Since the PBC was established in 2005 by Resolution S/RES/1645, the UN has conducted periodic Peacebuilding Architecture Reviews. Previous reviews were conducted in 2010, 2015 and 2020. While the 2015 review introduced the concept of sustaining peace, the 2020 review reinforced its operationalisation across all UN activities and reaffirmed the need for a coherent, well-funded, and inclusive approach to peacebuilding. The 2025 review is expected to build on these findings, focusing on progress made, particularly at the field level (in terms of both impact and implementation), and the effectiveness of its impact in preventing and resolving conflict.

Interpeace is proud to support the PBAR process in 2025, by convening with partner organisations several consultations worldwide. In early 2025, Interpeace convened the Geneva Consultations with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Interpeace also participated in the Policy Meeting on European Civil Society Organisations’ input to the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review 2025, which took place in Brussels. Additionally, Interpeace will support the engagement and contributions of CSOs (where possible in collaboration with both member states and/or diverse UN entities and agencies), in all the phases of the PBAR process by:

1. Enabling CSOs to identify the key themes and issues embedded in the Pact for the Future that the upcoming PBAR must endeavour to address. This will include drawing from and potentially amending or supplementing the indicative list of priorities developed during the ImPACT Coalition meeting at the UN – Civil Society Conference in May 2024.
2. Facilitating horizontal learning across countries and building a durable CSO peacebuilding community of practice that can feed into the PBAR process, but which will also endure beyond the 2025 PBAR exercise.
3. Seeking the support and engagement of regionally diverse civil society networks to identify what steps can be taken to: 1) fortify systematic and institutionalised partnerships for peacebuilding between the UN, civil society, and member states, including formalising processes for more consistent, regular, and reciprocal collaboration between UN entities and civil society, and 2) foster greater parity between UN entities and CSOs as partners in dialogues as well as in practice.

This will be undertaken through regional consultations in Southeast Asia and Latin America as well as key informant interviews and a validation forum in New York. These engagements seek to bring discussions and policymaking at the international level, closer to regional contexts, territorial realities, and national circumstances. These consultations, aim to amplify new voices, empower peacebuilding CSOs, and integrate lessons learned at local, national, and regional levels into the 2025 PBAR process. Furthermore, they seek to demonstrate the importance of engaging civil society actors in UN processes, by reference to the specific contexts that shape the CSO-UN relationships and interactions at the country-specific and regional levels.