Peacebuilding grants

General policy

Belgian peace building funding supports Belgium’s foreign policy. The funded projects will meet the political priorities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Belgian Parliament and will respond to international challenges. These enable us to support relevant initiatives in fragile contexts affected by crises and conflicts worldwide. Our work also aligns with internationally agreed frameworks.

The funded projects will address the policy priorities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and respond to international challenges as outlined in the policy address and the policy statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the strategic plan of PFS Foreign Affairs.

Belgium wants to contribute to the construction of situations of lasting peace, particularly by dealing with the causes of instability, resolving the consequences of conflicts and even supporting efforts intended to prevent potential relapses into crises.

Budgetary constraints require, for the sake of efficiency and coherence between the various financial instruments, that our peacebuilding initiatives address the root causes of conflicts and focus primarily on conflicts and threats in the European Union's neighborhood (both to the east and in the Mediterranean region, particularly Syria) and in Sub-Saharan Africa (West Africa – Sahel and coastal states, and the countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region), regions where our expertise is recognized.

Major priority areas:

• mediation, facilitation, inclusive dialogue, and conflict transformation;
• human Rights defenders;
• the fight against impunity, particularly in cases of mass atrocities, with a special focus on the plight of victims
• transitional justice;
• the fight against disinformation;
• the "women, peace, and security" nexus.

These priorities constitute a reference framework; others may be added on an exceptional basis.

The selected organisations will be invited to read and apply the guidelines (see separate document) and their appendices (which include the compulsory template for submitting a project proposal, the templates for the intermediate and final reports and a declaration of claim template). These guidelines also contain more conceptual and procedural information.

Functioning as a one-stop shop, the Peace Building Unit is the only competent department for receiving and processing project proposals.

Organizations can contact the Peace Building Unit and/or diplomatic posts and services at any time to present their work and receive guidance.

Only project proposals initiated with organisations by the Peace Building Unit in collaboration with our diplomatic posts or the administration services or by the Foreign Affairs Strategic Cell (at the email address: Peacebuilding@diplobel.fed.be) will be considered. Similarly, the Peace Building Unit will be the contact point for progress throughout the project.

For 2026, the proposals must follow the following modalities:

• the budgets for the proposals will amount to around € 400.000.
• the execution period may vary by several months up to a maximum of 24 months.

For any additional information: Peacebuilding@diplobel.fed.be.