The Colombian survivors of armed conflict who returned to the country, from Venezuela, will be supported with economic investment by the Unit for the implementation of their projects.

With the slogan "Let's Learn to Undertake" the Victims Unit, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Norwegian Refugee Council train victims of armed conflict returned from abroad in business ideas and plans.

Martín Alexis Sánchez, one of the beneficiaries of the Special Accompaniment Schemes developed by the Unit for Victims and whose objective is to implement the offer of state strategies to advance socio-economic stabilization and comprehensive reparation plans for the population affected by violence in condition of return or relocation, recognized the support by providing knowledge through the training sessions.

“My job expectation is to set up a jeans-making workshop for children, women and men; we are learning how to be good entrepreneurs and the idea is that our company move forward, they are training us in how to manage income, money and staff”, said Sanchez in the framework of the activity carried out in Cúcuta.

For its part, the territorial director of the Unit in Norte de Santander and Arauca, Alicia María Rojas Pérez, said that the entity has been accompanying and monitoring the processes with the returned victims who, in addition to having an economic amount that will deliver the entity, have business knowledge bases that allow to generate investment, growth and commercial development with the business plans to execute.

“It is a part of the process, they are training in entrepreneurship, how to land and implement their ideas in legal and accounting matters so that they become successful, the idea is that they have all the cost, financial, methodological competencies that they allow position in the market and be sustainable”, said the official.

Rojas Pérez also assured that there are more than 15 people participating in these conferences in Cúcuta and the metropolitan area. She recalled that in municipalities such as Ábrego and Tibú there are also victims of armed conflict who returned to the country and are now part of the Special Accompaniment Schemes.

The training activities in business plans will be extended until next Friday. In November, the Victims Unit and the Norwegian Refugee Council will deliver the resources framed in the Special Accompaniment Schemes for the start of the projects.

(End/CEG/CMC/LMY)