centre stage. Members noted that they will consult and issue a statement stating the position of the group. Strategic Reflection Apart from the political context, the group took some time to review the NTJWG Strategy document compiled after the stakeholders strategic review meeting held earlier this year in Harare. It was recommended that the section on contextual analysis be revisited and updated taking into consideration the latest political developments. It was recommended that a global budget for all the activities of NTJWG be compiled and attached to the strategy document. To enable stakeholders to take ownership of the strategy, Secretariat was tasked with simplifying the strategy and making it available to stakeholders. The 2017 to 2019 strategy was unanimously adopted. Thematic Leader on Justice and Accountability Ms. Roselyn Hanzi who is also the Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) presented the NTJWG 2017 Annual Report. She outlined a number of milestones achieved by NTJWG in 2017 and paid tribute to stakeholders who made the work of NTJWG easy. Stakeholders reflected on the year and noted the opportunities that were presented for increased advocacy for transitional justice. A Growing Movement for Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe The Secretariat presented the activity report which outlined the NTJWG interventions in 2017. The participation matrix in the report noted the increase in participating organisations from 49 in October 2016 to 95 in October 2017. The group noted that while this was positive, the increase created the need to work on NTJWG's engagement strategies with stakeholders to ensure that stakeholders own the process and that the transitional justice dialogue is mainstreamed into their programming. The group noted that the enthusiasm displayed by stakeholders in meetings held across country needs to be matched with adjustments in programming. Secretariat was tasked with putting in place a mobilisation plan with a clear timetable for the six thematic leaders. The group noted that 2017 was a difficult funding year. Following a report by the Head of Secretariat, Ms. Blessing Gorejena on funding support, it was noted that the future looked bright with an increase in donor good will. Secretariat reported that the Embassy of Switzerland in Zimbabwe had provided support for NTJWG's advocacy and archival projects. More opportunities were recommended as transitional justice work gathers traction. NTJWG Member Ms. Roselyn Hanzi presents the 2017 Annual Report Mr. Tony Reeler, NTJWG Thematic Leader on Institutional Reform presented the scope of the NTJWG Archival Project. He explained the background to the project, the objectives of the project and emphasised that this was a long term project. Funded by the Swiss Embassy, the project aims to strengthen the collective use of archival strategies, methodologies and best practices to inform and forward transitional justice efforts in Zimbabwe. He spoke about the role of stakeholders and the need for the Bulawayo group to constitute and nominate representative(s) in the Archival Reference Group (ARG). NTJWG Coordinator, Dzikamai Bere explained the mandate of the ARG. The first session of the meeting closed with the Chairperson Mr. Paul Themba Nyathi giving a vote of thanks to Secretariat for the support. Meeting with Stakeholders The afternoon saw NTJWG addressing Bulawayo stakeholders from nine organisations. NTJWG NTJWG Member Mr. Tony Reeler talks about the NTJWG Archival project. 22 ANNUAL REPORT 2017