International Development Grant
Training Police and Military on International Humanitarian Law and Children's Rights
Project Number: CA-3-A032833002
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $500,000.00
Start Date: March 09, 2009
End Date: December 31, 2010
Duration: 1.8 years
Project Description
The project aims to develop the knowledge and capacities of the members of the Armed Forces and the National Police to enable them to perform their functions in compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) and child rights standards and legislation. The project contributes to training 17 200 members of the Armed Forces and the National Police in IHL as it applies to children informing 60 000 members of the Armed Forces about the IHL procedures to be used in matters regarding children and about child rights and providing 150 high-ranking officers of the Armed Forces and the National Police with specialized knowledge of IHL as it applies to child victims of Colombia's internal armed conflict. This project is funded through the Local Fund for Governance and Children's Rights and Protection.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results as of December 2010 when the project ended include: 8 000 Armed Force officers and 7 200 members of the National Police have been trained on international humanitarian law the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Colombian Code on Children and Adolescents to enhance their capacity to protect children and youth. A number of officers who received the training are now replicating the training in their own regions.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP