Strengthening of organizational capacity.

Create spaces of trust between peasant leaders and the PNN by addressing issues prioritized by them, in order to strengthen their organizational capacity.

To achieve this process, the following activities were carried out:

  • Identification of key actors and Community Action Boards.
  • Diagnosis on the organization and participation (it allowed to analyze the roots of the communal processes, their strengths and weaknesses).
  • Analysis of projects being developed in the area to identify initiatives that could leverage PA management in addressing the situation of use, occupation and tenure.
  • Design and execution of the cross-cutting agenda for training and capacity building of community leaders. The topics covered were the following: Colombian environmental regulations, conflict management and resolution, mechanisms for citizen and community participation, peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Government, land use planning with emphasis on Peasant Reserve Zones, project formulation and management, associativity and cooperativism.
  • Generation of meetings between local and regional peasant organizations as a strategy for the exchange of experiences.
  • Available funding sources such as budgetary support from the European Union.
  • Acknowledgement by the farming communities regarding the existence of a protection figure and willingness of key stakeholders to receive training.
  • Community training exercises on Colombian environmental regulations need to be strengthened.
  • Strengthening of community organizations in organizational and technical aspects.
  • Support organizations in identifying institutional or private initiatives that can support local processes in this area.
  • Take into account the ecotourism approach in the buffer zone as an economic alternative.
  • Stimulate the strengthening of the Environmental Committees of the Community Action Boards located in the Buffer Zone and linked to social control exercises for conservation.