The Plan Ecuador is an integrated multi-sector development plan for the northern provinces of Ecuador. The plan was developed by the administration of President Rafael Correa in 2007, in response to the effects of Plan Colombia on the land border between Colombia and Ecuador. "The plan seeks to extend until 2018 in order to strengthen the presence of Ecuadorian institutions in the area, improve basic infrastructure and the sustained maintenance of natural resources.[1]​.

According to the Ecuadorian government, Plan Ecuador seeks to improve the government's health care to the population of the area, which has suffered collateral effects from the fumigations with glyphosate carried out in Colombia for the eradication of illicit crops and which penetrates Ecuador due to the wind. Among the population of the area are Colombian citizen refugees who are escaping the Colombian armed conflict.[1]​.

In 2007, a United Nations special rapporteur visited the area and urged the Ecuadorian government of Rafael Correa to strengthen Plan Ecuador with the inclusion of human rights. The rapporteur recognized that the problem in the border area of ​​Ecuador with Colombia was serious and was alarmed by the inadequate health system in the area for the community, which is why he asked the government of Rafael Correa to allocate more resources and request international cooperation, alleging that it was also an international responsibility to provide assistance and cooperation to Plan Ecuador. The rapporteur also asked the Ecuadorian government to organize a supervisory body for the program independent of the government and determine if it was viable.[1]​.

• - José Ignacio Chauvín").

• - Colombian armed conflict.

• - Attacks on the Teteyé military base.

• - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

• - Raul Reyes.

• - Operation Phoenix.

• - Colombia's diplomatic crisis with Ecuador and Venezuela in 2008.

• - Drug trafficking in Colombia.