United Nations
Peacebuilding Fund: Bridging the Gap Between Conflict and Recovery
PBF Key Figures
Total Portfolio: $269,209,839
Pledges: $20,759,446
Commitments: $248,450,393
Deposits: $248,450,393
Funds Allocated: $88,253,903 Transfers to UN Orgs: $50,231,927 Number of Donors: 44
Recipient UN Organizations: 13
PBF News
$6 million allocated to Guinea-Bissau
New York, 16 Apr 2008 – The Head of the Peacebuilding Support Office, based on the PBF Senior Policy Group's endorsement of the Interim Priority Plan, has approved a funding envelope for Guinea-Bissau of $6 million.
PBF Donors Briefing Meeting
New York, 15 Apr 2007 – A PBF Donors Briefing was convened with presentations on the PBF Emergency Window-funded project in Guinea-Conakry and a briefing on the PBF Advisory Group. More...
Guinea-Bissau eligible for PBF New York, 13 Mar 2008 – The Secretary-General declared Guinea Bissau eligible for support from the PBF, following the Peacebuilding Commission's country-specific confirgurationon Guinea-Bissau on 20 Feb 2008, and its advise to the Secretar-General to declare the country eligible.
Liberia PBF Priority Plan
Monrovia, 27 Feb 2008 – The Priority Plan for the Peacebuilding Fund in Liberia, with its three strategic priority areas in support of the ongoing peacebuilding process in the country, has been finalized. More...
Launch of PBF Burundi Project
Bujumbura, 18 Feb 2008 – Official launch of the PBF-financed project «Appui à la mise en place et au fonctionnement de cadres de dialogue et de concertation entre les partenaires nationaux» in Burundi . Read more (in French).
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The
United Nations Peacebuilding Fund was launched on 11 October 2006
in response to the growing global demand for sustained support to
countries emerging from conflict. The role of the Peacebuilding
Fund is to establish a crucial bridge between conflict and recovery
at a time when other funding mechanisms may not yet be available.
In helping to address the most immediate out of the multiple challenges
facing post-conflict countries, the PBF seeks to minimize the risk
of a relapse into conflict. The Peacebuilding Fund supports countries
before the Peacebuilding
Commission (PBC), currently Burundi and Sierra Leone, but is
also available to countries in similar circumstances as designated
by the Secretary-General. With an initial funding target set at
US$ 250 million, the Peacebuilding Fund aims at stabilising and
strengthening government institutions thereby enhancing their capacity
to sustain the peace process.
The Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), as stated in its
Terms
of Reference, aims to address countries’ immediate needs
as they emerge from conflicts. The PBF thus focuses on providing
support during the very early stages of a peacebuilding process,
as well as addressing any gaps in the process, in four main areas:
- Activities in support of the implementation
of peace agreements;
- Activities in support of efforts by the
country to build and strengthen capacities which promote coexistence
and the peaceful resolution of conflict;
- Establishment or re-establishment of
essential administrative services and related human and technical
capacities; and
- Critical interventions designed to respond
to imminent threats to the peacebuilding process.
Peacebuilding Fund Reports, Publications and Presentations
PBF Bulletin No 3 (18 March 2008)
New York, 18 March 2007 – Read the third issue of the PBF Bulletin.
Presentations on PBF in Burundi and Liberia
New York, 5 March 2007 – The Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN convened on 5 March 2007 a Seminar entitled "Catalytic Action for Peacebuilding: Examples of the UN Peacebuilding Fund", co-chaired by HE Ms Marjatta Rasi, Under-Secretary of State for Development in FInland and Chair of the PBF Advisory Group,
and
HE Ms Carmen María Gallardo Hernández, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the
UN and Vice-Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. During the Seminar, presentations were made on Burundi by H.E. Ambassador Nahayo, Permanent Mission of Burundi to the UN, and on Liberia by HE Ms Estelle K. Liberty, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Government of Liberia. A Summary of the Seminar.
PBSO Presentation to the PBC
New York, 17 Dec 2007 – The Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) presented the status of the Peacebuilding Fund to the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
PBF Bulletin No 2 (Dec 2007, updated Feb 2008)
New York, 4 Dec 2007 – Read the second issue of the PBF Bulletin.
PBSO Presentation to the PBC
New York, 12 Sept 2007 – The Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) presented the status of the Peacebuilding Fund to the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
PBF Bulletin No 1 (Sept 2007)
New York, 12 Sept 2007 – Read the first issue of the PBF Bulletin.
Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund
New York, 26 Jul 2007 – The Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/62/150) was released.
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