The Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) has completed 3,651 projects by 30 September 2023, across the five liberated governorates of Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa, and Salah al-Din, at a total cost of US$ 1,009,122,607 generating multiple benefits accruing to men and women of target area, in particular for basic services of electricity and water. At the end of the reporting period, 154 projects were under implementation and another 72 projects were under various stages of tendering. The pipeline projects, which are assessed and updated periodically, await resource mobilization. This critical stabilization support has facilitated the return of 5 million displaced Iraqis to their areas of origin.

The FFS continues to work closely with all relevant stakeholders and is increasingly utilizing an integrated approach to stabilization, scaling up “softer” programming components to support the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their communities. The FFS is increasingly focusing on providing an enabling environment for peace through strengthening community-level peace mechanisms and creating platforms for dialogue among the communities, government representatives, and members of the security sector. The FFS will continue to mainstream gender, human rights, conflict sensitivity, and sustainability principles, central to its activities across all four windows of work in the liberated governorates.