Enhanced contribution of the UN system and World Bank Group to building and sustaining peace and to supporting development in fragile and conflict affected contexts, saving lives and improving well-being of vulnerable populations, thus delivering on Agenda 2030’s commitment of leaving no one behind.

Additionally, this proposal contributes to a stronger multilateral system by improving the collaboration between the UN and WB systems, and enhancing their joint peacebuilding impact.

·   Vulnerable populations in 50+ countries affected by fragility and conflict (final beneficiaries)

·   National stakeholders: authorities, civil society, private sector, etc. in these same countries (indirect beneficiaries)

-    World Bank Group and United Nations (systemic effect

·   Peacebuilding results: PBF and SPF have increasingly supported projects that have produced concrete peacebuilding results, in particular in transition contexts and in favour of women and youth.

·   Catalytic effect: PBF and SPF have strengthened their scaling role leveraging more global support for peacebuilding.

-   Systemic effect: PBF and SPF have enhanced a more coherent engagement of their respective organisations (UN, WB) in fragile and conflict-affected countries, fostered system-wide approaches in the two systems, and increased the collaboration between them. 

Risultati principali attesi:  

·   At least 40% of the supported projects demonstrate contribution to higher-order collective outcomes. [peacebuilding]

·   At least 30% of the projects have a gender or youth specific focus. [catalytic]

·   At least 40% of the projects enhance the collaboration at the field level between the UN and the WB. [systemic]

-    PBF and SPF invested at least USD 600 mio. in peacebuilding projects (input), and have leveraged at least USD 3 bn. (e.g. IDA) that scale up their projects (output).

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

There are various important milestones in the past years to which PBF and PSF have contributed.

At the global level:  adoption of the UN Twin Resolutions (2016 and 2020) providing a coherent framework for UN’s enhanced work on peacebuilding; adoption of the first Fragility, Conflict and Violence Strategy of the World Bank Group in 2020; increased UN-WB collaboration has deepened work across the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus, scaling up focus on prevention and resilience; 

At the country level: in more than 20 countries the UN and WB have cooperated in carrying out joint Risk and Resilience Assessment informing UN and WB operations, and unlocking access to major IDA19 prevention allocations; in 30 countries UN and WB have worked together to support national Covid-19 responses, facilitating procurement of medical equipment and supplies, and ensuring special needs of vulnerable populations (including displaced) were addressed; etc.  

·   UN agencies (UNDP, Unicef, UNHCR, etc.), governments and NGOs that implement PBF and SPF projects.

·   Other WB’s instruments (e.g. IDA, IFC, GFDRR TF) that are informed by SPF’s projects, and CH’s engagement on FCV (core contirbution).

·   Private sector (global corporate level and local level) that fund, implement and benefit from the projects.

-    Likeminded countries (DE, NO, SE, UK, etc.).