Since 2008, the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding has worked to establish international objectives in countries affected by conflict and fragility. The first such dialogue that gives fragile states a voice, it defines realistic objectives, sets the agenda for international support for peacebuilding and statebuilding, and helps ensure that the money that goes into fragile states meets specific needs. Read more...

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High-profile event at spring meetings of World Bank and IMF

5-April-2012

The International Dialogue Co-chairs will host a high-profile event on the 21st of April during the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings. The purpose of the event is to discuss the progress in implementing the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States and to showcase concrete actions and plans to implement it. This event will also provide an opportunity to encourage enhanced commitment by national and international partners to implement the New Deal. The event will be a roundtable moderated by a leading personality. It will feature the participation of Ministers and senior officials from g7+ countries, development partners, and representatives of international organisations, civil society, the media, and the private sector.
 

Working Groups on New Deal Implementation and Indicators meet in Copenhagen

30-Mar-2012

Members of the International Dialogue met in Copenhagen on 28-29 March to discuss how to best support fast and effective implementation of the New Deal, and to develop indicators for the Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Goals. More than forty participants from the g7+ countries and development partners attended the meetings that were hosted by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Danish Development Minister and co-chair of the International Dialogue since the 1st of March, Christian Friis Bach, and Timor Leste Minister of Finance Emilia Pires, opened the meeting. Minister Friis Bach reminded participants that as the New Deal is 100 days old, implementing this historic agreement must be a priority for g7+ countries and their partners. The meetings were preceded by a one day working session of the g7+. The presence of g7+ participants in Copenhagen offered an opportunity for a public debate on the challenges of ensuring peaceful transition from conflict and fragility.
 

At London Conference on Somalia, agreement that future work will align to New Deal

23-Feb-2012

"We agreed that all support to local areas of stability should be in accordance with the New Deal for engagement in fragile states recently adopted in Busan, and build on the stabilisation strategies prepared by both IGAD and the Transitional Federal Government. We endorsed a set of principles to guide international support to local areas of stability in Somalia (Annex C). We agreed to continue funding local stability through existing programmes, and noted the establishment of a new Stability Fund to which a number of us will contribute.
 

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