The Joint Peace
Fund (JPF) is a multi-donor fund being established to support na...
The Joint Peace
Fund (JPF) is a multi-donor fund being established to support national efforts
to bring about a durable conclusion to over 60 years of ethnic armed conflict
in Myanmar. The Fund will support national efforts to negotiate and implement a
Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, or other peace instruments agreed between the
parties. It will aid the negotiation of a framework for political dialogue, and
the process of political dialogue itself. The Fund will support peacebuilding
processes at the sub-state and local level, working to enhance security, trust,
and participation in a broad peace process.
The Fund will act as a locus of applied research and innovation.
The modality of a
multi-donor fund was selected by the donors to encourage coordination,
collaboration, and joint ownership of the Fund and its outcomes by the Union
Government, Ethnic Armed Groups, and the donors. The parties to the Fund will
mutually agree on funding priorities, creating a critical venue for discussion
and cooperation between the Union Government and Ethnic Armed
Organizations. The Fund also includes
structures for input from Myanmar society and state-level organs, and, it is
hoped, will draw additional international support to Myanmar’s peace process by
providing an established and well-functioning platform for these funds.
Under
the proposed structure of the Joint Peace Fund the roles of Trustee, Contract
Manager and Technical Secretariat have been separated. UNOPS will act as
Trustee and Contract Manager and another entity will act as Technical Secretariat. Both organisation will coordinate their
efforts and ensure the smooth operations of the JPF in the current inception
phase and subsequent implementation phase over the coming years implemented via
grant agreements.