COLORES - Resilient local communities. Women and youth build sustainable and solidarity-based economies to support the peace process

The reference framework of this project proposal is Colombia, and specifically the Putumayo region. The particular situation of the zone has attracted over the years, the presence of armed actors whose interest is the exploitation of the natural resources and illegal activities. This situation particularly affects rural communities and the most vulnerable groups, especially women and young people from indigenous, Afro-descendant and peasant communities. The main aim of the COLORES project is to support these communities so that they can improve their living and working conditions, their resilience to climate change and to the effects of the pandemic, all in a framework of support to the peace process and to the protection of Amazonian biodiversity. In order to achieve this, 7 agro-forestry supply chains (asai, chontaduro, sacha inchi, coffee, cocoa, sugarcane sugar, ecotourism/craftsmanship) linked to Amazonian biodiversity will be promoted in order for them to become capable of practices of adaptation to climate change and at the same time generate increased profits and new jobs, in associative and inclusive enterprises, recognising the central role of women and young people.