The Popular Research and Education Center (Cinep) was born in 1972 as a non-profit foundation with a critical and alternative view of the Colombian reality. It is based on the systematic production of information , on reflection with investigative rigor , on popular education proposals for the strengthening of organizations and communities, and on intentional advocacy action in public matters.

From a preferential option for the excluded communities and victims , in particular those whose fundamental rights are not recognized or respected, the center encourages social change based on the guidelines of the Society of Jesus in Colombia.

In 2006, Cinep, the Program for Peace and the Human Rights and Political Violence data bank merged, enhancing the impact of their efforts. From this moment on, the institution is known as Cinep / Programa por la Paz (Cinep / PPP).

Cinep / PPP has a solid administrative organization that supports the development of its actions. It has the Icontec ISO 9001 certification and is a work of the Society of Jesus in Colombia.

Their mission: They bet on life, they work for a just, sustainable and peaceful society.

Their vision: In the year 2022, they are a social center guided by the Society of Jesus that has developed proposals for the construction of the region and the nation, aimed at the protection and promotion of life, Human Rights, sustainable development and peace. 

Their values:

• They cultivate the inner strength that makes them full human beings.
• They recognize and respect the life, dignity, differences and capacities of every human being.
• They weave solidarity and organization in diversity.
• They work with passion, commitment, responsibility and transparency, professionalism and efficiency.
• They generate comprehensive, creative and lasting proposals for the reality of the nation.
• They are committed to a lasting peace that makes the validity of human rights and democracy a reality.
• They preferentially opt for the excluded and the victims.