RESUMEN El objetivo de este articulo es establecer la importancia de la cultura de paz y la formacion ciudadana dentro del reto de educar para la paz. El estudio consiste en una revision narrativa desarrollada desde la realidad colombiana, tomando como fuente de informacion documentos academicos e institucionales. El analisis permitio identificar que la cultura de paz y la formacion ciudadana constituyen conceptos cruciales e inherentes a la educacion para la paz, por lo tanto, adquieren una dinamica de interdependencia que se torna imprescindible promover en sociedades donde ha prevalecido la violencia, como es el caso de Colombia.ABSTRACT This article aims to establish the importance of peace culture and citizenship education within the task of peace education. The study consists of a narrative review developed from the Colombian context, using academic and institutional documents as a source of information. The analysis found that peace culture and citizenship education are crucial and inherent concepts of peace education, therefore, they acquire a dynamic of interdependence that becomes essential to promote in societies where violence has prevailed, as the case of Colombia.