New York - The Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office was pleased to support and participate in the Peacebuilding Commission Organizational Committee meeting held on November 02, 2015 to discuss Transition Financing with a special focus on the experience of the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility. This financing instrument brings several multi-partner trust funds (UN, WB and ADB) under the common governance structure in the framework of New Deal and peacebuilding.

 

The meeting was organized for the Peacebuilding Commission Members and included briefings from the Peacebuilding Commission Chair, H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Mr. Peter de Clercq, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office Executive Coordinator Ms. Jennifer Topping and Deputy Peacebuilding Support Office Ms. Mari Yamasita.

 

The document entitled Transition Finance and Peacebuilding: Emerging lessons from Somalia summarizes some of the emerging lessons, practices and ideas captured by the Chair at the meeting (see Transition Finance and Peacebuilding: Emerging lessons from Somalia).

 

 

New York - The Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office was pleased to support and participate in the Peacebuilding Commission Organizational Committee meeting held on November 02, 2015 to discuss Transition Financing with a special focus on the experience of the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility. This financing instrument brings several multi-partner trust funds (UN, WB and ADB) under the common governance structure in the framework of New Deal and peacebuilding.

 

The meeting was organized for the Peacebuilding Commission Members and included briefings from the Peacebuilding Commission Chair, H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Mr. Peter de Clercq, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office Executive Coordinator Ms. Jennifer Topping and Deputy Peacebuilding Support Office Ms. Mari Yamasita.

 

The document entitled Transition Finance and Peacebuilding: Emerging lessons from Somalia summarizes some of the emerging lessons, practices and ideas captured by the Chair at the meeting (see Transition Finance and Peacebuilding: Emerging lessons from Somalia).