{"id":75686,"date":"2016-11-03T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=491d42172e9d5bc83b0121e7e05cf0f2"},"modified":"2016-11-03T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:36:00","slug":"press-release-new-strategic-partnership-between-northern-ireland-and-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=75686","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New strategic partnership between Northern Ireland and Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New UK government funding for a UK-Colombia strategic partnership to share expertise on peace-building was confirmed today by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire as he officially welcomed the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos de Calderon, to Belfast.<\/p>\n

The partnership between Northern Ireland Co-operation Overseas (NI-CO) and the Colombian governments will focus on education and policing reform and strengthening existing links between Northern Ireland and Colombia.<\/p>\n

The partnership was confirmed as President Santos touched down in Belfast for the final part of a three-day programme as a guest of Her Majesty the Queen. It is Colombia\u2019s first state visit to the UK.<\/p>\n

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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire said:<\/p>\n

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It is a privilege formally to welcome President Santos to Northern Ireland. His state visit is a valuable opportunity to strengthen political, cultural and commercial ties between Colombia and Northern Ireland and the wider UK. I also found it particularly valuable to share perspectives on recent experience during our meeting at Stormont House this afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There are few greater responsibilities for government than helping to build a peaceful, stable and prosperous society. President Santos\u2019 efforts to end the five-decade civil war in Colombia are testimony both to his leadership and to his commitment to that vision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The NI-CO strategic partnership demonstrates enduring UK government and Northern Ireland support for a final and long-lasting peace agreement for Colombia and a brighter future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

President Santos has been leading Colombia\u2019s peace process. He heard first-hand during his meeting with the Secretary of State about the benefits that peace and political progress has brought for community relations and efforts to build a stronger economy in Northern Ireland. Full details of his programme can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\n

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    Northern Ireland Co-operation Overseas (NI-CO) is a not for profit, UK government-owned body dedicated to the pursuit of building efficient, accountable and sustainable public sector institutions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Since its establishment in 1992, NI-CO has delivered over 600 contracts in 82 countries in a range of sectors from Health and Social Care to Accessible Justice and Governance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The project will be funded by the FCO\u2019s bilateral programme fund at a total cost of \u00a379,000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    It will cultivate and promote long-term links between Northern Ireland and Colombia, sharing expertise on peace-building, particularly on policing reform and widening participation in education in disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Secretary of State formally welcomed President Santos at Belfast City airport on behalf of the UK government, alongside Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast Fionnuala Jay-O\u2019Boyle OBE.<\/p>\n

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    The President of Colombia arrives in NI as a new peace building partnership is launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75699,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75686\/revisions\/75699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}