Build Peace, Security, and Stability for Economic Growth.
Objective :
By 2030, contribute to peacebuilding in at least 10 conflict-affected African countries by
promoting trade, mediation, and investment for stability.
Activities :
- Trade-Related Peace Dialogues
- Facilitate at least 5 trade-related peace dialogues annually to mediate conflicts
affecting cross-border trade and investment.
- Integrate digital platforms for virtual dialogues, enabling participation of local
communities, governments, and regional stakeholders.
- Develop dialogue outcome reports with actionable recommendations for policymakers
and investors.
- Conflict-Sensitive Investment Projects
- Support 30 conflict-sensitive investment projects in fragile and post-conflict states by
2030, ensuring that investments promote local stability, social cohesion, and economic
development.
- Implement a Conflict Risk Assessment Framework to guide investors and governments
on mitigating social and political risks.
- Establish community engagement protocols to ensure local populations benefit from
investment projects.
- Partnerships with AU and RECs on Peacebuilding
- Collaborate with the African Union and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on 10
peacebuilding initiatives by 2030, linking economic growth with stability and resilience.
- Develop joint action plans, monitoring systems, and capacity-building programs for
local institutions to sustain peace and secure trade corridors.
- Incorporate innovative financing models (e.g., peace bonds or blended finance) to
support economic recovery in fragile regions.
- Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing
- Train 1,500 policymakers, community leaders, and business executives by 2028 on
conflict-sensitive investment, trade diplomacy, and peacebuilding strategies.
- Establish a Peace and Economic Stability Knowledge Hub to share best practices, case
studies, and digital resources on conflict-sensitive development.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Reporting
- Implement a Peace and Economic Stability Dashboard to track dialogue outcomes,
investment impacts, and regional peacebuilding progress.
- Publish an annual Peace and Economic Growth Report highlighting achievements,
lessons learned, and recommendations for sustaining stability through trade and
investment.