Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, World Source: Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict Please refer to the attached file. To effectively support peacebuilding and sustaining peace in Eastern and Central Africa, the UN peacebuilding architecture can take the following steps:intentionally localise peacebuilding effortsintegrate peacebuilding and sustaining peace across the work of the entire UN systemenhance multi-stakeholder coordination on peacebuilding in the regionpromote political and institutional commitment to peacebuilding and sustaining peace among all peacebuilding stakeholdersThese steps were identified during a regional consultation held on 11 November 2024, involving local peacebuilders, UN and government representatives, and the donor community. This summary note aims to inform the formal phase of the 2025 Peacebuilding and Assessment Review (PBAR) and guide the actions of all peacebuilding stakeholders in Eastern and Central Africa.