Presentation
Permanent Assembly of the Civil Society for Peace
It belongs to everyone, all the time... It is peace!
The Assembly
The Assembly is a pedagogical process of developing social actors who seek to strengthen the social movement and the different expressions of citizens' power for peace, with the goal of building a new projection for Colombia
It is democratic, autonomous, participating, inclusive, pluralistic and continually under construction on national, regional, local and sectorial levels
General Objectives
- The Permanent Assembly of the Civil Society for Peace has as purpose the formation and the strenghtening of social and personal subjects inside of the construction of a country project in peace and with social justice.
- The Permanent Assembly of the Civil Society for Peace will work in the constitution and joint of the organization of a social movement for the peace through the generation of national regional, local and sectorial processes.
- The Permanent Assembly of the Civil Society for Peace will promote expressions and political actions ahead structural and juncture situations of the country and according to the social and economic issueses at local, regional and sectorial level.
- The nature of the Assembly is that of a process of participation, democratic, pluralist, wide, autonomous, independently and in permanent construction.
- Both in its construction purpose of a new project of country, and in its arganization and pollitically wide objective the Assembly commits itself in the participation in the elaboration of the Agenda of the Country that will be useful to the society and will serve as contribution to the negotiations of PEACE with the Insurgence (tematic roundtables, convention).
- The commitment of political action of the Assembly is wide and its not necessarily linked with a partisan political expression. In addition to juncture position taking, the Assembly must to develop strategies to carry out its own political commitments.
Initial Declaration
- Peace is a collective construction process in which Civil Society, in all its diversity, is called to be the principle protagonist.
- The willingness of different actors throughout the nation opens up exceptional possibilities for peace.
- The Assembly will promote agreements between the distinct armed groups towards the humanization of the conflict.
- The Assembly proposes to develop a Civil Society Agenda for the peace agreements.
- The Assembly will seek commitment and solidarity from the media and from the international community.
- An Action Plan will be formed to develop the Assembly’s goals.
Lines of Action
Short, medium and long term plans
- Development of a Pedagogy and Culture for Peace.
- Elaboration of a Thematic Agenda.
- Communication for a Culture of Peace.
- Construction, expansion and fortification of the Social Movement for Peace.
- Political and organizational growth of the Assembly.
Identity
Strengthen Civil Society and identity of the Assembly
- Conscience of collective construction of a Project of Nation
- Ruling Principles: social subject in the diversity, prepared for the peace and the equity
- Appropriate Stages - Capacity de to generate consensus, agreements and proposals
- Incident civilian force - Commitment with the construction and exercise of public issues
- Organization - Optimize activity, operativity, efficiency and efficacy levels
Thematic Axis
- Life:
- humanization of the conflict,
- justice,
- human rights problems (massacres, displacement, kidnapping, forced disappearance);
- pedagogy and culture of the human rights.
- Social development:
- agrarian problem;
- economic politics;
- regional development;
- employment.
- Identity and strengthen of the civil society:
- peace culture;
- strengthen of the civil society;
- civil society and armed conflict.
Topic Blocks (Agenda)
- Development model and style
- Political democracy and political regime
- Peace ethics and culture
- Respect, guarantee and promotion of the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
- Negotiation process and guarantees of the armed conflict
- Contributions from the international community
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