Note to Correspondents: Madagascar, United Nations Sign UN Peacebuilding Fund Implementation Papers
Notes to correspondents
Antananarivo, 26 August 2016 – Starting the project phase of the involvement of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund in Madagascar, the Malagasy Minister of Economy and Planning and General of the Army Corps, Herilanto Raveloharison, and the Resident Coordinator of the UN System, Violette Kakyomya, Thursday signed the official documents for two projects, amounting to $5 million.
The first project, at $2 million, aims to help create stronger representative democratic institutions which can effectively fight corruption and reinstate a dialogue between the population and their elected representatives. It was developed jointly by UNDP, UNESCO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The second project, supporting the reform of the security sector, is funded at $3 million and set up by UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, OHCHR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
PBF became active in Madagascar following a 2009 political crisis and a 2014 request by the Malagasy President to be eligible for PBF funding. PBF’s total commitment currently stands at $11.5 million.
Since 2015, the Fund has worked on identifying the root causes of tensions and dynamics of the conflict. This led to the development of a Priority Plan for Peacebuilding (PPCP), which defines the framework and the Fund's areas of intervention, in coherence with the country’s National Development Programme.
Three specific objectives are defined:
strengthening the rule of law and good governance, including through the fight against corruption, the dialogue between elected officials and voters; contribute to the reform of the security sector and reinstating confidence between the law enforcement agencies and state security providers; provide holistic support to the stabilization of southern Madagascar.
The third priority area is currently subject to a multidisciplinary anthropological and sociological study to identify PBF projects that could support stabilization. Many aid projects have traditionally failed in the South, a fate the PBF hopes to avoid.
Contact :
MIHAI Oana • PBF Coordinator | Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar
E-mail: oana.mihai@one.un.org | +261 20 23 300 92 - Ext. 1026