On 21 November, the Permanent Mission of Guatemala, in partnership with Germany, Canada, and the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), launched two new impact evaluations on the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)'s investments in Guatemala. Among other insights, the evaluations find that PBF investments significantly contributed to conflict prevention, leading to an 80% reduction in the number of conflicts in the areas where the PBF-financed initiatives, implemented by FAO, WFP, and OHCHR took place. The event included remarks from the ASG for Peacebuilding Support, the Permanent Missions of Guatemala, Germany, and Canada, as well as a presentation of key evaluation findings from the International Security and Development Center (ISDC) and International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie.). Read more here: https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/sites/www.un.org.peacebuilding/files/documents/guatemala_impact_evaluation_2025-11-20.pdf