PEACE - Paths for training, self-employment and socio-economic growth in agroforestry and livestock value chains for peace consolidation in Colombia

About this project

The "PEACE" project aims to strengthen the certified professional skills of young people, women, ex-combatants, and conflict victims in the Sucre and Bolivar departments through technical and managerial training and technical assistance pathways in sectors that respond to local labor market demand: cocoa, sesame, livestock and fish farming. The aim is to increase access to decent work and create self-employment opportunities within the framework of sustainable and inclusive territorial development. The project is structured around two interconnected and complementary axes. The first addresses the shortage of professional skills suited to demand and the consequent difficulty in obtaining stable and decent employment. It mainly targets producers, unemployed, or aspiring entrepreneurs. The adequacy of the training courses with respect to market needs and the potential of the identified sectors, as well as their compliance with sustainable technological innovations, is crucial. This necessitates innovating and adapting the relevant training curricula and, based on these, providing training to SENA trainers, also thanks to the expertise of organizations of Sistema Italia (R1). The second axis addresses the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and producers, improving productivity and marketing, and thus promoting job creation (R2). This component includes Integrated Technical Assistance, endowment funds for investments, support to production, professional internships in…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Colombia

Sectors

Reproductive health careAgricultural education/training

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesTrade development · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

ICEI - ISTITUTO COOPERAZIONE ECONOMICA INTERNAZIONALE

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 6 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-06-1.

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