumayo, Bogotá and Soacha (Cundinamarca).

4. Nakama Social Foundation

– Name of the project: Peace with diversity for the transformation of the North of Tolima

– Amount financed: CAD$40,000

– Area of ​​impact: Lebanon (Tolima).

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5. Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights – Credhos

– Name of the project: Strengthening of the work to protect the environment and water sources and legal support for peasant organizations, environmental leaders, the Afro-Colombian population and fisherwomen from the municipalities of Magdalena Medio.

– Amount financed: CAD$42,000

– Impact area: Barrancabermeja, Cantagallo, Cimitarra, Puerto Wilches, San Pablo and Yondó (Magdalena Medio).

6. Red Somos Foundation

– Name of the project: Truth and democracy come out of the closet

– Amount financed: CAD$37,000

– Impact area: Orito (Putumayo); Popayan (Cauca); El Carmen de Bolívar (Bolívar); Bosa, Usme and Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá); and Soacha (Cundinamarca).

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7. Latin American Institute for an alternative society and law (Ilsa)

– Name of the project: Territorial peace is consolidated with women.

– Amount financed: CAD$42,000

– Area of ​​impact: Municipalities of Dabeiba and Mutatá (Antioquia).

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