On 6 and 7 November, 2018 the city of Bucaramanga will host the international Conference “Memory, reconciliation and peacebuilding in the territories: Santander in dialogue with Colombia”. The event is organized by the CAPAZ Institute, the University Universidad Industrial de Santander-UIS and the Foundation Heinrich Böll Colombia.
Participants are Niels Annen, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office; Pater Francisco de Roux, President of the Truth Commission; Rodolfo Arango, Magistrate of the JEP, and Diana Escobar of the Presidency of Colombia. The Colombian folklore singer, Ceferina Banquez will offer a concert during the event. Entry is free of charge.
The next event of the Spotlight on Peace Calendar of the CAPAZ Institute will be the roundtable “Keys for a stable and lasting peace”. The discussion will take place on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. at the CAPAZ Institute in the Claustro de San Agustín in Bogota, Colombia (Carrera 8 No. 7-21). The event is organized by CAPAZ and the German Embassy in Colombia and will be free of charge.