Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia

Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia is sponsored by United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia. This trust fund supports coordinated responses for stabilization and peacebuilding in Colombia.

Peacebuilders Corner - Colombia | PEACEBUILDING Welcome to the United Nations Peacebuilders Corner - Colombia Peacebuilders Around the Globe Meet Fadumo Mumin, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, PBF Somalia Meet Raluca Eddon, Peacebuilding and Transition Advisor, Côte d'Ivoire. Meet Kara Johnston Molina, Peace and Development Advisor, Sudan. Peace cannot be a victim of Covid-19!

Therefore, we have encouraged innovative ways to implement our work. About Myself: I am Alice, I am Italian, married with a Colombian and I have a son, Ludovico, who just turned one-year-old in April this year. I live in Bogota in an old house, that my husband and I restored five years ago.

My work at the Peacebuilding Fund in Colombia: For the last twelve years, I have been working for the United Nations, and in the last three years, I have been lucky to join the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia, where I coordinate a very highly committed team of professionals. The Peacebuilding Fund is one of our donors, so we closely work with them, especially with Harald Thorud, our great focal point.

Additionally, we also help PBF with the other projects and proposals they have in Colombia with the UN or NGOs, similar to a PBF secretariat. Peacebuilding in the time of the Coronavirus: Because of the lockdown, activities in the field have been very limited both for UN and civil society organizations.

During these times, we have a great responsibility, not only to keep the communities safe and not spread the virus, but at the same time, keep supporting peace implementation. Peace can`t be a victim of the Covid-19! Therefore, we have encouraged innovative ways to implement our work.

It is hard, but we had some successful cases, for example, the Jurisdiction for Peace and the Commission of Truth - transitional justice mechanism - have received in virtual sessions the final reports on human rights violations during the conflict, presented by the victims' organizations that we supported. My work situation these days : This is my eleven-week working from home.

It has been quite hard because I need to juggle between my job and motherhood! Because of the pandemic, I am also supporting the Resident Coordinator's Office with everything related to the 'Duty of Care' we have toward all UN personnel, more than 3,000 here, and therefore the amount of work and hours have increased. My daily routine these days : My husband and I both work, and quite intense.

So, I take care of Ludovico during the morning and work during the afternoon, and whenever he decides to nap. And, we both work during the night, usually until very late, like tonight!! So it has been exhausting!!

But, the fact that I can play during the morning with our son, it makes up for the few hours of sleep! We are also very lucky because our house has enough space for the 5 of us as we also have 2 big dogs and a garden. Actually, our garden is the place where I find peace, whenever I play with Ludovico or when it is sunny and I can work outside.

The Peacebuilding Fund in Colombia: In Colombia, the Fund finances key initiatives to support the implementation of the peace agreement between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) through contributions to the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia.

In 2019, an additional investment was approved to allow the Truth Commission to expand its reach to 22 municipalities outside of the capital allowing the participation of a wide range of sectors, institutions and victims in conflict-affected areas.

Through existing support to Humanicemos DH, a demining organization made up of former combatants, over 100 former combatants and their families were economically reintegrated, helping improve confidence and reconciliation within communities affected by the war. The project was scaled up with funding from the European Union Trust Fund, demonstrating the financially catalytic role of the Fund in innovative peacebuilding approaches.

Responding to my call to explore innovative finance solutions for peacebuilding, the Fund is supporting seven private sector investments in conflict-affected areas through blended finance mechanisms. The initial $2. 2 million has leveraged private resources at a ratio of 1 to 7.

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