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The UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) is the organization’s financial instrument of first resort to sustain peace in countries or situations at risk or affected by violent conflict. The PBF invests with UN entities, governments, regional organizations, multilateral
banks, national multi-donor trust funds, or civil society organizations. Guinea-Bissau is one of five countries on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and, to date, approximately USD 61.487.560 million have been allocated to the country since 2008.
The Commission plays an active role in accompanying the evolution of the situation in Guinea Bissau, mobilizing the member states around the peace agenda for the country. As one of five countries on the agenda of the PBC, Guinea-Bissau is entitled to receive support from the
Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). Building on the UN’s valued-added, agency mandates, and comparative advantages, the Peacebuilding Fund portfolio currently consists of 7 projects, involving 10 UN organizations, one international CSO, and 2 national CSOs.
The PBF Secretariat is placed at the UN Resident Coordinator Office and is responsible for ensuring coordination, coherence, and synergy among PBF funded projects in Guinea-Bissau, and serves as a liaison among the entities of the peacebuilding architecture in NYHQ and the
UN and national and international partners involved in peacebuilding in the Country. The Secretariat aims at supporting not only the efficient and gender-sensitive delivery of the complete PBF portfolio and to support the development of new projects, as per established priorities, but also to ensure visibility of the PBF investment in the country.
Moreover, the PBF Secretariat also provides implementation oversight,technical advice, M&E and communications support, aiming to strengthen social communication and general peacebuilding advocacy as a way to ensure, at the portfolio level, coordinated and effectively
implemented PBF funded projects.
In this regard, the PBF Secretariat in Guinea-Bissau is looking for a national consultant specialist to provide communications support to PBF Secretariat to strengthen the portfolio level communication and visibility and ensure more effective information sharing among the PBF
funded projects, projects’ partners, and national and international stakeholders.
Objective of the assignment:
The objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the PBF Secretariat and to assist PBF funded projects in developing communication-related products, articulating and disseminating more and better information on their works and achievement to the UN Country Team, projects’
partners, and other stakeholders. The products should be delivered in Portuguese, English and, Creole when deemed necessary.
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