The departmental Administration, made an extraordinary Transitional Justice Committee, in order to study and approve the measures contained in the Territorial Action Plan for Victims (PAT).

The Victims Unit followed up on the goals and projections of the Territorial Action Plan of the department of Risaralda, during a new Transitional Justice Committee in which, in addition to the office secretaries, representatives of the victims, ICBF, SENA, were present, Regional Attorney, Ombudsman, National Police, among others.

"Through this Committee, for the approval of the Territorial Action Plan (PAT), we are always seeking the benefit of the victim population of the department, this is a matter of utmost importance for our administration; We are going to make a great effort despite the economic limitations and we expect good results”, assured Víctor Manuel Tamayo, Risaralda Governor.

According to data from the National Information Network, there are 97.330 victims of armed conflict in Risaralda department; in this territory the Victims Unit has compensated 15.836 victims, which has meant an investment of almost $ 110.000 million.

For her part, Laura Moreno, territorial director of the Unit in the Coffee Axis, expressed the entity's willingness to continuously accompany all these processes of formulation and compliance with the PAT, with the constant commitment to work as a team with official entities. and the participation tables to improve the quality of life of victims in Risaralda.

Through this plan, which was approved during the conference, the aim is to work on the aspects of prevention and protection, overcoming the situation of vulnerability of the victim families living in Risaralda and promoting the integral reparation of people from the formulation and development of programs, plans and projects.

The plan contains a series of actions focused on improving the quality of life of victims who live in the territory from lines such as: prevention and orientation, housing, productive units with a female focus, psychosocial care, participation, provision of immediate humanitarian aid, access to education, development of acts of memory and measures of satisfaction, among others.

According to Nubia Bedoya and Orbilio Maya, representatives of victims before the committee, “we made it clear from the formulation of the plan that although there is an important figure for housing, we want to specify what is the percentage that will benefit the victims, we also advocate for more security for the department's social leaders and more and better conditions for the victim population living in the territory, in terms of participation issues and satisfaction measures”.

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