Sec. 203. Empowering Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in Colombia
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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Inter-American Foundation, shall develop and implement initiatives to— support the implementation of the ethnic chapter of Colombia’s 2016 peace accord, which safeguards the rights of the Indigenous and Black populations of Colombia; provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to Afro-Colombian community councils in Colombia; increase the participation of individuals from Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in existing bilateral initiatives and in educational and cultural exchange programs of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development; and increase access to finance and credit for small and medium-sized businesses owner by Afro-Colombian and Indigenous entrepreneurs.
During the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act— the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall dedicate not less than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated to the United States Agency for International Development and allocated for Colombia to programs that empower and support Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in Colombia; and not less than 50 percent of the funding dedicated under paragraph
(1)shall be directly provided to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous-led organizations to implement the programs described in that paragraph.