Accelerating Implementation of the Colombian Final Accord’s Ethnic Approach: Strategies for Reinvigorating Inclusive Peacebuilding

Lasting peace in Colombia requires understanding and addressing the different and disproportionate impacts of the armed conflict on ethnic peoples and communities. Now that Colombia is at the halfway point in implementing its peace accord, it is clear there are serious challenges in achieving the goals established to guarantee the rights of ethnic peoples in the peace process.

As part of this event, the Kroc Institute launched its third special report on the implementation of the Colombian Final Accord’s Ethnic Approach. The report seeks to understand the limitations and weaknesses, as well as progress and successes, of implementing Ethnic Approach’s commitments. Based on quantitative and qualitative findings, the report offers recommendations that can guide the second half of the implementation period for the Ethnic Approach to experience accelerated implementation.

Event speakers provided an overview of the report findings and discussed lessons learned and best practices for inclusive peacebuilding. Additionally, opening remarks and closing reflections from the international community supporting the accompaniment of the Ethnic Approach provided insights on the critical next steps for guaranteeing Colombia’s ethnic communities stay at the center of the peace process.

Launch of the Kroc Institute’s Eighth Comprehensive Report on Colombian Peace Accord Implementation

The Kroc Institute’s eighth comprehensive report, covering the period from December 2022 through November 2023, provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the status of peace accord implementation; presents an international comparative analysis to enrich dialogue around this process; highlights milestones achieved and obstacles faced during the seventh year of implementation; and identifies key opportunities for continuing to advance toward comprehensive peace accord implementation.

The Colombian Peace Accord gives the Kroc Institute primary responsibility for technical support and monitoring of accord implementation through the Peace Accords Matrix’s (PAM) Barometer Initiative. Understanding the Accord as an integral and comprehensive text, the Kroc Institute has monitored the implementation of 578 stipulations since 2016, with special attention to the implementation of intersectional approaches.

Get a first look at the latest report and its independent, impartial, and academically-rigorous information by joining us for an interactive launch event highlighting the findings from this latest report.

Launch of the Kroc Institute’s seventh comprehensive report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

The Kroc Institute’s seventh comprehensive report, covering the period from December 2021 through November 2022, provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the status of peace accord implementation; presents an international comparative analysis to enrich dialogue around this process; highlights milestones achieved and obstacles faced during the sixth year of implementation; and identifies key opportunities for continuing to advance toward comprehensive peace accord implementation.

The Colombian Peace Accord gives the Kroc Institute primary responsibility for technical support and monitoring of accord implementation through the Peace Accords Matrix’s (PAM) Barometer Initiative. Understanding the Accord as an integral and comprehensive text, the Kroc Institute has monitored the implementation of 578 stipulations since 2016, with special attention to the implementation of intersectional approaches.

Get a first look at the latest report and its independent, impartial, and academically-rigorous information from the PAM Barometer Initiative team as they highlight the findings from this latest report.

Panelists:

-Moderator: Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Director, Peace Accords Matrix

-Ángela María Ramírez Rincón, Executive Director of the Barometer Initiative in Colombia

-Brenda Forero, Report Editor, Barometer Initiative in Colombia

-Allison Kielhold, Peace Accords Matrix Research Associate

Launch of the Kroc Institute’s sixth report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

Team members from the PAM Barometer Initiative team present key findings from the sixth report.

The Kroc Institute’s sixth comprehensive report, covering the period from December 2020 through November 2021, provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the status of Agreement implementation; presents a comparative analysis to enrich dialogue around this process; highlights milestones achieved and obstacles faced during this fifth year; and identifies key opportunities for continuing to advance toward comprehensive peace accord implementation.

The Colombian Peace Agreement gives the Kroc Institute primary responsibility for technical support and monitoring of accord implementation through the Peace Accords Matrix’s (PAM) Barometer Initiative. Understanding the Accord as an integral and comprehensive text, the Institute has monitored the implementation of 578 stipulations since 2016, with special attention to the implementation of intersectional approaches (gender, territorial and ethnic). Get a first look at the latest report and its independent, impartial, and academically-rigorous information.

Panelists:

-Moderator: Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Director, Peace Accords Matrix

-Brenda Forero, Report Editor, Barometer Initiative in Colombia

-Gerard Martin, Representative in Colombia, Peace Accords Matrix

-Patrick McQuestion, Research Associate, Peace Accords Matrix

Key Messages of the Sixth Report on the implementation of the Final Agreement in Colombia

The Kroc Institute’s sixth comprehensive report, covering the period from December 2020 through November 2021, provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the status of Agreement implementation; presents a comparative analysis to enrich dialogue around this process; highlights milestones achieved and obstacles faced during this fifth year; and identifies key opportunities for continuing to advance toward comprehensive peace accord implementation.

The Colombian Peace Agreement gives the Kroc Institute primary responsibility for technical support and monitoring of accord implementation through the Peace Accords Matrix’s (PAM) Barometer Initiative. Understanding the Accord as an integral and comprehensive text, the Institute has monitored the implementation of 578 stipulations since 2016, with special attention to the implementation of intersectional approaches (gender, territorial and ethnic).

Five Years of Peace Agreement Implementation in Colombia: Insights from the Kroc Institute

Please note: This is the English translation of an event conducted in Spanish.

December 1 marked the 5th anniversary of implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the former FARC-EP that ended the country’s deadly 52 year armed conflict.

Since 2016, the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has been tasked with primary responsibility for technical verification and monitoring implementation of the accord through the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Barometer Initiative. PAM monitors implementation of 578 stipulations contained in the text of the Final Accord.

Recognizing this important milestone, the Kroc Institute presented key findings from their special report assessing implementation five years after the Final Agreement to End the Armed Conflict and Build a Stable and Lasting Peace was signed.

Panelists:

-(Welcome) Asher Kaufman, John M. Regan, Jr. Director; Professor of History and Peace Studies

-Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Associate Professor of the Practice; Director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM)

-Elise Ditta, Research Associate, Peace Accords Matrix

-Mateo Gómez Vásquez, Technical Research Leader, Barometer Initiative in Colombia

Point 6: Implementation, Verification, and Public Endorsement

A point-by-point analysis of how Colombia’s Peace Agreement implementation is progressing. These videos highlight information from the Kroc Institute’s fifth comprehensive report: “Executive Summary, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation.” This report and these videos cover the period between December 2019 and November 2020.

Learn more: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer

Point 5: Agreement Regarding the Victims of Conflict

A point-by-point analysis of how Colombia’s Peace Agreement implementation is progressing. These videos highlight information from the Kroc Institute’s fifth comprehensive report: “Executive Summary, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation.” This report and these videos cover the period between December 2019 and November 2020.

Learn more: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer

Point 4: Solution to the Problem of Illicit Drugs

A point-by-point analysis of how Colombia’s Peace Aggreement implementation is progressing. These videos highlight information from the Kroc Institute’s fifth comprehensive report: “Executive Summary, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation.” This report and these videos cover the period between December 2019 and November 2020.

Learn more: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer

Point 3: End of the Conflict

A point-by-point analysis of how Colombia’s Peace Aggreement implementation is progressing. These videos highlight information from the Kroc Institute’s fifth comprehensive report: “Executive Summary, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation.” This report and these videos cover the period between December 2019 and November 2020.

Learn more: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer