Colombie

Les priorités thématiques de la DDC en Colombie portent sur la fourniture de services de base, ainsi que la protection des victimes du conflit. L’accès à l’eau, sa gestion et l’assainissement représentent les autres axes d’engagement de la DDC dans ce pays.

Carte de la Colombie
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En 2012, le gouvernement a annoncé le lancement de négociation en vue de mettre fin au conflit avec la guérilla des Forces Armées Révolutionnaires de Colombie (FARC). Ce processus a conduit à l’adoption d’initiatives législatives comme la loi de restitution des terres des victimes du conflit. Ces négociations ont reçu un écho positif au niveau national et international, mais des milieux s’y opposent et la violence organisée reste un thème d’actualité dans le pays. Les activités de la DDC reposent principalement sur la situation humanitaire préoccupante des victimes du conflit. La stratégie générale vise à contribuer aux processus pour surmonter le conflit armé et appuyer le processus de réconciliation. Elle s’appuie sur diverses modalités de coopération, telles que partenariat bilatéral et multilatéral, ainsi que des actions directes.

Aide humanitaire

Services de base en faveur de la population victime du conflit

L’aide humanitaire d’urgence couvre les besoins élémentaires des populations affectées par le conflit. Elle porte notamment sur l’accès à l’eau potable, la sécurité alimentaire et les soins de base. Les moyens de subsistance des populations vulnérables sont ainsi assurés, tout comme le renforcement de leurs capacités institutionnelles et organisationnelles, pour leur permettre de participer aux processus de réconciliation. La DDC est particulièrement active au niveau rural.

Aide humanitaire

Gouvernance foncière

Protection des victimes du conflit: processus de restitution des terres

Adopté en 2011, la loi relative aux victimes et à la restitution des terres contient plusieurs mécanismes de protection, en faveur de la population civile. Ces mécanismes s’inspirent de l’approche «Ne pas nuire» qui veille à ce que l’aide octroyée ne constitue pas une source de conflit supplémentaire entre les parties. Concrètement, cette approche s’articule autour de trois axes:

  • le renforcement institutionnel
  • le développement des capacités individuelles
  • la gestion du savoir

Le Ministère de l’agriculture est chargé de l’application de la loi selon cette approche, avec l’expertise de l’Université nationale de Colombie et l’organisation américaine «CDA-Collaborative Learning Projects».

Engagement dans des contextes fragiles et prévention de conflits

Eau

Garantir l’accès à l’eau pour les populations vulnérables, améliorer l’assainissement et la gestion de l’eau

La population, particulièrement dans les régions rurales, a droit à un accès durable à l’eau. L’assainissement doit également pouvoir être garanti. Dans le cadre d’un partenariat public-privé, des entreprises suisses et colombiennes ont effectué des recherches sur la consommation en eau des ménages. Les conclusions de ces études ont permis d’initier un projet-pilote pour promouvoir une meilleure gestion de l’eau. Les connaissances acquises dans la mise en œuvre du projet-pilote ont permis de lancer, en 2012, une seconde phase avec sept grandes entreprises colombiennes. Le projet est coordonné par le Centre national pour une production plus propre (CNPP).

Eau

Histoire de la coopération

De l’aide humanitaire à l’appui à la transition

En 2001, la DDC a ouvert un bureau à Bogota avec un programme humanitaire pour améliorer les conditions de vie des victimes du conflit armé. Depuis 2009, la Colombie est un pays prioritaire de la DDC.

Projets actuels

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Contribution to UNHCR Programme Budget 2023-2024 (earmarked)

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

UNHCR is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique mandate by the General Assembly of United Nations to provide protection and assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, refugee returnees, and stateless persons. The strategic direction 2022-26 concretise the overall mandate of UNHCR for the upcoming years. Contributing to these directions allows Switzerland to achieve in particular the human development goal defined in the Dispatch to Parliament on International Cooperation for 2021-24.


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


WFP: Food assistance in Cauca. Strengthening food sovereignty and autonomy of the Nasa people

01.11.2022 - 31.10.2023

Due to the protracted armed conflict, many indigenous communities in the department of Cauca remain in a situation of vulnerability and food security crisis. The situation has worsened by internal challenges to consolidate peace, as well as by the impact of climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the effects of the Ukraine crisis.

In this scenario, SDC will support WFP with additional resources to complement its early recovery actions in favor of vulnerable communities, under the principle of saving lives, fostering recovery processes and strengthening their livelihoods, thus improving the food security of communities.


Regional Protection and Migration Programme

01.05.2022 - 15.11.2025

Latin America faces the second largest forced displacement crisis in the world with 7.1 million people forcibly displaced from Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean and other continents. 6.2 million more are displaced in their own country. Persons in human mobility need protection against gender-based violence, exploitation and exclusion. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, Switzerland addresses causes and consequences of displacement, providing aid, striving for integration and supporting actors to protect the most vulnerable.


Integrated Mine Action Program Phase 1: 2021-2023

01.07.2021 - 31.03.2024

SDC will continue supporting Colombia to meet its international commitment to be free of landmines by 2025 (Ottawa Treaty), thereby contributing to the Peace Agreement and the 2030 Agenda. The first phase (2021-2023) of the Mine Action Programme will assist mine victims and affected communities with demining operations, protection measures and socioeconomic recovery. It will also support authorities in leading and coordinating the Mine Action sector.


MIRE+ Consortium

01.07.2021 - 30.09.2023

The humanitarian situation in Colombia remains critical. Due to the ongoing and intensifying activities of ilegal armed groups, large numbers of people endure violence, live under threats and have to leave their homes temporarily or permanently. 

Bearing in mind the recurrence of humanitarian needs in the affected regions, the MIRE+ Consortium -supported by SDC- aims at contributing to durable solutions and better conditions for resilience. It develops integral responses that address humanitarian needs and also boost the recovery of livelihoods and improve the access to basic services.

 

 


El Agua Nos Une - Water stewardship: evidence-based decisions

01.01.2021 - 31.03.2026

Based on Switzerland’s decade long experience on private sector engagement and empowerment of public institutions, El Agua Nos Une programme focuses on strengthening evidence-based decisions for better water governance, in 4 Latin American countries. It envisions systemic change towards corporate water use efficiency and pollution mitigation, mobilizing stakeholders and investments in ecosystem preservation; contributing to a more equitable society and responsible water use.


Water and Comprehensive Sanitation Project in Rural Areas (ASIR – SABA), Phase III

01.06.2020 - 30.06.2023

The ASIR-SABA Project aims to contribute to the sustainable management and governance of water and sanitation, as well as public health, as a contribution to the consolidation of peace in rural areas of the country. To achieve its objective, the project promotes dialogue between the different actors of the WASH sector in Colombia. It also aims to strengthen the capacities at the community and institutional level (national, departmental and municipal) for the co-management of water and sanitation in rural areas of the country.

Based on the achievements capitalized by the project in its first and second phases and the challenges and opportunities identified with the different governmental actors of the WASH sector in Colombia, the SDC implements the third and final phase of the ASIR-SABA project.


Colombia, UNDP: UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Peacebuilding (MPTF)

01.04.2019 - 31.12.2023

Launched in 2016 within the “Colombia in Peace” framework, the first phase of the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) of the United Nations for Post-Conflict for Colombia aimed to support national stabilization efforts as well as early preparation and implementation of the peace agreements. In 2019, nine donors (Norway, UK, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, Chile, Korea and Switzerland) and the UN Peacebuilding Fund have agreed to support the second phase of the Fund, focusing on strengthening the stabilization of the territories and contributing to the achievement of sustainable peace results.  


Handicap International: Comprehensive action against Antipersonnel Mines (APM) and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in three departments of Colombia.

01.08.2015 - 31.05.2017

The five decades running armed conflict in Colombia continues to cause humanitarian needs such as internal displacement, landmine contamination and the recruitment of minors by armed groups. Departments of Nariño, Cauca and Cordoba, by geography serve as strategic corridor to the Pacific and Caribe for the cultivation, production and trafficking of drugs, weapons and illegal mining among others, becoming scenario of social conflicts and armed confrontation. Rural communities in those departments are among the most affected by antipersonnel mines (APM) and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) which generate victims with poor access to physical and psychosocial services, as well as option for social, economic and educational inclusion.


Nature Finance 2.0

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026

The Nature Finance 2.0 project aims to enhance commercial banks and regulators' capacity to manage natural capital risks and opportunities. These institutions in turn set the market conditions for the ‘real economy’ sectors that they finance or regulate, shifting incentives toward sustainability.


City Resilience Program, Phase II

01.12.2022 - 31.12.2027

The City Resilience Program scales up the resilience of cities against adverse impacts of disasters and climate change. It does so by supporting risk-informed und multisector planning efforts, identify suitable interventions and investments that enhance the resilience of cities, and supports their bankability and access multiple financing sources.

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