About GPI and YPI
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund’s (PBF) Gender and Youth Promotion Initiatives are expressions of the Fund’s commitment to inclusive peacebuilding. The initiatives support the empowerment of women and the advancement of gender equality and recognizes the important and positive role young people play in peacebuilding.
Through the Gender Promotion Initiative the PBF seeks to increase support focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment and advance the implementation of the Secretary General’s Seven-Point Action Plan on Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding, Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. The Youth Promotion Initiative (YPI) seeks to increase support to young people’s contribution to peacebuilding and to advance the implementation of Security Council resolution 2250 (2015) and subsequent resolutions on Youth, Peace and Security. #Youth4Peace
Who is Eligible to Apply?
The GPI and YPI calls for proposals from both civil society organizations (CSOs) as well as from UN agencies, funds and programs, in PBF eligible countries.
Eligible Countries in 2023
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroun |
| Central African Republic (Only YPI) | Chad | Colombia (Only YPI) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Only YPI) |
| El Salvador | The Gambia (Only YPI) | Guatemala (Only YPI) | Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau | Haiti | Honduras | Kyrgyzstan |
| Liberia (Only YPI) | Madagascar | Mali | Mauritania |
| Niger | Papua New Guinea | Sierra Leone | Somalia |
| Sudan | South Sudan (Only YPI) |
Results of the 2022 GPI and YPI
In 2022 the projects selected through the Gender and Youth Promotion Initiatives represented a total of $46.7 million, 13 GPI projects were focused on supporting women’s civil society organizations, groups and networks in strengthening their institutional capacity for sustainable contributions to peacebuilding and 14 Youth Promotion Initiative projects were focused on political participation and safety, security and protection Additionally, the Fund launched a pilot to decentralize the Gender Promotion Initiative in the Gambia, Guatemala, Haiti and the Niger.
Gender Promotion Initiative 2023
This year the Gender Promotion Initiative is seeking proposals on:
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Women’s engagement in natural resources management
Youth Promotion Initiative 2023
This year the Youth Promotion Initiative is seeking proposals on:
- Fostering youth-inclusive political processes and promoting the political participation of diverse young people
- Civic Space: Safeguarding and expanding civic space for youth participation including through local level infrastructures for peace
Types of Proposals
The GPI and YPI welcomes proposals from both civil society organizations (CSOs) and UN agencies, funds and programs. Please find more information on eligibility in the Call for Proposal and all applicants interested in applying are advised to reach out to the PBF Secretariat in the project country for guidance. The GPI and YPI are open to three types of project proposals:
- Joint UN proposals: with up to three UN entities as direct fund recipients (to be submitted by the convening UN recipient after receiving the endorsement from the UN Resident Coordinator)
- Joint UN-CSO proposals: with up to two UN entities and one CSO as direct fund recipients (to be submitted by the convening UN recipient after receiving the endorsement from the UN Resident Coordinator)
- CSO proposals: with one CSO as direct fund recipient (to be submitted by the CSO independently).
Timeline
STAGE 1
| Call for applications and launch | 2023 |
| Webinars Introducing GPI 2023 (registration to the webinars will soon be available here) | April/Early May 2023 |
| Webinars introducing YPI 2023 (registration to the webinars will soon be available here) | April/Early May 2023 |
| Opening of the online application platform | Mid-May 2023 |
| Deadline for online submission concept notes | 9 June 2023 |
| Communication of first stage results | July 2023 |
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STAGE 2
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| Deadline for submission of drafts for feedback | August 2023 |
| Deadline for submission of full project proposals | October 2023 |
| Communication of second stage results | November 2023 |
| Disbursement of funds | December 2023/ January 2024 |