Fundación Acordemos completed the first phase of constructing the Illicit Crops Roadmap, within the framework of the project 'Peace, Security and Illicit Crops in Colombia: Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations for Critical Issues in 2026,' supported by the British Embassy and developed jointly with Fundación Ideas para la Paz (FIP). The Illicit Crops Roadmap proposes to sustainably and irreversibly reduce coca cultivation in the country, as well as territorial dependence on this economy and associated criminal governance, through sequential, progressive, and territorially differentiated interventions that allow for re-establishing institutional control and enabling viable transitions toward legal economies. This first phase included multiple exchanges with experts (42 consultations with community leaders, 21 interviews with experts in environmental, security, rural development, territorial development, private sector, government officials and former officials, Armed Forces, international organizations, and academia, among others, and 5 technical working groups on recommendations). The project prioritized Nariño and Guaviare to conduct field work and extract key elements to enrich the discussion from a territorial perspective.
