FBA continues to support peace operations in Ukraine

FBA has over time seconded a large amount of civilian personnel to international operations for peace and development in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, all Swedish personnel seconded by FBA within OSCE, UNDP, and EU missions have been evacuated. The Swedish government is increasing the Swedish development cooperation with Ukraine, as a step of the development cooperation strategy with Eastern Europe, to which the FBA is commissioned to contribute.

At the time of the Russian invasion, eight of FBA’s seconded personnel were in Ukraine, working for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, SMM. All eight are now evacuated. With consideration for the security of the involved, the FBA does not provide further details about their evacuation or current locations.

Following the drastically changed circumstances, SMM and the EU mission EUAM have been relocated but will continue to operate. UNDP will stay within Ukraine. FBA is currently planning the deployment of two more persons to EUAM.

– FBA has a long history of deploying personnel to international missions for peace and development in Ukraine. At this critical stage, we do everything we can to support both the operations and our deployed, says Sven-Eric Söder, Director-General of FBA.

Ukraine project becomes part of the strategy for Eastern Europe

Since 2014, FBA has been working with a Sida-funded project to strengthen the capacity of local authorities and municipalities in Ukraine to deliver administrative services in accordance with rule of law principles.

This work will continue within a more extensive mission for the FBA, which recently became a part of the Swedish development cooperation strategy with Eastern Europe for 2021-2027.

– There have been drastic changes in Ukraine and we are following the development closely to provide well-balanced support with regards to the situation, says Carl Fredrik Birkoff, project manager for FBA’s work with Eastern Europe.

Photo: People in Need, Nikishina, Ukraine, March 2015 (CC BY-ND 2.0)

New holders of the 1325-scholarship for women, peace and security

Three new peacebuilders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Pales-tine and Afghanistan have been selected as this year’s recipients of the schol-arship in support of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. For the first time, the scholarship, established in the memory of Zaida Catalán, is awarded to women from all three countries where Catalán worked as seconded from FBA.

2023-05-17 11:23

On international deployment

Teresa Wiklund

Monitor at EUMM in Georgia

Kajsa Norman

Election observer

Catalina Perdomo Rodriguez

Adviser to the UN in Colombia

Karolina Riedel

Statistician in election observation missions

Björn Tedeman

Election observer

Read our publications

Strategic peace mediation and dialogue efforts to shift conflict systems

When working with or in complex conflict systems, including on dialogue, peace mediation or peace process support, a critical question is how we can best contribute to positive substantive shifts in these systems. FBA’s two thematic units working with dialogue, peace mediation and peace process support have explored these issues during the last few years. During this time, Anita Ernstorfer, an expert in peacebuilding and long-standing FBA consultant, has been a key partner in this conversation.

Documents

Strategic peace mediation and dialogue efforts to shift conflict systems

More Publications

THE FBA BLOG

>

Posted by Marie Blomdahl
A safe online space to share experiences to support leadership in the UN

>

When I joined the Leadership and Cooperation Unit at the Folke Bernadotte Academy in August 2018, after working many years mainly in the private sector, I had a feeling that this job really would offer me an opportunity to use my skills and experiences to make a difference, and at the same time grow as a professional. FBA was at the time already working actively with leadership development support for leaders in key functions within the ... Read entire post »
2021-06-03 10:54
>

Posted by Rhodri Williams
Civil Society as a Critical Partner: Rule of Law and Accountability in the Liberian COVID-19 Response, Part II

>

Part One of this post highlighted the importance of the rule of law in supporting crisis response in countries struggling with the effects of conflict. One of the most important rule of law principles in such settings is accountability, particularly “downward accountability”, in which state authorities focus on serving citizens dependent on them.

Corruption and poor governance can lead to excessive upward accountability directed toward political superiors, leaving a gap between the state and ordinary citizens. Civil ... Read entire post »

The post Civil Society as a Critical Partner: Rule of Law and Accountability in the Liberian COVID-19 Response, Part II first appeared on FBA-bloggen.
2021-02-15 13:43
>

Posted by Kristin Valasek
Time for a joint vision on gender-responsive leadership

>

Right before the winter break, 236 women and men from 105 different organizations and 46 countries around the world joined our International Dialogue on Gender-Responsive Leadership, to discuss an absolutely critical and often missing part of the gender equality puzzle: gender-responsive leadership.

After twenty years of struggling to achieve the commitments of the global women, peace and security agenda, we at the FBA have learned that executives and managers are essential to success. Not just as supporters, ... Read entire post »

The post Time for a joint vision on gender-responsive leadership first appeared on FBA-bloggen.
2021-02-10 16:09

Navigate to FBA Blog

FBA has both increased and adapted its work in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion.

FBA continues to support peace operations in Ukraine

Ukraine project becomes part of the strategy for Eastern Europe

New holders of the 1325-scholarship for women, peace and security

Latest news

Call for members for FBA’s international research working groups

"Leaders must take responsibility for gender equality both outside and behind closed doors"

MORE NEWS