The stakeholders agreed that although the existence of the NPRC presents an opportunity for transitional justice actors in Zimbabwe there are some challenges in engaging with the NPRC. These challenges include:  Lack of trust by the public in the NPRC;  Concerns that the NPRC may not be able to adequately protect victims who take part in its processes;  The NPRC’s unwillingness to share its work plan or at least the dates they wish to carry out their activities in communities. This would help stakeholders to coordinate and facilitate for victims to be involved in NPRC processes in their areas. Conclusion The regional process monitoring meeting was a success as the objectives were met. The meeting provided much-needed insight for the NTJWG on the views of its Harare based stakeholders on their operating environment and the challenges they are facing in carrying out their work. NTJWG stakeholders agreed that there is scope for them to engage with the NPRC and they should take advantage of that in their day to day programming especially with the different commissioners that are amenable to working closely with civil society. The stakeholders also agreed to be added to a WhatsApp group in which constant updates will be sent by the Secretariat on NTJWG activities. It was also agreed that the stakeholders will give updates of their own activities to the Secretariat to allow those updates to be incorporated in the NTJWG’s publications. 9

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