Thirty-Seventh Quarterly Report to USAID/Colombia: Community-Oriented Reintegration of Ex-Combatants (CORE)

The report provides a review of developments in the Colombian and international context that impact the program, as well as a quantitative overview of quarterly and cumulative progress against indicators. The CORE program's objective is to support the Government of Colombia in implementing laws related to the reintegration and legal status of ex-combatants. The program works with governmental entities to develop tools and methodologies that support the implementation of these laws. The goal is to pass these instruments to the entities involved after a period defined by them. The report highlights various contextual shifts that have presented themselves this quarter, including the announcement of an agreement on justice by President Santos and FARC command 'Timochenko. The agreement includes comprehensive truth, reparations, justice, and non-repetition measures, as well as a Special Peace Jurisdiction (SPJ) of two spaces: the courtroom and the peace clarification commission. The Tracking, Monitoring, and Evaluation System (SAME) team provides technical support to assess psychosocial readiness for reintegration. This quarter, 1,174 IECC surveys were conducted throughout the country, and 52% of the participants (268) fulfilled the requirements of the instruments required by the ACR to continue with the reintegration process. The ACR reported 43 people graduating from the reintegration process in this quarter. In terms of economic reintegration, the implementation of the Integrated Employment Intervention Route concluded. This methodology supports demobilized individuals in exploring and finding opportunities in the job market. By the end of this quarter, 1,129 people in the process of reintegration had been made aware of the initiative, and 889 people in the process of reintegration had been employed, providing them with formal employment. Projects continue to support the sub-units of the Justice and Peace Unit in the Attorney General's office. For example, the project "Support for the AGO's identification of the sources of financing used by illegal armed groups" aims to strengthen the AGO's ability to identify and recover the resources and assets used by these groups. This quarter, 33 Justice and Peace sentences were analyzed to see if they held information on the sources of financing of the armed conflict, and a project report was handed over to the Attorney General's Office with recommendations. Community service activities under Intermediate Result 2 are now implemented in 21 areas, with 306 community service projects implemented directly and 5,796 participants registered to become engaged with these activities. The report concludes by highlighting the challenges encountered during implementation and the priorities for the upcoming quarter.