Project Description:

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED) is the Government institution responsible to oversee PBF projects in Sierra Leone. The PBF calls for national ownership with Government in the lead to initiate and oversee the envisaged peace building interventions.   This project will set up a Peace building Secretariat in the MOFED to increase its capacity to plan, monitor and evaluate peace building programmes, among others those funded by the PBF. It is envisaged that the Secretariat will focus on the PBF project monitoring in the first year, after which capacity and experience has been generated to broaden the peace building planning and monitoring to the wider programme portfolio of the Ministry of Finance and Development.

Development Goal: 

The main goal of the project is to Support Government’s Capacity for monitoring and coordination of the Peace Building Fund.

Immediate Objective:

i)      Contribute to increased Government’s leadership/ownership of the PBF process;

ii)     Contribute to increased capacity for Government oversight of the Peacebuilding programmes; and

iii)    Contribute to improved public awareness and engagement on the PBF and it’s activities

Outputs and Key Activities:

i)     A four man PBF Secretariat/Unit set up within the Ministry of Finance and Development

ii)    Secretariat staff provided with capacity building training in peace building PME related

       activities

iii)   A mechanism for effective coordination on implementation strengthened

iv)  Collaborate with the UN-PBF Coordination and Support Office in rolling-out it’s public

       awareness raising output of it’s communication strategy through public engagement in

       various forms

v)   Collaborate with the UN-PBF Coordination and Support Office in reporting on impact of

      PBF activities.

Procurement:

Vehicles, Computers, Photocopiers, and other office equipment.