Abstract

DE LA OSSA GUERRA, Santander José  and  RENDON BLANCO, Geanny Karin. Local initiatives: mediation tool for peacebuilding, Ovejas - Sucres. Justicia [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.39, pp.191-202.  Epub May 26, 2021. ISSN 0124-7441.  https://doi.org/10.17081/just.26.39.4723.

The objective of this research was to analyze local initiatives that act as mediation tools for peacebuilding in the municipality of Ovejas, Department of Sucre. The method used was framed in the qualitative approach with a descriptive-cross-sectional design. The population under investigation were formal organizations or, in fact, those that have developed in urban and rural areas of the municipality of Ovejas, in the Department of Sucre as local peace initiatives. For data collection, document review techniques and open interviews were used. The information was collected in the second half of 2019. As a result, it was determined that, in the municipality of Ovejas, there are around 60 local initiatives, represented in peasant organizations, productive, women, victims and indigenous partialities; which have participated in the construction of the PDET, the management of collective reparation for victims of the armed conflict, construction of public policies, recovery of historical memory, promotion of the peasant reserve area, defense of the territory and natural resources and promotion of the local economy. That these initiatives are the product of national and regional strategies that, with the support of international organizations, have been implemented in the Montes de María region.

Keywords : Peace building; local initiatives; mediation tools; territorial peace.

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