PBF PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

COUNTRY: Sri Lanka

TYPE OF REPORT: FINAL
YEAR OF REPORT: 2017-2020

Project Title: Promoting the Participation of Youth and Women in the Peacebuilding Process
Project Number from MPTF-O Gateway: PRF 00105731
If funding is disbursed into a national Type and name of recipient organizations:
or regional trust fund:
☐ Country Trust Fund RUNO UNFPA (Convening Agency)
☐ Regional Trust Fund RUNO UNV
RUNO UN WOMEN
Name of Recipient Fund:
Date of first transfer: 26 May 2017
Project end date: 30 September 2020
Is the current project end date within 6 months? Project completed on 30 September 2020
Check if the project falls under one or more PBF priority windows:
☐ Gender promotion initiative
☐ Youth promotion initiative
☐ Transition from UN or regional peacekeeping or special political missions
☐ Cross-border or regional project
Total PBF approved project budget (by recipient organization):
Recipient Organization Amount

UNFPA $ 410,000.00
UNV $ 300,000.00
UN WOMEN $ 500,000.00
Total: $ 1,210,000.00
Approximate implementation rate as percentage of total project budget: 98%
*ATTACH PROJECT EXCEL BUDGET SHOWING CURRENT APPROXIMATE EXPENDITURE*

Gender-responsive Budgeting:

Indicate dollar amount from the project document to be allocated to activities focussed on gender
equality or women’s empowerment: $500,000.00
Amount expended to date on activities focussed on gender equality or women’s empowerment:
$591,950.24
Project Gender Marker: GM3
Project Risk Marker:
Project PBF focus area: 2.2 Democratic Governance

Report preparation:
Project report prepared by: Poorani Radhakrishnan (UNFPA), Sam Stembo (UNV) and Prashani Dias
(UN WOMEN)
Project report approved by: Ritsu Nacken, Representative (UNFPA), Sharmalee Jayasinghe, Country
Coordinator (UNV), Ramaaya Salgado, Country Focal Point (UN Women) and Resident Coordinator.
Did PBF Secretariat review the report: Yes

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PART 1: OVERALL PROJECT PROGRESS

Briefly outline the status of the project in terms of implementation cycle, including whether
preliminary/preparatory activities have been completed (i.e. contracting of partners, staff
recruitment, etc.) (1500 character limit):

The project concluded implementation on 30 September 2020 and has achieved 98% delivery,
based on current estimates. The end of project evaluation is to be completed by December 2020.
Operational closure is expected to be finalised by 30 December 2020. All project activities have
been completed though implementation strategies had to be changed in order to adapt to the
volatile operating context. In 2017, the start of the project was delayed due to the delay in
holding local government elections. In 2018, the local government elections took place in
February followed by Anti-muslim riots in March and the constitutional crisis from October to
December. In 2019, the country was impacted by the Easter terrorist attacks in April which was
followed by a change in government with the Presidential elections in November. In 2020, the
withdrawal from UNHRC Resolution 30/1 in February, the Parliamentary elections in August
and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic since March posed new challenges. This led to delays in
implementing activities and limitations in engagement with government stakeholders. For
example, under Outcome 1, engagement with the provincial government was not possible as
between 2018 and 2019 all Provincial Councils were dissolved. Therefore, the project engaged
with the administrative arm of the provincial government to develop action plans for youth.
Further, it was also decided to not establish the Youth Peace Panel within the national Ministry
as the political situation was unstable at the time. Instead it was set-up as an independent body.
Under Outcome 2, interventions at the provincial level were adapted to the local level, in the
absence of functional Provincial Councils. As the Elections Commission was no longer keen to
engage in the proposed work related to provincial level quotas for women’s nominations due to
the elections being delayed, these interventions were adjusted to focus on voter education
campaigns and advocacy on women’s role and engagement in peacebuilding and coexistence.

Please indicate any significant project-related events anticipated in the next six months, i.e.
national dialogues, youth congresses, film screenings, etc. (1000 character limit):
N/A.

FOR PROJECTS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF COMPLETION: summarize the main

structural, institutional or societal level change the project has contributed to. This is not
anecdotal evidence or a list of individual outputs, but a description of progress made toward the
main purpose of the project. (1500 character limit):

Outcome 1: The project has enhanced the capacity of youth-led/focused organizations to better
engage young people in peacebuilding initiatives through the localization of the United Nations
Security Council Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security.Series of capacity building
training carried out for youth on peacebuilding through the project interventions increased their
awareness about the subject, attitudes and their response. 56% of the respondents of the survey
on youth participation in hate speech and peacebuilding felt that volunteering has a positive
contribution to the peace process in the country. Further, 76% of the respondents believed that
youth participation in peacebuilding is important. The youth involved in Youth4Peace who had
negative perspectives towards other ethnic and religious groups had a positive transformation
and have since been acting independently in community peacebuilding activities.

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Through the establishment of the steering committees and youth consultations at the Provincial
level, the project has enabled Provincial level administration to engage with youth and include
their perspectives and contribution to the development of youth policies and initiatives at the
sub-national level. Through the establishment of the Youth Peace Panel (YPP) the project has
helped young people to build their skills, enhance their collective capacity and enabled them to
contribute to peacebuilding initiatives. The establishment of the YPP involved government
stakeholders and youth-led and youth-focused organisations in developing the ToR and the
selection of members. The capacity building programme which included training on design
thinking introduced the YPP members to applying human centred techniques to solve problems
in creative and innovative ways. As a result, the YPP have implemented initiatives to advocate
for: the reimplementation of the youth quota to ensure increased youth representation in
governance; a social media policy to address fake news and hate speech; and change in school
curriculum to promote social cohesion. The project evaluation recognised the YPP as a good
peacebuilding initiative since no such platform exists for youth who hardly have any access to
the national/macro-level peacebuilding initiatives.

Outcome 2: The Multi-Party Dialogues (MPDs) were the first of its kind to be conducted to
build consensus across political parties on issues such as community development, environment
protection and combating drug/alcohol abuse at the local level. They were well-received, along
with the capacity building and follow-up assessments in which it was revealed that there had
been a high level of engagement by local councillors following the MPDs: this includes
establishment of women’s committees within councils, collaboration across parties &
communities on various issues such as drug abuse, waste management and replicating good
practices like village town halls; and strengthened collaboration between councillors and public
officials. Accordingly, 32 cross-party initiatives were implemented by local authorities to
enhance women's leadership/governance, and there had been nearly 30 instances of women
politicians and women’s groups in targeted communities coming together to discuss common
community positions, which exceeds the targets set out by the project.

The project evaluation notes that “unlike other women-focused programmes in the country,
working with local-level female councillors who are involved in governance, supporting them
to increase their capacity in order to build their self-confidence, giving opportunity to them to
learn by experience, changing their attitudes and creating awareness to serve their community
as a ‘change agent’ are not only novel and unique to this project, but also worth the investment.”

In a few sentences, explain whether the project has had a positive human impact. May
include anecdotal stories about the project’s positive effect on the people’s lives. Include
direct quotes where possible or weblinks to strategic communications pieces. (2000 character
limit):
“Being a member in the Youth Peace Panel is recognition, encouragement and mentorship for
youth peace advocates and peacebuilders in Sri Lanka. From the workshops conducted for the
YPP members, we have got a thorough understanding on how to develop an advocacy project
that can make meaningful change in the society. At present, the workshops have been an
investment for the YPP members to develop their empathetic understanding, knowledge and
skills, but in the very near future, it will also reap the benefits for the entire Sri Lankan Youth
community as our advocacy projects have the potential to create change and root structural
and cultural injustice, which we can be seen in the present context.” – Janith Prabashwara
Perera, YPP member

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“I was able to increase the number of votes from our electorate during the last presidential
election (2019) comparatively. I believe the reason for this is the MPD programme. There are
many people from different religions and ethnicities in our constituency. I am very happy to say
that the victory was because we worked together with them. I was able to work together with all
ethnic communities. Earlier, because I was a Buddhist, I only paid attention only to the needs
of the Buddhists. When we worked together only did we realise the amount of errors we had
made. I realise if we work correctly and if we unite together that there is nothing we cannot
achieve. From the MPD and the training, we learned how to work collectively. We learned
about our behaviour, how to deal with others and how to analyse issues.” – Female local
councillor, Kurunegala

“The benefit from working on a project like this goes beyond fighting cancer. We learn to fight
as one Sri Lanka and have no differences dividing us.” - The winner of V-Award 2018,
volunteering for peacebuilding.

“The whole peacebuilding process was unknown or little known before attending this workshop.
All aspects of the process were covered during the workshop and we gained a lot of knowledge
and developed many skills towards facilitating.” – Senior Professor of the University of Ruhuna.

PART II: RESULT PROGRESS BY PROJECT OUTCOME

Progress summary: Describe main progress under this Outcome made during the reporting
period (for June reports: January-June; for November reports: January-November; for final
reports: full project duration), including major output progress (not all individual activities).
If the project is starting to make/ has made a difference at the outcome level, provide specific
evidence for the progress (quantitative and qualitative) and explain how it impacts the
broader political and peacebuilding context. Where possible, provide specific examples of
change the project has supported/ contributed to as well as, where available and relevant,
quotes from partners or beneficiaries about the project and their experience. (3000 character
limit)?

Outcome 1: Youth are actively and positively engaged in the peacebuilding process so
that their voices are reflected in key policy and decision-making processes and outcomes
at the national and sub-national levels

Rate the current status of the outcome progress: Completed

Progress summary: (3000 character limit)

The project evaluation found that almost 80% of the youth interviewed had a positive change
in their attitude on peacebuilding that has led them to work towards national-, provincial- and
community-level peacebuilding activities. The evaluation also found that the project has
meaningfully contributed to increasing youth participation in peacebuilding at the Provincial
level. An officer interviewed at the Provincial Ministry of Youth Affairs, stated that youth have
never been a priority for the provincial council prior to initiating this activity (youth action
plans). The officer acknowledged that this initiative was important due to Kandy being a
hotspot for violent extremism in recent years and expressed that they have been incorporating
youth perspectives to their provincial activities because of this initiative. This outcome
characterised inclusive practices by engaging marginalised youth from different communities,
such as ex-combatants, war-disabled youth, war widows, plantation workers, school children

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from poverty-stricken backgrounds, and marginalised castes from different ethnic groups in
peacebuilding activities.

Under output 1.1,five UN Volunteers were placed within five CSOs (Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena,
NYSC, The Music Project, CPBR and Samutthana) to localise UNSCR2250 to their work.;.
These UN Volunteers capacitated the CSO staff through a series of training programmes and
their contributions have been highly regarded and appreciated. Through this engagement, the
NYSC was able to integrate peacebuilding knowledge to their work with the youth by linking
up with the Yowun Puraya camp. Further, the University of Ruhuna applied peace-related
topics into their freshman orientation programme through the UNV intervention. The V-
Awards winner of the peacebuilding programme expressed positive sentiments that the
initiative inspires and recognises the volunteer contributions to the peace process

Under output 1.2, a National Youth Peace Panel with diverse representation was established
and the members have implemented initiatives to advocate for (1) reimplementation of the
youth quota to ensure youth representation in governance (2) a social media policy to address
fake news and hate speech, and (3) change in school curriculum to promote social cohesion. In
phase 1 of the advocacy projects, the members have conducted surveys, group discussions,
youth consultations and produced reports. The members will continue to work on their
initiatives after the project. Consultations were conducted at Provincial level with over 500
youth and action plans have been drafted for four provinces with inputs from youth. Budget
allocation was not achieved as the action plans are yet to be formally approved by the Provincial
Councils which have been dissolved.

Indicate any additional analysis on how Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
and/or Youth Inclusion and Responsiveness has been ensured under this Outcome:
(1000 character limit)
The project evaluation acknowledged that efforts were made towards achieving gender equality
and providing a voice for individuals regardless of their gender. However, in some cases active
involvement has been challenging due to prevailing gender norms and difficulties in reaching
out to ‘hard-to-reach communities’.

Women’s participation has been ensured in all project activities in order to promote young
women as leaders. For instance, 55% of the participants who attended training for youth leaders
were females. Further, there was a gender balance in the trainers as well, including specific
sessions dedicated to women’s empowerment in youth, peace and security. The evaluation also
noted that none of the female participants felt that she was side-lined or prevented from
engaging in any activity.

Effort was also made to include representation of LGBTIQ persons. For example, the UN
Volunteer placed in The Music Project brought artists and musicians from the LGBTIQ
community to conduct activities with school children to break gender barriers and embrace the
gender diversity of society. Gender equality to ensure women and LGBTIQ representation was
a key priority for selecting members of YPP.

Outcome 2: State decision-making processes are more equitable and inclusive to enable
women’s meaningful participation and leadership in governance and peacebuilding.

Rate the current status of the outcome progress: Completed

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Progress summary: (3000 character limit)
The final evaluation concludes that “Outcome 2 was essentially a success given its novelty in
including many diverse groups of women political actors and institutions to develop capacities
on governance and peacebuilding gender-responsive policy plans”. The evaluation revealed
that “female councillors are increasingly engaged within their councils, having strengthened
relationships across parties and across councils – including with male councillors, public
officials and civil society, with whom they have had little to no engagement previously”. It
further notes attitudinal changes amongst female councillors who are now more vocal and
confident in engaging in local governance processes, but also amongst a limited number of
male councillors and stakeholders such as public officials who have come to understand the
importance of women in such decision-making spaces and have begun collaborating with
female councillors. This doubly impacts in making decision-making processes more inclusive
and meaningful for women.

The project has considerably exceeded the targets set for the three outcome-level indicators
under outcome 2. Thirty-two cross-party initiatives were implemented by local authorities with
women at the forefront, which resulted in community development and simultaneously
enhanced women's leadership and governance, when the intended target for the project was 5
such initiatives (indicator 2.1). Regarding gender-responsive local plans (indicator 2.2), 5 plans
were developed over the initial target of 4, as this outcome also focused on an additional
Province (North-Western). Against a target of 8 under indicator 2.3, there had been 30 instances
of women politicians and women’s groups in targeted communities coming together to discuss
common community positions and delivering direct benefits to their communities. In terms of
output level results, all six output indicators have exceeded their project targets significantly,
testifying to the degree of success despite challenges to implementation due to the changes in
the political landscape throughout the project period.

Under Output 2.1, there is increased capacity among women local councillors on governance
& peacebuilding. The evaluation confirms the project has “transformed them into effective and
empowered female councillors with knowledge on policies and are capable of making their
voices heard amidst existing challenging patriarchal constellations”. The follow-ups revealed
that 90% of project beneficiaries are better able to analyse problems from a gender perspective,
develop gender-sensitive policies and have increased confidence to engage within council
debates and submit council proposals. 73% of beneficiaries reported at least one example of
applying the training in their place of work.

Under Output 2.2, the opportunity for frank discussion and focus on collaboration and
collective leadership resulted in impact beyond the local level. Synergies were created among
the female councillors from different political parties who attended the forums on peace and
coexistence and the MPDs. The final evaluation revealed that women councillors have
increasingly engaged within their councils, having strengthened relationships across parties,
across councils – including male councillors, public officials and civil society – compared to
little to no engagement previously. This has led to better collaboration as seen by 32 cross-
party initiatives, such as male and female councillors from opposing parties focusing on
environmental concerns across councils in Galle district; replication of good practices such as
the ‘village townhalls’ by other local councils of Kurunegala, and formation of ‘Women’s
Committees’ within local councils based on joint proposals put forward by councillors. Such
collaboration promotes inclusive decision-making, better community development, and
stronger social cohesion within communities, as revealed by the follow-up assessments.

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The MPDs led to a stronger sense of understanding/kinship, irrespective of party lines, given
the common problems affecting each district and the common challenges women councillors
faced. Overall, 93% reported an increase (70% increase) in their understanding of conflict and
95% noted an increase (65% increase) in their ability to analyse and peacefully resolve conflict
situations. The evaluation confirms that the MPDs are both sustainable and impactful: “the
MPD as a mechanism has [...] empowered them with good understanding to serve their
community confidently. Space and opportunity have been created for coordinating with the
other party members and various other bodies and stakeholders to build positive affiliations
and improve their political career. They were able to sustain their activities that will persist
even after the end of this project”. Moreover, local councillors have strengthened
understanding and capacities to address the negative impacts of stereotypes/ethnicised rumours
and this led to development of strategies to promote coexistence through council-specific &
policy-level interventions.

Further, through forums with political parties, the project focused on developing strategies to
increase women's participation in parties and advocating for their adoption. These forums led
to 5 action plans being drawn up, strategizing how to increase women’s participation. The
evaluation reveals that the forum “proved to be a novel opportunity for male party members to
hear their female counterparts’ ideas and demands in their roles as female local councillors”. It
also confirmed that the different strategies and platforms that the project utilised are “powerful
ways of engaging and empowering women towards participation in peacebuilding processes”.

Under Output 2.3, in the aftermath of the Easter attacks, positive narratives on communal
harmony and coexistence were promoted through public campaigns. These were also
accompanied by public campaigns on voter education and awareness. Overall, these are
estimated to have reached over 7.7 million persons in 5 major cities of Sri Lanka (Kandy,
Kurunegala, Matara, Galle, Jaffna).

Finally, women councillors & activists are also better capacitated on the use of social media
for civic engagement through training on digital literacy & advocacy, which enables their
access to information and resources. The evaluation revealed that the project has “increased
the interest in digital literacy among the local female councillors. They were able to overcome
various social conditioning issues hitherto faced by them due to this digital gap”. Successful
social media campaigns promoting women’s peace activism reached over 208,000 people,
creating awareness of pioneering women & their achievements which were unknown to most
and calling for further promotion of women’s engagement in governance and peacebuilding.
The evaluation confirmed that the social media campaigns succeeded in engaging a diverse
local and international audience across social media platforms.

Indicate any additional analysis on how Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
and/or Youth Inclusion and Responsiveness has been ensured under this Outcome:
(1000 character limit)
In several activities, young people who are current contributors to local level governance or
displaying interest in this area were invited to participate - this included local councillors,
members of the Sri Lanka Youth Parliament, CSO activists, and officials such as those working
with the National Youth Services Council at the district level. This outcome intentionally
targeted a majority of female participants, alongside a limited number of male participants,
given its central focus on enhancing women’s representation and participation in decision-
making processes in view of the new 25% quota implemented in 2018. The final evaluation
revealed that “the perception of women who participated at the FGDs was that the male

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councillors who participated in the trainings had exhibited a change for the better from their
traditional attitudes and have started not only cooperating in their work but also showing
acceptance and respect towards women. This support from the male councillors has made the
female councillors gain more confidence.” Given the success the project has seen in terms of
positive attitudinal change and acceptance of women’s political participation displayed by male
local councillors and stakeholders, the final evaluation recommended greater engagement of
male participants in future initiatives.

PART III: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

Monitoring: Please list monitoring Do outcome indicators have baselines? Yes

activities undertaken in the reporting
period (1000 character limit) Has the project launched perception surveys or other
community-based data collection? Yes

Monitoring and evaluation tools have been developed to

measure the impact of different activities. Pre- and post-
evaluations were conducted for training and dialogues
during the reporting period.
Evaluation: Has an evaluation been Evaluation budget (response required): 36,900.00
conducted during the reporting period?
Yes If project will end in next six months, describe the
evaluation preparations (1500-character limit):
The independent evaluation was commissioned in August
2020 and is to be concluded in December 2020. However,
all 3 RUNOs have expressed concerns regarding the poor
quality of the evaluation report, particularly the lack of
analysis, despite the RUNOs’ efforts to draw out an
evidence-based, high quality product that would be useful
for future programming. The RUNOs are awaiting
feedback from PBSO to conclude the evaluation.
Catalytic effects (financial): Indicate Name of funder: Amount:
name of funding agent and amount of Govt. of UK* $120,000.00
additional non-PBF funding support that
has been leveraged by the project. UN Women $ 142,000 for the MPDs (core
resources)

Govt. of Japan $ 40,000 for the MPDs (conducted

by this project)

Govt. of Japan $ 120,000 (new project)**

Govt. of Germany $ 113,910.28***

*UNFPA received funding from the Government of the

United Kingdom through the Joint Programme for Peace
(JPP) for building on the work done through the PBF
supported project.
** UN Women has mobilised funding towards expansion
of the MPD programme in the remaining 4 Provinces and

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 an overall national-level MPD bringing together all those
who have participated.
*** UNV received funds from the Government of
Germany to carry out the UNV #Y4P capacity building
programme.
Other: Are there any other issues As mentioned in the ‘status of the project’ section of this
concerning project implementation that report, several changes in the political landscape, along
you want to share, including any capacity with external shocks, posed challenges and risks to the
needs of the recipient organizations? project’s implementation. As a result, activities were
(1500 character limit) delayed and implementation strategies had to be changed
to adapt to the changes in operational context.

The evaluation noted that the internal coordination in the

joint venture, at the level of the three UN entities (with
quarterly meetings and feedback among the key UN
entities of the progress of the project) was achieved
although it was evident that the two outcomes were
implemented separately (i.e. UNV and UNFPA ran with
Outcome 1 while UNWOMEN ran with Outcome 2) with
no linking of common activities or common beneficiaries.
The RUNOs would like to note that this was due to the fact
that the two outcomes were designed as two separate
projects - Outcome 1 focusing on Youth empowerment and
Outcome 2 focusing on Women’s political participation,
which were then clubbed together as a single project based
on the guidance from PBSO. The effort to develop
synergies between the two Outcomes should have been
made at the design stage.

Further, to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of

project interventions, a post-implementation M&E
mechanism should be included in the design of the project.

PART IV: COVID-19

Please respond to these questions if the project underwent any monetary or non-
monetary adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

1) Monetary adjustments: Please indicate the total amount in USD of

adjustments due to COVID-19:

2) Non-monetary adjustments: Please indicate any adjustments to the project

which did not have any financial implications:

Delivery of F2F activities were changed to online due to COVID

restrictions on conducting events. This did not have a large financial

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 implication as the only change in terms of budget was the cost of venue.
The savings was used for providing additional workdays for consultants to
develop online course materials and conduct sessions remotely and to
cover personnel cost of implementing partners for the additional month of
implementation.

3) Please select all categories which describe the adjustments made to the
project (and include details in general sections of this report):

☐ Reinforce crisis management capacities and communications

☐ Ensure inclusive and equitable response and recovery
☐ Strengthen inter-community social cohesion and border management
☐ Counter hate speech and stigmatization and address trauma

☐ Support the SG’s call for a global ceasefire

☐ Other (please describe):

Majority of the activities were completed by 2019 with very few activities
remaining to be completed in 2020. Therefore, the pending activities were
completed and substantive adjustments were not made to re-programme in
order to respond to the pandemic other than changing the modality of
meetings and consultations, described above.

If relevant, please share a COVID-19 success story of this project (i.e. how
adjustments of this project made a difference and contributed to a positive response to
the pandemic/prevented tensions or violence related to the pandemic etc.)

Not applicable.

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 PART V: INDICATOR BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Using the Project Results Framework as per the approved project document or any amendments- provide an update on the achievement
of key indicators at both the outcome and output level in the table below (if your project has more indicators than provided in the table,
select the most relevant ones with most relevant progress to highlight). Where it has not been possible to collect data on indicators, state
this and provide any explanation. Provide gender and age disaggregated data. (300 characters max per entry)

Performance Indicator End of Indicator Current indicator progress Reasons for

Indicators Baseline project Milestone Variance/ Delay
Indicator (if any)
Target
Outcome 1 Indicator 1.1 0 40%
Youth are % of youth engaged in UNV funded a survey carried
actively and peacebuilding process out by the NYSC on youth
positively who feel that they perception on online hate
engaged in the have been able to speech and peacebuilding.
peacebuildin g positively contribute
process so that 56% of the respondents of
their voices are the survey felt that
reflected in key volunteering has a positive
policy and contribution to peacebuilding
decision in the country. 76% of the
making respondents believed that
processes and youth participation in
outcomes at peacebuilding is important.
the national
and sub- Indicator 1.2 n/a 20% 46% of survey respondents
national levels. % of youth population of the survey on youth
who feel the perception on online hate
peacebuilding process speech and peacebuilding
is inclusive and conducted by NYSC felt that
responsive, the peacebuilding process is
disaggregated by sex inclusive and responsive.

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 Indicator 1.3 0 4 Youth were engaged in COVID-19
# of national and sub- consultation for the pandemic
national policies and development of provincial lockdown
recommendations on youth policies and action measures delayed
peace and plans in the 4 provinces. YPP engagement with
reconciliation members have implemented stakeholders in
consulted with young 3 advocacy projects to Eastern province
people advocate for policy changes. and
implementation
of advocacy
projects.
Output 1.1 Indicator 1.1.1 0 5 Target met - 5 UN National
Increased Number of youthled Volunteers placed to
capacity of and youthfocused mainstream UNSCR2250 at
youth-led and organizations CSOs and NYSC.
youthfocused supported to increase
organizations young people
to engage in engagement in
peacebuilding peacebuilding through
processes/inc dialogue, awareness
luding UNSC raising and knowledge
Resolution exchange
2250 Indicator 1.1.2 150 500 Target met - reached 500+
# local youth youth from the 4 targeted
consulted for policy locations.
priority setting
disaggregated by
gender, geographical
location, population
group
Indicator 1.1.3 0% 20% Target met: Provincial level COVID-19
[%] of Youth steering committees in the pandemic
representation within Central, Southern, Northern lockdown
subnational level provinces include measures delayed
representation of youth engagement with

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 institutions and/or stakeholders in
processes. Eastern province.
Indicator 1.1.4 n/a 70% Target met - 71% of survey
% of youth that respondents reported that
perceives or report volunteering has a positive
volunteering having a contribution to peacebuilding
positive contribution
on peacebuilding
Output 1.2 Indicator 1.2.1 2016 budget: North – Not met: Youth policies and COVID-19
Increased Amount of budget North – 2mn East 2.5mn East – action plans have been pandemic
capacity of secured within key – 1mn South – 5 1.25mn South drafted for 4 provinces. lockdown
national, institutions (specify mn Central – – 6.25mn Approval to operationalize measures delayed
provincial and which institutions) at 22mn Central – the draft was not achieved. engagement with
subnational central, provincial and 27.5mn stakeholders in
level district level in Eastern province.
institutions to targeted locations Changes in the
engage youth dedicated to youth. political
in environment,
peacebuilding absence of
and linkages functioning
are created for provincial
policymaking councils caused
and difficulties in
programming developing the
budgets for action
plans and
subsequent
inclusion in the
national budget.
Indicator 1.2.2 0 1 Target met: Multi- The final capacity
National Youth Peace stakeholder consultation building
Panel established and completed and Terms of programme was
operational. Reference for YPP was planned for
developed. 30 member YPP March. However,
panel has been established. it was conducted

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 Capacity building in June due to
programme comprising 3 COVID-19
training courses has been situation.
completed.
Indicator 1.2.3 n/a 2 Target met: YPP have COVID-19
# of policies that are implemented 3 advocacy lockdown
formally considered projects with the aim to measures delayed
by the National Youth influence policy changes. progress on
Peace Panel. implementation
of advocacy
projects.
Outcome 2 Indicator 2.1 0 5 Yearly Target exceeded; As noted earlier,
State decision- Number of cross-party targets this indicator,
making initiatives conducted established 32 cross-party initiatives baseline and
processes are by local authorities to and revised were implemented in the target have been
more equitable enhance women's in line with provinces where the MPDs revised to note
and inclusive leadership/governance. internal and Capacity Building shift in strategy
to enable plan. programmes were conducted. (detailed in
women’s 2019).
meaningful
participation
and leadership Indicator 2.2 0 4 Target exceeded – As noted earlier,
in governance Number of gender- Five action plans developed this indicator has
and responsive local plans at provincial level for been revised to
peacebuilding. developed Southern Province; Northern note shift in
and Eastern Provinces; North strategy.
Western; and Central
Provinces). Local level plans
developed through MPD
capacity building programme
(completed for Kandy,
Nuwara Eliya, Matale and
Galle).

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 Indicator 2.3 0 8 Target exceeded; The remaining 5
# of times women Women groups in targeted follow-up
politicians and communities had come assessments
women’s groups in together in 30 instances to planned for
targeted communities discuss common community March 2020 have
come together to positions subsequent to the been postponed
discuss common 10 MPDs and capacity following the
community positions. building and follow-ups. island-wide
curfew imposed
to prevent the
spread of the
coronavirus
epidemic.
Output 2.1 Indicator 2.1.1 0 At least 50% 95% of women leaders
Increased % of targeted women of targeted reported to have increased
capacity leaders who are aware women awareness/knowledge and
among select of key information leaders ability to resolve conflicts
women related to governance and peacebuilding.
political and peacebuilding
candidates and processes and Capacity building on gender-
local leaders procedures. sensitive policy making
(women and conducted for all 5
men) to Provinces.
promote
engagement of Indicator 2.1.2 0 At least 50% Target exceeded;
women in Number of those of trained 73% of sample participants
governance trained who are able to people. were able to cite at least one
and cite at least one example of applying the
peacebuilding example of applying training in their work
processes. the training in their
work by three months
after training.
Indicator 2.2.1 0 5 Target exceeded. 10 As noted earlier,
Output 2.2 Number of Capacity Building this indicator,
municipalities Programmes (subsequent to baseline and

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Increased capacitated on the MPDs) were conducted target have been
capacity of collective leadership at in 2019 and Jan/Feb 2020. revised to note
national and the local level. The MPDs convened elected shift in strategy.
sub-national officials from local
institutions, authorities across 16
including districts, approx. 208 of 341
political local authorities in Sri Lanka
parties, to (i.e. approx 61%)
ensure policies, representing 137 PSs, 19
plans, and UCs and 11 MCs, along with
budgets are 46 party-nominated
gender- representatives and 29
responsive. government officials.
Indicator 2.2.2 N/A At least 75% Target exceeded - 78% of Target has now
% of people who of those participant self-reported that been defined
believe that presence trained. they have enhanced attitudes, from "TBD" to
of women in leadership skills and experience on "At least 75% of
positions leads to collective leadership due to those trained".
improved policy- MPDs and capacity building,
making. forum on reforms within
political institutions etc.
Indicator 2.3.1 0 25 Target exceeded. 96 female
Output 2.3 Number of women local councillors and CSO
Women leaders leaders at national, activists were provided with
promote provincial and local basic computer literacy skills
increased civic level in target locations and on the use of social
engagement on who use social media media/ digital tools relevant
issues related platforms to engage for their work. Overall, 75%
to governance, with the public. of the participants reported
reconciliation that they have increased
and TJ. knowledge and skills to
conduct advocacy via social
media/ digital platforms.
73% of participants (i.e. 35
participants) in the Southern,

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 Northern and Eastern
Provinces reported increased
ability to connect with
international and local
networks on peacebuilding
and political representation.
Indicator 2.3.2 1 4 Target exceeded.
Number of social ● 1 trilingual video
media advocacy disseminated on women's
campaigns designed peace activism: viewed
and supported. 140,096 times & reached
190,478 people.
● 1 trilingual month-
long advocacy campaign “30
Days of Sri Lankan
Feminism” conducted:
28,181 Twitter impressions
& reached 23,091 people on
Facebook (at Nov 2019)
● 1 (offline) billboard
campaigns on peace &
coexistence displayed in
Jaffna & Kurunegala in June
2019, following the Easter
Sunday attacks. Total
estimated outreach is 1.5
million passengers in
vehicles and approx. 720,000
– 900,000 pedestrians.
● 1 (offline) billboard
campaign on voter education
and awareness in Galle,
Matara, Kurunegala, Kandy
and Jaffna for one month, in
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 Elections. Total estimated
outreach is 3.75 million
passengers travelling in
vehicles and approx. 1.8
million to 2.25 million
pedestrians.
● 1 video discussion
series on Women and Co-
existence, titled
#OurLivedRealities: reached
360,615 people and had
27,710 online engagements
(as at Feb 2020).

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