The development of this paper was coordinated by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and produced in collaboration with Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Life & Peace Institute, Search for Common Ground, United Network of Young Peacebuilders, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs – Peacebuilding Support Office (DPPA/PBSO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The current draft of this paper is meant as an input into the 2022 United Nations Secretary-General reports on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace and on Youth Peace and Security, as well as an input into the preparation for the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Financing for Peacebuilding in 2022.