Consolidation of Peace in Colombia - ProPaz II

ProPaz II supports Colombia’s peacebuilding process by strengthening victims’ rights within truth, justice, and reparation processes at national, regional, and local levels. The project focuses on strengthening victims’ participation in Transitional Justice Processes, improving coordination between Sistema Nacional de Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas (SNARIV) and Sistema Integral de la Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición (SIVJRNR) institutions, and systematising innovations in victim compensation and non-repetition measures. 

Dorsch Impact, together with its consortium partners Como Consult and IdeaBorn leads efforts to develop psychosocial support criteria for victims, pilot training focused on improving institutional capacities, as well as consulting services for victim access to transitional justice, and support participatory PDET projects. These activities promote reconciliation, gender justice, and peaceful coexistence in regions heavily impacted by the conflict, such as Meta, Caquetá and Norte de Santander. 

Disciplines

  • Governance, Peace and Social Cohesion

Companies

Dorsch Impact GmbH

Client

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Duration

From 2021 to 2024

Location

Meta, Caquetá, Norte de Santander, Colombia

Project Activities

  • Pilot training modules to enhance institutional psychosocial capacities for victim support. 

  • Develop criteria and process standards for psychosocial support for victims from ethnic communities. 

  • Systematise experiences in organisational consulting to strengthen victims’ rights with a gender justice focus. 

  • Improve consulting services for victim access to SNARIV and SIVJRNR processes. 

  • Strengthen victim participation in Programas de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial (PDET) projects and transitional justice systems. 

Two women hugging each other during a workshop for the ProPaz II Project in Colombia.
2023: Two participants of a peace-building workshop in Norte de Santander. (c) Dorsch Impact

Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

We are committed to making a positive impact and supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This project contributes to the following SDGs:

Gender equality

Project Images

Three members of a local indigenous community sitting on chairs in an activity of the Col-Col conference for the ProPaz II project in Colombia.
2024: Exchange of experiences among ethnic communities from the three project regions during the COL-COL conference. (c) Dorsch Impact
A hand holding a lighted candle for peace in Colombia.
2023: During a peace-building workshop in Norte de Santander. (c) Dorsch Impact
A group of people around litten candles holding pictures of people disappeared during the armed conflict in Colombia.
2023: During a workshop on memory and peace-building in Meta. (c) Dorsch Impact
The project team for ProPaz II in Colombia posing around a project bannerd during the Col-Col conference.
2024: The ProPaz II team at the COL-COL Conference. (c) Dorsch Impact