PBF South Sudan brief

Since 2011, the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) has been a key partner in South Sudan’s peace efforts, initially providing catalytic funding around the country’s independence and continuing to adapt as the context evolved. In May 2021, South Sudan was granted re-eligibility under the Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility (PRF) and by 2025, it remains one of the PBF’s largest portfolios, with over $32 million in approved funding. 

The PBF delivers peace dividends linked to the Revitalized Peace Agreement, focusing on national policy frameworks and societal transformation. Projects target structural and immediate drivers of conflict, through inclusive constitution-making, women’s political and peace leadership, transitional justice and reconciliation, and community-based resolutions of land, housing, and displacement disputes. 

The portfolio also promotes disability inclusion; supports prevention of and response to conflict related sexual violence and gender-based violence (GBV); provides mental health and psychosocial support, and advances youth empowerment.
 

The PBF ensures complementarity with pooled funds, including the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, the Reconciliation, Stabilization, Resilience Trust Fund, the Global Emergency Response Fund, and the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, through coordinated efforts led by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General/
Resident Coordinator (DSRSG/RC/HC). Joint analysis, including with the Peacekeeping mission, guide prioritization of interventions across the humanitarian-development peace nexus. The PBF engages International Financial Institutions, such as the African Development Bank, to scale and sustain peacebuilding investments.