Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

What we do

CSPPS is a global network of civil society actors, experts and academics from the South and the North who work together to support peacebuilding and statebuilding projects in fragile situations.
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Amplify

CSPPS activities continue to focus on strengthening the capacity and voice of civil society in situations of fragility and conflict.
Lobby

We strongly push for the respect of peacebuilding values and principles, inclusive processes, and addressing the root causes of conflict and fragility...
Network

We reach out to civil society organisations to expand our network and to ensure our Country Teams remain open, broad and inclusive partnerships.

Our work in action

Click down below to follow the latest news and developments from CSPPS

24 May 2022

Safeguarding Peace, Shifting Priorities

Following a consultation with CSPPS membership prior to CSPPS 2022 Annual Conference in Berlin, and multiple discussions with CSPPS Membership...

24 November 2022

Networking towards peer-to-peer learning: A dialogue between Belun and Global Participe

On November 8, 2022, CSPPS’ Secretariat hosted a virtual meeting between two of its members: Global Participe from Congo Brazzaville and Belun from Ti...
12 October 2022

The Triple-Nexus and Climate Change in Conflict-Affected Settings: Experiences, Lessons Learned, and Best Practices

CSPPS is happy to share a new article by Peter Van Sluijs, Coordinator of the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), and ...
28 June 2022

EVENT - 2022 Voices of SDG16+ Campaign

CSPPS is pleased to announce that the 2022 Voices of SDG16+ Campaign will be featured in an official side-event at the upcoming UN High-level...
12 May 2022

SDG16+: Understanding linkages for greater impact

We are pleased to invite you to the first Global SDG16+ Coalition Workshop “SDG16+: Understanding Interlinkages for Greater Impact” that will...

Progress Made in Fragile Situations towards SDGs

If no actions is taken, more than 80% of the world's poor could be living in fragile contexts by 2030
- OECD 2018
More effective preventive activities can potentially save as much as USD 70 billion per year - UN | World Bank 2018
There are in total 36 fragile of conflict-affected situations globally, and CSPPS works in 19 of them - World Bank 2018
Over 40% of FCAS need 'revolutionary' rates of change in order to reach SDG 16 targets by 2030 - ODI | IRC 2018

We build peace

in 37 countries around the globe

CSPPS is a global network with members from nineteen g7+ countries, ten non-g7+ and eleven Northern partners, who work together on advancing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16+ in fragile situations.

What we offer

Our Platform offers a range of opportunities to its members. Here are three examples of these.

For more information on what we offer,
please contact us.

Membership

In addition to peer support, we provide our members with a collective lobbying and advocacy platform.
Partnerships

As a member, you get to work with our donors to gain in-country support.
Expert Groups

You can become part of one of our working groups to gain valuable experience as an expert and help monitor our work.