Our
Work
Fundación Acordemos works from the expertise and knowledge built during the peace negotiations in Colombia (2010-2016) and the implementation process of the Final Agreement, with the purpose of training and advising others in their negotiation and peacebuilding processes.
Acordemos aspires to be both global and local: it aims to consolidate a world-class training center, outside Europe and North America, for the design of negotiations and peace processes, and at the same time contribute to the never-ending process of peace building in Colombia, always invoking the spirit of what has been agreed and adapting it to new realities.
Lessons
learned
Lessons
learned
This program systematically gathers and organizes the multiple lessons learned from the negotiation and peace-building process in Colombia on all fronts - process design, negotiation methodology, inclusion mechanisms, participation of military forces, justice and peace, gender approach, ethnic chapter, international participation, monitoring and verification, reincorporation, etc. - based on a solid methodology and a comparative perspective.
Territorial
Peace
Territorial Peace
Our commitment is to recover the vision of “territorial peace” contained in the Final Agreement and to work with the communities in the territory in the promotion of the Final Agreement and the joint building of peace, especially in the framework of the technical secretariat of the “National Confluence of Community Leaders for Peace”.
Acordemos seeks to contribute to the consolidation of territorial peace in Colombia through the transformation of local conditions and capacities for advocacy, participation, dialogue and reconciliation.
Advice
to peace and negotiation processes in the world
Advice to peace and negotiation processes in the world
The Foundation promotes work aimed at directly advising negotiation processes in other parts of the world, especially within the framework of “South-South” cooperation, based on the knowledge acquired in Colombia.
Acordemos aspires to become a center of excellence in negotiation from Colombia to the world. Every peace process is different, but with good judgment many lessons learned, and innovative practices can be adapted to other contexts to contribute to the success of peace negotiations.
Support to
the Final Agreement in Colombia
Support to the Final Agreement in Colombia
Acordemos seeks to contribute with concrete proposals to the fulfillment of the multiple commitments of the Final Agreement that have not yet been implemented and to contribute to the solution of today's challenges in the territories most affected in Colombia by the conflict.
We start from the premise that the 2016 Peace Agreement is an achievement of society and a roadmap for the country that must be preserved, summoning the effort and permanent commitment of the institutions, communities and multiple sectors of society.
Activities
In its first year, Fundación Acordemos has developed different types of projects and activities both internationally and locally:
November 08th and 09th, 2024
Acordemos co-organized an international workshop in Cairo on peace agreement verification.
Fundación Acordemos participated as co-organizer together with CCCPA (The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding) and the support of the Folke Bernadotte Academy in the workshop “The importance of Verification: strengthening verification mechanisms in peace processes” that will take place on November 8 and 9 in the city of Cairo.
First space for strengthening community oversight processes in Southern Bolívar.
August 5-8, 2024
Acordemos visit Thailand to share lessons from Colombia on peace negotiations.
The Acordemos team led workshops in the cities of Bangkok and Pattaya to deepen the exchange of lessons learned with Thai government officials and negotiators from the experience of the negotiation with FARC-EP (2010-2016).
July 6, 2024
Pedagogy of the Peace Agreement to women of the ANUC of Risaralda and Quindío.
The Confluence team conducted a peace agreement pedagogy workshop with women from the National Association of Peasant Users (ANUC for its Spanish acronym) coming from Risaralda and Quindío.
July 15 to 18, 2024
Delegation from Nigeria visits Colombia to learn more about the peace process.
Between July 15 and 18, 2024 Fundación Acordemos, in coordination with InterMediate, developed a training workshop with a delegation from the government of Nigeria and Borno State, who visited Colombia to learn about the peace process between the Colombian government and the FARC (2010-2018) and the implementation of the peace agreement.
National Dialogue with leaders and leaderesses of the Confluence of Southern Bolívar and Southern Tolima
Co-hosting of high-level workshop with Northwestern University on lessons from peace negotiations around the world
Meeting “Dialogue of knowledge with leaders and leaderesses of the Confluence in the municipality of Vistahermosa, Meta.”
Contacto
Fundación Acordemos seeks to strengthen and expand its network of allies and its work in national and international scenarios, permanently exploring new paths and conversations that allow it to achieve the highest standards in the work it performs on a daily basis.
Fundación@acordemos.org
