• Vision .-Global Vision up to 2007
Organizations and social movements of populations affected by internal armed conflict in countries where PCS is working – particularly women, indigenous groups, Afro-descendent communities and uprooted populations, and especially, the displaced – have strengthened their organizational capacity, identity and autonomy in order to defend and protect their rights. These organizations are active in networks and alliances, and carry out effective policy advocacy with a gender and inter -ethnic perspective at the local, regional and national levels to pressure governments and the State to comply with international and national standards on the defence, promotion and protection of human rights and take measures to ensure the recovery of historical memory and integral justice and reparation. Similarly, they systematically monitor the actions of State authorities and institutions and promote policies of social reconstruction, lasting solutions and the cul ture of peace.
As a result of lessons learned during its 25-year institutional experience in conflict and post conflict situations in the countries in Latin America, PCS is recognized as a reference point on issues related to its work in the region and at the international level. It has consolidated its internal structure and has developed balanced and efficient programming, financial and administrative areas. Through its accompaniment of counterparts, PCS has advanced north -south cooperation and promoted critical and horizontal dialogue on its thematic focus issues as part of national and international agendas.
PCS has a consolidated and integral multidisciplinary team that combines leadership and political analysis abilities; is guided by a strategic vis ion of the local, national and regional contexts; and has technical training in project and program design, planning, monitoring and evaluation. Team members have a strong commitment to social goals, have developed skills in fundraising and have developed contacts with professional specialists required for the program.

Vision by Programme
a) Vision of the Latin America Programme up to 2007
The populations affected by internal armed conflicts –displaced persons, women victims of sexual violence, migrants and refugees– their organizations and the national social movements that represent and/or support them, have strengthened their organizational, administrative and advocacy capacity, and their identity and autonomy, to defend, protect and exercise their rights. They are coordinated in networks, develop alliances and partnerships, participate actively and are politically engaged in processes to
promote truth, justice and reparations and struggle against impunity. They systematically monitor the actions of public institutions and participate in reconstruction and development processes in countries in post-conflict situations, in the context of human rights and from a gender and intercultural perspective. New social and political actors have emerged that exercis e shared leaderships. National and international movements for the defence of human rights and of women have taken up and included in their agendas the issue of sexual violence perpetrated against women in situations of armed conflict and its use as a war strategy. They undertake legal actions, struggle against impunity and demand sanctions against those responsible, contributing to efforts to make this problem visible to public opinion so that women victims may have access to justice. Countries and gover nments of the region and the international community are aware of and express their concerns over the serious situation derived from the impact of the Colombian conflict in the region, the militarization policies and the human rights violations against the refugee populations. Issues of truth, justice and compensation are highlighted to guarantee the construction of a lasting peace and democracy in the region. The PCS Latin America Programme has consolidated its internal, programmatic, financial and administrative structure, in the context of the institutional restructuring process. PCS – LA has a multidisciplinary, consolidated, integrated, institutional work team, which combines leadership and political analysis capabilities with a presence and a strategic vision of local, national and regional scope. The team works with sensitivity and social commitment, has technical training in the design, planning, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects. It has developed fundraising skills and also has access to specialized advisory services from professionals who contribute to PCS’ institutional work.

b) Vision of the Colombia Programme up to 2007
By the end of 2007, communities of victims of the socio-political violence (the displaced, returnees, repatriated populations, populations in resistance and members of confined communities) together with women’s, indigenous populations, Afro-Colombian, human rights and peace movements, identified as a priority in PCS’ programming, are acknowledged and are being accompanied in the development of organizational strategies on rights protection and the search for negotiated solutions to the Colombian conflict that guarantee respect for the right of victims to truth, justice and reparation. PCS will have contributed to the debate on truth, justice and reparation, having undertaken humanitarian work to further organizational strengthening and policy advocacy capacity building of the target population. PCS will be consulted and its opinions given weight by State organizations – including the government – and the international community.
PCS regional programs will be coordinated internally and with other national initiatives to fulfill the organization’s strategic institutional vision. PCS will coordinate the conclusion of interventions in one zone with the initiation of programming in another. To achieve this, PCS will build a professional, committed, creative team with political and technical capacity and gender awareness; and will ensure quality employment conditions, institutional support and sufficient staff to respond efficiently and effectively to institutional programming