Non-profit organization · Colombia
Weaving territory with those who live in it
Applied research, specialized consulting and participatory program management to protect rights, strengthen governance and build dignified lives across Colombia’s territories.
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strategic focus areas
15
territorial processes supported by 2030
10
partnerships and coordination mechanisms by 2030
2036
horizon of our vision
Targets from the Corporation’s Strategic Plan.
Who we are
We connect knowledge, communities and institutions
NODO brings legal, social, environmental and project-management expertise together with local capacities and strategic partnerships. We design and implement context-specific, sustainable solutions, always hand in hand with the people who live in each territory.
Academic and technical rigor
Rights-based and differential approach
Participatory action and co-production
Integrity and transparency
Sustainability and innovation
What we do
Three focus areas to transform territories
Area 1
Governance and territorial transformation
We strengthen communities, organizations and institutions so they can participate, influence decisions and build collective responses to local challenges.
Area 2
Rights, justice and peacebuilding
We help protect human rights, the environment and access to justice for dignified lives free from violence.
Area 3
Sustainable development and territorial well-being
We promote social, economic and environmental alternatives that sustain livelihoods and well-being.
How we work
We work with communities, not just for them
Our support pathway has five stages. Each one leaves capacities in place.
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Participatory assessment
We read the territory with its people: risks, capacities and opportunities.
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Co-design
We build solutions together with communities and institutions.
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Implementation
We implement with technical rigor, a differential approach and care.
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Monitoring
We measure results with clear indicators and learn along the way.
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Capacity transfer
We leave tools and autonomy in place in the territory.
- Human rights
- Territorial governance
- Peacebuilding
- Gender approach
- Ethnic peoples
- Environmental justice
- Participation
- Sustainable livelihoods
Services
Technical expertise at the service of territories
Territorial assessments
Institutional and community capacities, risks and opportunities.
Prevention and protection pathways
Protocols, plans and self-protection strategies on human rights and IHL.
Legal and technical consulting
Specialized support for public and private entities.
Training and leadership schools
Leadership, rights, governance and project management.
Project management
Design, management, monitoring and evaluation.
Applied research
Documenting experiences and replicable good practices.
Our approaches
Every process recognizes the diversity of the people involved
We embed these approaches, in verifiable ways, in assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Human rights
- Gender
- Differential
- Ethnic
- Intersectional
- Territorial
- Ecocentric
- Biocentric
Territories
Based in Cundinamarca, working nationwide
We are based in Cundinamarca, and our founding team has worked in regions across the country. We arrive in each territory through networks and relationships built over years, which makes trust and coordination easier.
- Bridging government and communities
- Coordinating bodies with more than 30 institutions
- Experience in individual and collective protection
Legal framework
Know the rules that protect your rights
Over 30 laws, decrees, treaties and rulings on human rights, peace, differential approaches, environment and participation, explained in plain language.
1991 Constitution
Fundamental rights and ethnic diversity
Law 1448 of 2011
Victims and land restitution
Law 21 of 1991
ILO Convention 169 · prior consultation
Law 2273 of 2022
Escazú Agreement
News
What we are weaving
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We are looking for partners
We are opening conversations with public bodies, international donors, universities and community organizations.
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How we work: our theory of change
From the core problem to territorial impact: the logic behind every NODO project.
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Corporación NODO is born
A new non-profit to strengthen communities, organizations and institutions in Colombia.
Want to weave territory with us?
We partner with public bodies, international cooperation agencies, universities, foundations and community organizations.