Project Description:

To provide financial support to the ECOW AS-mandated facilitation of dialogue between the Conseil national pour la Démocratie et le développement (CNDD) and the opposition, the Forces vives, to pave the way for the organization of free and fair elections in Guinea.

PBF Priority Area(s) and Outcomes: To enable the Facilitator to bring the parties to the negotiating table;

To help build confidence between the political stakeholders in Guinea in order to create a peaceful social and political environment conducive to dialogue, social consultation and consensus on the transition; To contribute to the adoption of an agreement leading to the organization of free and fair elections; To help facilitate national dialogue among Guineans and help defuse social tensions. .

Outputs and Key Activities:

The Facilitation entails travel by the Guinean parties to Ouagadougou, where the Facilitator conducts some of the negotiations. In addition, the Facilitator also travels to Guinea to conduct the negotiations, meet with stakeholders and review progress made in the process. National level dialogue, already programmed by the PBF, would feed into the high-level facilitation, allowing all stakeholders to be part of the process. A Senior Advisor, appointed by the United Nations Office for West Africa helps support the work of the Facilitator, assists with the transition and provides a link between the high-level Facilitation and the PBF-funded national dialogue process. The Senior Advisor would also assist the UN Country Team in developing and implementing the mediation dimensions of the PBF Priority Plan