The following resource note was produced by IPAT Senior Peacebuilding Adviser, Koenraad van Brabant, in the context of the IPAT facilitation support he conducted during a two-and-a-half day workshop for senior staff from four Dutch embassies in the Great Lakes Region. The workshop was part of a pioneering process with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop a regional strategy with regional programming that will contribute to ‘stability’.