The Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) Latin America Strategy was established in late 2004 and a detailed evaluation will be undertaken later this year or early next year. A GCPP steering team consisting of officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Ministry of Defence (MOD) and DFID hold regular meetings to monitor progress of the Strategy and decide changes with input from a Regional Conflict Adviser (RCA) who is based in Venezuela. Country analyses are regularly provided to the GCPP steering team by the RCA.
At project level, activities are monitored and evaluated by the RCA on a regular basis. Projects are designed to address individual needs in specific circumstances and therefore vary widely in scope and scale. Monitoring and evaluation is built in, and is undertaken against the objectives and projected outcomes. The positive impact of GCPP supported projects is being seen through these evaluations.
The Latin America conflict prevention strategy has at its heart the objective of resolving existing conflicts and preventing new conflicts from breaking out. In delivering this objective, evaluation shows that this has been successful. For example, working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a successful border management model has been developed around Colombia’s borders to assure refugees’ rights and to resolve and manage conflicts. In Colombia, GCPP support has contributed to the visible presence of community defenders in remote and vulnerable communities who have helped to reduce the risk of internal displacement of people by providing increased access to legal services.