Colombia is a frequent partner of the EU in international fora, signatory to a new trade agreement capitalising on its status as a growing middle-income economy, and recently engaged in new peace negotiations aimed at ending a decades-old internal conflict. Yet Colombia also continues to suffer from a humanitarian crisis that is the cause of the second-highest rate of internal displacement in the world. Even as peace talks move forward, humanitarian needs are as great as or greater than ever, with incidents of forced displacement increasing in 2012 over the rates of the previous two years. This situation has implications for the implementation of any eventual peace agreement, as well as for broader stability and prospects for development in the region. What are its implications for EU support to Colombia and the EU-Colombian partnership? 15:00   Welcome15:05 – 15:15 Keynote remarksHervé Delphin, Head of Cabinet, Office of Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection15.15 – 15.20  Introductory remarks from the ChairRicardo Cortés Lastra, Member of the European Parliament15:20 – 16:00  Remarks from panellistsMaría Antonia Almaya, President, Consejo Mayor para el Desarrollo Integral de Comunidades Negras de la Cordillera Occidental de Nariño, COPDICONCMaría Angélica Alvarado, Public Policy Manager, NRC ColombiaEsko Kentrschynskyj, Head of Unit, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, Pacific, DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil ProtectionHenriette Geiger, Head of Unit, Latin America and Caribbean, DG Development and Cooperation -- EuropeAidFlorence Liou, Deputy Head of Division, Andean Countries, European External Action Service (EEAS)16:00 – 16:45 Question and answer session16:45 – 17:00  Closing remarksInterpretation will be provided in Spanish and English.