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Recognition for the women leaders of Quindío
Recognition November 2025

Recognition for the women leaders of Quindío

The Fundación's leadership received a special distinction from Fundación The House Project for its work on women's leadership in the department.

Management Report
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16 posts, from the most recent to the oldest.

Community Community tourism at Meetings Cartagena
October 2025

Community tourism at Meetings Cartagena

A workshop with the La Boquilla community on strengthening cooperative associations and building tourism products from the ground up.

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Culture "Guardians of the countryside" at the Pereira Book Fair
October 2025

"Guardians of the countryside" at the Pereira Book Fair

A talk on farming culture as a living classroom and on the Almanaque Bristol as a record of rural knowledge.

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Rural tourism World Tourism Day in Meta, Casanare and Nariño
September 2025

World Tourism Day in Meta, Casanare and Nariño

Follow-up sessions with graduates and recognition for the standout tourism figures in each of the three departments.

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Training More than 700 leaders at the Human Resources Congress
August 2025

More than 700 leaders at the Human Resources Congress

"How to be emotionally intelligent in a digital age?", the Fundación's talk at Expofuturo, Pereira.

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Entrepreneurship First Graduates' Trade Fair
April 2025

First Graduates' Trade Fair

Graduates brought their ventures to the park and showed them directly to PANACA visitors.

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Rural tourism 207 new graduates in Sustainable Rural Tourism: the first 2025 cohort
19 February 2025

207 new graduates in Sustainable Rural Tourism: the first 2025 cohort

MinCIT, FONTUR and Fundación PANACA certified 207 students from Cauca (68), Nariño (56), Valle del Cauca (46) and Chocó (37): 119 women and 88 men, 65% from rural areas, 84 from PDET territories and 111 from ZOMAC. The investment exceeded COP 6.7 billion.

Read on MinCIT →
Rural tourism More than 300 graduates reunite at the ANATO Tourism Showcase
February 2025

More than 300 graduates reunite at the ANATO Tourism Showcase

The Fundación took part in the country's leading tourism fair with graduates on the stands of every department, confirming the weight its training carries in the sector.

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Rural tourism 168 graduates from Colombia's Pacific region complete the Sustainable Rural Tourism diploma
17 December 2024

168 graduates from Colombia's Pacific region complete the Sustainable Rural Tourism diploma

With this cohort the programme reached 1,686 graduates. The impact evaluation shows that 76% increased their income — by 57% on average — that 86% apply what they learned and that 97.1% rated the content as new to them.

Read on FONTUR →
Rural tourism 1,012 farmers, Indigenous people and conflict victims graduate in Sustainable Rural Tourism
20 March 2024

1,012 farmers, Indigenous people and conflict victims graduate in Sustainable Rural Tourism

Graduates from all 32 departments of the country: 559 women (55%), 251 victims of the armed conflict (24.9%), 152 people from Indigenous communities (15%) and 232 participants from PDET territories.

Read on FONTUR →
Partnerships ADR, FAO and Fundapanaca graduate 50 producers in cooperative strengthening
15 December 2021

ADR, FAO and Fundapanaca graduate 50 producers in cooperative strengthening

A 120-hour immersive course with producers from 11 departments and 25 rural organisations, under the Comprehensive Cooperative Association Methodology. Before the graduation, the CONECTA meeting brought together 80 producers of coffee, cocoa, avocado, potato, plantain, livestock and fish farming.

Read on ADR →
Rural tourism 163 graduates close out the eight cohorts of the Sustainable Rural Tourism diploma
10 July 2021

163 graduates close out the eight cohorts of the Sustainable Rural Tourism diploma

The final class graduated at the park in Quimbaya. In all, the programme trained more than 1,000 people from all 32 departments and 335 municipalities, with an investment of over COP 4.579 billion.

Read on FONTUR →
Partnerships 209 rural leaders from 24 departments graduate with ADR, PANACA and FAO
7 December 2020

209 rural leaders from 24 departments graduate with ADR, PANACA and FAO

A month of training in cooperative association, accounting and teamwork. On the same day, 50 young people from the "El Campo Emprende" programme were certified as farm technicians.

Read on ADR →
Training 191 producers from 14 departments trained in the living classrooms with FAO support
7 November 2020

191 producers from 14 departments trained in the living classrooms with FAO support

Thirty days of training at the Lérida (Tolima) and Quimbaya (Quindío) campuses: 52% women, 13% from Indigenous communities and 6% from Afro-descendant communities.

Read on El Quindiano →
Rural tourism 82 tourism service providers from five departments complete the agritourism diploma
16 September 2019

82 tourism service providers from five departments complete the agritourism diploma

Providers from Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño, Cundinamarca and Boyacá — 54% women — completed the programme led by Fundapanaca, part of a national strategy that trained 320 tourism professionals.

Read on FONTUR →
Peace and reconciliation 432 practical farm technicians: former combatants, soldiers, farmers and Afro-descendants
14 December 2016

432 practical farm technicians: former combatants, soldiers, farmers and Afro-descendants

Graduation at the park in Quimbaya for the programme run with the Ministry of Agriculture. The Practical Farm Technician qualification is endorsed by the Quindío Education Secretariat.

Read on El Colombiano →
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