Empowering learning for just and peaceful societies

Empowering Learning for Just and Peaceful Societies

BLOG POST: Colombia’s Peace and Grassroots Peacebuilding

The Colombian Peace Agreement (CPA) is known to being the most inclusive peace deal to date, as several civil society organizations partook in the negotiation process and helped drafting the final agreement. Two years later into the peace building process, how inclusive is the implementation of Colombia’s peace? This article looks deeper into how Colombia’s national peace process relates to the existence of multiple grassroots initiatives in the country. Mainly, it explores how local and national peace building processes can complement each other.