FIRST JOINT REPORT OF THE DIALOGUE TABLE
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF COLOMBIA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED
FORCES OF COLOMBIA – PEOPLE’S ARMY, FARC –
EP
Havana, June 21, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Description of the table’s operation - mechanics
3. Description of the progress and agreements within the framework of the communication
mechanisms with the society and their dissemination
2.1 Joint communiqués
2.2. Proposal reception
2.3. Direct participation mechanism
2.4. Dissemination strategy
2.5. Participatory forums
4. Description of the progress on item 1, “Comprehensive Agricultural Development Policy”, of the
General Agreement’s Agenda
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1. Introduction
The Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, in
compliance with the provisions set forth in item 3, numeral VI of the General Agreement for Ending the
Conflict and Building a Stable and Long-lasting Peace dated August 26, 2012, hereby inform that:
After 7 months of dialogues we have reached a series of agreements. First, in regards to item 1 of the General
Agreement’s Agenda, which we have called “Towards a new Colombian countryside: Comprehensive Rural
Reform”; and also on different topics of the Table and on citizen participation. During the first months, on
the one hand, we defined procedural aspects, and on the other hand, we agreed on the matters related to
the commissioning of the web page, the printed forms, the forums for items 1 and 2 of the Agenda, and the
direct consultation for item 1, set forth in the General Agreement, as detailed here below. And we have
already started the discussions on item 2 of the Agenda, “Political Participation”.
As informed in the joint communiqué dated May 26, the agreements reached to date on the first item of the
Agenda are part of the eventual Final Agreement, a broader agreement which we expect to achieve in the
following months by developing the 5 items of the Agenda still pending discussion. For that reason, one of
the guiding principles of these dialogues is that “nothing is agreed until everything has been agreed”. This
means that the agreements we have been building are conditioned to the achievement of the Final
Agreement on the entire Agenda and, likewise, that to the extent that the discussions move forward the
agreements reached on each one of the sub-items may be adjusted and complemented since all of them are
interrelated.
The purpose of this report is to deepen the announcements made during the past cycle, regarding what we
believe is an important agreement, which will enable the achievement of a comprehensive rural reform,
once we have reached the Final Agreement.
2. Description of the Table’s operation
Since the beginning of the Dialogues, 10 meeting cycles have been held. In compliance with the agreed
procedure, each cycle lasts 11 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing and addressing circumstantial matters
in response to explicit requests made by either delegation, some cycles have been shortened and others
have been extended in order to achieve uninterrupted work, as proposed in the General Agreement of
Havana. The time between each cycle is defined by taking into consideration the requests made by the
delegations, with the sole purpose of exhausting internal meetings and consultations in order to ensure the
preparation of the items and optimize time usage during the cycles.
The Table has three support mechanisms with specific tasks. Each mechanism has, in principle, one delegate
of each one of the parties, as follows:
a. Mechanism for the communication with the society:
 Receives hard copy and electronic proposals from the society for the Table, and delivers
them to both delegations.
 Proposes strategies for promoting citizen participation through the established
mechanisms.
 Manages the contents of the Web Page.
b. Dissemination mechanism:
 Following instructions from the Table, it drafts the joint communiqués which are
submitted for the approval of the delegation heads.
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Discloses the Table’s communiqués, through the agreed channels.
Organizes press conferences for the Table.
Ensures the dissemination of the information issued by the Table to the news media,
giving special attention to local, alternative and lesser coverage media, aimed at
achieving greater equity.
Designs effective dissemination strategies for the information produced by the Table.
c. Administrative support mechanism:
 Plans and arranges logistics requests and needs for the proper operation of the Table.
 Organizes and arranges the logistics for the guests of the Table.
In order to address the first item of the Agenda, a working system was agreed whereby the views of each
delegation regarding the items of the Agenda are submitted to the plenary of the Dialogue Table.
Subsequently, and in order to define the agreements we reach in a single text, technical drafting
commissions, whose members are between 4 and 5 members of each delegation, meet to prepare the joint
drafts of the agreements.
3. Description of the progress and agreements within the framework of the communication
mechanisms with the society and their dissemination
Within the framework set forth in numeral VI, “Operating Rules” of the General Agreement for Ending the
Conflict and Building a Stable and Long-lasting Peace, the participation and communication committees
comprised by delegates of the National Government and the FARC – EP, worked on the development of the
following items:
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Establishment of a mechanism to jointly communicate the progress made at the Table.
Establishment of a mechanism for receiving proposals from citizens and organizations in regards to
the items of the agenda.
Implementation of an effective dissemination strategy.
3.1. Joint communiqués1
In order to jointly communicate the progress at the Table, it was determined to prepare joint communiqués
of the delegations informing the public opinion about the progress of the dialogues. Throughout the past six
months of operation of the Dialogue Table, 17 joint communiqués have been prepared.
3.2. Proposal reception
As part of the strategy for receiving proposals from the civil society, following an exchange of proposals
regarding design and contents, an agreement was reached, and its operation started in December, 2012, to
establish the Dialogue Table web page www.mesadeconversaciones.com.co.
This page enables receiving proposals on the items of the Agenda and comments through the virtual
participation form. Additionally, the General Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and
Long-lasting Peace is available to be downloaded from the web page and the documents and joint
communiqués of the Dialogue Table may be consulted.
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Since January 2013, the page also features a proposal status viewer in order for the civil society to check
the number of proposals and verify whether their proposal was read by the parties.
To date, the web page has received 34,101 visits, out of which 23,878 are first time visits. Out of the total
number of visits, 24,013 have been made from Colombia and the others from countries such as the United
States, Spain, Venezuela, Canada, Argentina, Germany and the United Kingdom. Additionally, the web page
has received 3,620 proposals, 858 of which have been determined as corresponding to actual proposals and
the remaining as “spam”. Participation has increased in a stable manner at an average of 25 proposals per
week. In order to avoid “spam”, a security mechanism was incorporated.
On the other hand, in the month of December, 2012, 600,000 copies of the hard copy form were printed.
This version of the form has the fields for the submission of proposals and comments integrated in a single
booklet. The forms were distributed at the majors’ and governors’ offices.
In the month of March, 2013, a module for the digitalization of proposals submitted via hard copy forms
was carried out. Since the month of April, 2013, this module was implemented, whereby the Editorial José
Martí of Cuba has digitalized, to date, approximately 210 proposals received in hard copy.
3.3. Direct participation mechanism
In compliance with the provisions set forth in item 6, numeral VI of the General Agreement and with the
purpose of getting firsthand knowledge of the opinions, experiences and analyses regarding the situation
on the Colombian countryside, the delegations agreed to invite a group of people to enrich the views of the
Government and the FARC – EP on this item. The Table had the participation of experts on the agrarian topic
and its problem issues, and of leaders and members of peasant associations.
3.4. Dissemination strategy
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In the month of December, 2012, 4,000,000 copies of the General Agreement were printed in
booklets, which are being distributed through different dissemination venues.
In this same month the General Agreement was published in full pages in the country’s main
national and regional newspapers.
On January 11, 2013, Presidential Directive 001 of 2013 was enacted, whereby the Governors and
Majors are summoned to actively contribute in the promotion of the citizen participation
mechanism through the hard copy forms.
During the month of January, 2013, the Presidential Directive was sent to all of the Governors’
offices and the main Majors’ offices of the capital cities for their awareness and application.
Since the month of November, 2012, hard copies of the General Agreement and of the participation
forms have been delivered to the following institutions and participation venues:
o Starting in December, 2012, the following materials were sent to all of the Governors’ offices
and to the Majors’ offices of the capital cities, per institution: 100 General Agreements, 1,000
hard copy participation forms, and 5 posters for the promotion of the participation
mechanism.
o Likewise, through the post office company 4-72, the following materials were distributed to
each one of the majors’ offices of the remaining municipalities (approximately 1,000
municipalities): 2,500 general agreements, 500 forms and 5 posters for the promotion of the
participation mechanism.
Starting on December 12 and up until December 31, 2012, the announcement agreed at the Dialogue
Table regarding the Participation Mechanism via the web page and hard copy forms was published
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in the main national and regional newspapers. In total, the announcement was published in 52
printed news media.
During the same period, the radio spot agreed at the Dialogue Table was broadcast during 3 weeks
through national radio stations. In all, a total of 30 radio spots were broadcast through 2 national
radio stations.
Likewise, the radio spot was broadcast during 4 weeks in all of the country’s departments through
regional radio stations with coverage in the cities and municipalities of each department. The radio
spot was broadcast in 978 regional radio stations for a total of 63,840 broadcasts of the radio
spot in the regions.
A new phase of the dissemination plan is currently under way, which includes daily TV spots during
the months of June and July, as well as radio spots in several regional stations.
Between the months of March and April 2013, the following promotional products of the Dialogue
Table were designed: booklet for citizens and organizations and promotional participation video.
3.5. Participatory forums
In developing the participation mechanism agreed in the General Agreement, which provides to “delegate
the organization of participation spaces to a third party”, the Dialogue Table delegated the celebration of
two national forums to the United Nations System in Colombia and the Peace Dialogue Think and Follow Up
Tank of Colombia’s National University (Centro de Pensamiento y Seguimiento al Diálogo de Paz de la
Universidad Nacional).
The first National Forum on the Comprehensive Agricultural Development Policy (Territorial Focus), was
held during three (3) days on December 17, 18 and 19 2012, at the request of the Dialogue Table, which,
through its joint communiqué dated November 25, 2012, asked the two institutions to convene, organize
and act as reporter for the debates and their conclusions.
The Forum featured the participation of 1,314 citizens from 522 organizations from the country’s 32
departments, in representation of peasant organizations, trade guilds, businessmen, Afro-descendants,
native communities, women, victims, peace initiatives and other sectors. Likewise, proposals from 411
individuals who spoke at the working tables were gathered.
During the first two days of the forum 21 grassroots tables were organized, where the organizations
presented their proposals on the 6 sub-items of item one of the agenda; subsequently, the reports of these
tables were compiled and refined into 10 socialization tables. During the third day a total of 546 proposals
were presented in plenary session.
The second forum on Political Participation was held on April 28, 29 and 30, 2013, at the request of the
Dialogue Table, as announced in communiqué number 12, where “the delegations asked the United Nations
Office in Colombia and the Peace Think Tank of Colombia’s National University (Centro de Pensamiento para
la Paz de la Universidad Nacional) to start preparing a new forum on the following item of the Agenda,
Political Participation”.
The forum was held during three days in the city of Bogotá and featured the participation of 1,600
individuals, representing the 32 departments. 70% of the participants belong to the different regions of the
country, 30% are from Bogotá. The most represented organizations were distributed as follows: 154
individuals from political parties, 166 individuals from political movements, 143 form peasant
organizations and 139 from women’s organizations. In total, the participation included representatives
from social and political movements; political parties; trade guilds and the business sector; peasant
organizations and movements; native communities; Afro-descendants; human rights’ advocates; victims;
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displaced population; San Andrés natives; youngsters; LGBTI; trade union centrals and organizations;
Development and Peace Programs and national and territorial peace initiatives; Churches; academic sector,
from universities and research centers; institutional citizen participation spaces; nongovernmental
organizations linked to topics related to political participation; news media and their associations.
Four panels were held the first day: the first one with political parties with legal status, and political and
social movements from throughout the country; the second one on international experiences devoted to the
transition from armed groups to political forces, with experts from El Salvador, the Philippines, Uruguay
and South Africa. The third panel featured scholars, and the fourth one featured news media
representatives. During the second day 20 working tables were held with grassroots organizations. On the
third day 5 socialization tables were held in order to refine the proposals of the grassroots tables, which
were subsequently presented in 4 large reports.
It’s also important to point out that during the first day of the Forum a message in support of the
dialogue process was transmitted, sent by five Nobel Prize winners: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, from
Argentina; Bishop Desmond Tutu, from South Africa; the former Costa Rican President, Óscar Arias;
the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; and Rigoberta Menchú, from Guatemala. They were
joined by the former United Nations’ Secretary General, Kofi Annan; the President of Uruguay, José
Mujica, and Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and current
President and CEO of the International Crisis Group.
Both the Forum on the “Comprehensive Agricultural Development Policy (Territorial Focus)” and the
Forum on “Political Participation” took place in an environment of respect for opposing opinions and
willingness to mutually listen to each other. Thus, the Forums not only have provided substantial and
fundamental contributions for the development of the items of the Agenda, but they have also been an
example of plural and democratic deliberation, befitting of a peace process.
4. Description of the agreement on item 1, "Comprehensive Agricultural Development Policy",
of the General Agreement's Agenda
The National Government and the FARC – EP, after several months of dialogues during which views and
proposals on the sub-items of item 1 of the Agenda of the General Agreement were exchanged, and as
announced last May 26, have reached an agreement on the first item of the Agenda contained in the General
Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Long-lasting Peace, which we agreed to call
“Towards a new Colombian countryside: Comprehensive Rural Reform”.
The Comprehensive Rural Reform (CRR or RRI for its Spanish acronym) should be the startup of structural
transformations in Colombia’s rural and agrarian reality with equity and democracy, thus contributing to
avoid repeating the conflict and to the construction of a stable and long-lasting peace.
The CRR is centered on the welfare and wellbeing of the people in the countryside, of peasant, native, black,
Afro-descendant, “palenquera” and San Andrés native communities, and of the people who inhabit the
interethnic and intercultural spaces, and intends to achieve the integration of the regions, the eradication
of poverty, the promotion of equality, the closing of the gap between the countryside and the city, the
protection and enjoyment of citizens’ rights and the reactivation of the countryside, particularly the
peasant, family and community economies.
The agreements acknowledge and focus on the fundamental role of the peasant, family and community
economies in the development of the countryside, on the promotion of different forms of association and
cooperation, on income and employment generation, on the advancement and formalization of work, on the
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production of food supplies and on the preservation of the environment; the foregoing, without prejudice
to the necessary articulation between these and other forms of agricultural and livestock production, as a
condition to guarantee rural development. The CRR will be carried out within a context of globalization and
insertion policies thereto on the part of the State, which demand special attention to the national
agricultural and livestock production and particularly to the peasant, family and community production.
Seeking to democratize land access for the benefit of peasants lacking or with insufficient land, and for the
rural communities most affected by misery, abandonment and the conflict, an agreement has been reached
to create a Land Fund featuring free of charge distribution. This process will aim to regularize property
title rights and consequently deconcentrate and promote an equitable land distribution.
The Fund will be fed mainly by lands which have been wrongfully and illegally acquired, and for said
purpose judicial property seizures will be strengthened and applied, and fallow lands appropriated and
occupied in contravention of the legislation in force will be recovered, without prejudice to the peasants
who may be beneficiaries of formalization programs; likewise, through the application of other processes
provided in the legislation such as administrative property seizure for unexploited lands which fail to meet
the social and ecological function of property, land acquisition or expropriation with indemnification for
social interest or public benefit purposes, donated lands, and those with an agricultural and/or livestock
vocation resulting from the update of the forestry reserve zones. The subtraction of lands resulting from
the update, delimitation and strengthening of the forestry reserve lands is contingent upon the formulation,
with community participation, of plans aimed at ensuring social and environmental sustainability.
The agreement acknowledges that land access is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to guarantee the
wellbeing of rural inhabitants and the efficient development of production. The purpose is not just to
provide land access, but to ensure comprehensive access; i.e., that along with the land, it’s necessary to
provide the means and capacities to make good use of them (such as seed capital, irrigation where
necessary, technical assistance, housing and credit), as well as creating an environment that contributes to
productivity and wellbeing through the provision of public goods and services such as roads, health,
education, drinking water, and support for different forms of solidarity and cooperative association and for
the commercialization of products.
As a complement to the Fund it has been agreed to strengthen other land access mechanisms for the
peasant population: comprehensive subsidies for land purchase and the creation of special lines of credit.
In addition to land distribution, the agreement acknowledges the role of the formalization of rural
property titles as an access mechanism and to that extent it has been agreed to foster a massive
formalization plan for small and medium-sized properties, which shall protect and strengthen the rights of
the legitimate land holders. The purpose of this formalization is to gradually provide property titles to all
the land plots occupied or held by peasants in Colombia, subject to the constitutional and legal order. For
this purpose, a massive formalization program will be arranged and the pertinent regulatory and
operational reforms will be carried out, guaranteeing the participation of the communities and their
organizations. Additionally, it was agreed that the formalization of small rural property titles will be free of
charge.
The beneficiaries of the free land awards, comprehensive subsidies and special credits will be workers with
an agricultural vocation who don’t own or own insufficient land (including the beneficiaries of the
formalization program), giving priority to women head of household and the displaced population.
In order to ensure the effective protection of rural property title rights, the creation of an agrarian
jurisdiction was agreed, with regional coverage and capacities. Furthermore, the strengthening of
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mechanisms to guarantee agile and timely access to justice was agreed, in particular for the smallest and
most defenseless, so as to serve as well as a guarantee against dispossession. To complement the judicial
instruments, the broadening and strengthening of alternative conflict conciliation and resolution
mechanisms was agreed, including the traditional mechanisms commonly used by rural communities.
Additionally, and as a necessary condition to facilitate the implementation of land access plans and the
regularization of property title rights, as well as to promote proper land usage and the deconcentration of
unproductive rural properties, an agreement was reached whereby the National Government will set a plan
in motion to form and update the rural cadastre along with the territorial entities and with the effective
participation of the communities.
To complement the foregoing, advisory services will be provided for the implementation of an appropriate
property tax collection system, adopting the necessary measures to set the tax rates in compliance with the
constitutional principle of progressiveness: those who have more pay more, on the grounds of equity and
social justice. The update of the cadastre and an effective collection of property taxes will enable, moreover,
to help strengthen the finances of the municipalities. It was agreed that incentives and transfers to the
municipalities will be created, for them to adopt property tax exemptions for the beneficiaries of the land
access programs and for small producers.
As additional measures aimed at proper land usage, the National Government will define general guidelines
for land usage that take into account their vocation, the common good and the territorial visions built in
the framework of the community participation instances, among other criteria. It will also create incentives
to promote productive reconversion, and will strengthen citizen participation at the local level in territorial
planning and zoning.
In order to prevent land usage conflicts and to complement the agrarian jurisdiction and the alternative
conflict resolution mechanisms, the promotion of dialogue instruments between the government, the
communities and private enterprises was agreed.
Thinking about the future generations of Colombians and the need to guarantee sustainable development
providing special attention to the protection and preservation of water and the environment, the
agreements provides for a plan to delimit the agricultural boundary and protect the areas of special
environmental interest which include forestry reserve zones, generating alternatives for the
inhabitants who live or occupy lands adjacent thereto and guaranteeing the principles of rural community
participation and sustainable development.
The agreement acknowledges that the Peasant Reserve Zones are a figure that the State has to promote
peasant economy and contribute to close the agricultural boundary and the production of food supplies. For
that reason, it was determined that the National Government will bring into effect the support for
development plans for the already constituted zones and those to be constituted, in response to the
initiatives of the communities and of the agrarian organizations they may consider representative,
following the provisions set forth in the current regulations, and promoting active community participation
in the execution of these plans.
The CRR requires the implementation of national sector plans which, collectively, shall achieve a radical
reduction of rural poverty, in particular extreme poverty, and a decrease in inequality. These plans are
aimed at providing public goods and services in infrastructure, social development and stimuli for the
peasant, family and community economies.
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Regarding infrastructure, plans will be executed to: a) reconstruct the tertiary road network, to provide
rural inhabitants with greater access to the regional markets and services; b) correct the deficit in
electrification and communication connectivity which will broaden the coverage and quality of the
electricity and internet services in rural zones; and c) broaden and recover the irrigation and drainage
infrastructure for the peasant, family and community economies, so as to increase the productivity of
family agriculture and stabilize its income. All these plans shall feature active community participation in
the prioritization, execution and follow up of the infrastructure works.
In turn, the plans to provide social goods and services will seek to reduce the gaps between the countryside
and the city, increasing the capacities and generating opportunities for rural inhabitants. The measures
aimed at eradicating poverty and decreasing inequality in the framework of the CRR should create a trend
towards convergence to better quality of life levels in the city and in the countryside.
Regarding health, a new special model was agreed so as to address, with a differential approach, disperse
rural zones with a pertinence and emphasis on prevention, bringing the services closer to the homes and
places of work of the rural population. This, without prejudice to the investments needed to improve the
infrastructure and endowment, including qualified personnel, to improve healthcare quality and coverage.
Regarding education, the plan’s purpose is to provide comprehensive attention to early childhood,
guarantee the coverage, quality and pertinence of the education, and eradicate illiteracy from rural areas.
Likewise, it will seek to promote the productive permanence of youngsters in the countryside and ensure
that children and youth may study in dignified conditions. Special emphasis will be given to promoting
technical, technological and superior education, pertinent and articulated to the needs of the productive
sector, adopting measures to guarantee access for more youngsters from the countryside. As a complement
to the foregoing, the agreement calls for the strengthening and promotion of research, innovation and
scientific and technological development, for the agricultural and livestock sector in areas such as agroecology, biotechnology, soils, etc.
The housing, water and basic sanitation plan will improve the health and living conditions in the
countryside by decreasing the rural housing deficit and by providing appropriate technological solutions
for the rural needs and context, regarding access to drinking water and waste disposal, in order to guarantee
dignified living conditions for rural inhabitants. The pertinence and sustainability of these solutions will be
guaranteed by an active community participation in the design as well as in the management and operation
of the projects.
Regarding the stimuli to peasant, family and community economies, a plan was agreed, in the first place,
to foster rural solidarity and cooperative economy so as to strengthen the organized rural communities’
capacities to commercialize products, to have access to goods and services and, in general, to improve their
living, working and production conditions.
In second place, a comprehensive technical, technological and research fostering plan was agreed, essential
to encourage technological innovation processes and improve the sustainability of productive projects for
the peasant, family and community economies. This plan includes a follow up and quality assessment
system with community participation. Additionally, it includes the promotion and protection of native seeds
and seed banks for the communities to have access to optimum seeding material, and the strict socioenvironmental and sanitary regulation of transgenic or genetically modified food supplies, fostering the
common good. The foregoing is to be carried out within the framework of the unyielding State obligation to
adopt and use the necessary measures and tools to safeguard the genetic heritage and the biodiversity as
sovereign resources of the Nation.
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In third place, an agreement was reached to start a plan to support and consolidate income generation
for the peasant, family and community economies, and for lower income medium-sized producers,
which will offer, depending on the characteristics of the potential beneficiaries, soft credit lines, guarantee
arrangements, seed capital resources and crop insurance.
In fourth place, a plan was agreed to promote proper conditions for the commercialization of the products
of the peasant, family and community economies and to improve their availability. This will imply
supporting associative efforts, the generation of added value, price information, commercialization
infrastructure (storage centers) and the adoption of public procurement mechanisms by institutional
entities and programs so as to contribute to absorb the production of these peasant, family and community
economies.
Lastly, an agreement was reached to strengthen the protection and social security system for the rural
population and guarantee dignified working conditions and the protection of the agricultural workers’
rights. This entails the promotion of proper associative arrangements for the rural context to facilitate social
security access for agricultural workers; the strengthening of the surveillance and control mechanisms to
promote and ensure compliance with labor regulations in rural areas; and the training for workers and
companies in labor rights and obligations matters. Additionally, an agreement was reached to promote and
strengthen the implementation of solutions to address the distinctive features of rural work in order to
guarantee the protection and social security for rural workers.
Seeking to boost rural employment and promote community participation, plan execution will be carried
out with the participation of the communities’ workforce.
The CRR, on food and nutrition matters, seeks to ensure sufficient availability and access for all citizens in
terms of timeliness, quantity, quality and prices to the necessary food supplies for a proper nutrition. To
complement the progressive increase in food supply production by the peasant, family and community
economies, and the creation of conditions to enable rural workers to improve their income, we have agreed
on the need to articulate the state’s offering in the territory by means of a food and nutrition system for the
rural population. For this purpose, departmental and local, culturally appropriate food and nutrition plans
will be developed with the active participation of the communities, society, the national government and
the departmental and local governments.
Additionally, departmental and local councils will be created, as well as a national food and nutrition council
in charge of defining the guidelines and coordinating the commissioning of the policies at the different
levels. These councils will include representation from the communities, the society and the governments.
Taking into consideration the special vulnerability situation of boys and girls, pregnant and nursing
mothers, and senior citizens, and in general of the population living in miserable conditions, special
programs will be implemented to eradicate hunger among the rural population.
Campaigns were agreed to promote the production and consumption of food supplies with high nutritional
content, the proper handling of food supplies and the adoption of healthy feeding habits, taking into account
the territories’ characteristics and fostering the production and consumption of domestic food supplies.
The CRR is to be universally applied and its execution prioritizes the territories most affected by the conflict,
by poverty levels, by the presence of illicit crops and other illegitimate economies and with the lowest
institutional presence. For this purpose, development programs with a territorial focus were agreed to
be put into motion enabling the faster implementation of the national plans and with more resources, based
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on an action plan for regional transformation which will feature broad community participation in their
formulation, execution and follow up.
The actions designed and executed in all of the agreement’s plans and programs will take the needs,
characteristics and distinctive features of the rural territories and communities into account and will be
particularly aimed at promoting the participation of the communities and the strengthening of the
communities’ organizational capacities in order to guarantee their sustainability.
The agreed CRR shall lead to a structural transformation of the Colombian countryside and to the creation
of wellbeing conditions for its inhabitants, in particular for the least favored. The Government believes it
should contribute to reverse the damaging effects of the conflict. And the FARC –EP believe that the
Comprehensive Rural Reform should contribute to solve the historical causes thereof.
In spite of the fact that an agreement has been reached on item 1 of the Agenda, according to the criteria of
each delegation there are pending topics which will be discussed later on at the Table, always contemplating
the principle whereby nothing is agreed until everything has been agreed.
The National Government and the FARC – EP want to especially thank the guarantor countries, Cuba and
Norway, for their determined support to this process, which has allowed moving forward in the
construction of this agreement in an environment of trust and seriousness. Likewise, they wish to thank the
accompanying countries, Venezuela and Chile, for their permanent support.
Lastly, the delegations thank the Colombians for their participation through the different mechanisms of
the Table. Their contributions have been a very important input for the work. The delegations invite them
to continue sending proposals to the Dialogue Table.
This report does not modify what has been agreed.
On behalf of the delegation of the
Government of Colombia
On behalf of the peace delegation of the
FARC - EP
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