PbP Objective and Target Groups

1. The Instrument for Stability Crisis Preparedness Component: Lessons learned 2007-2010Review of Peace-building Partnership activities to date

2. PbP Objective and Target Groups • The overall objective of the Peace-building Partnership (PbP) is to mobilise and consolidate civilian capacity for peace-building activities • Main PbP target groups: • Non-State Actors • International and Regional Organisations • Member States Bodies

3. Non-State Actors (NSA) Two pillars of cooperation with NSA: • Dialogue element: • Civil Society Dialogue Network, building on previous informal consultation mechanisms • Capacity-building element: • Calls for proposals since 2007-2008 • Calls for proposals under the 2010 AAP to be launched in first quarter 2011 via EU Delegations • Overall funding for NSA during 2007-2010 was approximately € 20M under IfS Art. 4.3 (50% of the € 40M total)

4. International and Regional Organisations • Establishment of enhanced co-operation with International Organisations (notably, UN family) on a range of thematic areas including : • PCNA/PDNA • Natural resources and conflict • Mediation • Disaster Risk Reduction • Security Sector Reform • Post conflict assistance data coordination • Regional Organisations – enhancing early-warning capacity of the African Union and League of Arab States • Overall funding for International and Regional Organisations during 2007-2010 was just under € 12M under the PbP

5. Member States Bodies Cooperation with Member States focused on training of police and civilian experts to participate in stabilisation missions: • Police trainings: • carried out by the relevant national police training authorities • multi-annual action envisaged under the 2010 AAP • Civilian trainings: • initially (2007) took over the final year of activities of the European Group on Training • multi-annual action implemented by ENTRi, following a call for proposals • Overall funding for Member States during 2007-2010 was over € 9M under the PbP

6. Lessons LearnedI • The 2009 scoping and stocktaking study contributed to the refocusing of the actions under the PbP • Several of its recommendations have already been implemented in recent Annual Action Programmes including: • the importance of the creation and development of a solid dialogue mechanism to channel input from the relevant implementing partners to the EU policy-making processes on peace-building issues • the need to employ practical funding mechanisms within the constraints of the Commission Financial Regulation

7. Lessons LearnedII A number of other overall lessons may be drawn from the implementation of activities to date • Funding has revealed considerable potential for acting as a catalyst to harness and develop the expertise of civilian peace-building actors • Benefits of improved coordination with relevant UN bodies in order to enhance mutual peace-building capacity, particularly on thematic aspects. Positive effects of these efforts also with regard to internal EU and UN coordination

8. Lessons LearnedIII • Useful actions with EU Member States on training police and civilian experts, but prospects of enhanced co-operation could be further explored • Advantages of creating support mechanisms for a dialogue network, e.g. the PbP Web Portal • Essential to ensure adequate human resources to manage the PbP Lessons LearnedII

9. Peace-building Partnership Andrew Byrne European External Action Service Conflict Prevention and Secutiry Policy  +32 (0)2 29 54868  Andrew.Byrne@eeas.europa.eu