► A culture of openness, in preparing the public for the process of transitional justice through public awareness campaigns was recommended as a good strategy. This would be made possible through community trainers who can disseminate the message in a more organised manner and establish information ports where data can be collected. ► Civil society should lobby for protection mechanisms for witnesses and victims before they begin truth telling. This is critical to ensure victims are secure and not subject to revictimisation ► The need to set up a National Working Group on Transitional Justice inclusive of all stakeholders to direct the push for a comprehensive transitional justice policy, including, but not limited to the NPRC ► The need to engage the media more effectively to carry the message of transitional justice to the people and to articulate the transitional justice agenda in all public and intellectual spheres ► CSOs were encouraged to broaden the processes of accountability beyond the NPRC and to include all other commissions and mechanisms that support truth, justice and accountability 18 The Second International Conference on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe