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Article

31 Dec 2007

Author:
Alexandra Guáqueta & Yadaira Orsini, Fundación Ideas para la Paz

[PDF] Business and Reintegration: cases, experiences and lessons

...it is generally agreed that successful reintegration occurs when the combatants put down their weapons and stay on the side of legality. How is this desired outcome best achieved?...A key element in such strategies...may be employment...The support of the private sector is essential to involving demobilized combatants in productive activities...[Among] the main findings: The decision of companies to participate in the reinsertion process is due more to the invitation from the government than to their own initiative...[B]usinesses with known brand names have preferred not to publicize widely the fact that they are hiring ex-combatants...Almacenes Éxito...developed a mechanism for very intense accompaniment in the hiring and initial performance process of the demobilized apprentices...Constructora Bolívar['s]...directors thought it was necessary to help with reinsertion to contribute to peace. [also refers to Alimentos SA, Augura, Banco AV Villas, Carrefour, Coca-Cola]