Quorum: women and youth innovating democracy - NIMD - Quorum: women and youth innovating democracy - NIMD (NS) Quorum: kvinnor och ungas demokratiska deltagande, NIMD The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD, det nederländska institutet för flerpartidemokrati) i Colombia har ansökt om finansiering hos Sida på 9 miljoner kronor för att genomföra projektet ”Quorum: kvinnor och ungas demokratiska deltagande” i Colombia under perioden 2021-2023. 

Insatsen syftar till att öka kvinnors och ungdomars lika politiska deltagande och inflytande i beslutsfattande organ för att kunna garantera deras politiska rättigheter genom att 1) i de mest konfliktdrabbade områdena förbättra kvinnors och ungdomars kapacitet och färdigheter till att delta i både politiska och civila processer och för att kunna utöva inflytande i lokalt beslutsfattande; 2) stärka de politiska aktörernas organisatoriska kapacitet för att garantera lika deltagande av kvinnor och ungdomar i beslutsfattande organ; och 3) utveckla ett evidensbaserat förslag lett av kvinnor och ungdomar för att förbättra deras politiska deltagande och representation. 

Insatsens totala budget är 9 miljoner kronor. This intervention, led by the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) in Colombia, is a project support aiming at increasing women’s and youth’s equal political participation and influence in decision-making settings, by:
1) Improving the capacities and skills of women and youth from the most conflict-affected territories.
2) Enhancing the organisational capacities of political actors to guarantee the equal participation of women and youth.
3) Developing a women and youth lead proposal to improve their political participation and representation. The strategic objective of the Contribution is to contribute to increase women
and youth equal political participation and influence in decision making settings
as a guarantee for the full exercise of their political rights.
By the end of the Contribution is it expected that the political participation of
women and young people has increased in targeted territories and at the
national level, leading in the long term to a more democratic and inclusive
political system.
In order to achieve this goal, NIMD Colombia has set three specific objectives:

1. To improve the capacities and skills of women and youth from the most
conflict affected territories to participate in political and civic process and
influence decision making settings of their communities
2. To enhance the organizational capacities of political actors to guarantee the
equal participation of women and youth in decision making settings
3. To develop a women and youth lead an evidence based proposal to improve
their political participation and representation under equality parameters.