CINEP Alliances
CINEP is an important member on several boards of directors of regional institutions carrying out development and peace programs, and national advocacy projects. This work lets CINEP establish strategic alliances with different institutional actors (public, social and sectorial), in addition to contribute its research and education experience from several regions of Colombia.
We belong to the following organizations:
Magdalena Medio Development and Peace Corporation (Corporación de Desarrollo y Paz de Magdalena Medio - CDPMM)
Eastern Antioquia Development and Peace Corporation (Corporación de Desarrollo y Paz del Oriente Antioqueño - PRODEPAZ)
Foothills to the Plains Development and Peace Corporation (Corporación de Desarrollo y Paz del Piedemonte Llanero - CORDEPAZ)
Coordination for Society of Jesus’ Social Work in Colombia (Coordinación de Obras Sociales de la Compañía de Jesús en Colombia)
Executive Council for the Long Live Citizenship Corporation (Consejo Directivo de la Corporación Viva La Ciudadanía)
For several years, in coordination with different non-governmental, academic and social promotion institutions, CINEP has been an active member in different national and international networks and associations.
Internationally:
Latin American Platform on Human Rights, Development and Democracy (Plataforma Latinoamericana de Derechos Humanos, Desarrollo y Democracia)
Latin American Association of Promotion Organizations (Asociación Latinoamérica de Organizaciones de Promoción – ALOP)
Latin American Adult Education Council (Consejo de Educación de Adultos para América Latina – CEAAL)
Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - CLACSO)
Coordination Colombia-Europe-United States (Coordinación Colombia-Europa-EEUU).
Nationally:
Colombian Platform on Human Rights, Development and Democracy (Plataforma Colombiana de Derechos Humanos, Desarrollo y Democracia)
Regional Development and Peace Programs Network (Red de Programas Regionales de Desarrollo y Paz - REDPRODEPAZ)
Post-London Alliance (Alianza Post-Londres)
Fund for Environmental Projects (Fondo para Proyectos Ambiéntales - ECOFONDO)
Permanent Assembly of the Civil Society for Peace (Asamblea Permanente de la Sociedad Civil por la Paz)
>Technical Secretary for the National Commission to Implement Peace Justices in Colombia (Secretaría Técnica de la Comisión Nacional de Implementación de Jueces de Paz en Colombia)
Inter-Institutional Committee to Promote Peace Justices (Comité Interinstitucional de Promoción de los Jueces de Paz)
Inter-Institutional Committee on Community and Equal Justice (Comité Interinstitucional de Justicia Comunitaria y en Equidad)
National Equal Justice Commission (Comisión Nacional de Justicia en Equidad)
CINEP has established alliances with different private and public institutions, non-governmental organizations, international institutions, and the national and international academic community in order to coordinate efforts, bring together coalitions, and carry out social programs in benefit of the excluded populations. Some of these alliances include the following:
Peace Culture and Education Alliance (Alianza Educación y Cultura de Paz)
Magdalena Medio Peace Laboratory (Laboratorio de Paz del Magdalena Medio)
Regional Sustainable Development Program in the Andean Area of Nariño and Putumayo (Programa Desarrollo Regional Sostenible en la Zona Andina de Nariño y Putumayo)
“Southern Perspective” Development and Peace Program (Programa de Desarrollo y Paz “Mirada al Sur”)
National School-Workshop Project for Local Sustainable Development (Proyecto Nacional de Escuela–Taller de Desarrollo Local Sostenible)
Project to Strengthen Institutionally as a Center with High Academic Standards (Proyecto de Fortalecimiento Institucional como Centro de Excelencia Académica)
Country Colombia Project (Proyecto País Colombia)
Project to Provide Services on CINEP’s General Information System (Proyecto de Prestación de Servicios del Sistema de Información General del CINEP)
In collaboration with protestant churches, CINEP carries out three types of activities:
- Collaborating with ecumenical services to pray for peace, and honor martyrs of justice. For the last five years, CINEP has held an annual commemoration for its martyrs, which has been an ecumenical ceremony for Colombian reconciliation
- Carrying out a regional development project in the department of Cundinamarca along with JUSTAPAZ, the development agency of the Colombian Mennonite Church
- Cooperating with JUSTAPAZ in the defense of human rights, and in the protection of human rights defenders
