The Ideas for Peace Foundation (FIP) is an independent think tank created in 1999 by a group of Colombian businessmen. Its mission is to generate knowledge, propose initiatives, develop practices and accompany processes to contribute to the construction of a stable and lasting peace in Colombia. It also seeks to contribute to the understanding of the conflicts in our country, exercising the necessary leadership to mobilize citizens, public servants and entrepreneurs around the common goal of building a society in peace.

Manifesto

Since 1999, when a group of Colombian businessmen created the Ideas for Peace Foundation (FIP), we have contributed, independently, to the search for overcoming the armed conflict in Colombia and the construction of a democratic, peaceful and prosperous society that insert successfully in the international political and economic order, through proposals, knowledge and research.

Colombia is facing a scenario of great challenges today. In a context in which institutional strengthening, advances in the modernization of the State and economic growth contrast with shortcomings that persist in terms of equity, respect, territorial integration, corruption, citizen security and coexistence, it is essential to continue working in construction of a sustainable peace. This implies the generation of profound political and social changes, transformation of values ​​and realities at all levels and in different territories. Also, we are facing a serious possibility of definitively closing the armed conflict with the guerrillas, which would constitute an additional opportunity to advance in these purposes.

The FIP is committed to contributing significantly to these changes based on the understanding of the conflicts in our country, seeking the spokesperson and exercising the necessary leadership to mobilize citizens, public servants and entrepreneurs around the common goal of building a society in peace throughout the national territory. In order to achieve this purpose, we understand that it is necessary to work in the production of knowledge, consulting and project management in order to create competencies and develop capacities in different actors. That is why the mission of the FIP is to generate knowledge, propose initiatives, develop practices and accompany processes to contribute to the construction of a stable and lasting peace in Colombia.

The IFJ bases its contribution on four approaches:

• Culture of peace and legality, seen from the perspective of building social capital, coexistence and respect for human rights, as well as the promotion of legal behavior and the use of legitimate means for economic and social development in all the territories of Colombia .
• Security, understood as a public good in whose provision the action of the State and the citizenship converge. For the FIP, the security seen from a prevention perspective and the creation of conditions that allow the free exercise of rights and public liberties, is a necessary condition for peace to be sustainable.
• Institutional strengthening, understood as the development of skills and competencies in people and organizations that promote excellence, contribute to the construction of the public, guarantee governance and promote ethical, fair, transparent and equitable behavior.
• Active participation of the business sector, seen as a key actor in the social, political and economic transformations, which requires the State a territorial presence and that working with it becomes a catalyst for equitable and democratic development.

By 2020, the FIP will have been a fundamental actor, leader and promoter of the articulation between the State, companies and civil society for the consolidation of a Nation in peace. It will have mobilized more entrepreneurs to commit to the work of the Foundation and helped to understand their roles in different contexts. It will also have made strategic alliances with organizations that have complementary strengths and expertise to enhance its mission. The IFJ will be recognized for its independence and its commitment to the public good, while positioning itself as one of the most important think tanks in the region on issues of conflict, peace building and citizen security, which has a team highly qualified and innovative human.