Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace

Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace

    Conflict prevention, peace-building and crisis
          preparedness component (Art. 4)
 State of play IcSP Art. 4 AAP 2018
 Multi Annual Action Programme (MAAP) 2019-2020

CSDN – Consultation on IcSP Art. 4 programming 12/12/2018

Policy and legal framework
• IcSP Regulation 230/2014, Art.4
• Programmable mid-long-term actions
                                5 priorities
  a) Early warning and conflict-sensitive risk analysis;
  b) Confidence-building, mediation, dialogue and reconciliation;
  c) Capacity-building for participation in civilian stabilisation missions
  d) Post-conflict and post-disaster recovery
  e) To curb use of natural resources financing conflicts and to support
     compliance with initiatives such as the Kimberley Process
In 2017 a new priority: CBSD - Capacity Building for Security and Development

Total budget IcSP 2014-2020 2.3 Bn €
Art. 3 = 70%
Art. 4 = 9%
Art. 5 = 21%
.

Art.4 for the period 2014-2020 = 210M€

AAP 2018 state of play

              AAP 2018 THE ACTIONS

AAP 2018 state of play

                          ACTION 1
 Support to in-country civil society in conflict
 prevention, peace-building and crisis preparedness
 (Budget €12 Million)
 Objective: To support in-country civil society actors globally
 in their endeavours to prevent conflicts and build peace

 4 Thematic priorities:

 Preventing violent extremism
 Engagement of CSOs in the security sector
 Mediation, dialogue and confidence-building
 Land-related conflicts

AAP 2018 state of play

             Geographical distribution

            Countries/Regions       Indicative Budget

   Central Asia                         2,000,000

   Horn of Africa                       3,000,000

   South Asia and South East Asia       3,000,000

   West Africa                          3,000,000

   Haiti                                1,000,000

AAP 2018 state of play

                         ACTION 2
 Support to global, national and local mediation
 and conflict prevention capacities
                   (Budget € 7.5 Million)

 Objective: maximise the potential of mediation actors to
 prevent conflict and build peace
                     3 Interventions:
 • Support to the UN Mediation Stand by Team
 • Support to the deployment of UN Peace and Development
 Advisors
 • Support to local "Insider Mediators"

AAP 2018 state of play

                         ACTION 3
EU Police and Civilian Services Training EUPCST
                    (Budget € 5 Million)

Objective: To increase effectiveness of EU civilian missions
and other stabilisation missions through advanced training
opportunities for police and civilians

• New phase (after two similar projects EUPST I and II) to train
police and civilian personnel jointly
• Training content in line with Council priorities
• Live exercises, training activities including ToT
• Consortium of EU civilian crisis management services and other
important associated partners

AAP 2018 state of play

                           ACTION 4
 Responsible sourcing and trade of diamonds
 and other minerals in Sub Saharan countries
 (Annexe 4 - Budget € 5.5 Million)

 Objective: Peacebuilding in mineral rich fragile countries –
 Support to Kimberley Process
                        2 Interventions:
 • Capacity building of the main stakeholders, in particular civil
 society, to participate in the Kimberley Process

 • Support to regional and national institutions to implement the
 KP in the Mano river region (Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry,
 Liberia, Sierra Leone)

AAP 2018 state of play

                          ACTION 5
        Support Measures (Budget € 1 Million)

 Objective: To contribute to the identification, formulation,
 implementation and evaluation of peacebuilding, conflict
 prevention and crisis preparedness actions

 • Technical assistance, trainings, studies, research and analysis,
 workshops and seminars, deployment of experts, monitoring and
 evaluation

AAP 2018 state of play

                         ACTION 6
CBSD:    Training    for   military   benefitting
populations in crisis and conflict zones
           (Annexe 6 - Budget € 2.67 Million)

Objective: To strengthen the capacities of the military in
Health, Demining and Civil protection
• Trainings for African and Middle Eastern military actors using
existing training centres in Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Kenya
and Lebanon

• Action implemented by the Security and Defence Cooperation
Directorate (DCSD) of the French MFA in cooperation with other
European entities

AAP 2018 state of play

         AAP 2018 Art. 4 by priority

AAP 2018 state of play

 AAP 2018 Art. 4 by Implementing Partner
            UN Agencies
               17%
                               Civil society
                              organisations
                                   50%

         Member
          States
           33%

MAAP 2019-2020

 Next phase : a multiannual programme
     For the last 2 years of the IcSP 2019-2020
     a Multi Annual Action Programme (MAAP)

                         Objectives
IcSP more strategic in Peacebuilding with more leverage
Better support to in country civil society actions
More effective and more efficient

MAAP 2019-2020

        MAAP 2019-2020 : key elements
Indicative MAAP 2019-2020 budget:
      €70 Million + € 5.3million CBSD

Timeline for MAAP adoption:
  o     Jan -Feb    2019: AAP drafting
  o     March       2019: Final proposal
  o     April-May   2019: Submission to MS
  o     July        2019: Adoption

  Timeline for Contracting: before the end of 2020

  .

MAAP 2019-2020

  Three blocks for the MAAP 2019-2020

1. Continuation of previous actions which arrive to
   an end in the next two years

2. In country civil society actions

3. New Peace-building and conflict prevention
   actions

Continuity

1) Continuation of previous actions
  Civil Society Dialogue Network
   The current CSDN programme (EU contribution € 2M) is managed
   by EPLO arrives to an end the 31/03/2020

  Early warning
   Bridging the warning-response gap, enhancing Early Warning and
   Effective Early action. The current project (EU contribution €2,5 M)
   is implemented by Crisis Group and will end the 31/12/2019

  ERMES European Resources for mediation Support
   The EU mechanism supporting global peace mediation efforts,
   through short term technical assistance, training and coaching,
   research papers and logistic support is managed by a consortium
   (EU contribution € 3,2 M) and will last until August 2021

Continuity

  Continuation of previous actions (II)
  Security Sector Governance Facility
   In line with the EU SSR policy, deployment of short to mid-term
        expertise to support and promote governance-focused SSR efforts
   Programme ( €2M) started in 2018 with a duration of 3 years

  Mineral Conflicts
   Promotion of responsible sourcing and trading of minerals through the “Due
      Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
      Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas". The programme, implemented
   by the OECD (EU contribution € 3M) will end in 2019.

Continuity

 Continuation of previous actions (III)

 RPBA- PDNA Recovery and Peace Building
 Assessment and Post Disaster Needs Assessment
   Support to third countries to build up their capacity to carry out
   RPBA and PDNA. Current programmes end in 2019 and 2020

 Capacity building for the Stabilisation Missions
   Preparation and training of civilians, who are going to, or already
   working in, crisis management missions worldwide. The current
   programme, managed by a consortium led by ZIF (EU contribution
   €2 M) ends in 2019

Civil Society Grants

     2) Civil Society in country Grants
 Every year a set of geographical and thematic priorities for in
 country civil society actions is identified

 For the next exercise two years (2019-2020) are considered
 Budget available: 25-30 M € (2018: € 12 M)

 Multiannual perspective: bigger amounts, more structured
 calls for proposals, reaching out more countries and/or more
 interventions

Civil Society Grants

     Civil Society in country Grants (II)
  Geographical scope:
  South & South-East Asia, Horn and Southern Africa, Western
    Africa, MENA, Latin America
  Regional and country focus

  Thematic priorities:
  Reflecting the EU political agenda (EW system, policy
    frameworks, etc.) + needs and opportunities identified
    (Regional teams & Delegations)
  Mediation & Dialogue; Youth, Peace & Security; Women,
  Peace & Security; Role of the Private sector; Natural Resources
  & conflict; Transitional Justice; Media & Conflict

New Actions

      3) New Peace-building Actions
 Social Media and Conflict
 Youth peace and security
 Women Peace and security
 Support to Multilateralism in Peacebuilding
 CBSD
 Other possible topics: Elections, Natural resources,
  Private sector, innovative peacebuilding initiatives

New Actions

          Social Media and conflict
Main aim: Tackle the spread of hate speech and violence
incitation on-line and harness the potential of social media
platforms to mitigate tensions, promote tolerance, dialogue
and build peace.

An IcSP Action could:
 Have a global scope with context specific engagements
 Aim to build/strengthen partnerships between social media
  platforms and CP-PB organisations (IOs, INGOs, CSOs)
 Draw out lessons about good practices, challenges

New Actions

           Youth Peace and Security
Main aim: to promote a culture of peace among the
youth

Focus in a selected region (possibly Great Lakes Region)

Cooperation and partnership between European Universities
and research institutes with Universities in third countries and
between the third countries’ Universities

Joint researches, workshops, exchange programmes,
students’ innovative peace initiatives and research on Conflict
prevention and peace-building.

New Actions

         Women Peace and Security:
            the role of women in Mediation

Main aim: to provide capacity building in mediation and
networking opportunities to women at different levels
(regional, national, local) bridging the gap between the local
and high level peacebuilding work

An IcSP action could:
provide training and mentoring
address the need to build coalitions
promote the exchange of experiences
push for women’s access to peace-building processes
make the women’s experiences more visible

New Actions

Multilateral approach to Peacebuilding
        and conflict prevention
EU Global Strategy: importance of multilateralism and
cooperation with the UN calling for enhanced synergy with
UN peace-building efforts.

Ongoing UN peace and security reform: the priority” is
prevention and sustaining peace.

Find synergies and ways of partnership with the UN (in
particular with the Peace Building Fund) as well other regional
organization in the field of conflict prevention and peace-
building.

New Actions

    Capacity Building for Security and
     Development (CBSD) Action(s)
The amendment to the IcSP Regulation in 2017 introduced the
possibility to support the capacity-building of military actors
in partner countries for development and security for
development under specific conditions.

In the framework of the Regulation and within the exceptional
and clearly defined circumstances, one or more actions in this
domain with a global or multi-country geographical focus will
be identified to enhance partners’ capacity to prevent,
prepare for and respond to crises working with all security
actors, including the military

New Actions

                Other interventions
Reflections and exchanging with EEAS and other EU services
are ongoing on possible actions in other fields

• Elections and conflicts

• Natural resources and conflict prevention (not only
  minerals but also water, land, forestry)

• Business and private sectors for peace

• Innovative mechanisms and tools for conflict prevention
  and peacebuilding

Break out groups
 Discussions and exchanges on 4 specific themes:

  Business for peace
  Social Media and Conflict
  Youth Peace and Security
  Seed funding for Civil Society

These discussions are conceived to inform our thinking and
our programming. We would like that you share with us your
experiences and lessons learnt, especially on the ground, to
help us to articulate actionable ideas and recommendations.

REGIONAL TEAMS
DAKAR (West Africa)

NAIROBI (East and South
              Africa)

BEIRUT (Mena)

BANGKOK (Asia + Pacific)

BRASILIA (Latin America)

VIENNA (South Cauc.- West
Balk. Central Asia)

Thank you for your attention!

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