Development Account Projects
Strengthening national capacity for the integration of sustainable principles into development strategies in countries emerging from conflict
Background:
The United Nations is increasingly focusing attention on post-conflict peace building. In many cases, unsustainable development such as inequality in access to natural resources, environmental degradation, social disparities, ineffective governance structures and lack of economic progress are both causes and consequences of violent conflicts within countries. For this reason, the recently established Peace building Commission (S/RES/1645(2005)) emphasizes sustainable development, together with reconstruction and institution building, as focus areas for the development of integrated strategies for post-conflict recovery. The international community plays an important role in assisting countries emerging from conflict to build capacity in order to effectively bridge the gap between short-term recovery efforts and longer term development planning. Sustainable development principles integrated into national comprehensive development strategies provide such a framework, as articulated in national sustainable development strategies (NSDS).
Objective:
The objective of this project is to increase the capacity of countries emerging from conflict to integrate sustainable development principles into development strategies and thereby to increase the likelihood of sustainable peace.
Expected Accomplishments:
- Capacity to utilize sustainable development principles in policy-making is increased in selected countries;
- Methodologies (scalable toolkit) are produced, which explain and illustrate ways to integrate sustainable development principles into national development strategies as part of peacebuilding.
Implementation Status:
Project implementation commenced in 2008.
