The Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon declared the Democratic Republic of Congo eligible to receive assistance from the Peacebuilding Fund in June 2009. In September 2009, the Peacebuilding Fund allocated US$20 million to fill a critical funding gap in the International Security and Stabilization and Support Strategy (ISSSS) in the East. The ISSSS in turn aims to support the government’s stabilization efforts carried out under its STAREC (Programme de Stabilisation et de Reconstruction des Zones sortant des conflits armés) programme.
The PBF contribution focuses on: a) security and civilian protection, b) demobilization and reintegration of combatants and high-risk groups, c) extension of state authority and d) local peacebuilding and recovery.
To date, 90 per cent of the total allocation is programmed into 11 projects, carried out by six UN Agencies, in close collaboration with national counterparts and civil society.
Activities supported with the PBF contribution include the deployment and training of national police forces and local administration, rehabilitation of infrastructure, community-based conflict resolution activities, capacity building of magistrates and penitentiary officials to strengthen the penal chain, the regularization of mining activities, and the reinsertion and reintegration of ex-combatants.
Quarterly reports for each project are available on the MPTF-O Gateway site
