Ethnic Chapter Policies on Children and Youth

The ICBF (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar / Colombian Institute for Family Welfare) is the Colombian Government entity that works for the integral protection of early childhood, childhood, adolescence and the well-being of families in Colombia, providing special attention to those in conditions of threat, nonobservance or violation of their rights.

Under this project, ACDI/VOCA works with indigenous organizations and Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizales and Palenqueras (NARP) communities at the regional and national levels to formulate the indigenous chapter and the NARP chapter of public policy for children and adolescents.

Project Objectives

Support efforts for the participatory formulation of a chapter of Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal and Palenquero communities in the national policy for children and adolescents
Support efforts for the participatory formulation of an indigenous communities’ chapter of the national policy of children and adolescents
Identify infringements that impact infants, children, and adolescents in indigenous communities

Project Activities and Approaches

Development of intercultural dialogues around the issues affecting indigenous and NARP communities
Define the methodology for working at the regional and local levels, taking into consideration the particularities of the different territories represented by the five national indigenous organizations
Organize a meeting of the third Subcommittee of the National Space for Prior Consultation of NARP communities to review and discuss the proposed methodology for the creation of a NARP chapter

Anticipated Project Results

Formulated chapters of the national policy of children and adolescents for the Indigenous communities and black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, and Palenquero communities.

Funder: Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar / Colombian Institute for Family Welfare