Main activities and challenges of the Colombian-German Institute for

Peace (CAPAZ)

Brussels – Belgium, October 26, 2017

Introduction

About CAPAZ

• The Colombian-German for Peace (Instituto CAPAZ, in Spanish) is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, in German) with financial resources provided by the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).

• The Institute aims to accompany the peace process in Colombia from a perspective that combines research, teaching and outreach (the latter including political consultancy).

• The CAPAZ Institute seeks to establish itself as a cooperation platform for networking and disseminating knowledge about peace implementation studies in order to contribute to the consolidation of a society that transcends the post-conflict stage.

Governance Structure

Steering Committee

Coordinating German Consortium

Coordinating Colombian Consortium

• Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU)

• Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE)

• Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) • Peace Research Institute

Frankfurt (PRIF) • Albert Ludwigs Universität

(ALU)

• Universidad Nacional de Colombia

• Universidad de los Andes • Universidad del Rosario • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana • Universidad Externado de

Colombia

Administrative Director

Academic Director

Phases of the Project

Developmental Phase 2016 – 2019 (3 years) • Opening • Selection of

administrative and academic staff

• Definition of governance structure

• Initial networking • Initial activities:

explorative projects, summer schools and workshops

Institutionalization Phase 2019 – 2023 (4 years) • Definition legal structure • Consolidation of an

institutional network platform

• Development of comprehensive academic programs

Consolidation Phase 2023 – 2026 (3 years) • Consolidation of

institutional structure • Consolidation of

academic programs

Activities 2017

1. Administrative and academic staff

Steering Committee

Communication and Public Relations Assistant

Mrs. Claudia Maya

Administrative Director

Dr. Carlos Nupia

Academic Director (appointment in process)

Administrative and Financial

Coordinator Mss. Carolina Cerón

Administrative Staff Academic staff

Academic Collaborator 1 (call in process)

Academic Collaborator 2 (call in 2018)

4 Calls: academic director, administrative director, administrative staff, academic collaborator

1 Institutional agreement (AHK)

CAPAZ headquarters - Claustro de San Agustín Bogotá - Colombia

2. Office adaptation

General Plan Claustro de San Agustín

Adaptation Plan - CAPAZ Office Detailed view

Planned Office Opening: First week of December, 2017

CAPAZ Office A look inside

3. Projects

3.1 Structured Projects (1)

Project 1. Improvement of the mental health of populations displaced to urban areas in Colombia

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Uniklinik (Germany) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) - Department of Psychosomatic Medicine Psychotherapy, Human Center and Society, and Public Health Institute

Other Institutions Participating

Secretary Health of the Department of Cesar (Colombia) CAPAZ

Funding Institutions

Partnerships for the Health Sector in Developing Countries Program (PAGEL) of the German Service for Academic Exchange (DAAD)

Project 2. Multimedia platform for connecting researchers in peace issues from Germany and Colombia

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Germany) CAPAZ

Other Institutions Participating

Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - PRIF (Germany) Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Uniklinik (Germany) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Funding Institutions

CAPAZ

3.1 Structured Projects (2)

Project 3. Comentario de la Ley 1820 (ley de amnistia)

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Other Institutions Participating

Konrad Adenauer Foundation / Programa de Estado de Derecho de la KAS

3.1 Structured Projects (3)

3.2 Explorative Projects (1)

Project 1. Territorial peace and conflicts in Transitory Rural Zones for Normalization to FARC ex-combatants

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad Javeriana en Bogotá (Colombia) Universidad Nacional (Colombia) Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - PRIF (Germany)

Other Institutions Participating

Universidad del Valle (Colombia) Universidad Javeriana en Cali (Colombia) CETEC (Colombia) Universidad Cooperativa de Pasto (Colombia)

Geographical Area

Case Analysis in Caldono (Cauca) Case Analysis in Tumaco (Nariño)

Project 2. Reform of the security sector after the peace agreement in Colombia

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (Germany) Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)

Other Envisaged Institutions Participating

Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia) Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Germany) Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (Germany)

3.2 Explorative Projects (2)

Project 3. Transitional justice and education policies for the memory

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)

Other Institutions Participating

Georg Eckert Institute (Germany) Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

3.2 Explorative Projects (3)

Project 4. Land-use planning and territorial dynamics in the implementation of the peace agreements

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Other Institutions Participating

Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany) Equipo Colombiano de Investigación en Conflicto y Paz (ECICP) Territorios de Paz Terrepaz (Región Central y Oriental) GeoRaizAL - Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO

3.2 Explorative Projects (4)

Project 5. Development of a training program regarding memory, territory and peace aimed to children and youngsters of the coastal region of the Department of Chocó

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Other Institutions Participating

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - PRIF (Germany) Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (Germany) Fundación MarViva (Colombia)

3.2 Explorative Projects (5)

Project 6. Truth discursive regimes and testimonial narratives about the experience of paramilitary ex-combatant women in Colombia

Leader Institution of the CAPAZ Consortium

Universidad de Los Andes

Other participating institutions

Freie Universität Berlin Centro de Investigación y Creación –CIC– Departamento de Literatura – Universidad de los Andes CEIBA

3.2 Explorative Projects (6)

Project 7. Inescapable transformations for the successful funding of post-conflict in territorial entities in Colombia

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad de los Andes

Other Institutions Participating

Freie Universität Berlin Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Colombia (FESCOL)

3.2 Explorative Projects (7)

Project 8. Territorial logics and socio-spatial dynamics of armed organizations and criminal structures in conflict regions (case study, Tumaco in Department of Nariño)

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Other Institutions Participating

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - PRIF (Germany)

3.2 Explorative Projects (8)

Project 9. Regime of land tenure in the Department of Meta

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Other Institutions Participating

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Universidad Santo Tomás – Sede Villavicencio (Colombia)

3.2 Explorative Projects (9)

Project 10. Identification of sustainable development alternatives in rural territories affected by the armed conflict in the Department of Nariño

Leader Institutions of the CAPAZ Partnership

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Description The project seeks: 1) To spatialize in digital format biophysics and socioeconomic characteristics in some territories of the Department of Nariño affected by the armed conflict; 2) to identify, throughout participative processes, the products and services with greater potential that the communities of the selected territories can provide; 3) to evaluate critical factors that affect the value chains of the products and services with greater potential; and 4) to design sustainable development alternatives in the selected rural territories considering suitable products and services to promote food security, preserve biodiversity and achieve productive diversification.

Other Institutions Participating

Universidad de Nariño (Colombia) International Development and Environmental Research Center (ZEU) - Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (Germany)

3.2 Explorative Projects (10)

4. Summer Schools

Summer School in Giessen (July-August, 2017)

Participation of six Colombian students from different Colombian Universities

Summer/Winter School in Colombia (December, 2017)

Territorial Peace

Summer/Winter School in Colombia (December, 2017)

Lugar Andes Nacional Externado Javeriana Rosario

Fecha Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov 30 Dic 1

8:00 –

12:00

“Paz, construcción de

paz y paz territorial”

“Visión des de las

comunidades: tierras,

territorios y

territorialidad”

“El Papel del

Estado

Colombiano en la

Construcción de

la Paz”

“Ideas sobre la

construcción de paz:

métodos sensibles a

los conflictos”.

8:00 a 10:00 “Paz

Territorial,

Reconciliación y

Resiliencia de los

Territorios”

Profesor(

a)

Angelika Rettberg y

Julieta Lemaitre

Claudia Mosquera Bernardo Vela

Orbegozo

Manuel E. Salamanca, Maria Elena Botero

2:00 –

5:00

¿Cómo entiende el

Acuerdo Final la paz

territorial?

Casos de

comunidades negras

e indígenas en La Paz

local

Cuál es el papel

del Estado en la

construcción de la

paz ?

Monitoreo de los

acuerdos. Indicadores.

Visita Centro de

Memoria Paz y

Reconciliación

5. Workshops and Events

Workshops and Events

5. Communications

http://www.instituto-capaz.org/

Web Site-Section – Capaz Milestones

Web Site-Section – Worth Reading

Web Site-Section – Colombian Peace Process Follow-Up

Web Site-Section – Testimonials Students in Summer Schools

Institutional E-mail Account

Type of Information Demands 1. People interested in joining to the institute 2. Sending of CVs for job 3. Project funding 4. Information about calls for research and consultancy projects 5. Internships and voluntary work 6. PhD and Master thesis in the framework of CAPAZ 7. Information about calls published by CAPAZ

6. Challenges

1. Positioning of the institute: governmental institutions, NGOs, civil society, church, international organizations

2. Inclusion of universities from regions different to Bogota

3. Identification of pertinent knowledge to transfer toward government and civil society

4. Sustainability of explorative projects

5. Construction of joint academic programs

6. Strengthening research activities

7. Legal form for sustainable activities

Carlos Nupia, PhD

Administrative Director

Colombian-German Institute for Peace

CAPAZ

carlos.nupia@instituto-capaz.org

Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn, M.Phil.

Professor of Public Law and International Law

Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany

thilo.marauhn@recht.uni-giessen.de

Thank you for your kind attention!