Recognized newspaper in Colombia accompanied measurements in Hobo, Huila

El Espectador, one of the most recognized newspapers in Colombia, accompanied the Land in Peace team to the final measurements and public inspection in El Batán village, municipality of Hobo, Huila. As part of the Colombia+20 project, which addresses post-conflict, territory, and peace issues, journalists from the newspaper covered the work carried out by Land in Peace and its importance for fulfilling peace agreement goals in the country.

"Specifically, to carry out more rigorous formalization processes in the Colombian countryside, Kadaster has brought pilot strategies to the country in the Land in Peace project. In Sumapaz and the municipality of Hobo, Huila, the Dutch cadastre has carried out participatory proposals in rural communities to measure lands, define boundaries, promote consensus among neighbors, and sign and formalize.”

Agile and participatory measurement methods are some of the main characteristics of the Fit for Purpose methodology implemented by Kadaster through the Land in Peace project. The role of young people as community grassroots surveyors was another aspect highlighted in the article.

"To achieve the pilot in Huila, Kadaster has trained young people from Hobo, such as Juan de Jesús Perdomo and Johan Giraldo, two curious boys interested in entering the world of topography. They are students and potential coffee growers who have taken the risk to learn how to measure their farms and their community, thus gradually allowing El Batán properties to be delimited and awarded."

Read the full article at this link: This is how the Dutch methodology for formalizing lands in rural Colombia works