Collaborating with the Army’s transformation process through the provision of regional experiences

The project aims to provide support to the Colombian National Army's Centre for Strategic Analysis in order to inform the Centre’s work on the Army’s transformation process to a more peaceful environment. Project activities include: (1) analysing regional and international trends; (2) diagnosing the Colombian Army's capacities including gender; and (3) providing support in facilitating dialogue between the different actors in Colombia (legislators army hierarchy academics civil society etc.) regarding the Army’s role in a peace context.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased effectiveness in decision-making by the Colombian Army with regards to peacetime challenges including fulfilling its role of preventing violence and the protection of vulnerable populations including women; (2) increased effective dialogue between stakeholders including women’s groups regarding the Army’s role in a peacetime context in Colombia; and (3) increased regional and international recognition of the peacetime role of the Colombian Army including its possible role in international operations.