Sergio Guarín

He is the current director of the post-conflict and peace-building area of the Ideas for Peace Foundation (FIP), in Bogotá, Colombia. He was director of the National Network of Development and Peace Programs (Redprodepaz) and the Program of Political Sciences and International Relations at the Technological University of Bolívar in Cartagena – Colombia. He also worked in the National Planning Department in Colombia (national government entity), as head of the “Peace and Development” and “Coexistence and Citizen Security” Groups.
His interest and experience have revolved around the relationship between territorial development and peacebuilding, and the mechanisms of local democracy and institutional strengthening.
Recently, he has worked on projects on the conditions of territorial development that are necessary for the substitution of crops for illicit use and on the mechanisms of citizen participation in the transformation of territorial dynamics.
He is an analyst of the conflict and a blogger on the La Silla Vacía website.