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Sustaining Peace Roundtable Series

A series of roundtable discussions on Operationalizing Sustaining Peace, bringing together experts to discuss the implementation of the Sustaining Peace resolutions.

GPPAC, in collaboration with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF) and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), has initiated a series of roundtable discussions on Operationalizing Sustaining Peace, bringing together experts to discuss the implementation of the Sustaining Peace resolutions.

While normative commitments to sustaining peace have been materialised in the UN's 2016 Sustaining Peace Resolutions, the practical operationalisation of these commitments at the national and regional level remains a common challenge and opportunity for multi-stakeholder dialogue. The 2020 Peacebuilding Architecture Review further supported the need to move away from normative support towards an action that produces an impact on the ground. In 2020, a consensus was reached that international policy and practice must focus on the implementation of the UN Peacebuilding Sustaining Peace resolutions and the achievement of concrete results at regional and country levels. 

The ongoing exploration of the ways Sustaining Peace can become a reality at the field level is where the initiative for the Sustaining Peace Roundtable Series was born. The Roundtable Series aims to support the practical implementation of the Sustaining Peace Agenda by bringing together experts in the field from civil society, member states, UN agencies, Funds and programs, and the UN Secretariat. 

In this collective learning space, the discussions contribute to the formulation of a shared practical understanding of the Sustaining Peace Agenda and the exploration of ongoing efforts to move the agenda forward, as well as potential efforts, strategies, and pathways towards the implementation and full realisation of the Sustaining Peace resolutions. 

An overview of the roundtable discussions to date:

  • 18 September 2024 | Operationalising Sustaining Peace: Lessons Learned from the Sustaining Peace Roundtable Series Recommendations for the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (Submission)

This submission aims to support Member States in identifying key priorities to be discussed during the formal phase of the 2025 PBAR. It draws on and synthesises the findings of the Operationalising Sustaining Peace roundtable series between 2021 and 2024 to support the continued operationalisation of peacebuilding and sustaining peace.

This summary note discusses opportunities and challenges for the Peacebuilding Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices, coordinate support, and mobilise funding for national prevention strategies.

This summary note explores innovative options for and approaches to carrying out the 2025 PBAR.

This summary note explores opportunities to connect the Summit of the Future and the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review.

This summary note focuses on the recommendations in the New Agenda for Peace for the UN intergovernmental bodies, specifically the Peacebuilding Commission, and identifying avenues available and support needed to continue and bolster global action for the promotion of sustaining peace and conflict prevention.

This summary note takes a closer look at the impact of the Peacebuilding Commission’s work at the country level. More specifically, the political accompaniment role of the Commission and how it can support national peacebuilding processes through its unique position within the UN system.

This summary note explores the unique role of the Peacebuilding Commission in bringing together a wide range of stakeholders representing these two broad agendas to promote conflict- and gender-sensitive climate mitigation and adaptation work within the UN system.

This summary note analyses the support and contribution of the UN to regional peacebuilding. Member States, regional organisations, civil society, and the UN shared reflections and ideas for building partnerships and strengthening financing for action.

This summary notes outlines opportunities for the Peacebuilding Commission to support financing for peacebuilding through its advisory, bridging and convening mandate; through partnerships, and engagement with civil society.

This summary note explores how the Peacebuilding Commission can utilize its advisory and bridging roles to convene UN bodies beyond the Security Council, as well as non-UN entities.

This summary note unpacks some of the good practices and lessons learned from existing efforts to advance donor coordination at the country level.

This summary note outlines concrete recommendations for addressing the nexus between climate, gender and sustaining peace.

This summary note outlines concrete recommendations for strengthening quality financing for peacebuilding.

This summary note provides key recommendations for enhancing efforts to improve leadership, accountability and capacities across the UN system.

This summary note captures key reflections as well as ideas on the next steps in the implementation of the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace agenda.

  • Operationalising Sustaining Peace: Learning from the Sustaining Peace Roundtable Series (Final Recommendations)

This summary note describes the key takeaways from the Roundtable Series discussions in 2019 and 2020. 

This summary note outlines various obstacles that local civil society organizations encounter when seeking funding, and provides concrete recommendations towards financing inclusive local peacebuilding.

This meeting note highlights the inherent link between the two distinct transformative frameworks of the WPS Agenda and Sustaining Peace Resolutions.

  • 30 September 2020 | Building and sustaining an inclusive peace: The role of local civil society and community engagement in operationalizing the Sustaining Peace agenda and ensuring that no one is left behind (Meeting Note from the 12th Expert-Level Discussion)

This meeting note explores challenges in inclusive community engagement as well as the way meaningful partnerships can bring tangible impact at the country and community level. 

This meeting note outlines good practices and lessons learned from the UN system’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

This meeting note highlights the need for flexible funding modalities and local ownership in the COVID-19 response.

This meeting note presents key takeaways to ensure policy coherence drawing from an integrated approach to policy-making.

This meeting note summarises reflections on planning for the 2020 Review as well as expectations for and perspectives on the process.

This meeting note examines opportunities for further aligning perspectives and advancing the nexus of human rights and peacebuilding with a particular emphasis on human rights mechanisms.

This meeting note discusses the progress achieved in the implementation of the WPS agenda, and the lessons from it, can be used to inform and strengthen the operationalization of sustaining peace.

This meeting note identifies strategies to operationalize the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace resolutions at the regional level and the roles of regional actors, including regional intergovernmental organizations, in implementing them.

This meeting note assesses the progress in the ongoing reform of the UN Development System and the implications of and opportunities from this process for the operationalization of the UN’s Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace resolutions.

This meeting note highlights the role of youth as peacebuilders and leaders in sustaining peace, and the synergies between the implementation of the UN’s Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace approach, and the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda.

This meeting note outlines ways the Sustaining Peace agenda could promote a necessary change in the way the international community supports national governments in identifying and addressing risks for an escalation or eruption of violent conflict.

This meeting note reflects on what has been achieved over the past year and stimulated discussion on what actions and adjustments in policy and practice can and should be expected in countries, regional organizations, and UN headquarters.

For more information, please reach out to our UN Liaison, Marina Kumskova, (un.liaison@gppac.net).

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