The scale of donor efforts has not always matched the scale of conflict. The implementation of conflict prevention programming is a very tricky issue. There is as much a vertical dimension to its institutionalization in donor agencies as a horizontal one. Management, in other words, needs to adapt to the programmatic changes as much as sector practitioners. Country missions need the operational capability to implement conflict prevention strategy.
Coordination remains a thorny issue.
At the same time, inter-agency coordination must be improved. Certain lessons have already been learned. Donors cannot contain genocide. In conflict prevention programming, the emphasis is often on the needs of the minorities. Donors should be aware of the risks entailed in this perspective.