Ten-Year Implementation Plan 2014-2023. Alongside FemWise capacitating women mediators, countries and RECs are well placed to provide opportunities for CSOs and peacebuilders to access information, engage in lobbying and advocacy and networking and where possible, access resources and joint programme implementation. CSOs monitor government performance of peace and security targets and when provided accreditation to the processes of intergovernmental frameworks like the AU, RECs or RMs, their value addition is notable. Because NAPs have no continental tracking system, CSOs at country level can establish monitoring systems for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and link up with treaty monitoring mechanisms. As recommended in UNSCR 1889, civil society and states should build capacities to collect data to develop evidenced protective and assistive interventions as part of a systemic approach to planning for the needs of women. More often than not, data on affected populations such as IDPs, ex-combatants, survivors and various other categories of women and men is non-existent. Access to information and statistical data is important in facilitating databases for implementation and monitoring. The capabilities of government institutions charged with governance, gender mainstreaming and peacebuilding should be enhanced in order for functionaries to provide meaningful engagement and leadership in the search for durable solutions. Peacebuilding requires a progressive strategy as part of ‘peace engineering’ solutions.350There is need to look beyond the numbers of women who participate in formal peace processes to ensure substantive participation as opposed to descriptive participation or tokenism. The need to integrate women’s perspectives call for highly consultative and participatory planning processes involving women from all walks of life.351 The FemWise initiative of building women’s capacities is laudable as it speaks to some of the capacity deficiencies faced by women in peacebuilding. Such successful models of capacity building should be replicated at the national level through mentorship and linking experienced women mediators with women at the national and local level to foster a multiplier effect in the peacebuilding movement. 350 Brauer J Paul Dunne JP .’Peace economics: A macroeconomic primer for violence-afflicted states’ (2013),Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 351 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom . Available at https://www.wilpf.org/national-actionplans-localising-implementation-of-unscr-1325/ 112