PEACEBUILDING FUNDUPDATE

DRAFT

October 2014

2014 Workplan Priority Rolling out the new Business Plan

• Launched new Business Plan 2014-2016 in June 2014

• Global workshop to support new country programmes in collaboration with ACCORD

(South Africa) in Aug 2014

• Launched 2nd Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI2), Sept 2014

• Used higher IRF ceiling ($15m) in CAR – planned elsewhere

• Pilot cross-border programmes under development – Somalia/Kenya, Mali/Niger,

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan – though challenging

• Using country systems – Gov’t financing in CAR, Somalia – in both cases in

collaboration with World Bank systems

• 5-Year initial period of eligibility – likely to be first tested in Madagascar: encouraging

partners to have a longer-term vision

• Smaller, more business-like Joint Steering Committees – in Mali, executive

committee of 4 members for IRF-package

Final Advisory Group meeting

The Advisory Group submitted a final report to the Secretary-General

The report highlighted the Fund’s…

• speed and flexibility, a unique instrument

• dependence upon UN country-level leadership and capacity

• catalytic potential to make UN work more integrated

but noted …

• the need to push harder for explicit collaboration with IFI’s

• the room for additional progress in women and peacebuilding

The Advisory Group’s full report is available on www.unpbf.org

Advisory Group review of the PBF’s position on Ebola

Recognized…

• the threat to peacebuilding gains in SiL, Gui, Lib

• the increased vulnerability to the epidemic’s spread as a result of the (post-

conflict) weak institutions

• the risks of the crisis being instrumentalized along lines of political or social

conflict

Advised…

• No (new) PBF funds for medical / main response

• PBF to allow for rapid re-programming of existing funds with existing partners if

those partners have a role to play

• Request partners to assess risks to increased conflict

• Be ready to support recovery efforts as soon as feasible

Advisory Group discussion of human rights and peacebuilding

Discussion involved: OHCHR, Global Focal Point on Rule of Law, Human Rights up Front Office

The Advisory Group noted …

• If peacebuilding is about state-society relations, the respect (or not) of

human rights has a high impact on citizen’s confidence

• Conflict analyses – required by PBF – should look at human rights trends

and the functionality of national systems in place

• Monitoring plays an important role as it can detect whether or not

institution-building efforts are yielding results

• Human rights principles are universal – the application of the principles

can be elastic and focus on improvements

The 3rd Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group presents its final report on the Fund to the UN Secretary-General on 7 October 2014

Programming priorities next 6 months

• Cote d’Ivoire – PRF in local conflict prevention, citizenship issues, rule

of law, in conflict-sensitive areas

• Guinea-Bissau – in support of new Government’s planning efforts;

conflict analysis and new Priority Plan in 2015

• Madagascar – will pursue eligibility based on successful elections; Gov’t

has expressed interest during UNGA; joint trip with DPA and other UN

expected later this fall; hope to partner with ACCORD

• Mali – IRF package: area-based participatory programming in the north;

challenges linked to on-going peace talks

Programming priorities next 6 months(cont’d)

• Myanmar – IRF package: policy research and early warning on

communal conflict; Rakhine state conflict sensitive development; peace

process support and peace dividends

• DRC – IRF (to kick-start) & PRF in support of ISSSS

• CAR – IRF - collaboration with World Bank; support to national and

community reconciliation; extension of state authority

Country Title/Description Total Amount (US$)

CAR 

IRF - Support to the payment of salaries of Police and Gendarmerie in CAR 5,762,600.00

IRF - Support to the return of ex-Seleka combatants to their communities 2,500,000.00

Colombia IRF- Communication for Peace 2,000,000.00

Cote d'Ivoire IRF- Strengthening the participation of women at local level both in rural and urban areas in conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities

1,500,000.00

Guinea Bissau IRF- Support PBF Secretariat to the Joint Steering Committee 441,696.00

IRF - Support to the Electoral Commission in Guinea Bissau 796,080.00

IRF - Strengthening Electoral security in the country, covering all regions 240,502.88

IRF - Strengthening the media's watchdog role during the 2014 elections in Guinea Bissau

176,674.00

IRF - Strengthening women's participation in the elections as candidates, voters and monitors

214,000.00

IRF - Strengthening the capacity of the Transnational Crime Unit in the framework of the West African Coast Initiative (WACI)

500,000.00

Peacebuilding Fund- AllocationsJanuary – September 2014

Country Title/Description Total Amount (US$)

Mali IRF - Confidence building through support to the cantonement process in Kidal 2,997,414.00

Philippines IRF - Increasing Public Confidence and Participation in Support of Implementation of the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement

3,000,000.00

PNG IRF - PBSO Surge Support to ARB in PNG for preparation of Priority Plan (increase to original allocation)

192,222.73

Sierra Leone IRF - Developing national mechanisms and capacities for conflict prevention and peace preservation in Sierra Leone

1,515,000.00

Somalia IRF - Support to Federal Gov’t of Somalia in Stabilization in Newly Recovered Areas 3,391,295.00

South Sudan IRF - Youth for Peace -

Yemen IRF - Constitutional Process Project 2,013,200.00

Yemen PRF - Priority Plan I 12,000,000.00

PRF - Priority Plan Amendment (to add the Secretariat project amount) 1,100,000.00

Burundi PRF - Priority Plan III 11,650,000.00

Cote d'Ivoire PRF - Priority Plan I -cost extension (Truth and Reconciliation Commission, PBF Secretariat) 650,000.00

Total Allocations (IRF and PRF)52,640,684.6

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Peacebuilding Fund- AllocationsJanuary – September 2014

MULTI-PARTNER TRUST FUND OFFICEEFFICIENCY | TRANSPARENCY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Financial Status Overview (as at 1 October 2014)

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Funds with the Administrative Agent Millions of USD

Deposits 587

Interest 20

Total sources of Funds 607

LESS:

Total PRF Allocations made to date and IRF net transfers 501

AA fee (1%) 6

Direct Costs (3%) 18

Programmable Funds with the AA as at 30th Sept 2014 82

Financial projections through 31 Dec 2014 Millions of USD

Programmable Funds with the AA as at 30 Sept. 2014 82

Total anticipated PRF allocations until end of year(Papua New Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire)

17

Total anticipated IRF allocations until end of year(Somalia, Myanmar, DRC, Mali, CAR, Philippines, GPI)

34

Forecast additional contributions until end of year 31

Forecast balance of Funds 31/12/2014 62

MULTI-PARTNER TRUST FUND OFFICEEFFICIENCY | TRANSPARENCY | ACCOUNTABILITY

PRF Allocation and IRF Net Funded by Year (as at 1 October 2014.)

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2007-2014

PRF Allocation

70 36 45 45 66 19 66 25 372

IRF Net Funded

3 3 7 32 21 18 18 27 129

Total 73 39 52 77 87 37 84 52 501

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Annual alloca-tions

0 73.253 39.1 51.871 76.986 93.491 39.345 84.377 52.256

Forecast allo-cations

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PBF Allocations 2006- 2014 ( incl. Forecast)

Forecast allocationsAnnual allocations

Year

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D)

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illion

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As at 30th Sept 2014

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20160.00

20.00

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

140.00

Total PBF income(actual and expected receipts)

Expected contributionsContributions received

Year

Am

ount

(US

D)

in M

illions

As at 30th Sept 2014

Donors so far in 2014

Many donors provide their funding towards the end of the year.

The following donors have already made contributions or

commitments in 2014 or have started the process.

Australia, Chile, China*, Egypt, Finland, Germany*,

Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands*,

Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia*, Sweden*,

Turkey, United Kingdom, United States*

* Being finalized

PBC CountryNon - PBC Country

Burundi

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Liberia

Central African Republic

Guinea-Bissau

Kyrgyzstan

Cote D'Ivoire

YemenDemocratic Republic of

CongoSudan

Nepal

South Sudan

Uganda

Comoros

Guatemala

Chad

Somalia

Haiti

Myanmar

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

Niger

Mali

Libya

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Colombia

Kenya

Timor-Leste

Papua New Guinea

United Nations

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30,0

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Recipient countries (cumulative 2007-2014) of PBF funding

As at 30th Sept 2014

Non - PBC Country

Guinea

Liberia

Guinea-Bissau

Kyrgyzstan

Burundi

Yemen

South SudanCentral African Repub-

licCote D'Ivoire

Guatemala

Sudan

Nepal

Sierra Leone

Myanmar

Lebanon

Niger

Mali

Somalia

Comoros

Libya

ChadBosnia and Herzegov-

inaColombia

Uganda

Papua New Guinea

United Nations

0.00 10,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 30,000,000.00 40,000,000.00 50,000,000.00

Recepient countries (cumulative 2011-2014) of PBF funding

USD Millions

PBC Country

As at 30th Sept 2014

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 -

10,000,000.00

20,000,000.00

30,000,000.00

40,000,000.00

50,000,000.00

60,000,000.00

70,000,000.00

80,000,000.00

90,000,000.00

100,000,000.00 Agency Funding USD WHO

WFP

UNWOMEN

UNRWA

UNOPS

UNODC

UNIDO

UNICEF

UNHCR

UNHABITAT

UNFPA

UNESCO

UNEP

UNDPKO

UNDPA

UNCDF

OHCHR

National Gov't

IOM

ILO

IBRD

FAO

UNDP

Year

USD

Mill

ions

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%Agency Funding Percentage

WHOWFPUNWOMENUNRWAUNOPSUNODCUNIDOUNICEFUNHCRUNHABITATUNFPAUNESCOUNEPUNDPKOUNDPAUNCDFOHCHRNational Gov'tIOMILOIBRDFAOUNDP

Year

USD

Mill

ions

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Cumulative PBF Allocations by Country and status of UN presence(Figures in Millions)

Burundi60.8513%

CAR45.06562

10%

Guinea56.704708

12%

Guinea-Bissau28.539218

6%

Sierra Leone52.227879

11%

Somalia3.951

1%

Liberia51.849077

11%

Chad4.788011

1%

Cote d'Ivoire20.72775

5%

DRC204%

Haiti3.81%

South Sudan14.521

3%

Timor Leste0.993625

0%

Comoros11.93%

Guatemala112%

Kenya1

0%

Kyrgyzstan25.099948

5%

Lebanon3.007753

1%

Libya2.40386

1%

Myanmar3.6152638

1%

Nepal18.8988

4%

Sri Lanka3

1%

Sudan12.492816

3%

Countries with:

DPA- led Missions

UN presence led by UN Resident Coordinator

DPKO- led Missions

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Transfers to recipient organisations as at 30 September 2014

Agency 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 2007-2014

Agency prorpotion

(%)

UNDP 41,848,194.95 21,572,035.81 35,671,892.30 21,423,975.23 120,516,098.29 45.41 UNICEF 6,082,068.00 5,132,745.00 9,647,484.00 3,584,919.00 24,447,216.00 9.21 UNOPS 4,629,177.00 - 8,943,289.32 4,987,168.02 18,559,634.34 6.99 UNFPA 1,635,359.65 1,056,849.00 936,138.00 3,706,482.00 7,334,828.65 2.76 UNHCR 8,678,294.65 719,425.00 1,874,246.00 534,600.00 11,806,565.65 4.45 IOM 1,470,178.00 3,268,119.00 1,910,992.00 3,452,761.26 10,102,050.26 3.81 UNWOMEN 1,068,690.52 2,318,714.00 7,080,024.00 1,227,865.00 11,695,293.52 4.41 OHCHR 2,470,453.00 600,000.00 2,197,048.20 4,935,848.00 10,203,349.20 3.84 FAO 4,285,158.41 1,176,795.00 370,323.00 1,075,658.68 6,907,935.09 2.60 UNDPA 6,271,887.00 2,305,566.00 768,326.00 451,523.88 9,797,302.88 3.69 ILO 702,193.04 3,474,663.00 1,306,156.00 244,079.99 5,727,092.03 2.16 UNESCO 617,800.00 2,430,726.37 1,162,559.99 4,211,086.36 1.59 UNHABITAT 2,000,000.00 291,575.00 2,481,500.00 4,773,075.00 1.80 WFP 2,410,200.00 - - 575,136.09 2,985,336.09 1.12 UNODC 744,630.00 - 1,008,475.00 2,503,725.00 4,256,830.00 1.60 National Gov't - - - 4,500,000.00 4,500,000.00 1.70 UNIDO 900,000.00 - 897,730.00 1,249,128.00 3,046,858.00 1.15 IBRD - - - 2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 0.75 UNRWA 1,418,499.00 - - - 1,418,499.00 0.53 UNDPKO - 550,000.00 294,464.00 - 844,464.00 0.32 UNEP - - 187,136.00 - 187,136.00 0.07

WHO - - 65,869.00 - 65,869.00 0.02 Total Amount 87,232,783.22 42,466,486.81 78,071,819.19 57,615,430.14 265,386,519.36 100.00

Active Country Portfolio

Active: 15 Peacebuilding & Recovery Facility (PRF)** Burundi* CAR* ComorosCôte d'Ivoire DRC GuatemalaGuinea* Guinea Bissau* KyrgyzstanLiberia* Nepal Papua New GuineaSierra Leone* South Sudan Yemen

Active: 3 Immediate Response Facility Packages (IRF)** Mali, Somalia, Myanmar

Active: 4 Immediate Reponse Facility (IRF) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chad**, Colombia, Niger**, Sudan

Inactive: South Sudan

Closing: 6 Countries closing 2014Uganda (Northern - GPI), Sudan, Colombia, Libya, Lebanon, Chad,

UN country teams preparing proposals for PBF:Madagascar

* = Peacebuilding Commission

** = Declared Eligible by the Secretary-General

PBF Position on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

Country & Project Reprogrammed Areas of Support

Sierra Leone - Security Sector Reforms

Case reviews in crowded prisons & prison staff training; Enhance communications & capacities of SLP/ONS/ ASLAF and

Primary Security Sector Coordination bodies; Enhance mobility of security providers nationally; Development of SOPs on establishment & management of

quarantines; Field kits for critical security personnel;

Guinea – National Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention

Strengthen early warning, conflict prevention and management systems in ebola affected areas at community level (Guinee Forestiere/Nzerekore…)

Improve communication and sensitization around the ebola response through local media (community radios) and traditional and religious leaders

PBF articulates its EVD position as follows:

• No Fund allocations to the main Ebola response and the scale of needs far exceeds any value-added of the PBF;

• Encourage assessment of political risks of EVD crisis by local partners;• Encourage conflict-sensitive UN response;• Allow emergency re-programming of any active projects, e.g. Sierra Leone and

Guinea (see table below); Liberia reprogramming under consideration

Somalia - PBF Support for Stabilization

Project Title: Support to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Stabilization in Newly Recovered Areas

Funding: Total : $28.6 millionOf which: PBF: $3.4 million;

Others: Govt - $1.7 million; Donors - $6 million; Funding gap: $17.5 million

ObjectiveThe 18 months project will support the FGS in its stabilization efforts in the newly recovered areas, through establishment of caretaker and interim local administrations capable of leading an inclusive dialogue towards the formation of governance structures and promoting reconciliation.

PBF Strategic Positioning:

The new political reality and the military gains against the Al Shabaab by AMISOMJ and Somalia National Army (Security Council Resolutions 2073(2012) and 2124 (2013)

New strategic opportunity to consolidate political and security gains under the Somalia New Deal Compact - Restoration and extension of state authority through effective governance, rule of law and the delivery of peace dividends.

PBF risk-taking and catalytic funding from IRF facility to support FGS strategy on the establishment of administrations, initiating the process of community dialogue and reconciliation and addressing immediate needs in each of 25 districts in South Central Somalia (already 8 recovered districts ready).

Expected outcome: New citizen –State relations that enable security and public services delivery in recovered areas

GUINEA BISSAU: PBF SUPPORTS TRANSITION

• PBF greatly contributed to a successful transition culminating in free, peaceful and democratic presidential and legislative elections in April/May 2014

• Strong political commitment of renewed leadership (President José Mário Vaz and Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira) to peacebuilding :

Ex: concerted and peaceful dismissal of General Indjai as Chief of Staff of the Army within the first 100 days of office

• PBF allocated about $4.8 million for an IRF package to contribute to establishing a favourable environment for the elections filling a crucial gap:

- jointly with DPA: High level Commission for Planning- support for the electoral commission- employment for youth and women- electoral security- support for the media during and after the elections- support for women’s participation in the elections- support to the Transnational Crime Unit (TCU) in Bissau (WACI initiative)

GUINEA BISSAU: PBF SUPPORTS TRANSITION

Next steps

• Short-run (until the end of the year):

- PBF to support immediate peacebuilding needs through a package of IRFs

- project ideas include the establishment of a Strategic Planning Unit in the PM

office to support planning and implementation of key reforms and the

organisation of a donor round table in early 2015

- PBF advocated to closely associate IFIs (WB) as part of statebuilding

• Longer term (2015):

- Development of a new Priority Plan, based on a conflict analysis exercise to be

conducted jointly with DPA, the UNCT and the NGO Interpeace/Voz de Paz.

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PBF works with World Bank to support core services in CAR

US $4.5 million to cover 3,417 police and gendarmerie salaries from May

to August in parallel with World Bank that paid the salaries of the rest of

the civil service

Joint PBF-WB mission to CAR planned for November to look at increased

joint support to the extension of state authority and explore other

potential areas of joint assistance

On 2 October, PBSO approved the first Peacebuilding Priority Plan for Papua New Guinea. The focus of the work is on the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, with an expected referendum between 2015 and 2020. The Priority Plan is based on the findings from a consultative Peace and Development Analysis, facilitated in late 2013 by Interpeace, with PBF support. PBF has worked closely with the Department of Political Affairs throughout the process. The findings of the analysis and the Priority Plan itself were approved by the PNG Joint Steering Committee, co-chaired by high level representatives from the PNG Government, the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the UN.

The total allocation to the Priority Plan is for $7.3 million, which covers the three priority outcomes: (i) Relationship and trust between GoPNG and ABG are strengthened; (ii) People of Bougainville are empowered to make informed choices at the Bougainville referendum and to have increased confidence in the Bougainville Peace Agreement process;(iii) Community social cohesion and security in Bougainville are strengthened.

PBSO approves first Peacebuilding Priority Plan for Papua New Guinea

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PBF Global Workshop in Durban

From 18 to 21 August in Durban, South Africa, PBSO conducted its second global workshop, once again in partnership with ACCORD. The workshop specifically targeted those PBF countries which are entering a significant PBF design phase. In total, 26 field-based participants from 12 countries were part of the workshop, including some from the UN, the governments and the civil society. They were joined by UN Headquarters staff, and ACCORD and PeaceNexus colleagues. The first two days involved all the participants, including several members of Joint Steering Committees. The discussions focussed on the political nature of peacebuilding and on how the UN and PBF can help support the crucial inter-play between the political and programmatic components of UN work, while strengthening national ownership, legitimacy and inclusivity of political processes for better peacebuilding results. The second half of the workshop involved UN staff only and provided a targeted PBF design and M&E training through small-group work, using a specially prepared conflict scenario.

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Members of the PBF branch are pictured with representatives from ACCORD focus countries and countries approved for PBF funding. Photo courtesy of ACCORD.

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A joint Government-civil society presentation from DRC which showed how the civil society organised itself to mirror the thematic areas contained in the Government's own coordination structures, hence playing a strong role in the stabilisation activities;

Presentations from ACCORD showing how international partners can provide expertise on the "how" rather than the "what" and give space to the local participants and civil society to shape the content of the peacebuilding work;

A presentation from Somalia, showing how the UN's International Stabilisation Framework (ISF) was shaped around the Government's priorities and the New Deal pillars, with an associated conflict analysis;

A presentation from Papua New Guinea, showing how a very participatory conflict analysis, supported by PBF, brought together 1,000 stakeholders and provided many community members with the first opportunity to openly discuss their views and concerns with regards to peace process.

A few highlights from the workshop have included:

PBF Global Workshop in Durban

GENDER PROMOTION INITIATIVE 2

PEACEBUILDING FUND

PBF Advisory Group

8 October 2014

BACKGROUND on GPI2• Recommended by 2013 independent PBF Global Review

• Recommended by independent Thematic Review on Gender & Peacebuilding

• Included in PBF Business Plan 2014-2016, as one of several initiatives that PBF will pursue for strengthening its work on gender (along w/ GEN2/GEN3, gender budgeting, gender-responsive M&E)

OBJECTIVES• Strengthen the integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment

within existing peacebuilding initiatives on the ground and within PBF portfolio at country-level;

 • Support innovative projects, exclusively focused on gender equality and

women’s empowerment, that have the potential for catalytic effect and peacebuilding outcomes;

 • Contribute to collective operational learning for the UN system on gender-

responsive programming, through the gathering, analysis and dissemination of lessons learned and good practices;

 • Continue raising awareness of the Secretary-General Seven-Point Action Plan

and its commitment to increase funding of gender-responsive peacebuilding projects; and

• Help the PBF in meeting the 15% target for GEN3 projects.

ELIGIBILITY• 17 countries eligible to apply – limited to countries currently recipient of PRF

or implementing several IRF (avoid stand-alone projects)

• 2 proposals maximum per country, US$ 1 million each maximum• Joint submissions encouraged

Burundi Mali Central African Republic Myanmar Comoros Nepal Côte d’Ivoire Niger DRC Papua New Guinea Guinea Conakry Sierra Leone Guinea Bissau Somalia Kyrgyzstan Yemen Liberia  

PROCESS & TIMELINE

2-step process:

• Round I: call for concept notes, by 3 Oct.

PAC will pre-select most promising project ideas.

Concept note decisions to be issued by 17 Oct.

• Round II: pre-selected concept notes to be developed into full proposals, by 28 November.

Final selection of 5 to 10 projects by mid-December 2014.

MAIN PROJECT IDEAS – round I• 3 main themes (sometimes combined…)

Political participation – 14 proposals GBV – 10 proposals Economic empowerment – 8 proposals

• Other themes: SSR – 4 concept notes Rule of law / access to justice – 3 concept notes

• Some innovative ideas: Women’s participation to decentralization Study on female radicalization Women’s access to land Gender dimension of Ebola crisis

REVIEW CRITERIA FOR PAC• Peacebuilding dimension / rationale

• Projects supporting the implementation of one or several of the commitments of the Seven-Point Action Plan on Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding and/or National Action Plan on SCR1325.

• Relevance to PBF portfolio in country (request to have Joint Steering Committee, where it exists, endorse the notes)

• Evidence of broad stakeholder consultation

• Linkages with political, peacebuilding processes (less niche-oriented, less circumscribed to local initiatives)

• Innovation - attempt to try out new, creative interventions and approaches to address a particular problem.

 

FOCUS ON CAPACITIES• 2-step process to avoid disqualifying countries with lower

capacities

• Technical support available from PBSO + headquarters of RUNOs for development of concept notes and full proposals

• Partnership with UNV and UN Women: UNV will deploy 5 Gender and Peacebuilding Specialists (International UNVs), each to be paired with one national UNV, in 5 GPI2 countries

FOCUS ON M&E• Criteria for round II will highlight importance of developing

a sound theory of change and solid results framework

• Final evaluation of each project will be mandatory

• Learning opportunities from GPI1: internal analysis of project reports to be conducted, to highlight promising practices and challenges.