The focus of such cooperation should be on sharing tools, strategies and experiences across sectors - from large infrastructure projects to community-based interventions - all of which need to drive innovation, learning and upscaling. The task ahead does not entail holding more conferences and workshops, but rather expanding the audience and participation of these kinds of meetings in addition to the kinds of South-South and regional exchanges. These senior officials have historically been outside discussions or only occasionally involved, or have not thought the discussion important enough to attend.