In his 2020 report on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, the United Nations Secretary-General emphasized the need to better integrate mental health and psychosocial support into peacebuilding. Since then, UNDP has taken several initiatives to advance policy, programming, and partnerships towards the full integration of MHPSS in prevention and peacebuilding, taking progressive steps to prioritize MHPSS on the global policy agenda, and to drive the agenda forward.

21

COUNTRIES

received UNDP support in integrating MHPSS into peacebuilding

~800

VULNERABLE YOUTHS

provided with MHPSS and social competency skills

>500

COMMUNITY LEADERS

supported by UNDP to provide counseling support & trained in specialised response for radicalisation and working with returnees

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MHPSS Guidance Note

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MHPSS Issue Brief

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In 2022, UNDP published a Guidance Note on Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Peacebuilding (L), and in 2023, an MHPSS Issue Brief: Lessons from Central Asia (L). 

UNDP is working towards ensuring a comprehensive, operational and United Nations system-wide approach to integrate mental health and psychosocial support in prevention and peacebuilding.