Dppa Strategic Plan 2023-2026 Updated

STRATEGIC PLAN
2023-2026
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS

STRATEGIC PLAN
2023-2026
This document was updated in March 2024.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
04
06 I. VISION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE AND
SECURITY PILLAR
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11 II. STRATEGIC PLAN 2023-2026
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13 Overview and context analysis
14
16 Theory of change
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20 Goals and objectives
Goal 1. Preventing and resolving violent conflicts and

20
22 sustaining peace
Goal 2. A more effective multilateral architecture for

23
25 international peace and security
Goal 3. A stronger, more diverse and more effective

25
27 Department
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29 DPPA’s approach
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33 Monitoring and evaluation
32
34 Conclusion
VISIONOF
VISION OFTHE
THE
UNITEDNATIONS
UNITED NATIONS
PEACEAND
PEACE AND
SECURITY
SECURITYPILLAR
PILLAR
Adapting to the peace and security
challenges of the future
The United Nations peace and security pillar is at the core of

the Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolve
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging geopolitical
landscape, the number of crises around the world has grown
and distinct crises have converged. The Department of Political
and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and the Department of Peace
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have been called
upon by the Secretary-General to enhance the UN’s capacities to
prevent, manage and resolve conflict and sustain peace and to
work more efficientl , effectively, inclusively and innovatively to
deliver collective impact on the ground. In line with the Secretary-
General’s report Our Common Agenda, issued in response
to the UN75 Declaration of September 2020, his New Agenda
for Peace calls for renewed commitments to the collective
security system and puts forward proposals to revitalize
multilateral action to reduce risks and address threats.
In a context of growing polarization at the national and

international levels, political processes and conflict management
initiatives are becoming more fraught and fragile. Megatrends
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption and inequality
are increasingly playing central roles as drivers of more
localized conflicts while crises are becoming multifaceted and
overlapping, combining, for example, violent con�ict with public
health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central role in
preventing, managing and resolving conflicts the Organization
will need to develop more holistic, integrated strategies to
address peace and security challenges comprehensively.
Ensuring that DPPA and DPO are effective and impactful in
today’s diversifying and highly complex contexts requires a
learning and innovative approach with inclusion at its centre.
Building on DPPA’s 2019 Women, Peace and Security Policy and
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, the two Departments
are also working to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful
participation in peace and political processes through bold
leadership and targeted measures that address entrenched
obstacles to women’s participation, protection, and rights.
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Consolidating and strengthening
Adapting to the
thepeace and security
peace and security pillar
Over the past several years, DPPA and DPO

The United Nations havepeace
undertaken
and security pillar is at the core of
significant efforts to harmonize the work processes,global
Organization’s consolidate
mandates to prevent and resolve
management practices, and build a common
violent con�ict. culture
Within aacross
changingthe and challenging geopolitical
two Departments. These efforts have borne
landscape, fruit. The
the number of shared
crises around the world has grown
regional political-operational structure is working
and distinct crises havewith increasing
converged. The Department of Political
cohesion to join regional scope and strategies Affairs
and Peacebuilding with country-
(DPPA) and the Department of Peace
based analysis and planning.Operations
In the pursuit(DPO)ofand these
theirgoals,
field ope ations have been called
peacebuilding support is being uponmoreby theseamlessly
Secretary-Generalintegrated to enhance the UN’s capacities to
into political and programming strategies
prevent, manage in bothandmission
resolve and conflict and sustain peace and to
non-mission settings, promoting workmoremoreinclusive,
efficientl durable andinclusively and innovatively to
, effectively,
sustainable peace processesdeliver that incorporate,
collective impact for onexample,
the ground. In line with the Secretary-
the perspectives of minorities, indigenous
General’s report groups, and other Agenda, issued in response
Our Common
marginalized communities. Staff across
to the UN75 theDeclaration
pillar seek to of forge
September 2020, his New Agenda
strategies that combine short- forand Peace
long-term callssolutions. Activities
for renewed commitments to the collective
to achieve a cessation of hostilities
security or a political
system and settlement,
puts forward proposals to revitalize
for example, benefit from the accumulated
multilateral action experience
to reduce risks and and address threats.
the structural resilience brought about by peacebuilding and
development work. While the In aDepartments
context of retain growing discrete
polarization at the national and
mandates, plans, and sources of funding,
international theypolitical
levels, draw on an
processes and conflict management
evolving set of tools and resources thatare
initiatives arebecoming
employedmore fl xibly
fraught and fragile. Megatrends
in mission and non-mission such settings
as thetoclimate
deliveremergency,
increasingly digital disruption and inequality
strategic results. are increasingly playing central roles as drivers of more
Peacekeeping operations and special political
overlapping, combining, missions are
for example, violent con�ict with public
increasingly able to make use of a emergencies.
health broad range of expertise
Going forward, to play its central role in
across the two Departments, includingmanaging
preventing, mediationand support;
resolving conflicts the Organization
military, police and rule of law and
will security
need toinstitutions
develop more expertise;holistic, integrated strategies to
electoral assistance; climate, address
peace and security
peace andanalysis;
security andchallenges comprehensively.
peacebuilding support. The Ensuring Action for that Peacekeeping
DPPA and DPO Plusare effective and impactful in
(A4P+) initiative is designed totoday’s
accelerate the progress
diversifying and made
highlybycomplex contexts requires a
the UN and its partners to improve the impact
learning and effectiveness
and innovative approach with inclusion at its centre.
of peacekeeping operationsBuilding in supporting
on DPPA’s conflict-a
2019 Women,fected Peace and Security Policy and
countries to transition to durableDPO’s peace.
Action In for
thePeacekeeping
same vein, theInitiative, the two Departments
Departments now regularly conduct are alsojoint
workinglearning exercises
to fast-track to
women’s full, equal and meaningful
generate insights and identifyparticipation
opportunities in topeace
strengthen the
and political processes through bold
effectiveness of their activities leadership
and operations.and targeted measures that address entrenched
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Adapting
The process to the peace
of digital transformation across and
the twosecurity
Departments,
hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic, has facilitated the creation
of commonchallenges
work processes of the andfuture
platforms for cooperation.
Going forward, the two Departments have considerable
opportunities
The to jointly
United Nations peace advance the goals
and security pillarofisthe “Quintet
at the of
core of
Change” set out in Our Common Agenda, which
the Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolve highlights key
areas of
violent transformation
con�ict. Within a to develop
changing and
and scale newgeopolitical
challenging capabilities
landscape, the number of crises around the world across
that promote agility, integration, and cohesion has grownthe
UN system. The Departments will leverage their
and distinct crises have converged. The Department of Political respective
comparative
and advantages
Peacebuilding to advance
Affairs (DPPA) jointDepartment
and the and UN-wide data,
of Peace
analysis and communications tools and working
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have been called methods;
innovation
upon by theand digital transformation
Secretary-General to enhance resources
the UN’sand technical
capacities to
prevent, manage and resolve conflict and sustain peace andand
support; strategic foresight capabilities; performance- to
results-oriented
work decision-making
more efficientl and operational
, effectively, inclusively mechanisms;
and innovatively to
and behavioural science insights.
Informed
to the UN75 by Declaration
an ongoingofprocessSeptemberof staff
2020,consultation,
his New Agenda DPPA
and DPO are working to leverage the
for Peace calls for renewed commitments to the collective structural reforms
to forgesystem
security a stronger,
and puts common
forwardprofessional
proposals to culture and
revitalize
management environment across the pillar
multilateral action to reduce risks and address threats. that empowers
and fosters creativity, collaboration and innovation through the
#BuildingOurPillar
In a context of growinginitiative. polarization at the national and

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Our shared priorities
Our ability to achieve these goals will be strengthened by
deepening our commitment to a number of shared priorities.
These include:
Politics: We work towards the promotion of political solutions
to confl cts, which are a prerequisite to sustainable peace.
People: We work to engage societies beyond political elites
and ground our action in a deep knowledge of socio-economic,
environmental, and structural aspects of the communities and
peoples we serve. We are committed to promoting peaceful,
just and inclusive societies, centred on human rights for all
people, including by integrating a gender perspective and
taking measures to advance the participation, protection,
and rights of women, youth, and marginalized groups or
communities.
Impact: We support effective and ef�cient �eld presences,
working to maximize their impact and deliver positive change
on the ground.
Partnerships: We engage in partnerships across the United
Nations system, with Member States, with international,
regional, sub-regional organizations, and with local institutions
and actors.
Digital transformation, data and innovation: We embrace
the opportunities of digital transformation, use of data, and a
culture of innovation to advance our work on peace, while being
mindful of new challenges generated by digital hate speech
and disinformation, cyber security, and other emerging risks.
Staff: Our most crucial resource is our staff, who carry this
vision into action. We will rely on and invest in them to build a
culture of mutual learning, creativity, growth, and ownership.

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STRATEGIC PLAN
2023-2026
Adapting toanalysis
Overview and context the peace and security
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system to chart the path through this transition.
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a central role for the United Nations.
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During 2023-2026, action to reduce risks and address
DPPA foresees increased threats.
demand for:
support to strengthening national capacities for conflict
In a context facilitating
prevention; of growing dialogue;
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international levels, political
advancing inclusive politicalprocesses
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electoral assistance, andmore fraught and
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of our work,protection,
we will continueand rights.
to explore
innovative practices and technologies to enable more data-
driven, evidence-based and anticipatory decision-making.
1
Shawn Davies, Therése Pettersson and Magnus Öberg, 2022. “Organized Violence 1989–
2021 and Drone Warfare.” Journal of Peace Research, 59 (4).

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Theory of changeAdapting to the peace and security
If DPPA deploys the full range of its resources
The United based
Nations peace andon cross-cutting
security pillar is atanalysis,
the core of
in collaboration with others
the within the UNglobal
Organization’s system and intopartnerships
mandates prevent and withresolve
regional, national and local stakeholders,
violent con�ict. Withindrawing
a changingon andan internal geopolitical
challenging culture
shaped by a commitment landscape, the number
to learning of crises around
and innovation, thecontribute
it will world has grown
to
the prevention and resolution of violent conflict and to sustainable peace.
DPPA’s overarching priority isupon by the Secretary-General
to anticipate and contribute to toenhance the UN’s
a reduction capacities
in the risk of to
prevent, manage
the outbreak, escalation, continuation and resolve
and recurrence conflict conflict
of violent and sustain peacewhile
globally, and to
work more
also helping move towards recovery, efficientlinclusion,
increased , effectively, inclusively
social cohesion,and innovatively
resilience and to
development. While demand deliver collective
for its services hasimpact
grown, onthe
thefundamental
ground. In line with the Secretary-
understanding of
how, when and why DPPA’s work General’s report
is effective Our Common
in meeting Agenda,
this objective issuedunchanged
remains in response
from the 2020-2022 StrategictoPlan. the UN75 Declaration
However, of September
as recommended 2020,
by the his Newreview
mid-term Agenda
of the previous Strategic Plan,for thePeace
Resultscalls for renewed
Framework commitments
accompanying to the collective
the 2023-2026 Plan
articulates more explicitly andsecurity system
in greater detailandhowputs forward
the theory proposals
plays to revitalize
out in operational
terms, at different levels of themultilateral actionand
Plan’s Objectives to reduce risks and
with different address
tools threats.
and partners.

The risk reductionsuchmodel for DPPA’s
as the climate emergency, workdigital disruption and inequality
RISK

PREDICTED RISK
address peaceREDUCED and security challenges comprehensively.
RISK AFTER
Ensuring that INTERVENTION:
DPPA and DPO IMPACT
are effective and impactful in
learning and innovative approach withTOWARDS inclusion at its centre.
Building on DPPA’s 2019 Women, PeaceLONG-TERM
and Security Policy and
GROWING RISK
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping Initiative,STABILITYthe two Departments
UNare
INTERVENTION:
also working GOOD OFFICES,
to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful
MEDIATION SUPPORT, TECHNICAL
participation in peace and
ASSISTANCE, PEACEBUILDING SUPPORT, political processes through bold
ETC.
TIME

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Adapting
DPPA’s impact to the
in contributing peace
to the andand
prevention security
resolution of
violence conflict and to sustainable peace can be understood in
terms of challenges
a “risk reductionof the under
model,” future which the Department
continuously works to reduce the risk of the outbreak, escalation
or recurrence
The of violent
United Nations conflict
peace and often as one
security actor
pillar is atamong many.
the core of
The model rejects the notions that the
the Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolveimpact of the UN can
be measured
violent con�ict.inWithin
terms aofchanging
the simple andbinary of “whether
challenging or not
geopolitical
conflict occurred,” nor whether its efforts
landscape, the number of crises around the world has grown were a “success or
failure.” Instead, we must examine the extent
and distinct crises have converged. The Department of Politicalto which DPPA has
contributed
and to a diminishment
Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) inand
the the
risksDepartment
of violence of across
Peacea
wide range of settings and timeframes, and
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have been called in conjunction with
other actors.
Devising
deliver collective impactand coordinating
on the ground. In line with thepolitical
Secretary-
General’s strategy
report Our across
Common theAgenda,
UN system issued in response
In practice,
security DPPAand
system contributes to the reduction
puts forward proposalsof to riskrevitalize
through
multilateral action to reduce risks and address threats. political
its leading role in designing and coordinating the UN’s
and peacebuilding responses, both in the face of acute risks of
conflict
In and with
a context of respect
growing to longer-term
polarization conflict
at the prevention
national andand
sustaining peace efforts. The Department works
international levels, political processes and conflict management across multiple
types of interventions
initiatives are becoming to facilitate delivery
more fraught and offragile.
a strategic, coherent
Megatrends
and sustainable political strategy for ending
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption and inequality violent conflict
reducing risk, and promoting long-term resilience
are increasingly playing central roles as drivers of more and stability.
In devising strategies
overlapping, combining, forfor
integrated politicalcon�ict
example, violent responses, DPPA
with public
draws on internal capacities and resources - that
health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central role in is, the regional
divisions shared
preventing, managingbetween DPPA and
and resolving DPO - the
conflicts andOrganization
from other
parts of the UN system. SPMs and special
will need to develop more holistic, integrated strategiesenvoys, supportedto
by DPPA, bring the Secretary-General’s
address peace and security challenges comprehensively.good offices directly
to conflictthat
Ensuring parties
DPPAto and
help DPOdefuse aretensions,
effectiveend and violence,
impactful build
in
today’s diversifying and highly complex contexts requiresand
peace processes, and reduce risk over time. DPPA’s Policy a
Mediation
learning andDivision supports
innovative peace
approach withand dialogue
inclusion at processes,
its centre.
and provides
Building expert
on DPPA’s advice
2019 Women,on process
Peace and design,
Securityconstitutional
Policy and
assistance, ceasefi es and gender inclusion,
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, the two Departments among others,
completing 142 operational deployments in 2021
are also working to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful as well
as provides advice and devises support on
participation in peace and political processes through bold innovation and
technologies across the peace and security
leadership and targeted measures that address entrenched pillar. Leveraging
the role of
obstacles to PBSO
women’s as participation,
a connector to key partners
protection, such as the
and rights.
international financial institutions (IFIs), and in close coordination
with Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams is essential
to support informed, joint analysis and their design of in-country
responses to advance sustainable development.

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As such, DPPA is necessarily a crisis Adapting
actor, engaging tointhe
crisispeace and security
diplomacy and management in tandem with SPMs, UNCTs,
envoys and through its own staff, and challenges
at the same time, ofworks
the future
towards implementing its core mandate of conflict prevention
and sustaining peace. This requires an ability
The United to prioritize,
Nations when
peace and security pillar is at the core of
necessary, but both key functions must be carried out as part
the Organization’s global mandates of to prevent and resolve
DPPA’s overall approach to conflict
violent as the Organization’s
con�ict. lead and challenging geopolitical
Within a changing
actor in peace and security. DPPA often leads
landscape, the development
the number of crises around the world has grown
of political analysis and strategy,
and distinct crisesthe
and guides have UN system, The Department of Political
converged.
including by convening actors across the system and helping
shape politically informed Operations
approaches(DPO) that andcontribute to ope ations have been called
their field
reducing the risks of conflict upon by the Secretary-General to enhance the UN’s capacities to
Assumptions and risks
deliver underlying
collective impact on the
the ground. In line with the Secretary-
theory of change to the UN75 Declaration of September 2020, his New Agenda
The theory of change makes fivePeace
for calls for renewed
key assumptions about the commitments to the collective
security system and puts
nature of conflict and international peace and security landscape forward proposals to revitalize
multilateral action to
during the 2023-2026 period, and the role and positioning reduce risks and address threats.
of DPPA. Should these assumptions fail to hold due to the
risks discussed below, DPPA’sIncapacity
a context of growing
to execute polarization at the national and
its mandate
international levels,
according to the theory of change could be compromised. political processes and conflict management
suchisascomplex,
First, because risk of conflict the climate emergency, digital disruption and inequality
multidimensional
and involves varying timescales, DPPA’s responsescentral
are increasingly playing must roles as drivers of more
localized conflicts while
involve a fl xible combination of interventions that range crises are becoming multifaceted and
overlapping, combining,
from political engagements aimed at reducing the risks of for example, violent con�ict with public
health emergencies. Going
immediate escalation, to the facilitation of inclusive peace forward, to play its central role in
preventing, managing and
processes, to support for peacebuilding initiatives that build resolving conflicts the Organization
will need to develop more
resilience and ultimately help a country along on the path to holistic, integrated strategies to
2address peace and security challenges comprehensively.
sustainable development.
Second, DPPA is often onetoday’s
amongdiversifying
multiple actors.andRegional
highly complex contexts requires a
and sub-regional organizations, other international, national with inclusion at its centre.
learning and innovative approach
and local actors frequently Building
work on DPPA’s 2019
alongside Women,
the UN, with Peace and Security Policy and
DPO’s
varying degrees of coordination. Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, the two Departments
2
DPPA’s understanding of the causal pathways for conflict escalation and de-escalation are
generally contained in the 2018 joint UN-World Bank study Pathways to Peace: Inclusive
Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict, to which it was a major contributor. Retrieved
from: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28337.

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The Adapting
Department’s to the must
impact peace and security
therefore be measured
as much in terms of its effects in enabling and maximizing
challenges
the efforts of others to ofreduce
the future
risk as by its direct political
engagement with conflict drivers and actors. DPPA will
Theseek outNations
United and maximize
peace and its added
securityvalue pillar and
is at comparative
the core of
advantages in each situation.
Third, the
landscape, thetheory
number of ofchange assumesthe
crises around that,
world withinhasthegrown UN
system, DPPA will continue play a leadership
and distinct crises have converged. The Department of Political role in analyzing,
andadvising on andAffairs
Peacebuilding taking (DPPA)
action when and the faced with risks of
Department of violent
Peace
conflict under the broader rubric of
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have been calledthe Secretary-General’s
upon mandate and authority, andtowith
by the Secretary-General enhancerespect theto UN’sthecapacities
UN’s global to
conflict prevention mandate. This will
prevent, manage and resolve conflict and sustain peace and require clarity on the to
work intention and direction
more efficientl of DPPA’s
, effectively, role both
inclusively and within evolving
innovatively to
UN institutional structures and across
deliver collective impact on the ground. In line with the Secretary- the international
system.report Our Common Agenda, issued in response
General’s
for Fourth,
Peace callsperceptions
for renewed of thecommitments
UN in general to the and collective
DPPA in
particular; levels of national and
security system and puts forward proposals to revitalize regional comfort with
international involvement; and
multilateral action to reduce risks and address threats.the breadth and depth
of pre-existing relationships will affect the Department’s
In aimpact.
context In aofglobal
growingcontext in which disinformation
polarization at the national is being
and
used to advance political agendas with increasing
international levels, political processes and conflict management frequency,
effective
initiatives are strategic
becomingcommunications,
more fraught and multilingualism
fragile. Megatrends and
strong anticipatory relationships are likely
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption and inequality to be decisive for
DPPA’s ability to have an effect. At
are increasingly playing central roles as drivers of more the international level,
when conflicts
localized there is a while
lack ofcrises
consensus among key
are becoming global powers
multifaceted and
overlapping, combining, for example, violent con�ict role
– including within the Security Council – on the with for
publicthe
UN in a given situation, it is challenging
health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central role in for the Secretariat,
includingmanaging
preventing, DPPA, to decisively
and resolving influence
conflictsa situthetion.
Organization
Fifth, the
address peaceimplementation
and security of the Strategic Plan
challenges is dependent
comprehensively.
on the availability of sufficient
Ensuring that DPPA and DPO are effective and impactfulpredictable and sustained in
resources. DPPA’s primary source of
today’s diversifying and highly complex contexts requires financing is the regular a
programme
learning budget of
and innovative the United
approach with Nations,
inclusionwhich at its remains
centre.
underonconsiderable
Building DPPA’s 2019strain. Women, With the and
Peace growth in demand
Security Policy and for
DPPA activities at Headquarters and
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, the two Departments on the ground, the
are Department
also working to has come women’s
fast-track to rely increasingly
full, equal and onmeaningful
voluntary
contributions for both core needs
participation in peace and political processes through and capacities, andbold for
operational and programming engagement
leadership and targeted measures that address entrenched in the field
including
obstacles travel. The
to women’s Multi-Yearprotection,
participation, Appeal isand DPPA’srights.primary
extra-budgetary instrument and is calling for $170 million
until 2026.

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Goals and objectives
The Strategic Plan organizes theTheDepartment’s
United Nations work into and
peace three security pillar is at the core of
broad Goals, two of which are externally facing and one of which
is more focused on internal violent
systems and working
con�ict. Within amethods.
changing and challenging geopolitical
Under each Goal are more specific Objectives,
landscape, the numberwhich ofdescribe
crises around the world has grown
discrete areas of work that willand
contribute to the achievement
distinct crises have converged. of The Department of Political
the Goals. Together, these Goals and Objectives underpin the
Department’s Results Framework, which will
Operations be used
(DPO) and to monitor
their field ope ations have been called
and report on its performance.upon
DPPA’s Multi-Year Appeal,
by the Secretary-General in turn,
to enhance the UN’s capacities to
funds activities and additional prevent,
capacities across all
manage andtheresolve
Goals and conflict and sustain peace and to
Objectives. work more efficientl , effectively, inclusively and innovatively to
Goals 1 and 2 divide DPPA’s substantive
General’s report work into two Agenda, issued in response
Our Common
categories, the first covering the Department’s engagement in
specific conflict situations, andfor
thePeace
secondcalls
on DPPA’s interaction
for renewed commitments to the collective
with, and contribution to, the mechanisms and frameworks
security system that
and puts forward proposals to revitalize
constitute the international architecture for peace and security.
Goal 1 is concerned with how
In a DPPA, SPMs,
context of and otherpolarization
growing field at the national and
presences support the Secretary-General in preventing
and resolving conflict and initiatives
sustainingarepeace in specific
becoming morefield
fraught and fragile. Megatrends
situations. This work includes “good offices , preventive
diplomacy, mediation and arecrisis resolution
increasingly to electoral
playing central roles as drivers of more
assistance and local-level localized
programmatic initiatives and the
conflicts while crises are becoming multifaceted and
strengthening of national institutions
overlapping, to combining,
build peace.for example, violent con�ict with public
Goal 2 is concerned with DPPA’s managing
preventing, contributionandto the
resolving conflicts the Organization
multilateral system for international peace and security
will need to develop more holistic, at integrated strategies to
the global and regional levels.
address Thispeace
includes its mandated
and security challenges comprehensively.
support of UN bodies and mechanisms,
Ensuring thatitsDPPA
effortsand
to advance
DPO are effective and impactful in
critical normative agendas, such as Women, Peace
today’s diversifying and highly andcomplex contexts requires a
Security (WPS) and Youth, learning
Peace and Security (YPS), and
and innovative approach its with inclusion at its centre.
engagement on major trends that impact conflict dynamics,
such as the effects of climate
DPO’schange
Actionand
forthe roles playedInitiative, the two Departments
Peacekeeping
by digital technologies. The two Goals are closely
are also working to fast-track linked,
women’s full, equal and meaningful
and both focus on partnership building, enhancing inclusion,
working with civil society, and greater and
leadership use of data analytics,
targeted measures that address entrenched
innovation and evidence-based analysis,
obstacles to women’s policies, and protection, and rights.
participation,
political strategies.

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AdaptingGOAL 1 peace and security
to the
challenges
Preventing and resolving of the future
violent conflicts and sustaining p ace
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1 2 Within a changing and challenging
violent con�ict. 3 geopolitical
Analysis and Peacebuilding Affairsand
Crisis response (DPPA) and the Department
Longer-termof Peace
support to “good offices” prevention and
prevent, manage and resolve conflict and peacebuilding
sustain peacesupport
and to
GOALof2September 2020, his New Agenda
to the UN75 Declaration
A more effective multilateral architecture for international peace
and
multilateral action security
to reduce risks and address threats.


4initiatives are becoming more fraught 5 and fragile. Megatrends
Supportconflicts
localized to while Multilateral partnerships
crises are becoming and and
multifaceted
UN bodies combining, for example,
overlapping, frameworks
violent con�ict with public
Ensuring that DPPA GOALand DPO 3 are effective and impactful in
A stronger, moreand
learning diverse and approach
innovative more effective Department
with inclusion at its centre.

6participation in peace and political7 processes through bold
Innovation and A more collaborative, creative,
continuous learning diverse, inclusive and
empowering work environment

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Preventing and resolving
Adapting to theviolent
peace and security
GOAL 1
conflicts andchallenges
sustainingof peace
the future
Through
In line with itsthe
network
vision of
putSPMs,
forwardThe
PDAs,
in AUnited Nationsfor
Headquarters-based
New Agenda peace and
capacities
Peace, security
conflict and pillar isandat resolution
field presences
prevention the core
and of
working
remain atwith the UN
the centre of system the Organization’s
(notably RCs
the Department’s work.and global
UNCTs)
Through mandates
and external
its network of SPMs, to prevent
partners, and
DPPA will act
PDAs, Headquarters- resolve
in response
based to violent
capacities and fieldconflict violent
that
presences and con�ict.
is occurring Within
or atthe
working with aUN
risk changing
ofsystem
breaking and challenging
out.
(notably Thisand
RCs work, geopolitical
which
UNCTs) andis
central to
external the operationalization
partners, landscape,
of Chapter
DPPA will act in response the number
VI of the
to violent of
Charter,
conflict crises around
that encompasses
is occurring or atthe world
a wide has grown
risk ofvariety
breakingof
toolsThis
out. andwork,
approaches
which is such asto
central and
the distinct
mediation, crises have
preventive
operationalization of converged.
diplomacy
Chapterand The
VI ofsupport Department
the Charter, of Political
to peacebuilding
encompasses
delivered
a wide varietythrough operational
of tools and
and approaches Peacebuilding
activities Affairs
of Headquarters
such (DPPA) and the
staff, SPMsdiplomacy
as mediation, preventive Department
and otherand field of Peace
entities.
support to
It also includesdelivered
peacebuilding peacebuilding Operations
throughprogramming (DPO) and
and support
operational activities their field ope
that strengthen
of Headquarters ations
staff, SPMs have
national been
and resilience, called
other field
local mediation
entities. capacities
It also includes andupon
peacebuilding by the Secretary-General
mechanisms
programming for and
social cohesion.
support to enhance
that It further
strengthen the UN’s capacities
comprises
national the to
resilience,
identific
local tion and
mediation implementation
capacities prevent,
and mechanisms manage
of measures and resolve conflict
to ensureIt further
for social cohesion. the full, and sustain
equal and
comprises meaningful to
peace
the identificationand
participation
and of women
implementation of measures work
and to engage more
to ensure efficientl
young people,
the full, , effectively,
equalasand well inclusively
as groupsparticipation
meaningful and innovatively
of women to
that are marginalized
or attorisk
and of being
engage leftpeople,
young deliver collective impact on the ground. In line with
behind.as well as groups that are marginalized or at risk of being left behind. the Secretary-
Objective 1. Analysis
DPPA will conduct analysis of
international country
levels, andprocesses
political regional and situations
conflicttomanagement
provide situational awareness to the Secretary-General
initiatives are becoming more fraught and Member
fragile. Megatrends
States, support early
such as warning, inform
the climate inclusivedigital
emergency, political strategies
disruption and inequality
and new operational activities, and identify entry
are increasingly playing central roles as points for action at of more
drivers
Headquarters, bylocalized
SPMs, and among other UN entities and presences
conflicts while crises are becoming multifaceted and
in the field. The Department
overlapping, will provide
combining, timely,violent
for example, integrated,
con�ict with public
multidimensional, gender-responsive, data-driven
health emergencies. Going forward, to play and climate-
its central role in
informed analysis, leading tomanaging
preventing, UN responses that are better
and resolving informed
conflicts the Organization
and targeted. DPPA’s analysis
will need to will also support,
develop and provide
more holistic, political
integrated strategies to
guidance to, theaddress
work of peace
other parts
and ofsecurity
the UN challenges
system, includingcomprehensively.
through Headquarters
Ensuring mechanisms
that DPPAsuch andasDPOthe Secretary-General’s
Executive Committee and Regional Monthly
today’s diversifying and highly Reviews;
complexregional and requires a
contexts
country-level analytical and planning documents, such as Common
Country AnalysesBuilding
(CCAs) and Sustainable
on DPPA’s 2019 Development
Women, PeaceCooperation
and Security Policy and
Frameworks (SDCFs), integrating political
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping analysis with,theamong
Initiative, two Departments
others, human rights,
are alsosocio-economic
working to fast-track andwomen’s
humanitarian lenses.
full, equal and meaningful
Analysis also draws on, and informs,
participation in peace theandworkpolitical
of external partners,
processes through bold
for example the World Bank and
leadership through its fragility
targeted assessments,
measures as well entrenched
that address
as regional development
obstacles to banks,
women’s civilparticipation,
society (including
protection,women’s
and rights.
and youth groups), regional and sub-regional organizations, and the
international research community.

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The Department Adapting
continuouslyto the
workspeaceto improve andand security
innovate in
its use of methods, practices and processes for developing and
communicating challenges
analysis such as ofthetheusefuture
of digital technologies, new
forms of data, and visualization tools across the peace and security
pillar.The
DPPA also strives
United to peace
Nations expandand its analytical scopeistoat
security pillar systematically
the core of
integrate
the Organization’s global mandates to prevent the
emerging peace and security issues, including andeffects of
resolve
climate change, into foresight. DPPA will seek to improve
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging geopolitical the rigour
and depth of itsthe
landscape, analyses
number by of
employing
crises arounda rangetheofworld
futures
hasthinking
grown
methodologies,
and distinct crises have converged. The Department ofanalytical
and by periodically conducting deeper Political
exercises on country and
and Peacebuilding Affairsregional
(DPPA) situations identified of
and the Department through
Peace
a prioritization process that will form part of regional
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have been called divisions’
workuponplans. These
by the exercises will toseek
Secretary-General to promote
enhance the UN’s creative
capacitiesand
to
unconventional thinking, including by employing “Red
prevent, manage and resolve conflict and sustain peace and to Teams” or
otherwork
sources of external review to challenge assumptions,
more efficientl , effectively, inclusively and innovatively to mitigate
cognitive bias
deliver (including
collective in relation
impact to gender
on the ground. or with
In line race),
theand hedge
Secretary-
against institutional orthodoxies.
Objective 2. ofCrisis
In a context growing response
polarizationand support
at the to
national and
“good offices”
DPPAsuch
DPPA has a
has as the climate
a leadership
leadership emergency,
role
role totoplay
play digital
within
within thethedisruption
UN UN system
system and
to toinequality
promote
promote the
the areresolution
pacific
pacific increasingly
resolution ofplaying
of disputesdisputes, central
including roles
including
under as drivers
under
Chapter VI of theof
Chapter more
VICharter.
of the
localized
Charter.
The good It works
offices conflicts
of the while crises
to identify and open
Secretary-General areare
becoming
entry points
a central multifaceted
for action
instrument and
and
towards
overlapping,
formulate,
this purpose. plan andcombining,
A New Agenda forfor
operationalize example,
political
Peace places violent
strategies con�ict
particular with violent
toemphasis
resolve public
on the
health
conflicts
importance ofemergencies.
peacefully. As part
good offices Going
“to of theforward,
support UN’s to play its
responses
action to reverse central
tothe
emerging roleand
deterioration in
preventing,
ongoing conflict
of geopolitical managing
DPPA and
relations and
and keep resolving
diplomaticconflicts
its components, including
channels the Organization
SPMs,
open”, directly
and calls
on itswill
execute need
useactivities to such
on a diverse develop ofmore
as crisis
set holistic,
response,
areas, integrated
preventive
from protecting strategies
diplomacy,
global supply and to
and
energyaddress
mediation, andpeace
chains toprovide and
preventing security
political challenges
guidance
a rupturing intodigital comprehensively.
the activities
systems of others
between
at Ensuring
Headquarters
States. In support thatand
ofDPPA and field
DPO inarepartnership
theinSecretary-General’s
the effective and
good offices,andimpactful
operational
DPPA worksin
today’sand
coordination
to identify diversifying
with
open other
entry and
national, highly
points complex
regional,
for action andcontexts
and international
formulate, requires
planactors.
anda
This learningconvening
entails
operationalize and innovative
political approach
the relevant
strategies with
actors
to resolve andinclusion
violent rallying at
conflicts them its around
centre.
peacefully. As
Building
politically
part of the informed
UN’s onresponses
DPPA’s 2019
approaches Women,
to emerging Peace
and and
strategiesand Security
ongoing that Policy
DPPA and
contribute
conflict, to
and
DPO’s
reducing the
its components, Action
risks forconflict
of
including Peacekeeping
SPMs, and Initiative,
sustaining
directly execute the
peace. twoInDepartments
activities this
suchrespect,
as crisis
DPPA are
response, also
offers working diplomacy,
guidance
preventive toand
fast-track
support,women’s
and full, equal
particularly
mediation, and
to actors
and meaningful
provideacross the
political
three participation
pillars
guidance to of thethe in peace
United
activities and political
ofNations.
others processes
at Headquarters and through
in the field,bold in
leadership
partnership and targeted
and operational measureswith
coordination thatother
address
national,entrenched
regional,
obstacles to actors.
and international women’s This participation, protection,
entails convening and rights.
the relevant actors and
rallying them around politically informed approaches and strategies that
contribute to reducing the risks of conflict and sustaining peace. In this
respect, DPPA offers guidance and support, particularly to actors across
the three pillars of the United Nations.

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Adapting
DPPA will ensure that its approach is rapidto and the peace
fl xible and security
and supportive
of multi-track efforts that promote inclusivity and sustainable peace
outcomes. The Department challenges
seeks to of the future
advance women’s direct
participation through targeted measures, effectively engage women’s
groups and women-led civil Nations
The United society andpeaceintegrate genderpillar
and security expertise
is at the core of
to ensure gender-responsive work. It similarly seeks to systematically
enhance the participation of youth
violent con�ict. in peace
Within and security
a changing dialoguegeopolitical
and challenging
and processes, including through support to and engagement
landscape, the number of crises around the world with has grown
youth associations and groups. By being reflective of
and distinct crises have converged. The Departmenta diverse set of Political
of voices and experiences, DPPA will be able to provide appropriate
and effective expertise to crisis
Operations responses
(DPO) and their in both mission
field ope andhave
ations non-been called
mission settings, upon
including advice to RCs and UNCTs, as well as other
by the Secretary-General to enhance the UN’s capacities to
UN partners that prevent,
engage with
manage political
and and conflict
resolve actors
conflict and sustain peace and to
Objective 3. Longer-term
for Peace calls for renewed preventioncommitments and to the collective
peacebuilding support
DPPA works
DPPA works with
with Inpartners
a context
partners to
to help build
helpof national
growing
build capacities
capacities for
nationalpolarization atinclusive
for the national and
inclusive
dialogue, conflict
dialogue, conflict prevention
prevention andand peacebuilding
international levels, political processes and conflict
peacebuilding and and
sustainingsustaining
peace management
peace
in in accordance
accordance with with
national national
priorities. priorities.
initiatives are becoming more fraught and fragile.
As such, itThe
is Department
already advancing willMegatrends
support
the national
paradigm actors,
such
shift asincluding
proposed in Acivil
the climate New society
emergency,
Agenda organizations,
digital
for Peace, through,
disruption
whichand is inequality
for example,
based on theelectoral
idea that assistance,
for SPMs’
prevention to work
be to deliver
successful, local
it capacity-
needs to be
building initiatives,
grounded in national and
localized technical
conflicts
priorities support
and while crisestoThe
capacities. are national
becoming
Department dialogue
multifaceted
will and
initiatives,
support in addition
national to the Peacebuilding Fund’s
overlapping, combining, for example, violent con�ict
actors, including civil society support
organizations, through
through, its with public
Gender
for and Youth
example, electoral Promotion
health assistance, Initiatives.
emergencies. SPMs’Going work to forward,
deliver to localplay its central role in
capacity-
building initiatives, preventing, managing and resolving conflicts the Organization
and technical support to national dialogue initiatives,
Asaddition
in part of tothisthework,
will it will contribute
need
Peacebuilding to develop tomore
Fund’s support stronger linkages
holistic,
through between
itsintegrated
Gender and strategies to
humanitarian-development-peace
Youth work and
Promotion Initiatives. provide political
guidance for the designthat
Ensuring andDPPA implementation
and DPO are of effective
programming and impactful in
by UNCTs.
As This work,
part of this includes support on key
today’s diversifying and highly complex
it will contribute to issue
stronger areas in peace
linkages contexts
between and requires a
political processes, including on WPS, YPS, climate,
learning and innovative approach with inclusionforat its centre.
humanitarian-development-peace work and provide political peace
guidance and
security,
the designand
andefforts to combat
Building
implementation of hate
on DPPA’s speech
2019
programming Women,and misinformation,
by UNCTs.PeaceThis andincludes all Policy and
Security
of whichon
support underscore
key issue the
areas importance
in peace andof holistic
political and
processes, people-centered
DPO’s Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, the two Departments including on
approaches.
WPS, Such
YPS, climate, are approaches
alsoand
peace working also
security, and contribute
to fast-track
effortswomen’s to the
to combat full,promotion
equal
hate and meaningful
speech
of mental
and healthparticipation
misinformation, andall psychosocial
of whichinunderscoresupport through
peace and political processes
the importance DPPA’s of conflict
through bold
holistic
resolution,
and prevention,
people-centered leadership and and
approaches. peacebuilding
targeted engagements.
measures
Such approaches Longer- entrenched
that contribute
also address
term
to theprevention and
promotionobstacles peacebuilding
of mental tohealth
women’s support
and also includes
participation,
psychosocial supportfocus
protection, and
through onrights.
UN mission
DPPA’s conflicttransitions, in which continued
resolution, prevention, and peacebuildingpolitical engagements.
engagement
and catalyticprevention
Longer-term support toand programming
peacebuilding such as that
support alsoprovided
includesby the
focus
Peacebuilding
on UN missionFund can playina which
transitions, critical continued
role to shore up hardwon
political engagementgains.
and catalytic support to programming such as that provided by the
Peacebuilding Fund can play a critical role to shore up hardwon gains.
22
Ultimately, theAdapting
emphasis liesto onthe peacetoand
contributing security of
the achievement
sustained peace and sustainable development, with transitions away
from a mission challenges
deployment inof the future
countries and regions where this is
the case. This work overall requires consistent relationship-building
with The
national,
United regional,
Nationsand peace international
and security partners
pillar isthrough regular
at the core of
dialogue and joint initiatives, including through
the Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolve south-south and
triangular
violentcooperation
con�ict. Withinas well as fragile-to-fragile
a changing and challengingcooperation and
geopolitical
an enhanced focus on civil society, including women-led
landscape, the number of crises around the world has grown civil society,
youth,
andand other crises
distinct marginalized communities.
have converged. The Department of Political
A more effective multilateral architecture
GOAL 2 deliver collective impact on the ground. In line with the Secretary-
for international peace and security
DPPA serves and helps thefor Peace callspeace
international for renewed
and security commitments
architecturetoand thecontributes
collective
securitymultilateralism.
to more effective and networked system and This putsincludes
forwardtheproposals
support DPPA to revitalize
provides
to UN bodies (including the multilateral action to the
Security Council, reduce risks Assembly,
General and address thethreats.
Peacebuilding
Commission, and other subsidiary organs) to enable them to effectively perform their
In arespective
functions and deliver on their context mandates,
of growing as polarization at thein the
well as innovation national
types and
and
methods of support DPPA international
provides. It alsolevels, politicalthe
concerns processes
buildingand conflict management
of strategic partnerships
initiatives including
with other multilateral organizations, are becoming more
regional andfraught and fragile.
sub-regional Megatrends
organizations and
such as the
IFIs, that establish the frameworks forclimate emergency,
cooperation digitalsituations
on specific disruptionforeseen
and inequality
under
Goal 1. DPPA further playsare increasingly
an important playing role
leadership central roles as the
in advancing drivers of more
UN’s normative
localized
role on priority global issues affecting conflicts
peace and while crisesdynamics
conflict are becoming multifaceted and
Objective
Ensuring that 4.DPPA
Supportand DPO toare UN bodies
effective and impactful in
DPPAlearning
provides andsupport
innovativeto UN organswith
approach andinclusion
bodies, at including its
its centre.
assistance to the Security Council and analytical outputs
Building on DPPA’s 2019 Women, Peace and Security Policy and on Council
precedent and practice,
DPO’s Action the Peacebuilding
for Peacekeeping Initiative, the Commission,
two Departments the
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of
are also working to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningfulthe Palestinian
People (CEIRPP), in
participation andpeace
the Special Committee
and political on Decolonization
(C-24).

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DPPA will continue toAdapting to the peace
enhance its administrative, and security
analytical and
technical support to UN bodies, facilitating Member State decision-
making and communicating challenges
with wider UN of stakeholders,
the futurein order to
position multilateral architecture for international peace and security
to be more effective,
The United credible,
Nationsinclusive
peaceand andcomplementary.
security pillar isDPPAat the core of
will encouragethe andOrganization’s
enable innovation in how
global mandates the UN’s supportand
to prevent is resolve
delivered, including by leveraging digital technologies
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging geopolitical and data
platforms to deliver
landscape, visualizations
the number of ofinformation
crises around and theanalysis
worldinhas grown
support of better informed and more efficient decision-making
Objectivework 5. Multilateral partnerships
more efficientl , effectively, inclusively andand innovatively to
frameworks General’s report Our Common Agenda, issued in response
DPPA builds forstrategic
Peace calls institutional
for renewed relationships,
commitmentsincluding
to the collective
substantive and security system and puts forwardwith
capacity- building partnerships, multilateral
proposals to revitalize
and regional and subregional
multilateral actionorganizations,
to reduce risksand contributes
and address to
threats.
the global normative discourse on critical issues of international
peace and security. The Department
In a context of growing alsopolarization
plays an important
at the rolenational and
in implementing aspects of the Secretary- General’s
international levels, political processes and conflict Call to Action
management
for Human Rights and works
initiatives closely with
are becoming morethe Office
fraught andoffragile.
the High Megatrends
Commissioner such for asHuman Rightsemergency,
the climate (OHCHR). digital DPPAdisruption
will similarly
and inequality
seek to increaseare engagement
increasingly playing on conflict centralprevention
roles asand crisis of more
drivers
responses with non-traditional partners that may be
localized conflicts while crises are becoming multifaceted and expected
to play increasingly important
overlapping, roles for
combining, in international
example, violent peace andwith public
con�ict
security framework and operations in the coming
health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central years, such as role in
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or youth-focused
actors. Continuing
will need to build and strengthen
to develop more holistic, theseintegrated
partnershipsstrategies to
will enhance itsaddress
capacitypeaceand those and security challengeseffectively
of its partners to act comprehensively.
to reduce conflict and sustain
Ensuring that DPPA peace.and DPO Critically, this will include
efforts to ensure that investments by partners are conflict-sensitiv
and peace-supporting.
learning and DPPA is central
innovative to advancing
approach the UN’s
normative role Building
within the multilateral system and
on DPPA’s 2019 Women, Peace and Security the broader publicPolicy and
discourse, for instance
DPO’s Action on the forWPS agenda and
Peacekeeping on priority
Initiative, the twoglobal
Departments
issues affectingareconflict dynamics, such as the accelerating
also working to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful effects
of climate change and the impacts
participation in peace of digital technologies
and political on peace
and security. leadership and targeted measures that address entrenched

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A stronger,Adapting
more diverse and more
to the peace and security
GOAL 3 challenges of the future
effective Department
DPPA strives
DPPA strivestoto
bebe an inclusive,
an impartial, collaborative,
theinclusive, creative,
collaborative,
Organization’s global diverse,
creative, innovative
diverse,
mandates to prevent and
innovative andlearning
and learning
resolve
work environment
work that supports
environment that supports staff
staff in
in continuous
continuous improvement,
improvement, innovation,
innovation,
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging geopolitical and
and enhances
enhances
cross-pillarcohesion,
cross-pillar cohesion,totostrengthen
strengthen
landscape, internal
internal effectiveness,
the effectiveness,
number coherence,
coherence,
of crises around and and efficienc
efficiency.
the world has. grown
Objective 6. Innovation
work more efficientl and continuous
, effectively, inclusively and innovatively to
learning
DPPAto undertakes
the UN75 Declaration
active formalof September 2020, his
and informal New Agenda
learning in the
for Peace calls for renewed commitments
Department to feed innovation and continuous improvement to the collective
of
staff security system tools,
skills, technical and andputs working
forwardmethods,
proposals to improving
while revitalize
multilateral
its digital action to
infrastructure andreduce risks and
approach. address
Jointly withthreats.
DPO wherever
appropriate, the Department systematically reflects on its work and
In a these
translates context of growing
lessons polarization
into improvements to itsatpolicies,
the national and
procedures,
international levels, political processes and conflict
tools, and skills-based training, while at the same time undertaking management
initiatives
targeted are becoming
initiatives moreinnovative
to generate fraught and new fragile. Megatrends
approaches and
working methods across the peace and security pillar. Thisinequality
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption and includes
are increasingly
innovations playingand
that help DPPA central roles reach
its partners as drivers of more
a broader and
localized conflicts while crises are becoming
more gender- and age- diverse set of interlocutors, and reinforcesmultifaceted and
overlapping,
efforts to implement combining, for example,
the zero-tolerance violent
policy for con�ict with public
sexual exploitation
and abuse. The lessons learnt through these processes role
health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central in
inform
preventing, managing and resolving conflicts the
Department- and pillar-wide efforts to devise new strategies, ways of Organization
will need
working, to develop
and tools to improvemore holistic,delivery.
mandate integrated Thestrategies
evidence toof
address peace and security challenges
the Department’s impact also supports a more deliberate approach comprehensively.
Ensuring
to strategic that DPPA andtoDPO
communications are effective
effectively convey and DPPA’simpactful
work andin
today’s diversifying and
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Objective 7. A moreto
Adapting collaborative,
the peace and security
challenges
creative, diverse, of the and
inclusive future
empowering work environment
DPPA’s the Organization’s
diversity globalMore
is its strength. mandates to prevent
inclusive and resolve
and collaborative
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging
approaches to its tools and working methods will increase its geopolitical
impact
in preventing and resolving violent conflict and sustaininghas
landscape, the number of crises around the world grown
peace.
and distinct crises have converged. The Department
The Department will work proactively to improve its operational, of Political
and Peacebuilding
administrative, management Affairs
and (DPPA) and the
recruitment Department
practices of Peace
and culture
Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations have
to enhance the effectiveness and diversity of its staff in delivering been called
on their responsibilities, and to empower staff to take appropriate to
upon by the Secretary-General to enhance the UN’s capacities
action. prevent, manage
DPPA aspires to and resolve
be part of conflict and sustain
a cohesive, peace
integrated and to
peace
and security pillar that encourages and catalyzes innovation in to
work more efficientl , effectively, inclusively and innovatively
deliver collective
tools, frameworks andimpact
working on the ground. In
methods, line with the
combats Secretary-
prejudice,
General’s report Our Common Agenda,
discrimination and racism, and promotes LGBTIQ+ and disability issued in response
inclusion. As efforts to achieve gender parity continue, DPPAAgenda
to the UN75 Declaration of September 2020, his New will
continueforto Peace
advance calls
the for renewed commitments
empowerment of women at to the collective
all levels. The
security
Department will system
leverageand puts forward
innovative practicesproposals to revitalize
and techniques for
multilateral action to reduce risks and address
collaboration, accountability mechanisms, training programmes threats.
and internal communications and decision-making channels to
In the
maximize a context
collectiveofimpact
growing
of itspolarization
staff. at the national and

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DPPA’s approach
In the execution of its Strategic Plan, DPPA
The United willpeace
Nations leverage
andan array of
security tools
pillar is and capacities
at the core of
and adopt several ways of the
working, guided by a principled approach based on
Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolveUN values,
lessons learned, and the Secretary-General’s guidance.
The following considerations
andwill informcrises
distinct the Department’s way of
have converged. Thedoing business:of Political
Department
A field-facing posture
Analysis and work more efficientl
expertise , effectively,
must be translated inclusively
into action inandthe innovatively
field to reduceto
deliver conflict
the risks of violent collectiveInimpact
2023-26,on the
DPPA ground. In line with
will continue the Secretary-
to strengthen the
General’s
strategic focus reportofOur
and impact Common
its work in the Agenda,
field withissued in response
and through SPMs,
to the UN75
its liaison offices and the Declaration of September
PDAs deployed under 2020, his New Agenda
the UNDP-DPPA Joint
Programmefor Peace calls
on Building for renewed
National Capacitiescommitments to the collective
for Conflict Prevention, RCs and
UNCTs, andsecurity system
through the and putssupported
programming forward byproposals to revitalize
the Peacebuilding Fund
(PBF). DPPAmultilateral action
offers political to reduce
analysis risks and
and support address
both threats.
at Headquarters-level
and to actors across the UN spectrum deployed in the field Its Headquarters-
centric role,In a context
however, mustof alsogrowing polarization
remain focused on whatat can
thebe national
achievedand
on
the ground,international levels, political
including through conveningprocesses and conflict
the relevant actorsmanagement
and rallying
them around initiatives are informed
politically becomingapproaches
more fraughtand andstrategies
fragile. Megatrends
for conflict
suchreduction,
resolution, risk as the climate emergency,
peacebuilding and digital disruption
sustaining peace. and inequality
Prioritization
In a context of constrained resources and multiple crisis situations, DPPA’s
global mandate contains both crisis response and conflict prevention actions.
It presents the Department with numerous competing country and regional
situations and mandates. Ensuring that all situations benefit from systematic
reviews of political analysis and strategy presents a considerable challenge
that has only grown in recent years, as the reforms to the peace and security
pillar have meant that the regional Assistant Secretaries-General (ASGs)
and divisions are expected to engage substantively with a larger number of
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DPPA regional divisions are expected toAdapting regularly apply to the
a set peace and security
of prioritization
criteria to determine analytical and operational priorities. These will
challenges of
include, but are not limited to, the Secretary-General’s the future
priorities; Security
Council mandates and collective Member State priorities; situations
which, according to DPPA’s analysis,
The United poseNations
short or medium-term
peace and securityriskspillar
of is at the core of
violent conflict that are not likely to be addressed through other channels;
the planning cycles of CCAs and SDCFs,
violent where
con�ict. the Department’s
Within a changing and analysis
challenging geopolitical
could add value; and areas in which DPPA’s work could
landscape, the number of crises around offer a uniquethe world has grown
comparative advantage and return on investment,
and distinct crises haveparticularly
converged.inThe light of
Department of Political
resource constraints. and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and the Department of Peace
Innovation, data prevent, and digital managetransformation
and resolve conflict and sustain peace and to
deliver“Quintet
In line with the Secretary-General’s collectiveofimpact on the
Change”, theground. In line with the Secretary-
Department
will expand efforts to advance General’s
innovation, Our Common
report including throughAgenda,
digitalissued in response
transformation and the leveraging to the UN75 Declaration
of data, improving of September
foresight, 2020,
and his New Agenda
strengthening impact measuring forthrough
Peace behavioural
calls for renewed
science, in commitments
partnership to the collective
with DPO, as applicable. In 2020, security system andestablished
the Department puts forward proposals to revitalize
a dedicated
Innovation Cell to explore newmultilateral
methods and action to reduce
practices risks and
in support address threats.
of conflict
prevention, mediation and peacebuilding efforts.
Utilizing the catalytic role of theinternational
Innovation Cell levels,
but political
drawingprocesses and conflict management
on the capacities
of all staff members, DPPA will initiatives
promote are
a becoming
mindset that more fraught scouts
constantly and fragile. Megatrends
new methods, harvests imagination, such asadvances
the climate emergency,
analytics digital disruption and inequality
and transformation
are increasingly
of process, and explores opportunities for change playing
to create central
greater roles
impact,as drivers of more
incorporating both digital andlocalized
non-digital conflicts while as
approaches crises are becoming multifaceted and
appropriate.
DPPA will continue to increasehealth its workemergencies.
to strengthen Going forward,
data-driven to play its central role in
foresight
and decision-making in line with preventing, managing
its early warning roleand
and resolving
in supportconflicts
of UN- the Organization
wide mechanisms. Consistentwill withneed to develop more holistic,
the Secretary-General’s integrated strategies to
Data Strategy
address the
and Guidance on Behavioural Science, peace and security
Department challenges
will emphasize data- comprehensively.
related skills while integrating Ensuring that DPPA
existing digital and DPO
tools more are effective
thoroughly across and impactful in
the workforce and investing intoday’s diversifying
the development of and highly applications
new digital complex contexts requires a
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Cross-Pillar
DPPA draws upon capacities and expertise across the peace and security
pillar, including, above all, the regional divisions shared with DPO. Across
the Secretariat, DPPA works with entities such as the Offic of Counter-
Terrorism (OCT) and the Of�ce for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) – both of
which, in addition to DPO, are collaborating with DPPA to elaborate
the Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace – in addition to its
ongoing partnerships with other actors across the development and
human rights pillars and among the humanitarian community. In this
respect, its close working relationship with the Resident Coordinator
system through the Development Coordination Office (DCO) and
UNCTs on the ground is critical to ensure cohesive analysis,
approaches and politically informed and sensitive strategies. DPPA
also increasingly seeks to work with non-traditional parts of the
international system that may become more central to its work in the
evolving global context.
DPPA’s convening role in the UN system, as well as its participation in
the Integration Working Group, are crucial in this regard, bringing
together entities across pillars to enhance the individual and collective
impact of the United Nations response, with focus on those activities
required for sustaining peace. DPPA will also work to further strengthen
conflict sensitivity and the incorporation of a strong peacebuilding
approach in policy and programming of Agencies, Funds and
Programmes across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and the
partnerships with the World Bank, IMF and other international and
regional financial institutions. This work is advanced through DPPA’s
participation in the UN Transitions Project, a collaborative partnership
with DCO, UNDP and DPO, offering support to field missions and UNCTs in
aligning around shared peacebuilding objectives, and initiating
proactive and integrated transition planning. Ultimately, our aspiration is
to advance from the deployment of field mission towards UN approaches
focused on longer-term sustaining peace and the achievement of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As the climate crisis accelerates, its cascading effects on lives
and livelihoods around the world risk undermining DPPA’s efforts at
prevention, peacebuilding, and peacemaking. Through its role in the
inter-agency Climate Security Mechanism (jointly run by DPPA, UNDP,
UNEP and DPO), DPPA therefore leverages extensive networks with
partners across and beyond the UN system to analyze climate-related
security risks and support comprehensive and gender-sensitive
prevention and response strategies, while also advocating to ensure that
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Inclusion Adapting to the peace and security
The
A New WPS agenda
Agenda remains
for Peace a coresome
contains priorityof the for the Department.
strongest language yet DPPA
from willthe
accelerate efforts to ensure The
Secretary-General on the need thatUnited
to a gender
dismantle perspective
patriarchal
Nations peace andand
power women’s
structures
security
that
pillar is at the core of
participation,
are prohibiting protection,
the full, equal and andrights
meaningful are centrally
participation
the Organization’s global mandates to reflected
of women in all of prevent
in peace its and resolve
work. This will
and security. The include identifying
WPS agenda remains and aimplementing
core priority fortargeted measures
the Department,
violent con�ict. Within a changing and challenging
andto geopolitical
advance
DPPA willwomen’s
acceleratedirecteffortsand meaningful
to ensure
landscape,
that aparticipation,
the number ofleveraging
gender perspective and women’s
crises around gender the world has grown
expertise
participation, to ensure
protection,gender-responsive
and distinctpeacemaking,
and rights are centrally reflectedand
crises have converged.
in allmeaningfully
of its work.
The Department of Political
engaging women’s groups and
This will include identifying and
andcivil society to inform
implementing
Peacebuilding Affairs conflict
targeted measures
(DPPA) and prevention
to advance
the Department of Peace
and peacemaking
women’s direct andwork. meaningful participation, leveraging gender expertise to
ensure gender-responsive peacemaking, and meaningfully engaging women’s
The
groups integration of gender
and civil society to informinprevent,
aconflict
wide manage variety
prevention of
andinitiatives
and peacemaking rangingand
resolve conflict from
work.
sustain peace and to
peace process design to constitutions and ceasefi es, and from electoral
assistance
The integration to preventing
of gender acts in a wideof sexual
deliver
variety violence
collective in conflicts
of initiatives
impact
rangingwill
on the ground.
fromhelp peace to with the Secretary-
In line
advance women’s political participation,
process design to constitutions and ceasefires, and build
and more
from sustainable
electoral
assistanceand
inclusive
to preventingpolitical
acts settlements.
of sexual violence
toThe theDepartment’s
in conflicts, willgrowing work on women’s
help to advance
UN75 Declaration of September climate,
2020, his New Agenda
peace and security will also increasingly
political participation, and build more address
sustainable gender-sensitive
for Peace calls for renewed commitments
and inclusive climate to the collective
political
security
settlements.efforts,
Theincluding
Department’s on natural
growingresource
security system conflicts
work on climate, peace
and puts DPPA andwill
forward continue
security will
proposals to revitalize
– and, where funding is available,
also increasingly address gender-sensitivestrengthen
multilateral
climate
action– the tofinancing
security efforts,
reduce risks of activities
including
and address in threats.
on
these and related areas through the Peacebuilding Fund and the Multi-Year
natural resource conflicts. DPPA will continue – and, where funding is available,
Appeal.
strengthen – the financing of activities in these and related areas through the
Peacebuilding Fund and the Multi-Year Appeal.
The inclusion of young people in promoting
initiatives and maintaining
are becoming more fraught peace andand fragile. Megatrends
security
The inclusionprocesses
of young is people
also a ingrowing
promoting priority for
and maintaining DPPA, pursuant
peace
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption to
and security the and inequality
Security
processesCouncil
is also aresolutions adopted
growing priority in recent
for DPPA,
are increasingly years.
pursuant
playing DPPA,
to as a global
the Security
central roles co-
Council
as drivers of more
lead on the YPS
resolutions agenda
adopted together
in recent with DPPA,
years.
localized UNFPA, aswill
conflicts
a work
globaltoco-lead
while crisesfurther areincorporate
on the YPS
becoming multifaceted and
understandings of the roles ofoverlapping,
agenda together with UNFPA, youth in conflict
will work to further prevention
incorporate
combining, and sustaining
understandings
for example, violent con�ict with public
peace into of
of the roles itsyouth
analyses and recommendations.
in conflict prevention and sustaining
health emergencies. DPPA will
peace
Going continue
forward,to tobuild
into its analyses
play its central role in
and roll out its technical
and recommendations. expertise
DPPA will continueon strategies
to build to and meaningfully include
roll out its technical
young
expertisewomen and mento
on strategies in meaningfully
formalwill andneed informal
includepeace youngprocesses.
to develop more
women and men in
holistic, integrated strategies to
formal and informal peace processes.
In line with the UN DisabilityEnsuring Inclusionthat Strategy,
DPPA DPPA and DPO will also raise its and impactful in
are effective
standards
In line with thefor UNtheDisability
incorporation
InclusionofStrategy,
today’s diversifying and highly complex of
strategies DPPA forwillthealsoempowerment
raise its standards
contexts requires a
persons with disabilities
for the incorporation andlearning
of strategies theirfor human rights intoapproach
the empowerment
and innovative itsofanalysis,
persons early with
warning
disabilitiesand andstrategy formulation
their human rights intoprocesses.
Building
its analysis, early warning and strategy
on DPPA’s 2019 Women, Peace and Security Policy and
formulation processes.
Internally, in line with the UN Values are alsoand Behaviours
working Framework,
to fast-track women’s DPPA full, will
equal and meaningful
continue
Internally, toin take
line action
with the to UN
create an
Values environment
and Behaviours of dignity
Framework,
participation in peace and political processes and respect
DPPA will for through bold
all staff regardless
continue to take action of any aspect
to create of
an their
environment identity, of including
dignity and but
leadership and targeted measures that address entrenched not
respect limited
for all
to age,
staff disability,
regardless of gender,
any aspect nationality, racial
of their identity,
obstacles identity,
including
to women’s andbutsexual orientation.
not limited
participation,
to age,
protection, and rights.
disability, gender, nationality, racial identity, and sexual orientation.

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Monitoring andAdapting to the peace and security
evaluation
The United
The Results Nations
Frameworkpeace accompanying
and security the pillarfour-year
is at theStrategic
core of
Plan has three main purposes: to stimulate improved
performance; to facilitate decision-making; and to strengthen
accountability for DPPA’s work.
and distinct
As the crises have tool
key monitoring converged. The Department
for the Plan, of Political
the Results Framework
and
breaks down the overarching Goals and Objectivesofinto
Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and the Department Peace
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Operations (DPO) and their field ope ations
Outcomes articulating what the Department – in partnership have been called
upon by the–Secretary-General
with others will be working to to enhance
achieve over thetheUN’s capacities
four-year to
period
(2023-2026).
deliver
To trackcollective impacttowards
progress on the ground.
achievingIn linethese
with theOutcomes,
Secretary-
General’s
quantitative report Our have
indicators Common Agenda, issued
been developed for thein response
Department
to the UN75
to report Declaration
against of September
on a six-monthly basis.2020,
These hisindicators
New Agenda both
for Peacedesired
measure calls for renewed
changes andcommitments
provide a management to the collectivetool to
assess where
security system there might
and be issues
puts forward andproposals
challengesto in achieving
revitalize
the Outcomes.
multilateral Targets
action for therisks
to reduce indicators will bethreats.
and address updated on an
annual basis.
Noting that levels,
international indicators are processes
political necessarily andindicative and cannot
conflict management
capture everything the Department does, in
initiatives are becoming more fraught and fragile. Megatrendsbiannual reporting,
the Results Framework also has a qualitative
such as the climate emergency, digital disruption and inequalitydimension. Each
Objective includes a question that will be
are increasingly playing central roles as drivers of more part of the division
work plan
localized reporting.
conflicts whileAnswering these seven
crises are becoming questions and
multifaceted will
allow DPPA to supplement the Key Performance
overlapping, combining, for example, violent con�ict with public Indicators/
quantitative data with qualitative narrative reflections resulting
in more comprehensive storytelling about its work.
For the first time, the Department has also developed more
address peace and
operational-level security
theories challenges
of change for comprehensively.
each Objective.
Ensuring that DPPA and DPO are
These causal pathways that link DPPA’s outputs effective and to impactful
Outcomes in
today’s diversifying and highly complex
and Objectives help reach common agreement on how the contexts requires a
learning and innovative approach with inclusion
Department contributes to the reduction in violent conflict and at its centre.
sustain peace.
are also working
In addition, DPPAtowill
fast-track women’s
also conduct full, equalreview
a mid-term and meaningful
and a final
participation
evaluation of in its peace
Plan. Asandpartpolitical processes
of its learning and through bold
accountability
leadership
commitment, andthe targeted measures
Department that address
will continue entrencheda
to undertake
obstacles
range of toevaluative
women’s participation,
exercises such protection, and rights.
as after-action reviews,
lessons learned studies and self-evaluations. Findings and
recommendations from these exercises will be used to enhance
the relevance and impact of the Department.

7
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Conclusion Adapting to the peace and security
The four-year period 2023-2026 Thewill be a Nations
United challenging
peaceoneand
with
security pillar is at the core of
respect to global peace and the security – and a demanding one
Organization’s global mandates to prevent and resolve
for DPPA and the work the Department carriesWithin
violent con�ict. out with respect and challenging geopolitical
a changing
to conflict resolution, prevention, management,
landscape, peacebuilding
the number of crises around the world has grown
and sustaining peace. and distinct crises have converged. The Department of Political
DPPA’s Strategic Plan sets outOperations
a framework (DPO)to guide the work
and their field ope ations have been called
the Department does, to facilitate
upon by the Secretary-Generaland
focus and prioritization, to enhance the UN’s capacities to
to enable impact on the ground, wheremanage
prevent, it matters. andThe Strategic
resolve conflict and sustain peace and to
Plan is accompanied by a Results
workFramework
more efficientlthat ,allows DPPAinclusively and innovatively to
effectively,
to measure the work it carriesdeliver
out and the impact it achieves.
collective impact on the ground. In line with the Secretary-
Both documents are not meant to be static:
General’s report theyOurareCommon
meant to Agenda, issued in response
be dynamic, ‘living’ documentstothat
the UN75 Declarationadjusted
can and should be of September 2020, his New Agenda
as realities evolve. But they for
alsoPeace
set thecalls
toneforand guide the
renewed commitments to the collective
Department as it embarks on the four years
security system that and
lie ahead.
puts DPPA
forward proposals to revitalize
stands ready to face the challenges of 2023-2026.


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STRATEGIC PLAN

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS

Goal 1. Preventing and resolving violent conflicts and

Goal 2. A more effective multilateral architecture for

Goal 3. A stronger, more diverse and more effective

The United Nations peace and security pillar is at the core of

In a context of growing polarization at the national and

DPPA Strategic Plan 2023-2026 7

Over the past several years, DPPA and DPO

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The United A Nations morepeace complexand security and pillar crisis-driven

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In a context of growing polarization at the national and

health emergencies. Going forward, to play its central role in

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The United Nations peace and security pillar is at the core of

In a context of growing polarization at the national and

international levels, political processes and conflict management

are also working to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful

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