Chapter Eight describes methods for coordinating the various levels, actors, and resources in peace building. One helpful tool is the peace inventory, a comprehensive listing of the various peacebuilding activities and actors in a particular conflict. Peace-donor conferences provide an opportunity for interested and involved agencies to identify needs, match needs to resources, and coordinate their activities. Proposed conflict interventions should be reviewed by strategic resource groups, composed of experts from a variety of disciplines. Finally, external peacemakers should try to link their activities with internal peacemakers.
Chapter Nine discusses training and preparation for peace building.
In this approach, who participates in training becomes a more central issue, and training is seen as integral part of the peace building process. Transformative training seeks to supply people with transformative frameworks of inquiry which they may apply to their understanding of their own situation and context. Lederach discusses the difficulties in evaluating peace building initiatives in Chapter Ten. His approach to conflict and peace building suggest a strategic, responsive approach to evaluation. Rather than measuring final results, evaluation should be seen as a tool for learning and feedback, and so an integral part of the peace building process.