![]() Explore the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review, from the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, transitioning from local construction sites to the global policy-making corridors of the United Nations. This review process, aimed at preventing conflict and fostering recovery, is managed by the Peacebuilding Commission, Fund, and Support Office, working together like a coordinated construction team. It offers local peacebuilders the opportunity to influence global policies, ensuring they address community needs and promote sustainable peace. Active participation enables local actors to drive meaningful changes, gain valuable skills, and access important opportunities. Read the blog post below and learn more here. Release: The UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review: What is it, and why does it matter for local peacebuilders? Join us as we take you on a trip from a bustling construction site in a local community to the hushed conference rooms of global policymaking at the United Nations. Along the way, we'll help you understand the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review and why it matters for local peacebuilders. Despite its reputation for complexity, we're here to simplify the journey and reveal why the Peacebuilding Architecture Review offers local peacebuilders a chance to influence global policies that lead to concrete changes in their communities. The UN Peacebuilding Architecture The UN Peacebuilding Architecture aims to support governments and their peoples as they seek to “prevent the outbreak, escalation, continuation, and recurrence of conflict, address root causes, ensure national reconciliation, and move towards recovery, reconstruction, and development” (S/RES/2282, PP8). The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), which consists of Member States; the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) manage the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. It is easy to understand how these entities work together using a construction site analogy:
Why does the UN Peacebuilding Architecture need local actors? Imagine one day, an international construction company suddenly arrives in your local community. Big bulldozers and excavators roll in. A team sets up shop in a container, and they get to work for a little while. Of course, you, being a local, know that the international construction company risks doing more harm than good if they do not understand what kind of construction is truly needed in your community. Therefore, it is crucial that the international construction company has the right tools, mechanisms, and processes in place to ensure the construction's stability and relevance to its community. The UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review Process
Just as every construction site receives periodic inspections to ensure the project is on track and meeting standards, the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture undergoes similar assessments every five years to evaluate its effectiveness and impact. This is known as the Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR). It is a moment for local peacebuilders to ensure that the UN has the right tools, mechanisms and processes to make a lasting difference at the community level. In 2015, the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review (the 2015 PBAR) resulted in coining the term 'sustaining peace', expanding the global understanding of what peacebuilding means across the conflict cycle through the 2016 dual General Assembly-Security Council Resolution (A/RES/70/262-S/RES/2282). The 2015 PBAR further led to the development of the 2018 Report of the UN Secretary-General (S/2018/43), which identified four focus areas and concrete commitments to strengthen the UN's ability to sustain peace across the conflict cycle: operational support and policy coherence, UN leadership, partnerships for peacebuilding; and financing for peacebuilding. Five years later, the 2020 PBAR assessed the implementation of existing work of the UN system across those four key pillars outlined in the 2018 Report of the Secretary-General on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace. The result: the next PBAR was mandated to take place in 2025 and the UN Secretary-General was charged with preparing a detailed 2024 Report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. In 2025, the PBAR will thus take stock of the United Nations peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts once again, focusing on the implementation and impact of the UN’s action on peacebuilding and sustaining peace at the field level. This will happen through diverse tracks.
These tracks will feed into a new UN resolution on peacebuilding and sustaining peace developed through an intergovernmental consultative process. Why does this global process matter for local peacebuilders? Let's recap! The Peacebuilding Architecture Review matters for local peacebuilders for 3 reasons:
To ensure that the international construction company leaves a positive impact on the lives of people in the community, local peacebuilders’ support is required in the construction process. Their insight and expertise ensure that the construction project aligns with the community's needs, building a stable foundation. Similarly, active engagement in the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review empowers local actors to advocate for policies that truly address local challenges and promote sustainable peace. Read the article here: gppac.net/news
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