The Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Steering Committee has approved the following projects for funding. Individual Project Summaries and Progress Updates are available by clicking the links in the right columns, whereas summary updates and consolidated progress reports are available in the Reports section.
| Sierra Leone PBF Steering Committee Approval |
Sierra Leone PBF Priority Area |
Implementation Partner |
Recipient UN Organization |
Project Number |
Project Title |
Approved Budget |
Project Summary |
Progress Update |
| 11 May 2007 |
Justice and Security |
Sierra Leone Police |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-1 |
Improved Public Order Management Capacity |
1,042,564.91 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 11 May 2007 |
Youth Empowerment and Employment |
Ministry of Youth and Sports, Youth Employment Secretariat |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/D-1 |
Youth Enterprise Development |
4,080,906.92 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 22 June 2007 |
Justice and Security |
Human Rights Commission for Sierra Leone |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-2 |
Capacity Development of Human Rights Commission for Sierra Leone (HRCSL) |
1,522,055.70 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 11 July 2007 |
Justice and Security |
Ministry of finance |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-3 |
Emergency Support to the Security
|
1,822,823.94 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 11 July 2007 |
Justice and Security |
Office of the Chief Justice |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-4 |
Capacity Development to the Justice System to Prevent delays in trails and to clear backlog of cases |
3,959,772.54 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 11 July 2007 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
National Elections Commission (NEC) |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/A-1 |
Support to National Elections Commission (NEC) Polling Staff |
1,598,727.36 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 11 July 2007 |
Justice and Security |
Ministry of Defence |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-6 |
Rehabilitation of the Water and Sanitation facitlities for the Republic of sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) barracks in Freetown |
1,955,706 |
Project Summary |
18 Apr 2008
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
Office of the President: Anti-Corruption Commission |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/A-2 |
Support to Capacity Building and Programmes of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy Secretariat |
349,034 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Justice and Security |
Office of National Security |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/B-7 |
Support to the Office of National Security |
1,576,538 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Capacity Building of Public Administration |
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/E-1 |
Support to Government’s Capacity for Engagement on Peacebuilding Issues
|
348,125 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Justice and Security |
Sierra Leone Prisons Department |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/B-8 |
Contribution to Improved Reformation, Justice and Security for Prison Inmates |
1,610,933.15 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children’s Affairs |
UNIFEM & UNICEF |
PBF/SLE/A-3 |
Supporting Gender Capacity, Women’s Rights Protection and Child Protection in Recovery and Peacebuilding |
802,640
|
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Energy |
Ministry of Energy and Power and National Power Authority |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/I-1 |
Emergency Support to the Energy Sector |
9,000,000 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 July 2008 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
National Commission for Social Action |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/A-4 |
Support to the Implementation of the Reparations Programme as part of the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
3,000,000 |
Project Summary |
30 Jun 2009
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
Sierra Leone Parliament |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/A-5 |
Capacity building for Sierra Leone Parliament for enhanced performance of its core functions of representation, oversight and legislative enactment. |
700,000 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
Ministry of Information and Communication |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/A-6 |
Support to Attitudinal and Behavioural Change |
140,000 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Democracy and Good Governance |
Ministry of Information and Communication |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/A-7 |
Development of an Independent National Public Broadcasting Service for Sierra Leone. |
850,000 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Justice and Security |
Ministry of Internal Affairs |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/B-9 |
Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Makona River Union |
130,000 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Capacity Building of Public Administration |
Civil Society Peacebuilding Engagement Committee (CSPEC), Sierra Leone |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/E-2 |
Strengthening the Capacity of civil society organizations including CSPEC, Women’s organizations etc. to effectively engage and contribute to the peace consolidation process |
140,000 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Emergency Facility |
Special Commission |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/J-1 |
Supporting the Implementation of the Joint Communiqué through an Independent Investigation into Allegations of Rape and Sexual Violence against Women at the SLPP Headquarters on 16 March 2009. |
29,463 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Emergency Facility |
Ministry of Social Welfare |
IOM |
PBF/SLE/J-2 |
People-Centred Security Governance: Special Initiative to Promote Community Women’s Participation in the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Process in Sierra Leone |
45,261 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 3 June 2009 |
Emergency Facility |
Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/J-3 |
Supporting the Implementation of the Joint Communiqué through the Refurbishment of the SLPP Headquarters |
69,550 |
- |
30 Sept 2009
31 Dec 2009 |
| 15 Dec 2009 |
Emergency Facility |
Independent Review Panel |
UNDP |
PBF/SLE/J-4 |
Supporting the Implementation of the Joint Communiqué Independent Review Panel |
25,000 |
- |
- |
| TOTAL: $34,799,101.52 |