SUSTAINABLE PEACE THROUGH COLLABORATION

PASO Colombia mobilizes the local intelligence and resources of remote rural communities, and connects it to national and international institutional knowledge, capital, and markets.

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Our Pillars Innovation

Building Community

PASO works with communities as partners, transforming them into promoters of the sustainable development of their territories .

Building Markets

PASO and communities collaborate to collectively create economic opportunities to put war behind us.

Sustainable Production

Combining local knowledge with permanent technical support, we promote practices so that productive projects are sustainable and friendly with local resources.

Our Achievements

2,368

Jobs Generated

63

Stakeholders

USD $11.5M

Value of Current CCPs

89%

of the participants perceive that the social fabric of their communities has been strengthened.

Costal Campesino Coffee

An emblematic brand for peace borns in Colombia: the first specialty coffee processed by ex-combatants and farmers victims of the armed conflict to be exported to Europe.

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Featured Content

Rural Alternative Schools (ERA)

Rural Alternative Schools (ERAs) are productive and educational collaboration platforms where private, public and community resources are used to promote sustainable rural development.

Voices from the Territory

A project that empowers the voice of cultural and communication collectives building peace in 40 of the municipalities most affected by violence and poverty in Colombia.

A networking model, built by Campesino communities, the University of Notre Dame and PASO Colombia, proposes rural economic transformation in areas historically affected by conflict and illicit crops.

Women Seeding Peace - Life After Coca

This series presents stories of transformation, sharing the lives of women who have left illicit crops behind to sow a new future of peace in their communities

The Base of the Mountain

This is a research of the ERA of Miranda, recognizing its impacts and contributions to the construction of peace and sustainable development in the Colombian countryside.

Developing Sustainable Alternatives to Coca Crops

Encouraging report of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business reveals “PASO’s Magic” making an in-depth examination of its coca reduction program.

News and Resources

University of Notre Dame Students and Colombian ex-combatants share lessons for business and peace-building

Faculty and students from the Meyer Business on the Frontlines program at the University of Notre Dame recently visited COOMPAZCOL, a cooperative working with PASO Colombia in the ERA of Fonseca. During their visit they exchanged valuable lessons on the power of cooperation to create sustainable economic development in areas affected by armed conflict.

May 05,2023

Coffee to Combat Conflict: Launching Costal Campesino de Colombia in Europe

An emblematic brand for peace borns in Colombia: the first specialty coffee processed by ex-combatants and farmers victims of the armed conflict to be exported to Europe.

April 21,2023

The ERA model continues to demonstrate its strength with record sales in 2022

During 2022, the Rural Alternative Schools achieved the highest sales in their 6 years of life, thanks to the commitment to peace of the peasant and reincorporated communities with which we work, as well as the effective collaborative work model that we have developed with they.

February 20,2023