Joint Peace Fund

Joint Peace Fund is rated 3 out of 5 in the category nonprofit organization management. Read and write reviews about Joint Peace Fund. The Joint Peace Fund is a unique platform which is providing specialist knowledge, technical advisory support and project funding to lay the foundations for an inclusive and nationally owned peace process in Myanmar. Since it become operational in mid 2016, it has: • Supported the Government and Armed Groups to build their capacity to negotiate with each other, with technical advice and support, increasing the likelihood of a peaceful settlement. • Supported the holding of the Union Peace Conference, a pan-stakeholder national gathering of all those engaged in the peace process. • Supported 60 projects ranging from the Union to the grass-roots level to a wide range of stakeholders – Government, Armed Groups, women’s networks, youth groups, CSOs, media, political parties, research institutes - all focused on achieving peace in Myanmar. • Around 96 of these projects are gender mainstreamed including security and negotiation projects, areas in which women struggle traditionally to have a voice. • Supported women’s networks from the community to national level, to support advocacy aimed at ensuring women have their voices heard in the peace process. • Around 90 per cent of the JPF’s projects are run by national organizations, helping embed the principle of national ownership in its approach and build the country’s capacity to make and sustain peace. The JPF is governed by its Fund Board of twelve donors, at Ambassador level. Its donors include Australia, Canada, Denmark, European Union, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. A technical secretariat, run by Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) oversees the day to day running of the JPF, providing analysis, technical support and programme management. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) holds the JPF’s funds and acts as its Trustee and Contract Manager, and as such is the organization’s legal representative.