The objective of the PCNA Review Validation Workshop, held on 30 November 2006, was to debate and validate the findings and recommendations outlined in the draft report of the PCNA Review, as well as identify gaps in the review and agree on next steps. More than fifty PCNA practitioners and technical experts gathered in New York for the Workshop, including national participants from Haiti, Liberia, Sudan and Somalia as well as donors, NGOs, and UN and Bank colleagues. Discussions took place both in the plenary and in small working groups around thematic expertise. This short summary highlights the critical challenges and recommendations that emerged from those discussion