The document lays out basic elements for consideration based on existing national‐level processes. The Fund for Peace (FfP) and International Alert (IA) have joined in this effort as two of the participant NGOs in the internationallevel dialogue of the VPs...This guidance note has been informed by existing in‐country processes ‐ largely Colombia and Indonesia, as well as experience and insight gathered from participants at a workshop in Bogota in June 2010. This guidance note should also not be viewed as overly prescriptive.