WANA-led Reconstruction and Recovery Expert Consultation Report

Reconstruction is a process of fundamental importance for the long-term peace, stability and development of all countries affected by conflict and war. The WANA region has experienced some of the most devastating wars of recent years and reconstruction and recovery have a particularly important role to play. The primary objective of the Reconstruction and Recovery Expert Consultation was to extract key lessons from previous experiences in the region and beyond, in order to identify barriers to and opportunities for innovative, WANA-led approaches to reconstruction. Such lessons revealed the importance of state sovereignty, ownership of reconstruction efforts, local participation, capacity building and regional cooperation.