STATE AND PEACEBUILDING FUND

Supporting Resilience in Myanmar ($400,000) tests innovative approaches to coordinating and monitoring interventions between humanitarian and development actors. The grant supports an enhanced understanding of the country context as well as the effectiveness of the Myanmar Community Resilience Project (MCRP). Implemented through the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross with multi-donor trust fund resources, the MCRP allows the World Bank to remain engaged by maintaining a coordinated dialogue with development and humanitarian actors while the IDA country program is on pause.  

Strengthening Public Financial Management in South Sudan ($300,000) supports improved credibility and equity of public financial management through providing recommendations to foster transparency and accountability and decentralize fiscal management. The Revitalized Agreement on the Resolutions of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) includes measures to strengthen budget controls, allocations and expenditure, and the grant supports those priorities within the framework of the World Bank’s country engagement strategy.  Activities include strengthening citizen engagement around the budgeting process and development of strategic recommendations to set basic but effective expenditure controls over public spending at state level. 

Support for Recovery and Peacebuilding in Azerbaijan ($2,800,000) supports improved government policy and program implementation on recovery and peacebuilding while also increasing the skills, access to support services and income generation opportunities for vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs). Activities include skills development programs for IDPs, job placement and business development support programs, and training on access to government services, civic engagement, community participation, and trust-building to support a peaceful and cohesive transition of IDPs to a new living environment. The government’s State Committee for IDPs and Refugees implements the activities, with the World Bank providing technical assistance and implementation support.  

Scaling Adaptation Finance in FCV ($350,000) addresses the climate adaptation funding gap by increasing the capacity of funders and recipients to scale up commitments and distributions of climate adaptation finance in FCV settings. The grant generates cutting-edge research on critical knowledge gaps, brings together key stakeholders to identify innovative ways of working, and gets new ideas off the ground by providing dedicated time and resources. The grant responds to a critical issue facing many FCV contexts with overlapping and compounding risks from climate change and limited resources to design and implementation effective adaptation measures. 

Central America SAFE Migration ($400,000) conducts a Survivor-centered Accessibility Framework Evaluation (SAFE) along migratory routes in Central America, covering Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The framework assesses physical, legal, institutional and social accessibility to gender-based violence prevention and response services. The grant will inform improved response for survivors of gender-based violence along migratory routes, where risks of gender-based violence are often higher.  

Insect Farming for Forcibly Displaced ($4,950,000) pilots insect production and processing for increased resilience and livelihood opportunities for forcibly displaced populations and their host communities in four countries: Chad, Colombia, Mexico and Uganda. Insect farming will provide income, livelihoods, and food security for these populations, increase economic resilience, and reduce the negative spillovers from fragility, conflict, and violence, thereby reducing risk of future violence. 

Promoting gender-based violence services for women and girls in Haiti ($300,000) increases access to adequate comprehensive services for survivors of gender-based violence in targeted areas, as well as for women and girls at risk. Activities focus on improving the quality and increasing the reach of services for gender-based violence survivors and creating a set of knowledge, learning and communication activities to support the services provided.   

Innovative solutions for land dispute resolution in Sierra Leone ($3,360,300) pilots innovative approaches for reducing fragility and conflict in the context of the land administration reform process. The grant will build capacity among land sector civil society organizations to support communities and land governance, with particular emphasis on the needs of women, youth, and other disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. In particular, the grant will pilot a training program for women to take up roles in new land institutions such as Chiefdoms and Town and Village Area Land committees. The grant is implemented in partnership with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and local civil society organizations. 

Public Information and Awareness Services for Vulnerable Communities in Kosovo ($3,200,000) improves access to land and property registration information and counseling services for women, youth and vulnerable persons. Activities include public outreach and awareness campaigns targeting Kosovo’s ethnic minorities, targeted analysis for strengthened inclusion of ethnic minorities in property registration services, and capacity building for local government stakeholders and civil society. The grant activities will be implemented by the Advocacy Training & Resource Center, an umbrella organization that focuses on increasing citizen and civil society participation in government decision-making and that works with civil society organizations, with the government providing oversight and the World Bank providing supervision and technical assistance.   

Climate Resilience and Fragility in Southern Madagascar ($250,000) analyzes the social dimensions of climate change and fragility in Southern Madagascar to support the government in defining and implementing inclusive climate-resilient development programs. Southern Madagascar faces compounding risks whereby climate change impacts could push more people into further vulnerability.  The grant funds several analytical activities to contextualize and unpack the links between climate threats and fragility by investigating the household-level and community-level transmission routes between social exclusion, climate shocks, and drivers and consequences of conflict.