Strengthen knowledge, tools, channels of communication and attention, and community and public management processes to address the challenge of human mobility in cities, meeting the specific demands of this population in terms of integration, rights, development and quality of life.

Advice on Public Policy

This initiative advises the national and local governments with specialized technical expertise for the inclusion of the human mobility approach in strategies, plans and projects that promote the development of our cities and integration.

– We are currently advising the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia and the socio-urban program for migrants.

– Support in the construction of the Territorial Planning Kit – DNP, Chapter 6 on Migration.

 Support to the local government of Barranquilla in the construction of the “Municipal Development Plan – Barranquilla 2023, Barranquilla Soy Yo” (Barranquilla Is Me).

Capacity building of local governments

Workshops, seminars and training spaces in the areas of urban development and planning, socioeconomic integration, migration governance, and care and protection routes for refugees and migrants.

Capacity building of civil society organizations, private sector and other strategic allies.

We want to promote spaces for strengthening civil society and other strategic allies to raise awareness about the differential approach to refugees and migrants, the integration of this community in cities, and the use of diversity in the construction of cities and communities with greater solidarity.

Covid-19 emergency cash transfers

The project supported local governments in responding to the emergency caused by Covid-19 through monetary transfers to refugee, migrant and host communities in vulnerable situations due to the isolation measures taken to prevent infection.

This is the story of Luisiana, who shares with us regarding the difficulties she faced migrating from Venezuela. Today, thanks to her hard work and the benefit of the transfer, she was able to be reunited with her children once again.

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We share the case of Milagros, for whom the outbreak of the pandemic coincided with her pregnancy and the loss of fixed income. However, with the benefit of the monetary transfer that she received she was able to pay her rent and allocate resources to care for her baby.

This is the story of Juan Daniel, a Venezuelan who arrived to Colombia four years ago with his daughter. The monetary transfers allowed him to pay for his rent and meet the basic needs of his family. “I thought it was a lie when they called me” was his first reaction upon receiving the help

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Decentralización de la central de Abastos