United Nations Great Lakes Regional Strategic Framework

Pillar I

SUSTAINABLE LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Pillar II

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CROSS-BORDER TRADE, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

Pillar III

BORDER MANAGEMENT AND CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY

Pillar IV

YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS

Pillar V

GENDER AND SEXUAL BASED VIOLENCE

Pillar VI

JUSTICE AND CONFLICT PREVENTION

BUILDING PEACE ACROSS BORDERS

- A Multi-Agency, Interdisciplinary, Regional Framework for Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda -

Objective of the Framework

The UN Great Lakes Regional Strategic Framework (UN GLRSF) encapsulates a development approach to the peace and security issues in the region and builds on a regional conflict and socio-economic analysis. The UN GLRSF aligns the development efforts of the UN in core countries of the region, namely Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to the O/SESG-GL Roadmap for the implementation of the PSC Framework. The UN GLRSF complements development action at national level.

Six Pillars of the UN GLRSF

The UN GLRSF encapsulates a development approach to the peace and security issues in the region and builds on a regional conflict and socio-economic analysis. It aligns the development efforts of the UN to the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary‐General for the Great Lakes region Roadmap for the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region.