UN Peacebuilding Fund

UN Peacebuilding Fund at a glance 

The Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund was established in 2005 to complement the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office by providing the UN system with early and strategic funding for catalytic, innovative, and risk-taking peacebuilding interventions. Since funding its first project in Somalia in 2009, the PBF has steadily increased its investments in the country.

As of 2019, the PBF has invested 46 million USD in Somalia through 24 projects implemented by eleven UN agencies in close partnership with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Member States, and civil society. Investments are guided by the Peacebuilding Priority Plan for Somalia and aligned with the overarching National Development Plan through the international aid coordination architecture under the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility.  A PBF Secretariat, based in the Integrated Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, was established in 2017 to support the coordination of the portfolio in Somalia and the design of new peacebuilding projects.