1. Peacebuilding Fund Board
Wednesday 14 December
SRI LANKA

2. Objectives Opening remarks Update on the PPP
Process for Programming the PBF Contribution
Review Project Concepts
Next Steps for PBF Project Development
Overview of EU support to the PPP
AOB
Finalised PPP
Dissemination of the PPP
Financing of the PPP

3. Update on PPP PPP finalized President and SG endorsed
Individual meetings with most Board members
PBF contribution of $7m confirmed
UN working with counterparts to develop concept notes
PPP partner mapping database in operation
Discussion on initial concepts (today)
Finalised PPP
Dissemination of the PPP
Financing of the PPP

4. Programming PBF Contribution
5 integrated projects based on PPP priorities.
Project
Focus
Transitional Justice ($1.87m)
Support to design and implementation of mechanisms
Civil society component ($400,000)
Reconciliation
($1.8m)
Psycho-social support
Peace Education
Dialogue and Infrastructures for Peace
Women and Youth ($1m)
Youth’s participation in peacebuilding processes
Women’s political empowerment
Independent Commissions ($0.7m)
National Police Commission
Human Rights Commission
Right to Information Commission
SCRM and PBF Secretariat ($1.67m)
Technical support to SCRM
Support to PBF Secretariat to oversee effective implementation of PPP
Flexible Fund to support requests for technical assistance
Each project represents a cluster of programming priorities brought together with a view towards promoting harmonization and a strategic focus on high-level peacebuilding outcomes.
Note: Resettlement and Durable Solutions outcome addressed through EU assistance

5. I: Transitional Justice Concept ($1.87m)
Key Counterparts: SCRM, ONUR, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Human Rights Commission and other relevant government institutions and CSOs
$1.87m from PBF, including $400,000 in support of civil society
OHCHR, IOM, UNDP, UNV, UN Women, UNICEF

6. Support to design & operationalise TJ mechanisms
Area of work
Activities
Support design of truth-seeking, justice and reparations mechanisms
Legal and technical advice to design of mechanisms
Support victim’s participation in design process
Contribute to the preparation of archiving procedures
Technical support on witness and victim protection
Support the operationalisation of the TJ mechanisms
Support operationalization of the OMP, in coordination with other stakeholders
Provision of technical assistance to operationalize the reparations and truth seeking mechanisms
Outreach and awareness-raising for victims’ groups and their representatives

7. Supporting Civil Society’s work on Transitional Justice
Area of work
Activities
Capacity of civil society, including victims’ groups & their representatives, strengthened on TJ issue
Small grants for civil society organizations to work on the dissemination, education and outreach with respect to transitional justice issues
Training for CSOs and the HRC on transitional justice issues.
Outreach activities for all transitional justice mechanisms (conducted in close collaboration with the wider communication strategy on TJ supported through the EU project)

8. II: Reconciliation Concept ($1.8m)
Project aims to work with national partners in:
Infrastructures for Peace & Dialogue: With Ministry of National Integration & Reconciliation, Ministry of National Dialogue Co- existence & Official Languages, ONUR, District and Divisional Administration, & CSOs
Peace Education: With National Institute of Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training, Provincial Department of Education, Zonal Department of Education & CSOs
Psychosocial support: With the Ministry of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Ministry of Social Empowerment and Welfare, Provincial Director of Health Services, & CSOs.
The UN will work in close collaboration with GiZ/EU to ensure complementarities

9. Infrastructures for peace to promote dialogue, build consensus and provide early warning
Area of work
Activities
Local level institutional arrangement in place to promote peace and reconciliation in target pilot locations
Working with existing structures such as Co-existence Societies, Mediation Boards, and CSO platforms
Create/strengthen a dialogue facilitator pool at the local level
Strengthen role of the structures in facilitating communication at the community level, drawing on best practices
Develop a practical early warning & response mechanism for emerging conflicts
Monitor results and identify key lessons for scaling up of pilots

10. Peace Education Area of work Activities
School curricula revised to strengthen competencies related to conflict resolution, prevention and promotion of peace
Support curriculum review panel.
Awareness raising & sensitization on curriculum revisions in History
Transform Civic Education towards practical based subject.  
Principals, teachers and school communities have enhanced capacities to prevent and resolve conflict and promote peace
Support research on violence in different settings
Promote awareness to protect children from abuse, violence and exploitation.
Develop teacher development materials to support conflict resolution.
Piloting of models and scale up good practices.
Research, monitoring and evaluation strengthened to inform policies and programs towards promoting peace through Education
Establish a research & information management hub.
Develop an Education for Social Cohesion research strategy
Develop dissemination strategy and establish network among similar research initiatives in other countries.

11. Psycho-social support
Area of work
Activities
Capacities at community level strengthened to provide mental health and psychosocial support
Community level programmes to address drivers of violence and common psycho-social issues (i.e. alcohol abuse, positive parenting and suicide prevention)
Proposed focus Districts: Mannar, Polonaruwa, Trincomalee and Moneragala
Develop Provincial Mental Health Action Plans, informed by National Action Plan
Protocol system for Victim Case Management developed
Support establishment of a survivor-centric, confidential service provision referral system
Focus on the needs of conflict affected, victims of SGBV and women from FHHs
Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Information upgraded
Facilitate data collection, monitoring of trends and evidence based policy development.
National and sub-national mechanisms strengthened for psychosocial support to victims of SGBV
Support the national and subnational forums against GBV to increase their capacity in providing psychosocial support and coordination
NAP already underway and being supported by WHO
Districts chosen because programmes already underway in Mullaitivu, Killinochchi and Jaffna and Batticaloa, and analysis suggests needs in these areas… i.e. WHO has worked on alcohol prevention programme in Anaradhapura and thinks Polonaruwa with similar issues, would also benefit etc.

12. III: Women and Youth Concept ($1m)
The project will empower youth and women to participate and engage in governance and decision-making processes and responses related to sustaining peace and security in Sri Lanka at all levels.
National counterparts: Ministry of Women & Child Affairs, Ministry of National Co-existence Dialogue and Official Languages; Ministry of Vocational Training and Skills Development, Parliament; National Youth Services Council and National Youth Corps, Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance.
Non-state partners: Network of national and local youth and women and civil society groups, Political parties, women’s caucuses, International and national NGOs, youth-led or youth focused civil society organizations
Youth: , $1m from PBF (+ $410,000+ from participating UN agencies)
UNFPA, UNV, UN Women, UNDP, OHCHR, UNICEF

13. Increased youth participation in peacebuilding activities
Area of work
Activities
Increase youth’s understanding and empower them to engage in the peacebuilding process
Raise awareness & promote discussion amongst youth on peacebuilding, including on social media
Promote youth volunteerism in peacebuilding
Set up a technology-based one stop shop for community-based, youth-led peacebuilding efforts
Organize V-awards 2017 with thematic focus on peace
Work with government to create space to engage youth in policy-making & programming
Establish national Youth Peace platform to work on collecting data and good practices linked also to peacebuilding
Support institutions to develop action plans on youth and peacebuilding
Provincial level policy dialogues on youth
A bit vague as a strategy – need to identify exactly WHO we will be working with on these ‘action plans etc…’

14. Support to women's empowerment and participation in peacebuilding, including politics
Area of work
Activities
Women candidates empowered to compete for local government elections
Interventions to prepare women for the 2017 Local and Provincial Council Elections
Capacity building on women’s leadership,
Conduct pre and post M&E of impact of training
Innovative use of social media for greater political parity
Operationalise 25% Local Govt. quota and advocate for a 30% quota within Provincial Councils
Work with political parties to develop effective strategies to increase women’s participation
Promote cross party networks of women’s parliamentary caucuses.
Support the Election Commission on the conduct of civic education on women’s participation as voters and candidates
Advocate for a minimum quota for female candidates at the Provincial Council.
Catalyse work on Security Council Resolution 1325
Working through the National Human Rights Action Plan and the SGBV National Action PLan, provide support to catalyse initiatives in support of 1325

15. IV: Independent Commissions ($0.7m)
This project will provide strategic support to strengthen the core functions of the National Police Commission, Human Rights Commission and Right to Information Commission, to enable them to play a catalytic role in the peacebuilding process in Sri Lanka.
Support to the NPC and the HRCSL will build upon/complement EUR 600,000 support through the EU/UNDP project
UNDP and IOM, in collaboration with UNWomen and UNV

16. Independent commissions are able to contribute towards a culture of more accountable and transparent democratic governance
Area of work
Activities
National Police Commission
Public Complaint Management System
Public awareness of the NPC’s functions and complaint lodging mechanism
Identified skills and knowledge gaps addressed through training and awareness
Human Rights Commission
Technical support to strengthen monitoring capacity and related data management systems
Right to Information Commission
Technical & capacity-development assistance to support full operationalisation of Commission i.e. Standard Operating Procedures
Support the Commission to undertake training activities for public officials on the effective implementation of the Act;
Support to publicize the requirements of the Act and the rights of individuals under it

17. SCRM and PBF Secretariat ($1.67)
Area of work
Activities
Support to SCRM to ensure a coordinated and coherent Government strategy to progress reconciliation and TJ
High level national technical expertise
Experience sharing and capacity development
Thematic research to inform policy design, planning, communications and outreach
Effective functioning of the PBF Secretariat
Support to project design, monitoring and reporting, and communications
Resource mobilization
Coordination, maintaining a database of projects aligned to the PPP
Flexible fund for technical assistance
Examples:
TA for dialogues with key stakeholders such as political parties, military, amongst others; and
TA to support the development and implementation of new legislation such as counter-terrorism.

18. Next Steps PBF Project Operationalisation:
Share Concept Notes with Board members by 11 January 2017 for feedback by 20 January 2017
Develop full project proposals by 15 February
Technical review of project proposals by 24 February
Board reconvenes to review projects and approve funding allocations (End February)
Implementation begins March 2017