Peacebuilding Fund
Update
Presentation to the PBC
December 2013
2013: An increased focus on assisting
country programme design
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For 2013, the PBF instituted a more proactive approach to assist country
programme design
• Taking into account country-level demand and a country ‘scanning’,
identifying priority countries for every 6 – 9 month period
• Early financial support for preparatory activities (pre-secretariat structures,
conflict analysis, PBF sensitization & planning workshops)
• Technical assistance by the PBF staff and mobilizing partnerships
(InterPeace, PeaceNexus, former PBF Advisory Group members)
In 2013 priority countries were: Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Niger, Somalia,
South Sudan, Yemen
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September 2013 to early 2014 priority countries: Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea
Bissau, Mali, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Yemen
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Earlier partnership with other parts of the UN system – including PBC – also key
The PBF programme team benefits from assistance from UNHCR
Strengthened M&E unit is
focusing on quality
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All PBF countries now have a programme officer and an M&E support officer
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Increased field missions offering direct support for development of Theories of
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Change and Results Frameworks (Kyrgyzstan, Yemen, Guatemala)
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Organization of first regional workshop and of another revision of Guidelines
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Quality assurance on periodic reporting on results (i.e. new Joint Steering
Committee Annual Reports, feedback on project-level 6 monthly reports)
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Management and co-management of PRF and IRF evaluations, respectively
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Collaboration with Policy Branch on three PBF-related thematic reviews:
women in peacebuilding (2013); reconciliation (planned); employment (planned)
The M&E unit benefits from assistance from Australia and UNDP
Current PBF Country Portfolio
Active: Peacebuilding & Recovery Facility (PRF)**
1. Burundi*
2. CAR*
4. Côte d'Ivoire
5. DRC
7. Guinea*
8. Guinea Bissau*
10. Liberia*
11. Nepal
13. Sierra Leone*
14. South Sudan
3. Comoros
6. Guatemala
9. Kyrgyzstan**
12. Papua New Guinea
15. Yemen
Active: Immediate Reponse Facility (IRF) - only
16. Chad**
17. Lebanon** 18. Myanmar **
19. Niger**
20. Somalia
21. Bosnia Herzegovina
Closing: Countries closing 2014
Uganda (Northern - GPI) Sudan
Libya
UN country teams preparing proposals for PBF:
Colombia, Mali, Philippines
* = Peacebuilding Commission
** = Declared Eligible by the Secretary-General
As of December 18, 2013
List of Peacebuilding Allocation Decisions in 2013
Date
Feb-13
Feb-13
Apr-13
Apr-13
May-13
May-13
May-13
May-13
Jun-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Jun-13
Jun-13
Aug-13
Sep-13
Sep-13
Sep-13
Oct-13
Oct-13
Oct-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Dec-13
Dec-13
Dec-13
Country
South Sudan
Myanmar
Niger
PNG
Kyrgyzstan
Comoros
Yemen
UN Secretariat
Guinea
Myanmar
Guinea Bissau
Myanmar
Kyrgyzstan
Yemen
Yemen
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Bosnia Herzegovina
PNG
Niger
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Sierra Leonne
CAR
Total
Eligibility/PPP/IRF
Priority Plan
Support to Myanmar Peace Center
Reconciliation Project
Eligibility
Surge Support – Pre Secretariat Capacity
Priority Plan (2nd version)
Support to Implementation of Yemen's Political Transition
PBF Review Project
Priority Plan (2nd Amendment)
Dialogue/Mediation for SRSG Djinnit
Priority Plan (3rd Amendment Elections Support)
Eligibility
High Level Strategic Commission
Peace Dividends in the South-East
Priority Plan
Women and Youth
Addressing Grievances in the South
Priority Plan
Transition Support Constitutional Review
Promoting Co-Existence and Diversity in Bosnia Herzegovina
Surge Support – Pre Secretariat Capacity
Eligibility
Priority Plan Second Phase
Labour Intensive Employment for Youth and Women
Transition Support SSR
Human Rights Capacity
Note: Priority Plan allocations take time to be disbursed against approved projects.
Amount Allocated
(US$m)
10.0
0.5
3.0
0.1
2.5
0.5
0.3
5.0
1.3
3.3
0.5
1.6
15.0
1.0
1.1
15.0
0.3
2.0
0.2
15.3
1.9
2.8
1.0
84.2
2013 Country Highlights (1)
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Guinea –
Two strategies in 2013:
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First: Address political crisis around legislative elections
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Second: Organize phase 2 of Priority Plan 2013 – 2015
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Total amount $5.5 million using both IRF and PRF
Electoral support through dialogue, election monitoring, support to the
mediator (SRSG Djinnit) , political dialogue, youth employment)
Total amount requested $15.3 million
Areas of work include: political dialogue (central, community), national
reconciliation, women & youth employment, parliamentary support.
Liberia –
Core strategy for 2013: developing phase 2 of Priority Plan 2013 – 2015
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$15 million approved in September, 2013
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Centered on supporting the National Roadmap for Reconciliation: land
commission, national human rights commission, “palaya” huts, national youth
programme extension, national resource management in collaboration with
the World Bank, women’s economic empowerment
Positioning of Joint Steering Committee and Priority Plan more closely aligned
with the Government’s Agenda for Transformation (overall national plan)
2013 Country Highlights (2)
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Kyrgyzstan – $15m Priority Plan approved in September focusing on:
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a) the rule of law and human rights promotion; b) improving local
governance capacity to manage conflict and reduce tensions in
collaboration with civil society and community efforts; c) promotion of
policies to deal with ethnic relations, national unity and language policy.
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JSC established in early 2013 co-chaired by the Presidents Office and
UNRC and comprising of members of the UN team, government, donors,
Civil society. JSC supported the process of preparing conflict analysis,
priority plan.
Individual projects expected to be approved by the JSC before the end of
the year.
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Mali – Strategic focus: “quick support response”
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Cantonment project in Kidal expected before the end of the year (IRF $3m)
Working closely with MINUSMA – through them government has officially
expressed interest in being eligible for PBF
PBSO has been organizing meetings across UN system to have coordinated
approach with MINUSMA on peacebuilding
2013 Country Highlights (3)
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Yemen – Strategic focus: supporting national dialogue and scaling-up UN
Country Team support outside of Sa’ana
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justice, local governance and local peace dividends
Niger – Strategic focus: supporting Government’s peace consolidation plan
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Approval of 2 IRF’s in support of national dialogue (participation of women
and youth, and focus on the south).
Eligibility declared in February 2013; Joint Steering Committee established,
chaired by the Prime Minister
Priority Plan under development in areas of political dialogue, transitional
Eligibility requested formally in November, 2013
$3m IRF programme for youth engagement in border areas started
Possible follow-up issues: strengthening security sector, youth employment,
women’s empowerment, extractive industries
South Sudan – Strategic focus: UNMISS Peacebuilding Support Plan
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$10m PRF approved February 2013
Decentralized youth engagement & peace dividends (water access)
2013 Country Highlights (4)
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Burundi – Strategic focus: 3rd Priority Plan for period before next election
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Burundi has developed a new Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),
which integrates peacebuilding issues, particularly in governance pillar.
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Following on the October 2012 Conference organized in Switzerland in
collaboration with the PBC, the Fund aims to build momentum for issues aligned
to the PRSP.
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A Priority Plan has been drafted; conflict analysis is being discussed by the
Burundi government and the UN, prior to PBSO submission. The approach was
agreed also by the PBC. Expected areas of support are: social cohesion/national
dialogue, youth participation, human rights, and resolution of land disputes.
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Meanwhile, 2013 results of the closing year of the 2nd Priority Plan (2011-2013)
include: strengthening of government's capacity to coordinate and plan activities
in the area of reintegration; reduction of tensions and increase of social cohesion;
peaceful resolution of 305 land conflicts; access to revenue for 540 vulnerable
persons through community work; finalization of construction of 202 houses for
reintegration; equipment of 3 youth centers; training of returnees and excombatants in entrepreneurship.
2013 Country highlights (5)
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Myanmar – strategic focus: helping UN respond to rapidly evolving
peace processes
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Myanmar declared eligible in mid-2013
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In 2013, peace dividends in south-east ($1.6m) and support for
Myanmar Peace Centre ($0.5m); another peace dividends project in
southern Shan State under development
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Joint mission with the World Bank on a small grants facility to
accompany the Joint Peacebuilding Needs Assessment
Sierra Leone – strategic focus: maintaining UN peacebuilding focus
as UNIPSIL transitions to a UN Country Team with PBC
accompaniment
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Package of IRF proposals being supported: conflict prevention; security
sector reform; constitutional review; human rights
2013 Country Highlights (6)
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CAR – strategic focus: use IRF to support BINUCA efforts so facilitate exit
from crisis
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PBF suspended all programmes in April 2013.
In September 2013 – in collaboration with PBC and, on the ground, with EU –
agreed to support civilian police / gendarmerie re-start
In November 2013 – agreed to explore support human rights work through
OHCHR
Guinea Bissau – strategic focus: use IRF to support UNIOGBIS efforts to
advance the transition
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Agreed to $5m package of IRFs to assist transition, including:
• support high level planning commission, joint with DPA; political dialogue,
fight against drug trafficking, women’s programme, symbolic (catalytic)
elections support
The full (suspended) PRF portfolio postponed after elections take place
ASG Cheng-Hopkins and PBC Config Chair to visit in early 2014
2013 Country Highlights (7)
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Papua New Guinea – Strategic focus: peacebuilding activities in the Autonomous
Region of Bougainville as it prepares for its referendum on possible independence
(due between 2015 and 2020).
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Eligibility declared in mid-2013
Possible areas of support include : youth issues, referendum process, women’s participation,
arms disposal, peace process management capacity, relationship between national and
autonomous authorities, and rule of law/transitional justice.
Joint Steering Committee will include Bougainville and national government
Conflict analysis being undertaken in collaboration with InterPeace
Joint DPA / PBSO mission in November, 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Strategic focus: building on Presidential initiative to
counter concerning trends on ethnic relations
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Support for Presidentially endorsed dialogue platform
Support for media / cultural initiatives and outreach into youth and education environments to
create space for discussion of ethnic relations
Joint DPA / PBSO mission in December, 2013
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Collaborating with IFI’s
Specific efforts to collaborate with the World Bank/ AfDB
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Liberia – The PBF is working with the World Bank to undertake a study on natural resource
management; follow-up funding foreseen in Priority Plan
Myanmar - Joint World Bank/PBF mission to design a small grants facility to accompany the
Joint Peacebuilding Needs Assessment
Somalia – PBSO mission (Nov 2013) to Somalia meeting with AfDB and the World Bank to
review how conflict-related financing instruments can best be aligned in support of the Somalia
New Deal Compact
Central African Republic – Discussion of how conflict analysis / needs assessment can be jointly
undertaken.
Visit by the Chair of the PBF Advisory Group to the World Bank – Visit to Vice-President of
Africa’s office highlighted the need for early collaboration – recommended in particular joint
work on CAR
Looking Forward
In addition to actions that follow directly on the country
highlights listed in the previous slides, some additional
activities foreseen in 2014 include:
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Colombia – IRF proposal for peace campaign under preparation
Cote d’Ivoire – Expression of interest for a second phase of PBF support.
Positive response relying on findings of the evaluation (first phase)
Somalia – Eligibility request by the President received in early December to
to provide support in newly recovered areas, including governance,
youth engagement, national dialogue, peace dividends
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Democratic Republic of Congo – 2009 grant was evaluated in 2013;
possible 2nd grant in 2014, focused on 2nd generation ISSSS and ‘Islands of
Stability’ approach
TRANSFERS TO RECIPIENT UN ORGANISATIONS ( as of 15 December 2013)
2007 - 2011 year by year and cumulative (US$ million)
2007
UNDP
38,030,816
UNICEF
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total 2007 2013
2013
29,626,262
22,536,652
40,245,780
35,996,320
18,565,492
18,328,669
203,329,992
189,390
4,100,000
10,417,611
6,082,068
5,132,745
5,674,078
31,595,892
8,601,784
30,516,828
UNOPS
788,644
1,905,000
2,930,696
12,391,350
3,899,354
UNHCR
700,000
2,100,010
1,480,696
4,574,742
8,678,295
719,425
450,000
18,703,168
UNFPA
4,000,000
200,005
3,368,959
4,699,300
1,635,360
946,036
936,138
15,785,798
4,610,933
1,605,602
3,460,103
1,426,225
3,192,785
1,515,167
15,810,815
804,215
4,278,200
4,285,158
1,176,795
370,323
10,914,691
6,271,887
2,305,566
768,326
9,345,779
513,108
1,068,691
2,318,714
2,277,894
9,896,850
IOM
FAO
UNDPA
UNWOMEN
3,000,000
718,443
OHCHR
1,999,830
948,942
2,470,453
600,000
374,580
6,393,805
ILO
1,851,785
1,000,000
702,193
3,474,663
650,000
7,678,641
2,949,440
2,410,200
0
5,359,640
1,050,000
1,149,922
617,800
2,041,826
5,759,548
750,000
921,761
2,000,000
481,500
4,444,836
1,050,000
900,000
0
1,950,000
744,630
921,309
2,565,939
1,418,499
0
1,418,499
0
760,000
294,464
844,464
WFP
UNESCO
900,000
UN-HABITAT
UNIDO
UNODC
900,000
UNRWA
UNCDF
291,575
760,000
DPKO
550,000
WHO
65,869
---------------46,519,460
---------------41,150,043
---------------42,478,435
---------------89,360,259
---------------80,607,133
---------------39,273,796
Note: Actual transfers are lower than approved Allocations due to time lag associated with project formulation.
---------------43,686,058
383,075,185
Cumulative percentages:
PBC 50.5%
Non-PBC 49.5%
PBF Cumulative allocations by status of UN presence, 2007 – 2013 (Sept)
Kyrgyzstan
Sri Lanka Myanmar
Niger
Comoros Chad Yemen Kenya
Burundi
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Nepal
Guinea
CAR
Guatemala
Timor Leste
Haiti
Guinea-Bissau
Sudan
South Sudan
Cote d'Ivoire
DRC
38% - In country with Special Political Missions ($163m)
29% - In country with Peace-Keeping Operations ($122m)
33% - UN Country Team ("non-mission" settings) ($141m)
Liberia
Lebanon
LibyaSomalia
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Reporting and Planning
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Global 2013 PBF Review report (February 2014). Analysis and recommendations from the
independent investigation into PBF’s achievements and challenges against its 2010-2013
Business Plan, including the functioning of country-based systems.
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Secretary General’s Report on the Peacebuilding Fund 2013 (March 2014). A country-bycountry annual examination of PBF’s investments and results.
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Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office’s Report on the PBF 2013 (May 2014). Financial and results
reporting according to PBF thematic areas, with special attention to RUNO lessons learned and
achievements.
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Annual PBF Stakeholders meeting and presentation of next Business Plan (June 2014). Based
on the 2013 Review, development of next three-year Business Plan. The Stakeholders Meeting
will be timed during the same week as PBC event.
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2013 Peacebuilding Fund Review
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Purpose. Launched in July 2013 to assess the implementation of the PBF Business Plan 20102013, in anticipation of updating the Plan for the next three years.
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Broadly Consultative. In addition to feedback from an external Reference Group on key
deliverables, consultants provided updates to the PBF Advisory Group (October 2013) and the
PBF group of donors (November 2013).
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Data Collection Progress. Country visits completed (Sierra Leone, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Comoros,
South Sudan, Liberia and Guinea); global survey completed; capital visits to top five PBF
donors (Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and UK); more than 100 interviews with key
stakeholders beyond the country visits.
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Schedule. First draft anticipated mid-January 2014, with finalized Report expected in
February 2014. Subsequently, PBSO will organize consultations with donors, the Advisory
Group and other stakeholders as to PBSO’s proposed approaches going forward.
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Evaluation Coverage
Completed evaluations by end of 2013:
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2010 (2): Burundi, Liberia
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2011 (6): The Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Sierra-Leone, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste
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2012 (4): Kyrgyzstan, Central African Republic, Guinea, Uganda,
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2013 (4): Burundi, DRC, Lebanon, Liberia
Beginning in 2014, the PBF M&E Unit will manage all evaluations of PRF
portfolios to ensure quality, timeliness, and a specific substantive focus on
assessing the higher-level peacebuilding contribution of the Fund’s investments.
The New Deal Dashboard (NDD)
EU-funded pilot project in Liberia with
PBSO to track financing for peacebuilding
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Project funded by the EU ($700k). Started in 2011
and NDD officially launched September 2013
NDD is an online tool for monitoring peacebuilding
assistance with each project mapped to a PSG
It draws on data from existing AIMS which now
captures almost all donor assistance
A group of Liberian experts assessed each project’s
relevance to peacebuilding which then NDD uses.
Donors are invited to validate the “ranking”
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The NDD can show projected
spending for peacebuilding
https://amu.mof.gov.lr
Users can filter and display data in
on the NDD in a variety of ways
https://amu.mof.gov.lr
How the NDD can help…
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The NDD creates accountability and transparency
around peacebuilding
It provides a “peacebuilding lens” on other
frameworks such as the PRSP and the support to
government sectors
It supports peacebuilding sector working groups
and enables priority-setting
It helps stakeholders plan for UNMIL transition and
identify PB gaps
It helps us figure out if we’re doing the right things
in the right sectors in the right places
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