inclusion for peace activity (ipa) annual implementation

INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY (IPA)

Annual Implementation Plan – Year 2

October 2017 – September 2018

(FY2018)

AWARD: AID-514-A-17-00001

Address: Carrera 14 93B – 46, Bogotá, Colombia

Phone: 57.1.1638.77.77 ext. 1302 Email: [email protected]

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INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY – Annual Implementation Plan 2018 (Year 2)

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Annual Implementation Plan 2018 October 2017 – September 2018 (Year 2)

AWARD: AID-514-A-17-00001 SUBMITTED TO: Cristina Barrera U.S. Agency for International Development Carrera 45 No 24 – 27 Post 2 Bogotá, DC – Colombia Email: [email protected] SUBMITTED BY: Fernando Calado Director of Programs IOM Mission in Colombia Carrera 14 No- 93 B – 46 Bogotá, DC – Colombia Phone: 639 77 77 Date prepared: October 31, 2017 Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, USAID Cooperative Agreement No. AID-514-A-17-00001, INCLUSION FOR PEACE ACTIVITY (IPA) Implemented by: International Organization for Migration P.O. Box 253200 Bogotá, Colombia


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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 4

1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 5

2. PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING FY2017 ............................................................................ 6

3. Strategic Approach ........................................................................................................................................... 11

4. Differential Approach ....................................................................................................................................... 12

5. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE ................................................................................................................................... 14

6. RESULTS & PLANNED ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................ 16

Result Area 1: Community and Institutional Strengthening .................................................................. 16

Result Area 2: Economic Opportunities .................................................................................................... 28

Result Area 3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity........................................................................................ 34

Result Area 4: Humanitarian Assistance .................................................................................................... 39

Grants Fund ...................................................................................................................................................... 40

7. COMMUNICATIONS PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 40

Annex 1: Results Framework .................................................................................................................................. 43

Annex 2: Summary Budget by Result .................................................................................................................... 44


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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ANDI Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia ANTV National Agency of Television APS Annual Program Statement ART Agencia de Renovación del Territorio CIDER Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Development CNOA Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas CNC Centro Nacional de Consultoría CPEM Consejería Presidencial para la Equidad de la Mujer CSO Civil society organization DAFP Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública DANE Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística DNP Departamento Nacional de Planeación Fedecacao Federación Nacional de Cacaoteros FPIC Free and Prior Informed Consultation GBV Gender-based violence GCE Global Connections to Employment GOC Government of Colombia ICAE Ethnic Affairs Capacity Index ICOE Ethnic Organization Capacity Index ILO International Labor Organization IOM International Organization for Migration IPA Inclusion for Peace Activity LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Intersexual OACP Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz OCAD Órgano Colegiado de Administración y Decisión OCAT Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool ODR Observatorio de Discriminación Racial PDET Planes de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial PES Plan Especial de Salvaguardia PTP Programa de Transformación Productiva PS Prosperidad Social RPR Recruitment Prevention and Reintegration SGP Sistema General de Participación SGR Sistema General de Regalías SIMAT Sistema de Matriculación VISP Victims and Institutional Strengthening Program UESPE Unidad del Servicio Público del Empleo UNESCO United Nations Economic, Scientific, and Cultural Organization USAID United States Agency for International Development


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1. INTRODUCTION Activity Overview The Inclusion for Peace Activity (IPA) is a groundbreaking initiative designed to significantly close the economic and social inclusion gaps between the general population and ethnic communities in Colombia. Over the life of the award, IPA will realize significant gains in three domains: 1) building the capacity of the GoC and civil society organizations (CSOs) to respond to the differential needs of ethnic communities in the peace building process; 2) reduce poverty through the creation of income-generating activities; and 3) address social and structural causes of discrimination and exclusion. IPA seeks results under the following three result areas: R1: Community and Institutional Strengthening. Enhanced government capacity to

respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of these communities in peace-building

R2: Economic Opportunities. Reduced vulnerability to income poverty by increasing access to economic opportunities

R3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity. Increased awareness and respect for ethnic

diversity

R4: Humanitarian Assistance. Provide humanitarian assistance to Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons

IPA is a comprehensive and multifaceted initiative that seeks transformative and sustainable change across a variety of sectors, including education, economic development, governance, and cultural heritage preservation. The Activity does not have a fixed set of counterparts and must respond flexibly to emerging priorities as it engages stakeholders at national and sub-national levels. During IPA’s second year, the work plan reflects national priorities regarding the consolidation of peace and the transformation of social realities to ensure lasting peace through socioeconomic inclusion, in addition to initiatives that respond to the specific needs of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities that vary between target municipalities and departments. Many strategies consolidate those begun during FY 2017, while others developed as a result of evolving political contexts and a clearer understanding of community and departmental development goals gained through stronger alliances in IPA municipalities and departments. Additionally, IPA believes that sustainable and transformative change requires comprehensive, rather than piecemeal, strategies that respond to the complexities of the ethnic groups’ realities. Thus, activities in the FY 2018 work plan seek to be more comprehensive in nature, and many strategies include three of IPA’s Result Areas. IPA views ethnic groups not as beneficiaries but as equal partners with whom we will work collaboratively to articulate and achieve development objectives. In order to minimize the duplication of efforts and maximize impact, we will leverage resources from a range of public and private sector partners and coordinate closely with other IOM and USAID Activities, as well as civil society actors and organizations, and academic institutions that support inclusion, reconciliation, and economic development. Sustainability is a key objective of IPA implementation. For that reason, a strong cross-cutting strategy


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throughout the Activity is capacity building of local government entities and ethnic civil society organizations. The objective of this strategy is to institutionalize practices and empower entities to apply the tools and methodologies developed under IPA to pursue further growth and development. In regards to ethnic organizations, IPA’s goal is for partner organizations to increase their organizational and administrative capacity in order to constructively engage with government and private sector actors to advocate for their needs and objectives. IPA also understands that sustainability is only possible if strategies engage and respond to the specificities of the entire ethnic population. Thus, IPA’s multiple differentiated approaches to population groups is a vital component of Activity development and implementation. Contents Section 2 of this document describes the progress and achievements made during FY2017, while Section 3 describes the strategic approach of the Activity during FY2018. Section 4 presents IPA’s differentiated approach for women and girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals, persons with disabilities, victims of the armed conflict, and children and youth. Section 5 describes the geographic scope of IPA, while Section 6 details the activities to be implemented under each result area. Finally, Section 7 lays out IPA’s annual communications plan, and the annexes provide the results framework and summary budget by result. 2. PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING FY2017 During FY2017, besides the start-up phase of the activity, IPA made progress in different areas, through creating alliances and collaborative work with government entities, private sector, civil society organizations and ethnic organizations. Key results are presented below:

Institutional Strengthening

During FY2017, IPA launched an initiative to train officials within the Administrative Department of the Civil Service (DAFP):

40 government officials received training to improve their capacities to respond to the needs of ethnic communities and adopt a differential ethnic and gender approach in their work

IPA has also reached out to local and departmental governments in order to combine efforts to promote the socioeconomic inclusion of indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents and improve the ability of government officials to adequately address the needs of these ethnic groups. To this end, during FY2017:

IOM and the city government of Medellín signed an agreement to address the ethnic population and recognize ethnic diversity in the city.

IOM and the city government of Bogotá signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on technical assistance to promote the rights of ethnic groups and strengthen ethnic CSO capacities using a differential gender approach.

IOM and the city government of Cali signed am MOU to work together to promote the rights of ethnic groups.

IOM signed an MOU with the department government of Valle del Cauca regarding the development of a public policy to address the needs of indigenous and Afro-Colombians with


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disabilities.

The Capacity for Attention to Ethnic Groups Index (ICAE) measures the capacity of local and national level government entities to respond to the needs of ethnic groups. It will be applied to 32 entities, and, based on the results; improvement plans will be developed and implemented. During FY2017:

IPA completed a review and adjustment of the ICAE, with the participation of the Ministry of the Interior and other GoC entities.

A pilot test and carried out in Bogota with the Ministry of Interior.

Ethnic CSO and community strengthening

During FY2017, IPA made progress implementing its strategy to provide support for the Ethnic Commission for Peace and Territorial Rights for its Participation and Advocacy in the Implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Peace Agreements (hereinafter, Ethnic Commission):

To date, the Ethnic Commission has analyzed six legislative proposals regarding the implementation of the Peace Agreements that will be sent for prior consultation with ethnic groups before being put to a vote.

In its first year, IPA began implementing various strategies to strengthen the capacities for organization and advocacy of ethnic CSOs, in particular those that focus on ethnic women:

IPA implemented the Tumaco Respira initiative, which implements strategies for emotional wellbeing, organizational strengthening, and income generation for 48 Afro-Colombian women victims of violence in Tumaco.

A strategy to strengthen the governance capacities of Nükak indigenous women was implemented, through the identification of gender and ethnic based violence, and creating spaces for inter-ethnic, intercommunity, and intercultural communication and sensitization regarding the problems facing indigenous people in the region. 360 indigenous women and men have participated in these spaces.

IPA provided support for the Association of Pacific Midwives (Asoparupa) to develop strategies for the implementation of the Special Safeguarding Plan for traditional midwifery on the Pacific Coast. IPA is also working with Asoparupa to implement a strengthening strategy, which included support for the 12th Gathering of Traditional Afro-Colombian Midwives of the Colombian Pacific, participation in academic spaces in the Petronio Alvarez Pacific Music Festival, and audiovisual and digital material that highlights the traditional role of midwives in issues of sexual and reproductive health and community cohesion. This strategy has directly impacted 210 Afro-Colombian women.

An important component of IPA’s strategy to strengthen ethnic CSOs is the Ethnic Organization Capacity Index (ICOE), which measures the organizational capacity of ethnic CSOs. Based on the results of the assessment, an improvement plan will be developed and implemented with IPA accompaniment:

During FY2017 IPA designed the ICOE and carried out a pilot test with the Council of Afro Organizations of Soacha.


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Educational Opportunities

During FY2017, IPA launched three strategies to improve access of indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth to higher education opportunities:

Poder Pacífico Joven provides tutoring in the areas of math, languages, and science for 900 students in 10th and 11th grade in 20 high schools in order to improve their scores on national Pruebas Saber exams, which are a requirement for students to access university education. Given the low quality of education in areas with a high indigenous and Afro-Colombian population, low test scores on these exams are an obstacle for students to access higher education. This strategy also provides student accompaniment in developing a life plan, defining their vocation and connecting them to opportunities, and formation for 160 high school teachers. To date, teacher formation is 70 percent complete, while student accompaniment is 30 percent complete.

Another strategy launched during FY2017 uses a virtual tutoring platform to improve student results on the Pruebas Saber exams. This initiative is underway in 40 high schools with 4,622 students, while licenses for the online platform have been distributed to an additional 2,024 students in 31 high schools.

The third strategy is a fund that provides scholarships and loans to Afro-Colombian and indigenous students from three municipalities in order to finance their higher education. During FY2017, IPA created the fund (in alliance with Lumni) and selected 26 students to receive funding this year.

Economic Opportunities

With respect to the objective of reducing the vulnerability of indigenous and Afro-Colombians to income poverty through income generating and productive initiatives, during FY2017, IPA made important progress in three different strategies.

IOM signed an agreement with Prosperidad Social for the implementation of its Mi Negocio and Empleo para la Prosperidad programs. Empleo para la Prosperidad will provide support for 2,500 participants to obtain formal employment through training and formation relevant to labor market needs. Mi Negocio will provide training, accompaniment, and financial assistance to 2,760 individuals to begin their own businesses.

IOM has signed an agreement with Fundación Arcángeles to implement income generating opportunities through employability strategies and productive projects for indigenous and Afro-Colombian individuals with disabilities. This initiative includes a characterization of the capacities and needs of 145 individuals and their caregivers. Of these, 20 will access formal employment, 25 will undertake inclusive business initiatives, and the remaining 100 will receive advice for accessing other state and private support programs.

IOM also signed an agreement with Fundación Telefónica to implement an inclusive model of employment for youth at risk of involvement in new forms of urban violence. Specifically, this initiative will create employment opportunities in the information and technology sector, 800 youth will enter the process, of which, and 500 will receive training on ICT.

52 domestic laborers received training on their labor rights. Agreement with PS for the implementation of IRACA which will benefit 5.500 households.


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Heritage and Cultural Diversity

In its area to promote heritage and cultural diversity, during FY2017, IPA advanced in three main areas: (1) support to cultural events and festivals, (2) launching the African Diaspora initiative, (3) ethnic inclusion in the General Media Study:

IPA supported 4 cultural events and festivals, which offer spaces to share the culture and traditions of ethnic communities with broader Colombian society, for cultural endeavors, strengthen and celebrate indigenous/Afro identity, promote pride in identity and traditions, and facilitate the generational reprieve of tradition bearers. These events include the 29th Wayuú Cultural Festival (Uribia, La Guajira); the Inti Raymi Festival (Calí, Valle del Cauca), which brings together six indigenous cabildos to recover their cultural traditions; the Afro Show (Calí, Valle del Cauca), which celebrates black beauty, Afro-inspired clothing, cosmetics, and design; and The Petronio Álvarez Pacific Music Festival (Cali, Valle del Cauca), which is the largest celebration of Afro-Latino culture and music in Latin America, with an attendance of an estimated 100,000 people.

The African Diaspora is an initiative IPA launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Escuela Taller of the Cartagena City Government. It includes a series of historical and cultural heritage sites around the city that promote recognition of the role of Afro-Colombians in the city and country’s history and culture, and the appropriation of the historical center of Cartagena by the Afro-Colombian community. The launch of this initiative included the first stop on the historical circuit: traditional Afro-Colombian cuisine. In addition to contributing to the recognition and celebration of Afro-Colombian history, this initiative promotes economic opportunities for 150 Afro-Colombians in Cartagena through cultural endeavors and local tourism.

Finally, in order to demonstrate the importance of ethnic groups as a market and increase national industry awareness of the importance of economic inclusion of ethnic groups, the General Media Study included questions regarding ethnic identification, the use of traditional medicine, the consumption of traditional alcoholic beverages, Pacific music, and hair straightening products. 4,053 surveys were carried out in 50 cities, of which, 11% of participants self-identified as Afro-Colombians and 4% as indigenous.

In order to promote ethnic issues in the national agenda, IPA launched several initiatives during 2017, including the ethnic column in the “Silla Vacía” news website; the creation of the radio program “Voices form Guaviare” in the department of Guaviar,e and support for the African Cinema Itinerant Festival.

Humanitarian assistance

During FY2017, IPA undertook efforts to respond to the damage caused by mudslides in Mocoa, Putumayo, and the drought and humanitarian crisis in La Guajira

With respect to Mocoa:

IPA registered 22,267 affected individuals and provided emergency transportation for 732. Training sessions were held for 91 government and UN officials and members of the

Indigenous Guard on temporary shelter management. IPA also carried out needs evaluations in 14 indigenous shelters 7 educational tents were provided with the capacity for 245 students, in order for


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indigenous students to resume classes.

In La Guajira:

IPA began transportation of food for 1,746 Wayuú indigenous children in nine disperse rural administrative districts.

A needs analysis IPA was completed in seven Wayuú communities in Manaure. IPA identified seven water pumps to be repaired in rural Wayuú communities, and hired

contractors to undertake the necessary reparations. Also regarding water shortages, IPA provided 5,000 liter water tanks for 87 community attention units (UCA) that attend to 1,746 children.

With respect to health and sanitation, IPA provided 120 hygiene kits for pregnant women, 300 for nursing women, and 1,240 for children ages 2-5.

IPA provided tuberculosis training for 47 community health agents.

Grants Fund

Four sub-activities were initiated in 2017, for a total of USD 224.000:

“Strengthening the Ethnic Commission for Peace and the Defense of Land Rights,” (AFRODES)

“Afro-Colombian Domestic Workers: Protagonists of their Rights and Agents of Change” “Strengthening the National Traditional Midwives Network of the Colombian Pacific through

Social and Digital Innovation”. (Asoparupa) “Emotional Wellbeing for Productivity and Rights Defense,” Corporación Mundial de la Mujer

(CMMC)

IPA published an APS during 2017 in the areas of gender, heritage and institutional strengthening. 295 concept notes were received, and 194 met the conditions for Selection Committee consideration. The Selection Committee approved 74 concept notes, and invited those organizations to submit proposals to the Selection Committee, which will determine which will receive funding.

Partnerships and resources leveraged

IPA consolidated several partnerships during the first year of implementation of the Activity, both with public sector and private sector institutions, and also with civil society organizations. At national level, IPA is working with several Ministries: Interior, Education, Culture, TICs, Environment and Sustainable Development. IOM signed an agreement with Prosperidad Social, and provided technical assistance to OACP, ART, and DAFP. At local level, IOM signed three Memorandum of Understanding with the governments of Valle, Bogotá and Cali. IOM also signed an agreement with the Government of Medellin to implement several activities. Partners including Fundación Telefónica, ANDI, and the Javeriana University from the private sector, and Manos Visibles, Centro Nacional de Consultoría, Fundación Arcángeles, and La Silla Vacía from civil society joined efforts with IPA to implement different strategies. This effort was reflected in the amount leveraged during the year, USD 4.900.000, to foster Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities’ social and economic inclusion.


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3. Strategic Approach IPA’s strategic approach for FY2018 focuses on supporting the efforts of the National Government and ethnic organizations to make the first phase of implementation of the Peace Agreements effective. IPA will carry out a series of activities designed to strengthen public entities at the national and local level, such that they incorporate an ethnic approach, the ethnic chapter of the Peace Agreements, and a gender approach into their work, to ensure the effective inclusion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous women within the policies that originate from the Agreements. IPA will support the active participation of ethnic organizations in the mechanisms created to implement the Peace Agreements. Additionally, IPA’s approach will focus on the participative construction of public policies; the lack of which has been one of the catalysts of the conflict, in particular in the construction of polices to close socioeconomic gaps, and the implementation of inclusive public policies for the creation of sustainable economic opportunities in urban and rural areas. IPA will coordinate with the private sector to promote vocational training and employability through different initiatives. IPA will also encourage alliances with the private sector to ensure the economic and social sustainability of its productive initiatives, as well as the strengthening of projects associated to productive chains. Within the context of the initiatives to improve access to SGP and SGR resources, IPA will provide technical strengthening to organizations as well as accompaniment before regional OCAD, to ensure accessibility. With respect to the organizational and community strengthening component of IPA, during FY2018, IPA will concentrate on community participation in peace building, as discussed above, the development of political advocacy activities, and land administration. Generational reprieve in leadership will be strengthened through training and improved capacity of grassroots organizations. IPA also seeks to highlight the cultural heritage of indigenous and Afro-Colombians, and cultural diversity as one of the most effective intangible assets the country has to rebuild the social fabric necessary for lasting peace. This area will place an emphasis on the development of communication strategies for different audiences, which will include digital and print media, social networks, and audio and audiovisual products, in order to protect and disseminate cultural heritage, as well as to create spaces for reflection and sensitization regarding inclusion and ethnic respect. A crucial component of this strategy involves tools for the empowerment of these communities. Each of the components of IPA’s overarching strategy (R1, R2, and R3) will be materialized at the local and national level in accordance with this strategic approach and its differential approaches. To reinforce the impact and sustainability of the initiatives, IPA will advance an innovative strategy traversing all three Activity components. Social innovation and new technologies facilitate poverty reduction through pioneering solutions to communities’ organizational strengthening and income generation needs through transformative and participative actions that respond to the regional context. IPA’s innovation strategy is based on developing alternatives that are contextualized to social, organizational, or environmental problems; articulating with other areas and creating alliances with public, private, and academic sectors; and guaranteeing the involvement of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in innovation processes to ensure their sustainability. IPA’s innovation strategy will have five key initiatives, which will start during FY 2018 and is expected


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to be supported during the following three years: (1) Develop a senior management training program to improve the skills of ethnic people in the private sector and advance their professional careers. (2) Identify organizations of young Afro-Colombian and indigenous professionals and develop a strategy to support their development, networks creation and strenghten their capacities to foster inclusive processes. (3) Identify public sector best practices regarding inclusion initiatives and develop a strategy to disseminate and transfer those practices. (4) Develop an empowerment route for the Union of Afro-Colombian Domestic Laborers. (5) Design a Pacific Coast Cultural Route, forming alliances with municipal governments to highlight points of interest. 4. Differential Approach

IPA is built upon the premise that socioeconomic inclusion cannot take a one size fits all approach, and that true inclusion requires the recognition of differences and the adoption of measures that respond to these different needs and contexts. Thus, IPA understands that the needs, roles, challenges, and interests of indigenous and Afro-Colombians are not all the same, and that a variety of conditions must be considered in order to adopt effective strategies for socioeconomic inclusion of all members of these ethnic groups. Therefore, IPA has designed a differential approach that considers and responds to the particular context of indigenous and Afro-Colombian women and girls, LGBTI individuals, persons with disabilities, victims of armed conflict, and children and youth. The differential approaches respect the current and potential roles of these groups as leaders, decision-makers, and contributors to their communities. IPA sub-activities will actively engage the following groups through Activity design and implementation to ensure that they can participate in and benefit equally from all Activity components.

Women and girls

Based on the principle of Do No Harm, IPA uses an intersectional approach that seeks to prevent and address the different forms of discrimination indigenous and Afro-Colombian women and girls face, with an emphasis on prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) and racial violence. IPA complements this emphasis with actions that seek to empower, recognize, and make visible Afro-Colombian and indigenous women in their traditional and contemporary roles in urban and rural contexts, including their leadership and contributions. In FY2018, IPA’s gender strategy will prioritize actions that are cross cutting in each of IPA’s result areas to prevent and respond to violence against ethnic women and girls, as well as strengthening gender empowerment and the vindication of women’s roles within their communities.

IPA will address prevention and response to gender and ethnic based violence against women and girls through the consolidation of local and national prevention and response routes, and strengthening women’s leadership in ethnic communities, organizations, and peace building processes. At the same time, IPA will coordinate these actions with productive initiatives and access to economic opportunities to allow women to more effectively overcome discrimination. The objective of these actions is to promote and make visible the important role and knowledge of women in the cultural heritage of ethnic communities, through the promotion of their knowledge in areas including midwifery, handicrafts, cooking, and music. These actions will also seek to work with ethnic men and youth, promoting a new generation of leaders and a reconsideration of gender roles to promote non-hegemonic and more equitable masculinities.

LGBTI individuals

We recognize that LGBTI issues can be particularly sensitive topics for Afro-Colombian and


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indigenous communities, and LGBTI individuals may not self-identify as belonging to these groups within these communities. Additionally, indigenous and Afro-Colombian LGBTI individuals suffer multiple discriminations based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, their ethnicity, and economic inequality, all of which restrict their access to basic services and human rights. For this reason, IPA will work at the national, regional, and local level to comprehensively address the promotion of the rights of LGBTI indigenous and Afro-Colombians. IPA will collaborate with the organizations Caribe Afirmativo and Colombia Diversa in order to consolidate analytical information about the exercise of economic, social, and cultural rights and create strategies for this population to access employment, encourage the strategic litigation of cases of rights violations, and undertake advocacy at the local and national level regarding the inclusion of a differential ethnic and gender identity/sexual orientation approach in different public policy tools. Additionally, IPA will support the consolidation of a network of black LGBT people in Latin America to ensure the inclusion of individuals from IPA targeted municipalities in this network. Finally, IPA will accompany technical strengthening processes with LGBT organizations and collectives, in order to replicate the strengths of the strongest national organizations at the regional level.

Persons with disabilities

With the aim of promoting the inclusion of Afro-Colombians and indigenous persons with disabilities, IPA will continue collaborating with Fundación Arcángeles on income generation strategies by supporting employability efforts and entrepreneurial initiatives. Furthermore, IPA will seek to include a differential ethnic approach for persons with disabilities in nationwide programs such as IRACA, Empleo para la Prosperidad and Mi Negocio, and in public policies regarding assistance and reparation for land mine victims. IPA will ensure that accessibility measures are put in place in all sub-activities that target this population, adopting specific mechanisms to ensure that persons with disabilities are prioritized in additional interventions.

Victims of the armed conflict

As mentioned above, IPA target municipalities are home to a large number of victims of the armed conflict. Therefore, IPA activities are designed to be attentive to the needs and situations of indigenous and Afro-Colombian victims, and each of IPA’s Result Areas includes sub-activities focused on victims. For example, in Result Area 1, IPA will work on the development of three PDETs, local government planning instruments provided for in the Final Peace Agreements to transform areas particularly affected by the armed conflict. It will also work to ensure the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Final Peace Agreements, and advocate for indigenous and Afro-Colombian women victims of sexual violence before the different bodies provided for in the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation System. In Result Area 2, the selection of participants in the Mi Negocio and Empleo para la Prosperidad programs with Prosperidad Social will prioritize victims of the armed conflict, while the IRACA program focuses on eight municipalities that have been gravely affected by the armed conflict. In Result Area 3, IPA will work with the Wayuú indigenous people to develop their Special Preservation Plan, which is a strategy to prevent the cultural and physical extinction of indigenous people who have been severely impacted by the armed conflict. This work will be complemented with IPA’s emergency initiatives with Wayuú indigenous people in Result Area 4.

Children and youth

IPA defines children and youth broadly (ages 0-29) and will support a wide range of initiatives from early childhood nutrition to secondary education and beyond. IPA will engage youth through a variety of channels, including education institutions, youth groups, and sporting, cultural, and artistic activities to ensure that girls and boys are equally empowered to participate in and lead positive changes in


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their communities. Each of IPA’s Result Areas has developed strategies to target youth and children. In Result Area 1, several sub-activities seek to improve indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth access to higher education, promote youth leadership, and encourage young people to take an active role in ethnic organizations. In Result Area 2, the Empleabilidad Digital strategy targets young people at risk for involvement in urban violence and illegal economies and promotes access to the formal economy. Result Area 3 strategies seek to affirm self-identification and pride among ethnic youth to promote their knowledge and interest in Afro-Colombian and indigenous history and culture, to ensure the intergenerational survival of cultural expressions. These strategies also target youth in messages regarding anti-discrimination and cultural diversity. Finally, Result Area 4 strategies focus on pregnant and nursing women and early childhood development among indigenous Wayuú people in La Guajira.

5. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE In its second year, IPA will continue to work in twenty-one municipalities in eight departments (Mocoa is in addition to the 21 municipalities and humanitarian assistance activities are the only activities IPA will carry out there). These 21 municipalities contain 36% of Colombian’s Afro-Colombian and indigenous population. The Afro-Colombian representation is particularly high, with 42% compared to 17% of the indigenous populations. These municipalities also include 101 resguardos indígenas and 130 Afro-Colombian collective territories. Indigenous and/or Afro-Colombians comprise 60% of the total population in these municipalities. Additionally, according to the Victims of Conflict Registry, 381,668 ethnic victims reside in these municipalities, or one-third of all conflict victims in these municipalities. In FY2018, IPA will develop national level strategies to support various needs present throughout IPA targeted territories, including training public officials and ethnic organizations and authorities in structuring projects for the SGC, anti-discrimination messaging strategies, and initiatives to recognize and celebrate the contributions of indigenous and Afro-Colombians, among others. IPA has also prioritized strategies and activities that address the particular context and priorities of each target region: (1) Pacific regions (Nariño, Chocó, Valle del Cauca, and Cauca), (2) large urban centers (Medellin, Bogotá, Soacha, Calí, and Cartagena), and (3) majority indigenous departments (La Guajira and Guaviare). The Pacific Region

IPA’s work in Nariño will focus on developing productive chains in a comprehensive way that strengthens organizations’ business and organizational capacities while providing income generation activities. Culture as a youth leadership strategy will be a priority in Chocó, in addition to strengthening citizen oversight groups in response to the political context of the department. ln Valle del Cauca, IPA’s activities will focus on generating economic opportunities through cultural endeavors, as well as developing strategies to strengthen education initiatives. IPA has identified two areas of intervention in Cauca, one focusing on the northern municipalities, and another on coastal municipalities. The former will focus on strengthening the Mesa Interétnica to respond to interethnic conflicts in the region, while the latter will focus on income generating activities. In Cauca, Nariño and Valle del Cauca, IPA will work with the ART to formulate the Pacífico Medio, Pacífico Sur, and Alto Patía- Norte Cauca PDETs. Another important strategy in this region is training citizen oversight groups with leaders from ethnic organizations and CSOs. Large urban centers

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6. RESULTS & PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Result Area 1: Community and Institutional Strengthening Enhanced government capacity to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of these communities in peace-building STRATEGY

IPA’s activities are designed to align the national government’s post-conflict strategy with the needs and proposals that communities have determined internally. This objective is grounded in four different strategic action lines: (1) institutional strengthening, (2) organizational and community strengthening, (3) GoC initiatives that engage community participation, and (4) improving education for ethnic minority students. Strategic lines1and 2 include supporting the establishment of the ethnic route for peace, focused on (i) assisting the government in ensuring implementing legislation incorporates a differential ethnic approach and (ii) facilitating and supporting the participation of ethnic communities and organizations in the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Peace Agreements. These two strategies are designed to culminate in supporting creation of PDETs with a differential ethnic approach, and technical assistance for the GoC’s development of the Plan Macro para la Implementación del Acuerdo Final. In order to improve the capacity of government institutions to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict, within the institutional strengthening strategic action line, IPA’s FY2018 activities will focus on: (1) knowledge generation for decision making and policy development, (2) strengthening national and local government institutions’ capacity to develop and implement actions that respond to the needs of ethnic minority groups, and (3) improving civil servant capacity on justice, local planning, ethnic rights, prior consultation, and LGBTI issues. The goal of the strategic action line to strengthen ethnic CSOs and communities is to empower ethnic communities and create agency to advocate for their needs and interests. During FY2018, the activities of this strategic line will focus on: (1) constructing a common “advocacy for inclusion” agenda, (2) promoting positive youth leadership, (3) organizational strengthening of ethnic authorities and CSOs, and (3) building the capacities and leadership skills of women and individuals with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities IPA seeks to increase implementation of targeted government initiatives that respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by conflict through a Do No Harm approach that engages the entire community. This will be achieved through three strategies: (1) support the development and implementation of national government initiatives, (2) promote access to SGR / SGP resources, and (3) support the development and implementation of local government initiatives. IPA believes that an important strategy to promote the socioeconomic inclusion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous youth is to improve their access to opportunities for higher education. Thus, this component of IPA includes initiatives to address barriers in access to higher education from early childhood to university. This strategic action line involves (1) sub-activities to improve early childhood development assistance; (2) initiatives to improve indigenous and Afro-Colombian high school students’ results on a nationwide exam that plays a key role in determining access to higher


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education; (3) strategies to accompany indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth in determining their vocation and applying to universities; and (4) a fund to finance higher education for ethnic minority youth. GOALS

R1 AMEP INDICATORS Goal Year 1

Progress Year 1

Goal Year 2

Total Goal

1.2 Average percentage ICOE change in OSC - - 10% 25%

1.1 Average percentage ICAE change - - 5% 15% 1.1 Average percentage progress in the design and

development of GoC strategies or guidelines supported

5% 5% 30% 100%

1.3 Number of IPA supported GoC initiatives with community participation.

2 7 6 20

1.3 Number of students who improve their Prueba Saber results in math, language, and civics

3,000 0 8,000 16,000

To complement AMEP indicators and monitor Activity progress, IPA is also tracking the following indicators:

COMPLEMENTARY INDICATORS Progress Year 1

Goal Year 1

Number of CSOs in the strengthening process 0 20

Number of public officials with strengthened capacities 100 1000

Number of GoC strategies or guidelines in the design or development phase

11 7

Number of students in accompaniment process to improve their academic performance 5,408 8,742

Result 1.1 Targeted COC agencies have increased capacity to respond to the needs of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons affected by conflict ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Establish the ethnic route for peace

During FY2018, IPA will continue to work on the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement, and specifically the Ethnic Chapter of the Agreement. To this end, IPA will implement a series of sub-activities regarding the ethnic route for peace, the “Plan Macro para la Implementación del Acuerdo


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What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 1.1: National and local institutions better

equipped to respond to the needs of ethnic communities.

GoC officials attending ethnic communities in a differentiated manner.

The new national normative framework includes an ethnic perspective.

Final”, and ensuring legislative measures to implement the Peace Agreements adopt a differential ethnic and gender approach.

With respect to the Plan Macro para la Implementación del Acuerdo Final, IPA will collaborate with different executive branch entities (ART and OACP). This sub-activity will build upon advances made during FY2017, focusing on the implementation of commitments and normative proposals, as well as dissemination of content of the Ethnic Chapter to indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups. IPA’s will work with the Agencia de Renovación Territorial (ART) to ensure the Agency adopts and implements a differential ethnic approach for the nation-wide formulation of all 16 planes de desarrollo con enfoque territorial (PDET), which are local government planning instruments designed to transform areas particularly affected by the armed conflict into regions free of violence and with inclusive social development and economic opportunities. IPA will also support the ART on the development of three PDETs for the Mid-Pacific (covering Buenaventura, Gaupi, and Timbiquí), the South Pacific (covering Barbacoas, Ricaurte, and Tumaco), and Alto Patia-Norte del Cauca (covering Santander de Quilichao and Caloto), all of which have large Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations that have been disproportionately affected by the armed conflict. IPA will also support litigation and advocacy activities regarding cases of women victims of sexual violence before the various bodies that make up the integral system of truth, justice, and reconciliation created in the Final Peace Agreement. This sub-activity forms part of IPA’s strategy to support the Special Peace Jurisdiction and the Truth Commission. 2. Knowledge generation for decision making and policy development

During FY2018, IPA will continue its work to provide assistance to government entities at the national and local level to formulate public policies that promote the rights and socioeconomic inclusion of Afro-Colombians and indigenous peoples.

To this end, IPA will build upon the progress it made with the Ministry of the Interior’s Observatorio de Discriminación Racial (ODR) during FY2017. Specifically, based on the CNC’s diagnosis and mapping exercise regarding the ODR’s production and identification of obstacles and needs, IPA will provide continued support to implement and ensure the sustainability of the research areas and strategic products identified.

IPA will work with the International Labor Organization (ILO) in undertaking an analysis of the implementation of the right to free, prior, informed consultation (FPIC), including the establishment of different methodologies and the potential regulation of this right in Colombia.

Another initiative IPA will implement is to complete the legal analysis of the administration of collective territories in Buenaventura and design a proposal for their inclusion in DNP’s program “Nuevas Ciudades”. In addition, IPA will implement initiatives to strengthen regional innovation centers and the Sena Innova Program. IPA will collaborate with with regional universities to generate knowledge to solutions to challenges that institutions face and address the needs of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. IPA will complement this strategy through the identification of lessons


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learned and good practices of local institutions to promote inclusion of ethnic communities, and the dissemination and transfer of these experiences. 3. Implementation of institutional improvement plans with an ethnic approach

During FY2018, IPA will continue its strategy to strengthen national and local government entities’ capacity to respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by the armed conflict and close gaps in the governance of ethnic affairs. IPA will apply the ICAE to entities including the Ministry of Interior and the DAFP at the national level, as well as local government entities. This diagnosis places a special emphasis on the ethnic approach. IPA will follow the ICAE diagnosis with the implementation of improvement plans for each entity. 4. Improve Civil Servant Capacity

IPA will implement a variety of sub-activities to improve civil servant capacity on justice, local planning, ethnic rights, prior consultation, TIC´s, and LGBTI issues, among other topics.

IPA will collaborate with the DAFP, as well as universities, to provide training for government officials at the local and departmental level regarding the development and implementation of a differential ethnic approach, as well as the special protection that the government must guarantee to indigenous and Afro-Colombian individuals and communities. IPA will continue its work on the “Gender Backpack” sub-activity together with the Consejería Presidencial para la Equidad de la Mujer. After developing new digital and didactic pieces to address the concepts, norms, and guidelines related to the rights of Afro-Colombian and indigenous women, during FY2018, IPA will disseminate the backpack and carry out knowledge transfer activities with governmental entities. Together with the USAID/IOM Colombia program VISP, IPA will work with the judiciary branch to train officials regarding gender and ethnic diversity issues in order to ensure they incorporate a gender and ethnic sensitive approach to their work. In order to prevent GBV and feminicide in Guapí and Timbiquí, IPA will collaborate with the Secretaría de la Mujer in Cauca to develop the initiative “School of Women’s Rights” in target municipalities. Additionally, IPA will continue to identify and work in target municipalities to implement local ethnic routes to prevent GBV, using methodology to adapt national laws on GBV to the specificities of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.

ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key Partners Key Activity Goals Geographic coverage

Target completion

date

Estimated Cost USD

Establish the ethnic route for peace

OACP, ART

1 decree of the ethnic chapter of GoC/FARC‐EP peace agreement developed. 3 PDET including ethnic issues formulated through participatory mechanisms.

National Cauca, Nariño and Valle del Cauca

September 2018

155,000


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What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 1.2: More representation for organizations in

decision making spaces. Ethnic authorities are autonomous and

managing their own resources. Active citizen oversight in communities. Urban youth leadership is strengthened.


Target completion

date

Estimated Cost USD

Knowledge generation for decision making and policy development

Ministerio del Interior, ODR,

CNC

3 research products on racial discrimination and public policy underway. 1 Proposal for the administration of collective territories in Buenaventura transferred to DNP for inclusion in the “Nuevas Ciudades” program

National September

2018 351,000

Institutional improvement plans with an ethnic approach

Departmental and municipal

entities

20 ethnic affairs improvement plans approved and implemented.

21 IPA target municipalities

September 2018

259,000

Improve civil servant capacity

Departamento

Administrativo de la Función Pública (DAFP);

Universities; VISP Program (IOM/USAID)

Training for 100 career government officials at the local and departmental level regarding a differential ethnic approach. Litigation and advocacy activities regarding women victims of sexual violence supported in 2 municipalities. Ethnic women module of Gender Backpack disseminated in target municipalities.

National September

2018 235,000

Result 1.2 Increased Afro-Colombian and indigenous civil society capacity to advocate for their needs and constructively engage with the GoC

ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Promote engagement of ethnic communities in peace building activities

IPA will provide support for ethnic community initiatives to transition to the post-conflict scenario, specifically with the development of PDETs and updating community life plans. IPA will continue its support of the women from the Comisión Étnica para la Paz through technical accompaniment for the implementation of a work plan regarding women, family, gender, and inter-generational work within the ethnic route for peace. This support also involves actions to ensure that the voices of Afro-Colombian and indigenous women are heard in the participation spaces provided for in the Peace Agreement, including the “Instancia especial para contribuir al enfoque de


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género en la implementación del acuerdo final”.

The Activity will support the Interethnic Roundtable of Norte del Cauca (Mesa Interétnica Norte del Cauca) in order to create an interethnic life plan based on community participation to be included as input for the PDET in Alto Patía and Norte del Cauca and ensure the PDET includes the life view and history of ethnic communities in the region, with an emphasis on gender issues.

Additionally, IPA will work with CIDER of the University of Los Andes and the University of the Pacific to carry out a series of activities to train and educate community leaders from Guapí, Timbiquí, and Buenaventura regarding the Final Peace Agreements and planning and management instruments relevant to the formulation of the Central Pacific PDET.

2. Construct a common advocacy for inclusion agenda

IPA will also continue the work it began during FY2017 with the National Ombudsman and the University Javeriana de Cali to offer tools for managing inter and intra-ethnic conflicts. IPA will design and implement experiential training events with national and territorial entities on conflict resolution and will provide technical assistance to create and implement protocols to manage interethnic conflict supported by information management mechanisms on territorial conflict.

IPA will provide training to community leaders in Buenaventura and Quibdó regarding the role of citizen oversight groups (veedurías ciudadanas) in ensuring government compliance and implementation of commitments made to civil society during the general strikes held in these cities during 2017. This strategy includes the creation of a diploma course in citizen oversight groups, which will train 175 grassroots leaders and create capacity in ethnic organizations, local oversight group networks, and victims’ associations.

3. Promote positive youth leadership

IPA will support projects to promote youth participation and leadership in different scenarios, through initiatives selected for the APS 2017, as well as initiatives identified with key partners in urban and rural contexts. IPA will pay special attention to actions that articulate efforts with local government entities responsible for creating and implementing public policies for youth. IPA will work with youth in Soacha on topics such as sexual and reproductive rights, gender roles and new masculinities, with an emphasis on empowering young women and men affected by negative dynamics of violence and racial discrimination. This initiative will be replicated in Medellin. IPA will carry out four actions with the ONIC Indigenous Guard: (1) a Thought Minga (gathering), (2) strengthening their communications, (3) the promotion of youth indigenous guard leadership in five municipalities, and (4) strengthening the Indigenous Guard at the national level to assist its transition to a post-conflict scenario and to promote a new generation of leaders. During FY2018, IPA will identify organizations of young Afro-Colombian or indigenous professionals that have the potential to be leaders in their line of work, and develop a strategy to strengthen their capacities, develop networks, and contribute to the creation of inclusive processes.


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4. Organizational strengthening of ethnic authorities and CSOs

During FY2018, IPA will work to strengthen ethnic CSOs in order to increase their capacity to advocate for the needs of the communities they represent, engage with local and national governmental entities, and participate in peace building. To this end, through the Grants Fund, via the proposals selected in the APS, IPA will support ethnic organizations in strengthening their capacity for self-governance, in particular, developing and adjusting internal regulations and creating plans for self-development in post-conflict contexts. IPA will apply the ICOE evaluation to targeted ethnic organizations and, based on the results, will support the implementation of improvement plans. One of these organizations is the Consejo de Comunidades Afro de Soacha, which IPA seeks to strengthen through a variety of actions in order to increase the participation of Afro-Colombians in local government spaces, renew leadership, and develop tools for political analysis and management. Likewise, IPA will provide institutional strengthening in the La Tonga community through the collective construction of a land use plan, the creation of economic opportunities, and the development of life skills. In order to respond to the particular needs of indigenous communities in situations of extreme vulnerability due to the effects of the armed conflict, IPA will design a customized strategy for the Nükak and Jiw indigenous communities in Guaviare, the Awa community in Barbacoas, Tumaco, and Ricaurte, and the Wayuú community in Uribia. For this community in particular, and in order to increase the capacity of indigenous people to advocate for their rights, IPA will collaborate with the Ministry of Interior to translate an educational tool regarding the right to FPIC into Wayuunaik, the language of the Wayuú indigenous people in La Guajira, and disseminate the tool among the Wayuú people. To complement the efforts of local organizations, IPA will promote empowerment and participatory rural innovation with young professionals, specifically Afro-Colombian and indigenous people who return to their hometowns to contribute to the formulation and implementation of regional projects. 5. Building the capacities and leadership skills of women and individuals with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

In order to materialize its differential approach, during FY2018, IPA will implement a series of initiatives to build the capacities of women, contribute to the construction of positive expressions of non-hegemonic sexual orientations and gender identities in ethnic communities, and strengthen women through formation regarding their rights and preventing GBV. IPA will support Caribe Afirmativo and Colombia Diversa in generating relevant information through technical documents regarding the reality of LGBTI individuals in ethnic communities. This information will help to develop public policy and sensitize society regarding LGTBI ethnic issues.


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What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 1.3: Ethnic authorities manage SGR/SGP

resources. DNP technical assistance for SGR/SG

available at the local level. MinTIC public policy is formulated with

community participation. Ethnic communities are sensitized

regarding self‐identification on the national Census.

ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key

Partners Key activity goals

Geographic coverage

Target completion

date

Estimated Cost USD

Promote engagement of ethnic communities in the implementation of peace agreements

Comisión Étnica para

la Paz

Input developed for 3 PDETs Input developed for the Plan

Marco para la implementación del acuerdo final

National and regional

May 2018 280,000

Construct a common “advocacy for inclusion” agenda

Universidad Javeriana

Accompaniment and training activities implemented for community leaders in the use of citizen oversight groups (veeduría ciudadana) in 4 IPA targeted municipalities.

National and regional Buenaventu

ra and Quibdó

September 2018

148,000

Promote positive youth leadership

Civil society organization

s

5 youth participation and leadership promotion initiatives selected under Grants Fund

Municipal June 2018 821,000

Organizational strengthening of ethnic authorities and CSOs

Sub-recipients(s)

TBD

Capacity building activities implemented for 20 ethnic organizations Support strategies for 4 ethnic

groups: Nukak, Jiw, Awa and Wayuu

Departmental and municipal San José del

Guaviare, Ricaurte and Uribia

September 2018

900,000

Building capacities and leadership skills (women and LGTBI)

Caribe Afirmativo Colombia Diversa

Battery of indicators for LGBT population – Social, economic and Cultural Rights

National June 2018 109,000

Result 1.3 Increased implementation of targeted government initiatives that respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by conflict through a Do No Harm approach that engages the entire community. ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Support the development and implementation of national GoC initiatives

IPA will continue its work with the DANE to ensure the National Population Census accurately reflects the country’s ethnic population in order to improve the statistical visibility of indigenous people and Afro-Colombians. In order to encourage self-identification of ethnic minority groups in the next National Population Census, scheduled for 2018, IPA will support the Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA) in its communication and leadership activities regarding the communication campaign “Yo cuento en este cuento” in the upcoming Census. IPA will also


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launch communication strategies regarding the importance of self-identification in the Census, and support the training of indigenous and Afro-Colombian Census takers. IPA will support the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development to implement participatory environmental public policies in areas with ethnic groups. Specifically, IPA will work with the Ministry to implement provisions of Law 70 of 1993 regarding payment for environmental services. Law 70 recognizes the multi-ethnic nature of Colombia and protects the cultural identity and rights of black communities, including collective property rights. This initiative involves the creation of spaces for Afro-Colombian communities to participate in the regulation of this aspect (environmental services) of the Law.

This component also includes issues addressed in other IPA Result Areas. In order to create income generating opportunities for Afro-Colombian and indigenous families, IPA will work with Prosperidad Social to carry out the Mi Negocio, Empleo para la Prosperidad, and IRACA programs, which include community participation. Additionally, for the protection of the cultural heritage of these communities, IPA will articulate with the Ministry of Culture, the MinICT, and other national and local partners to develop strategies that involve community participation in the formulation and/or implementation of public policies. Each of the results is explained in detail in the relevant Result Area section. 2. Promote access to SGR / SGP resources

IPA will work with the DNP to develop six technical documents to improve its capacity to provide technical assistance to local governments and ethnic groups in formulating sustainable territorial development policies in resguardos and community councils. IPA will continue the work with the DNP it began in FY2017 to improve its toolkit for local governments. The toolkit is an online platform that offers methodologies, formats, and other tools to develop territorial development plans. IPA’s contribution to this toolkit involves an educational document regarding the components of monitoring, investment, and zoning to support local government entities in their administration and relationship with ethnic groups during the implementation of Decree 1953/2014, which authorizes indigenous resguardos and cabildos to directly administer SGP resources. This strategy will begin implementation of this tool in the Jámbalo, Corinto, Wiwa, and Wayuú resguardos, in order to develop their capacity to access and administer resources from the national budget (Sistema General de Participación, SGP). 3. Support the development and implementation of local public policy

During FY2018, IPA will continue to implement its strategy to strengthen local government entities’ capacity to respond to the needs of ethnic communities. Specifically, IPA will work with the city governments of Medellin, Cali and Bogotá, and the departmental government of Cauca, IPA will undertake various initiatives to improve Medellin city government officials’ knowledge of and capacity to respond to ethnic group’s needs, including institutional strengthening and a short course on a differential ethnic approach. The team will provide assistance to the City Government of Medellin to develop a component of Medellín’s 2016-2019 development plan regarding indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents, including the guarantee of their rights, the implementation of a strategy regarding education and ethnic issues, and the strategy “Medellin Ciudad Diversa.”


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IPA will finalize and implement an agreement with the City Government of Bogotá to guarantee the rights of indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents, promote cultural events, and improve city government officials’ capacity to respond to the needs of these residents. Likewise, IPA will work with the Departmental Government of Valle del Cauca to develop a public policy on people with disabilities that incorporates a differential ethnic approach. In particular, this policy will address the experience of disability in a rural context. Regarding innovation issues, IPA will foster the implementation of technological and innovation initiatives for implementation of affirmative actions in ICT, labor inclusion, heritage initiatives, among other priorities identified in the territories, and will support the mapping of technological innovation initiatives for indigenous and Afro-Colombian territories. ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key Partners Key activity indicators Geograph

ic coverage

Target completion date

Estimated cost USD

Support the development and implementation of national GoC initiatives

DANE, Mesa Interétnica

Censal; CNOA

1 national communication strategy implemented to support ethnic inclusion in National Census. 1 Afro‐Colombian communication strategy regarding the importance of self‐identification implemented.

National September 2018

293,000

Promote access to SGR / SGP resources

DNP

6 technical documents to strengthen DNP capacity to provide technical assistance to local governments and ethnic groups in formulating public policies of ethnic sustainable territorial development. Capacity development activities for 4 indigenous resguardos implemented. 1 educational document of the toolkit for local government.

National and

municipal July 2018 149,000

Support the development and implementation of local public policy

Territorial government entities; City Government of Medellin

1 institutional strengthening plan for City Government of Medellin implemented. Map of technological innovation initiatives for ethnic communitites

Municipal August 2018

561,000


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Result 1.4 Improved “Pruebas Saber” results and access to post-secondary education ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Address infant and early childhood barriers to development

IPA will contribute to early childhood attention and education initiatives for the Wayuú indigenous population, and diagnosis and support early childhood education best practices in Buenaventura. To improve maternal and infant health, IPA will work to strengthen Wayuú midwifery, continuing the alliance with Baylor Foundation. This work will also seek to make visible and empower the ancestral role of women in Wayuú communities, identifying and enhancing spheres of community action to prevent GBV and promote community cohesion.

2. Provide both in-class and virtual reinforcement for the Pruebas Saber exams

Although structural and public policy solutions to the low quality public education provided to indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth must be addressed to reduce the higher education gap between ethnic and mestizo youth, IPA has identified low Pruebas Saber exams as an important obstacle facing ethnic minority youth in accessing opportunities for higher educations. To that end, during FY2018, IPA will continue the implementation of several initiatives to improve the Pruebas Saber exam results of ethnic youth, as well a more holistic strategies to improve the quality of public education in municipalities with a majority Afro-Colombian and/or indigenous population. Roll out and implementation of the Gal&Leo strategy will continue in FY2018 in order to improve the results of indigenous and Afro-Colombian high school students’ scores on the Pruebas Saber exams. Specifically, this involves initiating the online platform in schools that were selected and prepared during IPA’s first year. In order to ensure the success of the Gal&Leo strategy, IPA will implement an initiative to improve internet and electricity connectivity in remote areas, through the use of solar panels and other forms of sustainable energy, as well as the purchase and adaptation of computer equipment. IPA will implement this initiative in 9 target municipalities: Santander de Quilichao, Buenaventura, Tumaco, Ricaurte, Barbacoas, Quibdó, Bagadó, Bojayá and Riohacha. In order to undertake structural and sustainable improvements to education, IPA will work with the Ministry of Education to implement the ethnic strategy of the “Todos a Aprender” program, which seeks to improve the quality of public teachers and Pruebas Saber results. IPA will also develop a community leadership strengthening strategy to complement a larger initiative to improve educational infrastructure in regions seriously affected by the conflict. 3. Promote access to post-secondary education

To address the more structural issues that prevent ethnic minority youth from accessing higher education, during FY2018, IPA will implement several initiatives to provide education financing to ethnic minority youth, as well as strategies to bridge information gaps regarding opportunities for

What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 1.4: Afro‐Colombian and indigenous youth

have better tools to access higher education.

Youth leaders strenghtened


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higher education and how to access them. IPA will continue the implementation of its scholarship and loan program, Fondo Lumni, which provides financial support to indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth for university or post-secondary education in the rest of IPA municipalities. Additionally, IPA will work with the Ministry of Education to regulate the GoC’s “Ser Pilo Paga” program, which awards university scholarships to top students from public high schools, to ensure the program adequately reflects the needs of indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth. IPA will collaborate with the University of Cauca in its “Preuniversitario Unicauca” program, which informs high school students about the opportunities and acceptance requirements for the University of Cauca. IPA will provide support for this program to target municipalities with a large Afro-Colombian population, specifically, Guapí, Timbiquí, and Santander de Quilichao, in order to ensure that Afro-Colombian youth are aware of the opportunities they have for higher education, and are informed of the steps necessary to access university education. To implement the program “Strengthening higher education with a perspective on peace and rural approach in the Tumaco, Barbacoas, and Rucaurte municipalities,” IPA will collaborate with the Ministry of Education, the National University, and the University of Nariño. This collaboration will seek to improve access and retention of ethnic youth in higher education institutions. To do so, IPA will implement capacity development activities with students and teachers to improve academic standards. This strategy will also provide financing for students to overcome the financial barriers to higher education. Finally, an innovative research component will seek to increase the retention rate of ethnic students, allowing students to undertake their studies in their communities. As an alternative option for education, IPA will generate partnerships with private sector institutions including Apple and Microsoft to train students to development technological applications that address the specific needs of ethnic territories.

4. Strengthen the registry mechanisms and promote the use of ethnic variables within the Sistema de Matriculación (SIMAT)

In order to adopt appropriate public polices to improve the quality of education for indigenous and Afro-Colombian students, the GoC must have information regarding the number, location, strengths, and weaknesses of these students and their schools. To date, there is a concerning lack of information on these issues. Thus, during FY2018, IPA will implement several initiatives that seek to fill these gaps and collect information about ethnic minority students. This information will be useful to develop public policies to improve access and quality of education for ethnic youth. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, IPA will develop a protocol for the registration and inclusion of the ethnic variable in the SIMAT. Two pilot programs with high school and university institutions will be used to verify the use of the ethnic variable, which includes sensitization of institutions regarding the importance of the use of these variables.

To obtain information regarding ethnicity in the Pruebas Saber exams, IPA will support ICFES in including a variable in its information system to register indigenous and Afro-Colombian students.


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ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key


Geographic coverage

Target completio

n date

Estimated cost USD

Address infant and early childhood barriers to development

Baylor Foundation

1 early childhood attention and education initiative for the Wayuú population implemented. 1 Wayuú midwifery strengthening

activity implemented.

National, departmental, and municipal

June 2018 35,000

Provide both in-class and virtual reinforcement for the Pruebas Saber exams

Gal&Leo; Ministry of Education

Gal&Leo online platform in 20 selected schools operational. Internet and electricity access

improved in10 selected municipalities. Activities to improve the quality

of public teachers designed and implemented in 6 municipalities.

Departmental Municipal

September 2018

1,042,000

Promote access to post-secondary education

Lumni Colombia; Ministry of Education

Scholarship and loan program for 100 indigenous and Afro-Colombian university students. 1 ethnic inclusion proposal

developed for the GoC’s program “Ser Pilo Paga” to adequately reflect the needs of the indigenous and Afro-Colombian population.

National September

2018 700,000

Strengthen the registry mechanisms and promote the use of ethnic variables within the SIMAT

Ministry of Education

Protocol for the registration and inclusion of the ethnic variable in the SIMAT developed in 10 schools and 8 universities. Ethnic variable included in the

ICFES – Pruebas Saber information system.

Municipal June 2018

0 (Resources

from FY2017)

Result Area 2: Economic Opportunities Reduced vulnerability to income poverty by increasing access to economic opportunities STRATEGY

To reach the objective of reducing the vulnerability of indigenous and Afro-Colombians to income poverty through economic opportunities, during FY2018, IPA will focus on two main strategic action lines: (1) increasing the employability of vulnerable indigenous and Afro-Colombians, and (2) supporting the incubation of small urban businesses and strengthening small rural businesses. Within the employability strategic action line, IPA will implement initiatives to improve ethnic labor force skills and qualifications, connect indigenous persons and Afro-Colombians with job placement services and potential employers, and generate more inclusive hiring practices and less discriminatory workplace environments. These initiatives will address the specific challenges ethnic minority women and individuals with disabilities face in obtaining employment. To support the incubation of small urban businesses, IPA will partner with Prosperidad Social and


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Fundación Arcángeles to provide guidance and accompaniment regarding business management to ethnic minority individuals, including those with disabilities. IPA will facilitate access to new markets of community productive initiatives and implement Prosperidad Social’s IRACA program. IRACA will be implemented in particularly vulnerable ethnic communities, and develop components of food security, community production strengthening, and community, social, and organizational strengthening. Other rural initiatives will be developed in specific municipalities in alliance with private sector companies. GOALS

AMEP INDICATORS Goal

Year 1 Progress Year 1

Goal Year 2

Total Goal

Number of households that surpass the income poverty line

0 0 2,850 9,000

Number of beneficiaries accessing formal employment opportunities

250 0 3,850 12,000

Number of households benefiting from IPA supported inclusive business initiatives

200 0 2,300 7,000

To complement AMEP indicators and monitor progress of the Activity, IPA is tracking the following indicators:


Goal Year 2

Number of individuals trained to improve their employability 0 2,545

Number of households micro-targeted for IRACA program 4,350 -

Number of business plans in formulation 2,250 -

Result 2.1 Targeted urban Afro-Colombian and indigenous individuals receive vocational training and formal job placement opportunities through and inclusive process ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Improve ethnic labor force skills/qualifications and job placement services

Together with Prosperidad Social, IPA will continue to implement the program Empleo para la Prosperidad in Medellín, Cartagena, Bogotá, Soacha, Cali, Buenaventura, and Santander de Quilichao. IPA will carry out a study to determine economic sectors that create employment and the profiles of vacancies in each targeted region to guide the facilitation of employment and connect 2,545 participants with the program. The Program Empleo para la Prosperidad considers vulnerable populations looking for formal employment. To respond to these populations, the program will develop three routes: (1) closing information gaps, (2) complementary training, and (3) technical

What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 2.1: Access to formal employment. Households with increased income. Businesses implementing inclusive hiring

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training route. Empleo para la Prosperidad will facilitate potential vacancies to which participants may access. IPA will coordinate with the UESPE during this phase of the program. With Fundación Telefónica Colombia and IOM’s Reintegration and Prevention of Recruitment (RPR), IPA will continue to implement the project “Empleabilidad Digital,” which seeks to increase the opportunities for economic inclusion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous youth in digital ecosystems, using a differential gender and disability approach. This project will target five cities and 1,500 youth, focusing on youth at risk of involvement with new forms of urban violence. IPA will work to facilitate youth employment through its collaboration with the Escuelas Taller in Quibdó and Tumaco. This initiative creates access to the Escuelas Taller for indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth, where they will receive vocational training. IPA will coordinate with the DAFP to increase the participation of indigenous and Afro-Colombian youth in a state program that places recent college graduates into paid internships within the public sector. IPA will work with participating state entities in all 21 IPA municipalities to facilitate the incorporation of ethnic youth into this program. During FY2018, IPA will design a strategy for inclusive senior management training that seeks to improve the skills of Afro-Colombian and indigenous people in private sector companies, in order to advance in their professional careers. 2. Generate more inclusive hiring and contracting practices and less discriminatory workplace environments

In order to address structural and societal barriers to formal employment of indigenous persons and Afro-Colombians, IPA will implement initiatives that embed inclusive employment hiring practices and working environments through strategic alliances with public entities and private companies. IPA will also undertake initiatives to address the specific challenges that face ethnic minority women and those with disabilities in obtaining formal employment. IPA will continue to work with Fundación Arcángeles in processes of job insertion for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers in formal employment, through training, strategic alliances with businesses, profiling and accompaniment. IPA will carry out the coordination and transfer of a differential approach regarding individuals with disabilities, in the Empleo para la Prosperidad program and in the inclusive employment route of the Public Employment Service. IPA will continue its work with the Sindicato de Empleadas Domésticas, continuing its activities in Bogotá, Medellín, and Cartagena, and expanding its coverage to Cali, a city to which Afro-Colombian and indigenous women from Norte del Cauca migrate to work as domestic laborers. Furthermore, IPA will develop an empowerment and transition route for domestic laborers. The empowerment of Afro-Colombian domestic laborers is key to IPA’s gender strategy, as it tackles intersectional discrimination and violence that disproportionately affects ethnic women in Colombia, while seeking to minimize the negative effects of the invisibility and exploitation of domestic work that is overwhelmingly assigned to women. Together with ANDI, IPA will identify and publicly acknowledge companies that implement inclusive employment practices. IPA will use the Inclusive Employment Model developed by ANDI, a tool that facilitates the coordination of different actors in the labor market, the creation of alliances, and


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training companies and training institutions to become more inclusive. This tool emphasizes a differential approach regarding gender, youth, disability, and region. It will develop two guides to rate companies and training institutions, which will be applied in eight target municipalities. ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key


Geographic coverage

Target completio

n date

Estimated cost USD

Improve ethnic labor force skills and job placement services

Prosperidad Social;

Fundación Telefónica

Empleo para la Prosperidad Program implemented. Empleabilidad Digital project

under implementation in 5 municipalities.

Municipal July 2018 2,537,000

Generate more inclusive hiring practices and less discriminatory workplace environments

Prosperidad Social;

Fundación Arcángeles;

Public Employment

Service

1 labor intermediation initiative implemented for the effective inclusion of individuals with disabilities and their caregivers in formal employment. Differential approach regarding

individuals with disabilities transferred to the Empleo para la Prosperidad Program and to the inclusive employment route of the Public Employment Service.

National July 2018 180,000

Result 2.2 Inclusive business initiatives developed among urban and rural Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities affected by conflict and private sector companies ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Support the incubation of micro, small, and medium enterprises in urban contexts

Together with Prosperidad Social, in FY2017, IPA began to implement the Mi Negocio program. During FY2018, IPA will continue this program and undertake a study to identify promising economic sectors in each target region to improve the viability of 2,750 businesses in Cartagena, Riohacha, San Juan del Cesar, Quibdó, Tumaco, Buenaventura, Puerto Tejada, and Mocoa. Under Prosperidad Social’s Mi Negocio program, business units will receive guidance and accompaniment in areas of business management: administrative, financial, technical, and marketing. The business units with the best performance will receive further accompaniment to help them grow and stabilize. In Tumaco, specific support will be given to productive initiatives of women involved in the Emotional Wellbeing of Afro-Colombian women victims of violence initiative. IPA will also implement this imitative in Bogotá to address victims of the armed conflict, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians.

What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 2.2 Productive initiatives consolidated in

urban and rural areas, with access to new markets.

Families with increased income.


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IPA’s strategy with Fundación Arcángeles will develop productive initiatives with ethnic minority individuals with disabilities. To ensure the sustainability of these strategies, IPA will work with Prosperidad Social to institutionalize a differential ethnic and disability approach for several of its programs. IPA will work with Prosperidad Social to include a differential ethnic approach in the Mi Negocio operating guide. The strategy for inclusion of the Afro-Colombian population with disabilities will also be implemented in the framework of strengthening productive business units, in cooperation with Fundación Arcángeles, Global Connections to Employment (GCE), the Departmental Government of Valle del Cauca and the City Government of Medellín. This strategy is a continuation of Fundación Arcángeles’s FY2017 work to develop productive initiatives with individuals with disabilities and their caregivers, addressing the sustainability of these initiatives. The lessons learned from these initiatives will create input for the articulation and transfer of an inclusive approach for the population with disabilities in Prosperidad Social’s Empleo para la Prosperidad and IRACA programs as well as for public policies for inclusion of the ethnic population with disabilities. Ann innovative and simple waste management solution for Quibdó will be implemented in collaboration with Compartamos con Colombia as a means to create income generation initiatives for the local population. This initiative will be articulated to the Detonante initiative which seeks to promote entrepreneurship through capacity building, networking, volunteering and communication. 2. Strengthen rural community economic development projects

The main strategies IPA will implement in this area during FY2018 involve strengthening productive chains, increasing access to new markets and rural productive projects through IRACA. During its first year, IPA worked with Prosperidad Social to set up the IRACA program, which IPA will implement during FY2018. The communities involved in IRACA belong to ethnic territories, in disperse rural areas, with high levels of extreme poverty, and have been affected by the armed conflict and illegal crops. The populations in these areas benefit from two decisions from the Constitutional Court ordering the State to provide priority attention given the gravity of their vulnerability and risk of physical and cultural extinction. IRACA is based on components of food security, community production units, and community, social and organizational strengthening. The comprehensiveness of the intervention will be achieved through the participative construction of territorial and community management plans. The work methodology will be undertaken through participatory models, with broad representation and dialogue with community and ethnic authorities and knowledge exchange between IPA’s technical team and its target communities. The IRACA program will be implemented in resguardos and community councils in eight municipalities: Guapí, Timbiquí, Bojayá, Uribia, Riohacha, Tumaco, Ricaurte, and Buenaventura.

To complement its efforts in rural areas, IPA has identified promising productive chains, including cacao, fish, shrimp, and anthurium, which, in alliance with private sector partners, will be promoted in Tumaco, Ricaurte, Cartagena, Uribia, Riohacha, and Buenaventura. IPA will strengthen ethnic associations that work in these productive chains, and implement strategies to strengthen its differential gender approach according to the particular characteristics of the communities. Specifically in Tumaco, IPA will work with Fedecacao to implement the project “Productive and Commercial Strengthening” with 800 small cacao producers. The objective of this initiative is to increase the


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income of these producers through improving their productivity, commercialization, access to markets and the competitiveness of their cacao. Another initiative IPA will develop with Colciencias is to provide support for innovative strategies that facilitate the mobilization and/or transformation of products, including cable roads and interconnection mechanisms, among others. 3. Facilitate access to new markets

IPA will seek to create an alliance between Afro-Colombian businesses and the National Black Chamber of Commerce in the U.S., in order to share best practices and strategies for inclusive Afro-Colombian businesses. Once the productive projects that will be supported in the Mi Negocio program of Prosperidad Social are selected, IPA and Prosperidad Social will seek alternatives for commercialization and access to new markets. Both programs will also support cultural endeavors to broaden their options for commercialization, seeking to strengthen their sustainability. Other strategy to facilitate access to new markets is to enhance and implement technological innovation initiatives in IPA territories for sustainable environmental use, including the recovery of water sources, clean energies, wastewater treatment, and the transformation of solid waste. ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key Partners Key Activity Goals Geographic

coverage

Target completion

date

Estimated Cost

Support incubation of micro-, small-, and medium- enterprises

Prosperidad Social; Fundación Arcángeles; GCE;

Departmental Government of Valle del Cauca;

City Government of Medellin

Targeted business units supported under the Mi Negocio Program. Differential ethnic approach

incorporated in the Mi Negocio operating guide. Productive initiatives with

individuals with disabilities and their caregivers developed in 5 municipalities.

Municipal September

2018 455,000

Strengthen rural community economic development projects

Prosperidad Social; Fedecacao

IRACA Program underway in resguardos and community councils in 8 municipalities. Ethnic associations in

promising productive chains strengthened in four 4 municipalities. 800 small cacao producers

strengthened in their productive and commercial capacities.

Municipal September

2018 3,741,000


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Activity Key Partners Key Activity Goals Geographic

coverage

Target completion

date

Estimated Cost

Facilitate access to new markets

National Black Chamber of Commerce

Cultural endeavors supported to facilitate access to new markets.

Municipal July 2018 97,000

Result Area 3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity Increased awareness and respect for ethnic diversity STRATEGY

IPA believes that the social inclusion of ethnic minority communities requires a transformation of the dominant narratives surrounding indigenous and Afro-Colombian population, which are based on prejudice and stereotypes. To do so, and to combat internalized racism within ethnic communities, during FY2018, IPA will adopt two strategic action lines with respect to Heritage and Cultural Diversity: (1) identification and support to cultural heritage initiatives; (2) transforming narratives of indigenous and Afro-Colombians through antidiscrimination and positive messages. Cultural heritage initiatives seek to strengthen ethnic identity, culture, and history, as well as changing Colombia’s collective perception of ethnic communities and their cultures and traditions. The strategic action line of anti-discrimination and positive messages is designed to combat negative images of indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombians, both within the majority mestizo population and within ethnic communities themselves. Based on the premise that the people best suited to tell the stories of Colombia’s ethnic communities are the members of those communities, IPA seeks to strengthen the communication capacities of indigenous and Afro-Colombians, as well as provide platforms to amplify their voices. GOALS

Indicators (R3) Goal

Year 1 Progress Year 1

Goal Year 2

Total Goal

Percentage change in the ethnic awareness and respect index

- - 25%

Number of cultural heritage protection initiatives supported

8 8 12 40

Percentage change in mentions promoting ethnic inclusion and anti-discrimination in media

- 5% 25%

To complement AMEP indicators and monitor progress of the Activity, IPA is tracking the following indicators:


Goal Year 2

Number of initiatives that create mentions promoting ethnic inclusion and anti-discrimination in media

6 -


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Result 3.1 Cultural heritage initiatives identified and supported ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Support the formulation and implementation of public policy to protect heritage initiatives

During FY2018, IPA will work the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Culture to formulate a public policy for sacred places and ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples. The Activity will support the MinTIC in consolidating guidelines and socialization strategies for its public policy on communication for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombians. The policy is designed to facilitate ethnic communities’ independent access, use, appropriation, and management of modern information and communication technology. Additionally, IPA will accompany the National Agency of Television (ANTV) in the implementation of an indigenous television plan. IPA will continue to combine efforts with the Ministry of Culture and the Universidad Javeriana de Cali in the development of proposals for public policy guidelines, mapping, and typologies of immaterial cultural heritage in urban contexts. In addition, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, IPA will work to promote the oral tradition of ethnic communities as a tool to conserve cultural heritage, as well as an agent for development and peace. IPA will support the implementation of the midwifery PES focusing on the structural role of midwives to the entire community, and the Marimba PES to protect and safeguard this heritage. At the local level, during FY2018, IPA will accompany initiatives to formulate and implement cultural heritage public policies, including the Chocó and Quibdó Ten-Year Cultural Plan. IPA will also continue its work with the Cartagena City Government and the Ministry of Culture regarding the African Diaspora initiative, which promotes respect for Afro-Colombian communities as well as cultural endeavors that benefit community appropriation of the historical center of Cartagena. 2. Support for heritage and cultural diversity initiatives

Cultural manifestations are a valuable symbolic resource for indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and individuals to reaffirm their identities, create and maintain community, and foster pride in cultures and traditions in the face of discrimination, prejudice, and exclusion. The recovery and continued support of cultural heritage initiatives of these communities are particularly important in post-conflict Colombia, as, on the one hand, many have been weakened or threatened by the conflict, and, on the other, they provide the opportunity for peaceful community building and the reestablishment of social fabric. Additionally, these initiatives seek to transform the country’s collective perception regarding the historical and current processes through which ethnic communities express their culture, identity and forms of maintaining their way of life, as well as how they contribute to the construction their territories and the nation.

What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 3.1 Promote cultural heritage as a means for

economic and social development driving force in the context of peace.


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IPA will continue to promote processes of empowerment with Afro-Colombian women with respect to cultural manifestations delegated to them, as IPA recognizes the importance of their role in safeguarding immaterial cultural heritage, as well as the need to reclaim their traditional knowledge as a valid and important source of knowledge for the entire country. Through the Donations Fund, during FY2018, IPA will support initiatives selected in the APS that seek to preserve communities’ cultural expressions, recover cultural heritage, and disseminate the ancestral memory of indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian communities. IPA will continue to support cultural expressions that work as agents for development and peace, such as the Wayuú Festival (La Guajira), Petronio Álvarez (Cali), San Pacho (Quibdó), Inti Raymi (Valle/Cauca), Balsadas de la Purísima (Guapí, Timbiquí), and Colombia Negra (Bogotá). IPA will also design a Pacific Coast Cultural Route, forming alliances with municipal governments to highlight points of interest, with the objective of promoting cultural expressions along the Route during 2019 and 2020. In addition, IPA will continue to support the production of “Tradition Bearers in the Colombian Pacific”: an audiovisual series that will first be released in local and regional channels, and then later on online platforms. Each short episode is narrated by individuals with ancestral knowledge who have been recognized as protectors of their communities’ knowledge and traditions.

ACTIVITIES TABLE


Target completion date

Estimated Cost

Support the formulation and implementation of public policy to protect heritage initiatives

Ministry of Culture; Javeriana University – Cali;

Ministry of Technologies and communications

(TIC)

Proposals for public policy guidelines and typologies of cultural heritage in urban contexts. Activities for the

implementation of two Special Safeguarding Plans executed. Guidelines and

socialization strategies developed for public policy on ethnic group communication.

National and municipal

July 2018 451,000

Motivate the recovery, strengthening, exchange and diffusion of cultural heritage

Community Organizations

Production of the audiovisual series of “Tradition Bearers in the Colombian Pacific” supported. APS selected cultural

preservation initiatives supported.

National and

municipal

September 2018

124,000


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Result 3.2 Transforming narratives of indigenous and Afro-Colombians through antidiscrimination and positive messages ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Position ethnic issues on the public agenda

As a result of persistent racism and discrimination, many ethnic communities face the challenge of combatting prejudicial and racist messages and attitudes from the majority population. Therefore, during FY2018, IPA will implement initiatives that seek to transform negative stereotypes and messages about ethnic minorities to positive, inclusive messages.

During FY2018, IPA will implement a communication strategy to disseminate anti-discrimination and inclusive messages, designing publicity campaigns both for ethnic communities and Colombian society in general.

Additionally, IPA will collaborate with various departments of Social Communication in different universities to develop strategies and programs to encourage inclusive language practices in universities and other scenarios.

During 2017, ethnic variables were included in the General Media Study from CNC; in 2018 the results of this study will be presented to targeted key sectors in order to show the relevance of ethnic communities in the national market and to generate initiatives that encourage inclusion in the private sector. Additionally, IPA will work with the CNC to include an ethnic approach in the Brand Study that will be carried out during 2018, which will better allow private sector companies to focus on a strategy of inclusion, in collaboration the Activity’s economic opportunities team. IPA will continue to support Akubadaura in the production of the program “Voices of Multiculturalism in Guaviare.” Radio has been identified as a potential means to sensitize the mestizo population and settlers regarding the needs and realities of the indigenous communities with the aim of tackling the rampant discrimination in the area.

IPA will seek to consolidate a space in La Silla Vacía to provide greater visibility of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities and a more active voice in public debates. To this end, IPA proposed created a space called “La Red Étnica" in which Afro-Colombian and indigenous opinion leaders and experts on Afro-Colombian and indigenous themes write about issues facing these communities as well as those facing the country more generally, including an emphasis on women. Additionally, IPA will continue its "mapa de súper poderosos" strategy to increase the visibility of indigenous and Afro-Colombian local, regional, and national leaders.

IPA will create an editorial line that seeks to promote important written works of indigenous and Afro-Colombian individuals, mostly academics and tradition bearers. Also publications with ethnic content that include development and peace construction related content.

What IPA seeks to achieve through intermediate result 3.2 Colombian society in general is aware of

the contributions of ethnic communities to society.

Businesses seek to address ethnic market niches.

Colombian society respects ethnic groups and values diversity.


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2. Communication initiatives with ethnic communities

The most effective way to transform negative narratives about ethnic communities and to ensure that Colombian society as a whole gains a greater appreciation for the country’s cultural diversity is by amplifying the voices of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities. To this end, during FY2018, IPA will implement a variety of initiatives to strengthen the capacities of Afro-Colombian and indigenous people in communication processes, and provide access to platforms from which they have traditionally been excluded. These initiatives seek to transform the narratives of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and increase the visibility of the contributions of ethnic communities. Recognition efforts will also be oriented toward the capacities of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons with disabilities through sporting and cultural activities, in alliance with institutions including Colciencias and Coldeportes. IPA will design the program “Communication School” in articulation with local universities in Nariño, Chocó, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca, as well as Corporación Manos Visibles and other communication collectives, in order to strengthen the capacities of Afro-Colombian and indigenous youth in communication processes. IPA will also work to strengthen the Center for African Diaspora Studies “Muntu Bantu” in Quibdó, with a comprehensive strategy that includes all three areas of IPA, in order to highlight African cultural heritage and contributions to the country, articulating educational strategies and creating impact not only in Choco, but also in other departments. IPA will coordinate with the Ministry of Culture and the MinTIC to produce a series of special episodes of a television program called “Guillermina y Candelario” regarding topics of self-identification and inclusion. 3. Cultural endeavors

IPA will support cultural expressions that serve as agents for development and peace, seeking to articulate these initiatives with IPA’s Result Area 2 (economic opportunities), to generate sustainable processes and identify opportunities for strengthening economic cultural endeavors within cultural expressions. ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key

Partners Key Activity Goals

Geographic coverage

Target

completion date

Estimate Cost

Positioning ethnic issues on the public agenda

CNC, Colombia National

Announcers Association, La Silla Vacía

Results of the General Media Study presented to key sectors. Ethnic variable included in the Brand

Study in 2018 Communication strategy to disseminate

positive, anti-discrimination, and inclusive messages implemented. Ethnic opinion leaders published in La

Silla Vacía. Editorial line to promote important

works of ethnic communities created.

National June 2018 404,000


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Activity Key


Geographic coverage

Target

completion date

Estimate Cost

Communication initiatives with community

Corporación Manos Visibles;

Universities; communicati

ons collectives

“Communication School” Program designed. Initiatives that encourage self-

identification in ethnic communities implemented. Center for African Diaspora Studies

“Muntu Bantú” in Quibdó strengthened.

National and department

June 2018 358,000

Cultural endeavors

TBD Economic cultural endeavors supported National and

municipal

September 2018

121,000

Result Area 4: Humanitarian Assistance Provide humanitarian assistance to Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION

1. Humanitarian assistance - La Guajira

In 2018, IPA will continue its intervention in La Guajira in collaboration with the Baylor Foundation, specifically in adapting attention spaces for children and pregnant and nursing women, and adapting housing for those with tuberculosis. It will also carry out activities regarding water, sanitation, and hygiene in communities in the municipalities of Uribía, Riohacha, and Manaure. 2. Community stabilization - Mocoa

In Mocoa, during the stabilization phase, IPA will support the institutional strengthening of indigenous authorities and local institutions for the preparation of emergency attention and issues of CCCM and risk management with the indigenous guard. 3. Return process of Jiw Community - San José del Guaviare

In Guaviare, should the return of the displaced Jiw indigenous people be possible, IPA will accompany the process in issues of water, sanitation and hygiene. ACTIVITIES TABLE

Activity Key


Geographic coverage

Target completion

date

Estimated Cost

Humanitarian Assistance

United Nations, National

and Municipal authorities

7 communities with access to water solutions implemented Water, sanitation and

hygiene and institutional strengthening activities implemented.

Municipal February 2018 172,000


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Grants Fund During FY2018, IPA will initiate the implementation of selected proposals from the 2017 APS on issues of organizational strengthening, strengthening traditions and cultural heritage, gender, and initiatives for persons with disability. This initiatives will be developed in 11 IPA municipalites: Barbacoas, Ricaurte and Tumaco (Nariño); Bagadó and Quibdó (Chocó); Caloto, Puerto Tejada, and Santander de Quilichao (Cauca); San Juan del Cesar (La Guajira); Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca); and Cartagena (Bolívar). Given the positive response to the call for proposals, and in order to finance more projects, the budget for the APS will be increased in USD 380,000 with FY2018 resources. Additionally, during FY2018, IPA will publish a new APS, and initiatives will be selected and implemented in the municipalities of Guapí and Timbiquí in Cauca, and Bojayá in Chocó. IPA regional teams will select the issue focus of the APS, in accordance with the needs they identify in each region. The Grants Fund will also issue a request for applications to finance organizations that carry out activities for youth leadership in Medellín, Cali, Bogotá, Soacha, and Riohacha. On the other hand, initiatives to support indigenous communities in Bogotá on issues related to justice and support for traditional practices will be financed through the Grants Fund. Another priority topic for the Grants Fund in 2018 is disability, in particular disabilities related to land mines. In order to continue IPA’s work on several issues, during FY2018, the Grants Fund will continue to support the Ethnic Commission for Peace, as well as the CONPA women’s network. The Grants Fund will also support the Domestic Laborers Union in its efforts to replicate its actions and work in Cali. According to developments regarding the LGBTI alliance, the Grants Fund will analyze funding options for this initiative. 7. COMMUNICATIONS PLAN This section presents IPA’s plans to communicate to USAID, the wider U.S. Government, and other audiences with respect to Activity priorities, geographic focus, and achievements. The communication pieces and knowledge products shown below will be drafted in English, predominantly by native speakers. Additionally, IPA plans to produce Spanish language versions of several of these products to reach a wider audience. Communications products will also be made available in indigenous languages as needed. Based on data analysis the Activity will prepare the following reports: Highlights

Sent when applicable, highlights are roughly a paragraph in length and concisely summarize information on relevant Activity achievements. Highlights include a photo when possible, and are results-based, utilizing non-technical and accessible language. Highlights are compiled with those from other USAID supported IOM programs and emailed to USAID.

Fact Sheet The Activity Factsheet provides a comprehensive description of IPA, the Activity’s strategic objectives and principle lines of work, as well as an overview of the most recent Activity advances by intermediate result. Updated factsheets are distributed via social media and published on the IOM website, and are available in Spanish and English.


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Quarterly reports

The quarterly report format will include a summary of key achievements during the period, progress made toward outcomes, challenges encountered and actions taken, lessons learned, expenditures and resource utilization (including financial reports) and annexes. When applicable, the report will annex success stories of how the Activity has contributed to the improvement of living conditions of individuals or communities.

Personal narratives and success stories In coordination with USAID’s Development Outreach and Communications Office, methods and topics will be selected to include stories on USAID’s webpages (USAID Exposure1, USAID Impact2, and others) to facilitate a general understanding of IPA goals and activities by USAID and public audiences. To communicate the impact of this Activity, IOM will find individual “beneficiaries” with compelling personal stories and disseminate these stories via proven written or digital mediums.

Audiovisual products

IPA will generate short videos, photographic stories and other visual “storytelling” materials to communicate messages, interventions, and impacts to a wide audience. These products, highlighting the Activity’s work at the national and community levels, will be distributed through various means, including events and fairs and online through IOM and USAID’s YouTube channels and other social media sites. Documentaries and videos will be closed captioned both in English and Spanish to comply with U.S. Federal Regulations.

Departmental Profiles

IPA will generate a fact sheet of its priority departments, updated for presentation at Situational Reviews or when required for an official visit to a priority department.

Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Issues

IPA will prepare concise reports on national and regional policy, legal and contextual developments relevant to the Activity. Also, when appropriate, IPA will provide USAID with informal reports to cover important events or developments.”

Social media

Through its Colombia mission and broader international social media sites (including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), IOM will promote the Activity’s advances thanks to “the American people” to different national and international audiences. These are high traffic websites, ensuring the visibility of U.S. government support for inclusion.

Infographics

To ensure that data, photos, and advances are presented in an accessible manner, IPA will develop infographics on specific topics and projects throughout the implementation of the Activity. These infographics will be created in English and Spanish to ensure the dissemination of U.S. government support at the local, national, and international level.

Visits These visits will be conducted in coordination with the USAID mission director, other mission personnel, the U.S. ambassador, or visiting U.S. government officials, providing necessary information and documentation (including Scene Setters, briefings, biographies, and infographics). Visits will make private and private sector, international cooperation, and civil


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society participants aware of the U.S. Government’s participation. The active presence and participation of representatives of USAID and/or the U.S. Embassy at Activity events or activities will be a highly effective tool to increase awareness of U.S. government support for GoC activities and Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities.

Newsletters

The IPA newsletter is a short document that includes the most important news from IPA during the week and upcoming events of interest. It is circulated within the IPA team on a weekly basis.


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Annex 1: Results Framework General Objective: To foster social and economic inclusion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities that have been severely affected by conflict. Result Area 1: Community and Institutional Strengthening Enhanced government capacity to respond to ethnic communities affected by conflict and greater engagement of those communities in peace building

Result Area 2: Economic Opportunities Reduced vulnerability to income poverty by increasing access to economic opportunities.

Result Area 3: Heritage and Cultural Diversity Increased Awareness and respect for ethnic diversity

Result 1.1 Targeted GoC agencies have increased capacity to respond to the needs of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons affected by conflict

Result 2.1 Targeted urban Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons receive vocational training and formal job placement opportunities through an inclusive process

Result 3.1 Cultural heritage initiatives identified and supported


Result 2.2 Inclusive business initiatives developed among urban and rural Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities affected by conflict and private sector companies.

Result 3.2 Awareness of indigenous and Afro-Colombian cultures and contributions promoted

Result 1.3 Increased implementation of targeted government initiatives that respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by conflict through a Do No Harm approach that engages the entire community

Result 1.4 Improved “Pruebas Saber” results


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Annex 2: Summary Budget by Result

Results Budget FY 2018 Community and Institutional Strengthening

Result 1.1Targeted GoC agencies have increased capacity to respond to the needs of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons affected by conflict

1,000,000


1,366,000

Result 1.3 Increased implementation of targeted GoC initiatives that respond to the needs of ethnic communities affected by conflict through a No Harm approach that engages the entire community

1,003,000

Result 1.4 Improved “Pruebas Saber” results 1,777,000 Economic Opportunities

Result 2.1 Targeted urban Afro-Colombian and indigenous personas receive vocational training and formal job placement opportunities through an inclusive process

2,687,000

Result 2.2 Inclusive business initiatives developed among urban and rural Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities affected by conflict and private sector companies

4,293,000

Heritage and Cultural Diversity

Result 3.1 Cultural heritage initiatives identified and supported

575,000

Result 3.2 Awareness of indigenous and Afro-Colombian cultures and contributions promoted

883,000

Humanitarian Assistance

Result 4.1 172,000

Grants Fund 1,525,000 TOTAL 15,281,000

inclusion for peace activity (ipa) annual implementation

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