This is a legislative bill titled “Global Fragility Act of 2021” which was introduced in the United States Senate on July 28, 2021. The bill aims to address complex crises and instability in fragile countries by improving coordination among U.S. government agencies, increasing funding, and enhancing capacity for conflict prevention and stabilization efforts.
Key provisions of the bill include:
1. Coordination: Establishing a Global Fragility Council to oversee the implementation of the Act and promoting interagency collaboration on fragility and violence issues. 2. Prioritization of countries: The President is required to select up to 10 fragile countries or regions for priority attention, based on their level of instability and potential impact on U.S. national security interests. 3. Funding: Reauthorizing the Prevention and Stabilization Fund (PSF) and the Complex Crises Fund through FY2030 to provide additional resources for fragility and violence prevention efforts. The PSF would be renamed the Global Fragility and Violence Prevention Fund. 4. Monitoring, evaluation, and learning: Allowing funds from the Economic Support Fund to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities in priority countries, and appointing a senior Department of Defense official to lead these efforts. 5. Reforms: Identifying staffing, resource, and reform needs to remove persistent impediments to conflict prevention and stabilization, such as addressing overly restrictive diplomatic security posture and strengthening professional development around conflict prevention. 6. Staffing levels: Requiring relevant federal departments and agencies to maintain sufficient staffing levels to fully implement the Global Fragility Strategy. 7. Reporting: Mandating regular reports from the Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, and other agency heads on the progress and impact of fragility and violence prevention efforts in priority countries. 8. Accountability: Establishing mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of U.S. government interventions in fragile states to ensure accountability and learning from successes and failures. 9. Regional engagement: Encouraging increased regional cooperation and coordination to address the root causes of instability and conflict in priority countries, including through diplomatic initiatives, security partnerships, and development assistance. 10. Civil society and private sector engagement: Fostering greater collaboration with civil society organizations, the private sector, and other non-governmental actors to support fragility and violence prevention efforts and build more resilient communities in priority countries. Tags: Bills,Congress, National
Key provisions of the bill include:
1. Coordination: Establishing a Global Fragility Council to oversee the implementation of the Act and promoting interagency collaboration on fragility and violence issues. 2. Prioritization of countries: The President is required to select up to 10 fragile countries or regions for priority attention, based on their level of instability and potential impact on U.S. national security interests. 3. Funding: Reauthorizing the Prevention and Stabilization Fund (PSF) and the Complex Crises Fund through FY2030 to provide additional resources for fragility and violence prevention efforts. The PSF would be renamed the Global Fragility and Violence Prevention Fund. 4. Monitoring, evaluation, and learning: Allowing funds from the Economic Support Fund to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities in priority countries, and appointing a senior Department of Defense official to lead these efforts. 5. Reforms: Identifying staffing, resource, and reform needs to remove persistent impediments to conflict prevention and stabilization, such as addressing overly restrictive diplomatic security posture and strengthening professional development around conflict prevention. 6. Staffing levels: Requiring relevant federal departments and agencies to maintain sufficient staffing levels to fully implement the Global Fragility Strategy. 7. Reporting: Mandating regular reports from the Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, and other agency heads on the progress and impact of fragility and violence prevention efforts in priority countries. 8. Accountability: Establishing mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of U.S. government interventions in fragile states to ensure accountability and learning from successes and failures. 9. Regional engagement: Encouraging increased regional cooperation and coordination to address the root causes of instability and conflict in priority countries, including through diplomatic initiatives, security partnerships, and development assistance. 10. Civil society and private sector engagement: Fostering greater collaboration with civil society organizations, the private sector, and other non-governmental actors to support fragility and violence prevention efforts and build more resilient communities in priority countries. Tags: Bills,Congress, National
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