“Together for Peace in Colombia’ – A Decade of Impact“

Program

11:30 Registry

12:00 Welcome

• Colombia Forum
• Embassy of Colombia

12:15 Colombia Situation update:

• Røde Kors,
• Norcap,
• Fokus Colombia

12.35  Opening Remarks

• Rodrigo Botero Garcia, General Director of The Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (COL)
• Leydi Mina, representative PCN youth – Palenke Alto Cauca (COL)
• Anne Beate Tvinnereim, Minister of Development (NO)

13:00 Panel 1 and Q&A: Environmental and Human Rights Violations Amid Paz Total (Total Peace) Negotiations

Moderator:

• Borghild Tønnessen-Krokan – Senior Policy Advisor for Colombia and Peru at Regnskogfondet, and Coordinator of Colombia Forum.

Panelists:

• Danilo Rueda, Representative from the High Commissioner for Peace (COL)
• Padre Albeiro Parra, Regional Coordination of the Colombian Pacific (COL)
• Rodrigo Botero Garcia, General Director, Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (COL)
• Elise Christensen, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NO)
• Leydi Mina, Youth leader and activist from Proceso de Comunidades Negras Palenke Alto Cauca (COL)
• Yohiner Medina Talaga, NASA Indigenous Community Youth leader (COL)

14.10 Break

14:30 Panel 2 and Q&A: Current Peace Negotiations, Non-repetition & Protection. Lessons learned and looking forward

Moderator: 

• Knut Andreas Lid, Programme Director in Caritas Norway (NO)

Panelists:

• Padre Albeiro Parra – Regional Coordination of the Colombian Pacific (COL)
• Danilo Rojas – Magistrate of the Special Court for Peace in Colombia (COL)
• Linda María Cabrera – Director Sisma Mujer Organization (COL)
• Gina Paola Dagua – Nasa indigenous leader, Jambaló Indigenous Reservation (COL)
• Yezid Arteta – Member of Colombian Government Delegation to the peace process with FARC (COL)
• Alirio Uribe – Human Rights Defender and Member of the House of Representatives of Colombia (COL)
• Jon Otto Brødholt – Special Representative to the Colombian Peace Process, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NO)

15:40 Cultural performance

Closing remarks:

Leidy Cadena – Activist, political scientist, and human rights defender.

Languages: Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation

The event will be hybrid. To get access to relevant digital links, you must register.