Executive Summary, Five Years After the Signing of the Colombian Final Agreement: Reflections from Implementation Monitoring

This report presents the status of implementation of the Colombian Final Accord from December 2020 to November 2021 in accordance with the monitoring methodology designed by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. The report presents a quantitative and qualitative overview of the implementation of the 578 stipulations found in the text of the Final Accord to End the Armed Conflict and Build a Stable and Lasting Peace (Final Accord or peace accord). It also includes a special analysis of the cross-cutting gender and ethnic approaches, for which the Kroc Institute selected and prioritized stipulations that make up special submatrices, with the analysis further complemented by a territorial perspective. The report incorporates a temporal perspective by considering indicators from the Framework Plan for Implementation (PMI), which aims to guide the public policies required for the accord’s fulfillment during a fifteen-year timeline. The report also includes findings from a comparative study conducted by the Kroc Institute on the implementation of the Final Accord compared to other comprehensive peace agreements (CPAs) signed worldwide.