ESCWA provides members States with analysis, policy advice, technical assistance, capacity-building and knowledge sharing on a host of governance matters, including political reform and transition, crisis and conflict management, and damage and loss assessment. It stresses the importance of laying the foundations for resilient, responsive and inclusive governance institutions. ESCWA provides a comprehensive approach to crisis mitigation, including early warning, risk assessment, crisis management and post-conflict institutional rehabilitation. It also focuses on consensus-building and national dialogue efforts, and international and regional governance cooperation.