Support to the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) The CSPPS is the unique South-North non-government coalition of peacebuilding organizations that coordinates and supports civil society participation in the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS). IDPS is the first forum for political dialogue that brings together countries affected by fragility and conflict with development partners and civil society. The IDPS is composed of development partners in the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF); the g7+ group of fragile and conflict-affected states; and CSPPS, which supports civil society engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states and at global level, contributing to enhancing and solidifying state-citizen relations in fragile contexts.
CSPPS members, representing civil society peacebuilding organisations from fragile and conflict-affected states and INGOs, share a vision of international collaboration that brings sustainable peace and inclusive development for all. This drives the CSPPS mission, which is to strengthen the voice and capacity of society to effectively engage in, and influence, peacebuilding and statebuilding as a critical contribution to crisis prevention and sustainable peace and development for all.
Since the inception of CSPPS, the key axes of the platform’s work included:

* Accelerate New Deal implementation and realization of SDGs through New Deal principles at country level in fragile and conflict-affected contexts
* Strengthen civil society participation, representation and peer support to engage in relevant policy processes at all levels
* Strengthen CSPPS as a global civil society network working on peacebuilding, statebuilding, conflict prevention and sustaining peace
* Provide timely and appropriate strategic and technical contributions in support of IDPS and related processes

The original focus of the multi-stakeholder IDPS partnership was centered around implementation of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States, a key agreement between fragile states, development partners, and civil society, intended to improve development policy and practice in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. The New Deal was signed by more than 40 countries and organizations at the 4th High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in November 2011, in Busan, South Korea (the EU is a signatory).
With the finalization of the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and the emergence of SDG16+ as a vital framework for policy and programming on peacebuilding and statebuilding, the IDPS has shifted focus toward utilizing its comparative advantage as a tripartite forum and the principled, dialogue-based approach at the heart of the New Deal as a lens and entry point for implementing the SDGs in fragile contexts. CSPPS is well-positioned in various relevant SDG16+ initiatives (notably the 16Plus Forum, the Pathfinders Initiative, and the Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies) to ensure civil society’s voice is heard as the highest levels. The CSPPS strives to infuse IDPS, the Global Goals, and humanitarian processes with peacebuilding values. The overall objective of CSPPS is to strengthen the voice and capacity of civil society to effectively engage in, and influence, peacebuilding and statebuilding as a critical contribution to crisis prevention and sustainable peace and development for all.

Specific Objectives: 

* SO1: Coordinate concerted civil society action in context of IDPS and related policy domains
* SO2: Build capacity to amplify the voice of civil society in fragile and conflict-affected contexts
* SO3: Influence policy to consolidate civil society inclusion in dialogues at all levels Primary CSPPS stakeholders are members of the platform, representing civil society peacebuilding organizations from fragile and conflict affected states and INGOs that share a vision to strive for sustainable peace and inclusive development for all.

Direct beneficiaries of the work of the CSPPS include:

* Civil society in g7+ countries/FCAS, who will benefit from enhanced technical capacity, opportunity to act collectively, and access to national and international policy processes with the potential to positively impact their own fragile contexts
* Policymakers in g7+ countries/FCAS, who will benefit from institutionalized state-citizen dialogue via structured engagement with civil society, contributing to policy outcomes better-aligned with public preferences and more likely to deliver genuine peacebuilding and statebuilding gains
* International policymakers relevant to peacebuilding and statebuilding, who will benefit from diverse and structured engagement with civil society actors, contributing to policy outcomes better-aligned with public preferences and more likely to deliver genuine peacebuilding and statebuilding gains
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The ultimate indirect beneficiaries of the work of the CSPPS are citizens in fragile and conflict-affected countries who will benefit from processes that aim for a dialogue approach to resolving differences and inclusive processes in pathways towards greater resilience and stability.