In a partnership dating back to June of 2019, OEF’s PASO Colombia program and the University of Notre Dame continue to work together on assessing the impact of peacebuilding efforts in Colombia and beyond. PASO Colombia’s Rural Alternative School and Ex-coca grower Contingency Plan projects provide researchers at the University of Notre Dame unique peacebuilding implementation case studies. In return, researchers from Notre Dame are able to provide their expertise in project evaluations, the development of training materials to support larger scale implementation of PASO’s project models, and inclusion of PASO’s efforts in a wider analysis of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs around the world.
Read more about PASO Colombia and the University of Notre Dame’s on-going partnership.