• Country/entity

  Colombia
  

• Region

  Americas
  

• Agreement name

  Plan de Trabajo del Comite Nacional de la Participacion: primera fase de diseno de la participacion de la sociedad

• Date

  14 Jul 2023

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )

• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Colombia VI - Government-ELN post-2015 process

• Parties

  - Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Colombia:
  José Otty Patiño Hormaza, Head of delegation
  Iván Danilo Rueda Rodríguez, High Commissioner for Peace
  Iván Cepeda Castro
  Orlando Romero Reyes
  Horacio Guerrero García
  Olga Lilia Silva López
  Rosmery Quintero Castro
  Carlos Alfonso Rosero
  Adelaida Jiménez Cortés
  Rodrigo Botero García
  Dayana Paola Urzola Domicó
  José Félix Lafaurie Rivera
  Nigeria Rentería Lozano
  Álvaro Matallana Eslava
  María José Pizarro Rodríguez
  
  - Delegation of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN:
  Pablo Beltrán, Head of delegation
  Aureliano Carbonell
  Bernardo Téllez
  Manuel Gustavo Martínez
  María Consuelo Tapias
  Isabel Torres
  Simón Pabón
  Mauricio Iguarán

• Third parties

  - As observers for the Armed Forces: Brig. Gen. William Oswaldo Rincón Zambrano Maj. Gen. Hugo Alejandro López Barreto - As witnesses and depositaries: * Guarantor countries Laura Berdine Santos Delamonica, Federative Republic of Brazil Patricia Esquenazi Marín, Republic of Chile Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, Republic of Cuba Roberto de León Huerta, United Mexican States Peder Østebø, Kingdom of Norway Gen. Carlos Martínez Mendoza, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela * Permanent accompanying partners Angela Bargellini, Delegate of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia Msgr. Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria, Delegate for Church-State Relations, Episcopal Conference of Colombia

• Description

  This agreement is an implementation mechanism for "Agreement No. 9 Process of participation of society in peacebuilding (First Cuba Agreement)". It sets out the mandate of the National Commission on Participation during the "design phase". The design phase is the period between July 2023 and February 2024 during which the ways in which society will participate in the peace process will be established. Note that there is a table of the makeup of the National Committee on Participation in the document text, which didn't fall into any category but is worth noting.

• Agreement document

  CO_230714_Workplan of the National Committee on Participation the first phase of the process for the participation of society (the design phase).pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  CO_230714_Plan de Trabajo del Comite Nacional de la Participacion: primera fase de diseno de la participacion de la sociedad.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Workplan of the National Committee on Participation:

the first phase of the process for the participation of society (the design phase)

Paragraph 4 of Agreement No. 9, entitled “Process of participation of society in peacebuilding (first Cuba Agreement)” states that “the participation process covers the first three sections of the Mexico Agreement. It shall run until May 2025, when the results of sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Mexico Agreement will be determined and the corresponding agreements shall be signed”.

It also establishes that this process will be divided into four phases:

4.1, design phase;

4.2, diagnosis and dialogue on democracy for peace;

4.3, building an agenda on democracy and transformation;

and 4.4, systematize results.

Timing of the phases for the development of the process for the participation of society

Phase Timing

1. Design of the participation process July 2023–February 2024

2. Diagnosis and dialogue on democracy for peace February 2024–July 2024

3. Building an agenda on democracy and transformation July 2024–January 2025

4. Systematization of the results January 2025–May 2025

For the development of the design phase, the peace talks panel will adopt the present workplan for the National Committee on Participation, a roadmap designed to ensure that the general and specific objectives are met effectively and efficiently and to specify the outcomes that are expected from the design phase.

I. Design of the participation process

In the design phase, the ways in which society will participate shall be established.

The process shall be facilitated by the National Committee on Participation, a special and temporary body of the peace talks panel that has a specific mandate and is coordinated by the latter.

As Agreement No.

9 stipulates, “the first phase shall mark the beginning of the process of participation of society, specifying the criteria and scope to guarantee its central role in developing the issues agreed upon, and defining the methodology and scenarios for participation through a national, deliberative and proactive exercise”.

This phase will last between four and six months, starting from the signing of Agreement No.

9 and the official public establishment of the National Committee on Participation, on 3 August 2023, and conclude with a national meeting at which the results of the phase will be presented to the public.

II. The National Committee on Participation as a temporary and special body of the peace talks panel for the design of the participation process

The National Committee on Participation is a temporary special body attached to the peace talks panel. It is composed of 81 members, representatives of the 30 social movements, ethnic peoples, organizations, trade associations and institutions listed in annex 1 to Agreement No. 9.

The Committee is led by the peace talks panel, and should achieve the following objectives of the design phase:

– Present a conceptual, operational and logistical plan to promote and facilitate the involvement of society in the design of the participation process.

– Promote and develop spaces for dialogue with a differential approach, in which the various components of society can present their proposals to design the participation method.

– Systematize the proposals of the social groups convened.

– Contribute to the formulation of the national agreement.

Once the design phase is completed, the fulfilment of the aforementioned objectives shall be reflected in the submission to the peace talks panel of three products:

a model for participation, a set of recommendations and the national participation plan.

Milestones of the workplan of the National Committee on Participation

1. Establishment and operationalization of the National Committee on Participation

2. Regional, local and sectoral dialogues

3. Systematization and formulation of the final products of the design process.

*** The following is a verbatim textual representation of the table in the agreement.

To see the text in the table format please consult the agreement document***

1. Establishment and operationalization of the National Committee on Participation

- Main activities:

Establishment of the technical secretariat

- Targets:

Technical secretariat composed of four persons, two appointed by each of the parties, to ensure that National Committee on Participation functions and achieves the expected outcomes of the participation design phase.

- Responsible party/parties:

Delegations on the peace talks panel

- Start date:

20 June 2023

- Completion date:

14 July 2023

- Main activities:

Formation of technical and logistical teams with the support of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia

- Targets:

Five technical and logistical teams established to support the Committee’s ongoing work, covering logistics and management of events and activities, financial and administrative support, education and communications, document and information management, security and protection safeguards.

Priority for the nine regional meetings.

- Responsible party/parties:

Delegations and technical secretariat

- Start date:

26 June 2023

- Completion date:

30 July 2023

- Main activities:

Specific strategies and methodologies developed and implemented by the technical and logistical teams

- Targets:

Ensure that the Committee’s objectives are met, particularly the methodologies for the organization of the national and regional meetings.

- Responsible party/parties:

Delegations and technical secretariat

- Start date:

7 Aug. 2023

- Completion date:

12 Aug. 2023

- Main activities:

Establishment and operation of the working groups of the National Committee on Participation

- Targets:

Working groups formed to cover main activities (regional and national meetings, dialogue with various stakeholders, and systematization).

- Responsible party/parties:

Technical secretariat and National Committee on Participation

- Start date:

3 Aug. 2023

- Completion date:

24 Feb. 2024

2. Regional, local and sectoral dialogues

- Main activities:

Preparation for regional and national meetings

- Targets:

Plan for convening regional and national meetings agreed, including convening strategies, methodologies, and preparation of reports and other systematization documents.

- Responsible party/parties:

Coordinating body, National Committee on Participation, and technical secretariat

- Start date:

1 Aug. 2023

- Completion date:

31 Aug. 2023

- Main activities:

Regional meetings (two days each, with 150–200 people)

- Targets:

Nine meetings held (one for each region agreed) as optimal spaces for dialogue with a differential approach, in which various components of society can present their proposals for the design of the participation process.

- Responsible party/parties:

National Committee on Participation and its various working groups

- Start date:

1 Nov. 2023

- Completion date:

15 Dec. 2023

- Main activities:

National meetings [thematic, sectoral, population-based] (two days each, with 150 people)

- Targets:

15 meetings held (one for each agreed sector, population group, and theme) as optimal spaces for dialogue with a differential approach, in which various components of society can present their proposals for the design of the participation process.

- Responsible party/parties:

National Committee on Participation and its various working groups

- Start date:

1 Sept. 2023

- Completion date:

31 Oct. 2023

3. Systematization and development of the participation design:

model for participation, recommendations for participation, and national participation plan

- Main activities:

Compilation of reports

- Targets:

Reports, including conclusions of all meetings and discussions that the National Committee on Participation holds with the public, will be shared at the meetings and immediately submitted to the technical secretariat.

- Responsible party/parties:

National Committee on Participation

- Start date:

1 Sept. 2023

- Completion date:

15 Dec. 2023

- Main activities:

Processing and systematization of information collected

- Targets:

All of the information collected (reports, documentation from the repository) processed and systematized.

- Responsible party/parties:

Systematization team

- Start date:

3 Aug. 2023

- Completion date:

15 Dec. 2023

- Main activities:

Preparation of documents

- Targets:

Availability of the three documents required of the National Committee on Participation for the participation design phase:

Participation model, Set of recommendations, National participation plan.

- Responsible party/parties:

National Committee on Participation (technical secretariat and systematization team)

- Start date:

1 Nov. 2023

- Completion date:

31 Jan. 2024

- Main activities:

National event:

conclusion of the design phase;

presentation of the participation model and launch of the second and third phases of Agreement No.

9.

- Targets:

Presentation of the results of the participation design phase at a large-scale public event, as an opening and kick-off event for participation in agenda items 2 and 3.

- Responsible party/parties:

Peace talks panel and National Committee on Participation

- Start date:

Jan.–Feb.

2024

- Completion date:

Jan.–Feb.

2024

- Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Colombia:

José Otty Patiño Hormaza, Head of delegation

Iván Danilo Rueda Rodríguez, High Commissioner for Peace

Iván Cepeda Castro

Orlando Romero Reyes

Horacio Guerrero García

Olga Lilia Silva López

Rosmery Quintero Castro

Carlos Alfonso Rosero

Adelaida Jiménez Cortés

Rodrigo Botero García

Dayana Paola Urzola Domicó

José Félix Lafaurie Rivera

Nigeria Rentería Lozano

Álvaro Matallana Eslava

María José Pizarro Rodríguez

- Delegation of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN:

Pablo Beltrán, Head of delegation

Aureliano Carbonell

Bernardo Téllez

Manuel Gustavo Martínez

María Consuelo Tapias

Isabel Torres

Simón Pabón

Mauricio Iguarán

- As observers for the Armed Forces:

Brig.

Gen. William Oswaldo Rincón Zambrano

Maj. Gen. Hugo Alejandro López Barreto

- As witnesses and depositaries:

* Guarantor countries

Laura Berdine Santos Delamonica, Federative Republic of Brazil

Patricia Esquenazi Marín, Republic of Chile

Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, Republic of Cuba

Roberto de León Huerta, United Mexican States

Peder Østebø, Kingdom of Norway

Gen. Carlos Martínez Mendoza, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

* Permanent accompanying partners

Angela Bargellini, Delegate of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia

Msgr.

Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria, Delegate for Church-State Relations, Episcopal Conference of Colombia