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Peacebuilding Priority Plan Heads of Mission

SRI LANKA 7 July 2016

The Peacebuilding Priority Plan

Peacebuilding Priority Plan

• A coordinated and coherent strategy for peacebuilding
• Premised on the Human Rights Council Resolution
• Informed by a rigorous analysis of peacebuilding drivers
• Owned by all key stakeholders
• Serving as a common framework for support by the UN

Peacebuilding Fund and other development partners

• National in focus
• Results driven, three year plan
• Overseen by a Peacebuilding Fund Board

Planning Process

• Peacebuilding Context Assessment: independent analysis
• Comprehensive donor mapping
• PBF Board Meeting: review analysis and agree on emerging

strategic priorities (April)

• Consultations (May-June)

– Chief Secretaries in the north and east host consultations with

government, UN agencies and civil society representatives

– Civil society consultations – Development Partners – INGO consultations – UN Country Team

Further information available on www.un.lk

Highlights from consultations

• Broad endorsement for the emerging priorities
• Look at a strategy for engaging the media and wider

public

• Critical to work with the South
• Include attention to vulnerabilities of the estate

community

• Consider regional review boards for the PPP, including

civil society

• Ensure a transparent process

Peacebuilding Priority Plan Framework

Minister of Foreign Affairs, 16 December 2015

Transitional Justice Reconciliation Good Governance Resettlement and Durable Solutions

Transitional Justice

• Technical support for consultations and TJ strategy
• Capacity support to establish and operationalise the four

proposed mechanisms: 1) Truth Commission 2) Office of Missing Persons 3) Reparations:

a. Victim and witness protection, b. Victim assistance programmes (community healing, psycho-social support,

civil society networks to support TJ process, persons with conflict related disability)

c. Reparations Office

4) Accountability Mechanisms

Reconciliation

Analytical and Policy Support

• National policy on reconciliation

Strengthening Institutions

• Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms
• Media
• National Languages Policy

Socio-Economic Support

• Enabling socio-economic environment
• Promote inter-group relationships through livelihood initiatives
• Peace Education

National Dialogue

• Dialogues at all levels to build consensus on reconciliation issues and

mediate tensions

– youth, women, religious leaders, Sri Lankans overseas etc. – inter and intra-party political dialogues

Good Governance

• Support for devolution: Provincial administrations (planning,

revenue management and service delivery etc.)

• Strengthening Independent Commissions: (HRC, NPC, Land, RTI)
• Promote access to justice and rule of law
• Promote greater participation of women and youth in

peacebuilding (i.e. 25% quota for women, youth participation, GBV)

• Technical assistance to Constitutional and legislative reforms &

Parliamentary oversight committees

• Public sector reform measures
• Support GoSL initial steps towards Security Sector Reform
• Support to strengthen civil society

Resettlement and Durable Solutions

Analytical and Policy Support

• Operationalise National Policy on Durable Solutions for all

conflict affected persons (IDPs, resettled IDPs and refugees) Access to Land and Housing

• De-mining
• Technical support for addressing land related issues
• Shelter and permanent housing

Socio-Economic Upliftment

• Livelihoods and basic services (health, education, WASH)
• Mine Risk Education

Next Steps

• PBF Board Meeting (July)
• PBSO approval (August)
• Launch of Peacebuilding Priority Plan (August)
• PBF Board review concept notes and proposals (September)
• First tranche of PBF funded initiatives begin implementation

(Q3/4)

Discussion