Partner Or Perish
The following article was generated out of an urgent need to document new and innovative ways of addressing conflict-induced displacement (CID) in a politicised forum of increasing violence and incremental policy change. Drawn from interviews and field visits in three states of Colombia, the article elaborates a provisional model that systematises general trends and obstacles encountered by public and private actors seeking to form partnerships in involuntary relocation processes. The model demonstrates the importance of bottom-up processes and the need for leadership, flexibility, transparency and trust between and among public and private actors. It also shows that even as the coalescing of genuine partnerships requires time, relocation activities must be executed expeditiously.