Committee established in 2010 included representatives of the President’s office, the Office of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and five political parties (ZANU-PF, MDC-T, MDC-N, ZAPU and Mavambo) and was chaired by an officer from the ZNA. We undertook a range of activities, always approved by consensus, aimed at developing a knowledge-based approach to security sector transformation and creating capacity and projects to establish a willingness to address the challenges of safety and security in Zimbabwe. I do not have opportunity here to catalogue the work and achievements of ZPSP. But I do want to raise two points, which I think provide lessons for the future. The first is to identify our core principles in approaching the sensitive task of developing dialogue, consensus and collaboration across a wide range of national – state and non-state - actors with regards to security sector transformation in Zimbabwe. These principles were: • Consensus-based national ownership; • Inclusive dialogue with all national stakeholders; • Knowledge based professional implementation; • Transparency and political impartiality. I think these are self-explanatory and provide a framework for addressing complex challenges and contested views across the spectrum of Zimbabwean society. The second issue I want to raise concerns building consensus specifically, and the process by which we negotiated and adopted a draft “Conceptual Framework for National Security Sector Transformation in Zimbabwe”. Our process included consultations with a wide range of non-state actors working in different sectoral groups to identify specific safety and security challenges and aspirations for their constituencies. These were: The Academic sector; the national NGO and CBO sector; the Traditional Leaders Sector; the Gender and Security Sector Transformation (GSST) sector14; the Faith-based sector; the Parliament of Zimbabwe sector; and the Liberation War Veterans and Liberation Legacy sector. In all of these sectoral consultation processes representatives of the state sector were present, including the military, the police, prisons and intelligence service and a range of other state institutions, ministries and departments as appropriate. advisor and programme specialist), Jeremy Brickhill (former ZPRA officer, trainer, advisor and programme specialist on security mediation, conflict mitigation and security sector transformation). 14 The GSST deliberately named itself in this manner to ensure that whilst its core focus was on women and their perceptions and needs for safety and security, issues of patriarchy and the role of men in addressing gender transformation were incorporated into the process. 19