The United Nations and Somali Interior Ministry have jointly launched a Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. The PBF projects, which are worth $ 30 million, aim to support the country’s peacebuilding efforts. According to official communication, the Interior Ministry with the help of international partners launched five new projects supported by the UN fund.
In his opening speech during the Monday event, the Interior Minister said that his ministry had made significant progress: “The range of the projects we are launching here today reflect the inter-linked nature of the issues they will address. We must support the reconciliation process within our communities in order to improve the local governance. Equally, we must support those displaced by conflict to find durable solutions as well as those who surrender their arms and reject conflict”.
According to UN, the projects will also address Somalia’s peacebuilding priorities as outlined in the peacebuilding priority plan, the national development plan, the national stabilisation strategy, the Wadajir Framework, and the national reconciliation framework. The UN Secretary-General’s PBF has supported Somalia’s peacebuilding process since 2009. UN says that investments in Somalia’s peacebuilding to date amount to $45 million, of which a record level of $14 million was allocated to five new projects in 2018.
