The armed conflict in Colombia has affected different territories of the country unequally, and with varying levels of intensity. The rural areas have been the most affected and are lagging behind in terms of socioeconomic indicators. There is evidence and growing consensus that the lack of institutional capacities to manage local development, the sectoral and functional fragmentation of investments, and the lack of co-ordination of interventions among initiatives financed with public or private resources prevent overcoming obstacles that block progress, and achieving agreements that lead to sustainable peace. This project attempts to develop and spread a more comprehensive notion of territory that overcome the traditional urban-rural dichotomy and strengthen public policies by incorporating relationships, synergies and complementarities between rural and urban areas.