Challenges and opportunities to peacebuilding: analysis of strategic issues identified by country specific PBF evaluations

The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) was established in October 2006, with the intention to support interventions of direct and immediate relevance to peacebuilding processes and to contribute towards addressing critical gaps in such processes. The UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) has now commissioned a global review of the Fund in order to assess the PBF’s effectiveness in fulfilling these objectives. This CRU report provides input for that global review by presenting an overview of the key strategic issues that have affected the Fund’s performance in the past, as identified by country-specific PBF evaluations conducted in 2010-2012.

The Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ - The Conflict Research UNit (CRU) 2013

Clingendael is the leading Dutch think tank and diplomatic academy on international affairs. The institute provides public and private sector organisations with in-depth analysis of global developments in the fields of economic diplomacy, international security and conflict management. Clingendael specifically focuses on the position and the role of the Netherlands.

CRU conducts research on the nexus between security and development with a special focus on integrated/ comprehensive approaches on conflict prevention, stabilisation and reconstruction in fragile and conflict-affected situations.