NEW TERRITORIES OF PEACE. CONTRIBUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TERRITORIALIZATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENTS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRAL RURAL REFORM

The New Territories of Peace program, implemented over the last six years by the European Union and the National Government of Colombia, has promoted peacebuilding initiatives in four regions of the country heavily affected by the armed conflict. Under a territorial and multi-level intervention approach, the program encouraged new models of dialogue and articulation with the aim of generating conditions for democratic governance, reducing conflicts over access and use of land while promoting sustainable productive models based on criteria of environmental preservation and socioeconomic inclusion. In the framework of FARC Peace Agreements, we deem necessary to make visible and capitalize on the accumulated learning process of this program. It stands as a valuable input for the territorialisation of public policy and the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Reform. This article does not seek to present the programs' results or its evaluation. It rather attempts to convey, from a critical perspective and based on the practical exercise, those appearing as the most relevant lessons for the structuring of new interventions, strategies and programs in postconflict.