These meeting notes analyze how UN policies and the recommendations of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) can be applied to peace operations in country-specific contexts. They emerged from a series of workshops bringing together UN member states, UN actors, and independent experts. This project is in partnership with the Stimson Center and Security Council Report and funded by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) with resources provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. Several of these papers are available in French.