At some stage, between the preparation of the draft outputs and their finalization, there should be a second international workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to consolidate and compare conclusions, to cross-fertilize ideas and interpretations, and to synthesize cross-national policy issues.

This workshop could well be held in one of the project countries, providing the opportunity for field visits. At least one and preferably more than one member of the field teams, as well as the lead policy analyst should attend, as should the advisory body. The IISD project used this format with considerable success.

Care given to adequate lead time will be well repaid. Country documents should be circulated sufficiently in advance of the workshop for them to be read and discussed among the other country teams as well as the project organizers. Good advance preparation will allow workshop time to be used for substantive issues.

It is sufficiently important to get quality papers circulated and considered in advance, that project organizers might wish to consider some form of incentives or sanctions to encourage performance in this respect.