Abstract

BEDOYA-DORADO, CRISTIAN  and  CHARFUELAN- AGUIRRE, MELISSA. THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PEACEBUILDING IN POSTCONFLICT COLOMBIA: A THEORETICAL STUDY. AD-minister [online]. 2020, n.37, pp.35-56.  Epub Aug 20, 2021. ISSN 1692-0279.  https://doi.org/10.17230/ad-minister.37.2.

In 2016, with the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian national government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) in, a post-conflict scenario began in Colombia. It is characterized by a series of challenges and the need for input from various actors, including the business sector. The objective of this article is to explore and analyze which are the practices and actions that companies can carry out to contribute to the construction of peace. To this end, an exploratory research was carried out with a documentary design divided in two phases: on the one hand, a review of the literature on peacebuilding business practices, and on the other, a documentary analysis of guides and peacebuilding proposals from national and international organizations. The results suggest that the companies contribute to the construction of peace mainly from CSR practices and shared value oriented to economic development. This corresponds with the guidelines of national and international organizations that are geared towards generating jobs and entrepreneurship projects.

JEL: M14; M54.

Keywords : Private sector; business; peacebuilding; post-conflict; RSE..

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