UN Sri Lanka SDG Multi-Partner Trust Fund 

ObjectivesFund scope

A collaboration between the Government of Sri Lanka, United Nations, donors, and international and local organizations, the Joint Programme for Peace in Sri Lanka offers a long-term framework for mobilizing funds for peacebuilding opportunities. Although post-conflict peacebuilding is a complex, layered, and process-oriented endeavour, most financing in this area is project specific and short-term in nature. The Joint Programme is a new way for stakeholders to pilot innovative approaches to making peace and security gains in Sri Lanka.  

Initiatives are harmonized and integrated in upholding national and international efforts to leverage previous peacebuilding successes and effects. Joint Programme activities are grouped under the thematic areas of transitional justice, community reconciliation, and good governance and resettlement practices. All of which are crucial to advancing peace and security, and providing the government and programme stakeholders with a clear pathway to fast-tracking strategic priorities within the existing Peacebuilding and Priority Plan. 

Theory of change 

If the government can access strategically targeted, harmonized and sustainable international assistance it can better advance commitments towards peacebuilding through processes that adhere to international standards and address the legacy of past violations and abuses in a comprehensive, principled, rights-based, and victim-centered ways. This allows for justice to be served and confidence restored in state institutions—both of which are necessary for preventing future violations and abuses from taking place, as well as raising local resilience and contributing to a lasting peace.

Similar thinking applies to the themes of transitional justice and resettlement. Comprehensive, principled, rights-based, and victim-centered approaches have the power to reinstate confidence in national institutions. Processes that are increasingly government led, participatory, inclusive and rights-based are more likely to resolve the long-standing grievances of conflict-displaced populations and result in the uptake of durable solutions.

GovernanceGovernance arrangements

Peacebuilding Board

The Board provides strategic guidance, bringing together representatives from the Presidential Secretariat, thirteen-line ministries, development partners, and civil society organizations. The Peacebuilding Board meets several times a year to provide strategic advice and guide Advisory Committees and programme partners in directing resources to peacebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka. 

Advisory Committees 

Three Advisory Committees, one for each thematic area, function as technical working groups that are chaired by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and relevant government counterparts. Each Committee meets twice a year to promote joint planning, implementation, and results-oriented approaches.  

Administrative Agent 

Funds are routed via a pass-through mechanism. Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.  

Participating Organizations 

Programme implementation is the responsibility of Participating Organizations. Each organization is programmatically and financially responsible for resources received.

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Projects

UN Sri Lanka SDG Multi-Partner Trust Fund

UN Sri Lanka SDG Multi-Partner Trust Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

UN Sri Lanka SDG Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Results

Joint Programme for Peace in Sri Lanka initiatives harmonize national and international efforts towards advancing peace and security in the country by making progress in the areas of transitional justice, community reconciliation, and good governance and resettlement practices.

ContactsPoints of contact

Policy and Programme Issues

Hanaa Singer, UN Resident Coordinator, Office of the Resident Coordinator, Email: hanaa.singer@one.un.org
Azam Bakeermarkar, Partnerships and Development Financing Specialist, Email: azam.bakeermarkar@un.org
Varuna Dharmaratna, Sustainable Development Fund Coordinator, Email: varuna.dharmaratna@one.un.org 
Tharaka Hettiarachchi, JPP Coordinator, Email: tharaka.hettiarachchi@one.un.org (for peace-related matters) 
Wagisha Perera, Humanitarian and Resilience Officer, Email: wagisha.perera@one.un.org (for resilience-related matters)

Fund Administrative Agent Issues

Eva Saenz, Fund Portfolio Manager, Email: eva.saenz@undp.org
Sean Chen, Portfolio Associate, Email: sean.chen@undp.org
Patricia Ababio, Finance Associate, Email: patricia.ababio@undp.org