some of the capacity-building initiatives offered to community leaders and government institutions. Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) for instance has adopted the consortium initiated Human Rights Training Manual for use in the training of prison officers. Prison officers now understand the importance of human rights and the work of HRDs as legitimate and not a Western conspiracy and regime change agenda initiative. Monthly liaison meetings are carried out between ZACRO and Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs as well as ZRP, ZPS and the Immigration Department for problem identification and resolution. Youth now engage stakeholders to discuss causes and management of political violence upon realization that youths have been abused by political parties to commit political violence. Government departments and representatives are now receptive to collaboration in convening outreach meetings where they showcase their roles in facilitating human rights provision for communities they serve. 11. Value for money In line with best practice and the 3Es of best practice (Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness), the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and its consortium members have consistently endeavoured to achieve value for money in all their dealings. The dealings are not restricted to financial transactions only but as well as to the efficient use of time of all officers employed under this and all other Grants. The three quotations rule for any expenditure is consistently applied on service provision payments. There might be some acceptable service providers over time but we continually asses the market to confirm that the current service providers are still giving us value for money and not abusing our relationship and patronage. We also have managed to negotiate for ‘add ons’ for less from these service providers. For example, our bulletins are printed monthly and we have asked for price reduction due to constant business with the service providers. This has allowed us to deliver more bulletins and reading material to the public for less. This has also enbaled us to reach more people. There was no additional investment in capital items for the period under review as most of the equipment was still functional and used to derive programme benefits. Our policies were also consistent in securing accommodation for workshops and any other 12