Lessons Learned The primary lessons learned from this project are the importance of the following:  SLM is achieving multi-stakeholder collaboration in planning and implementation of services that traditionally came only from government, community or private sector. The broad platform for engagement of many stakeholders is what is unique and making a difference. The adoption of the action plan by government as a cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder initiative and action planning is central to future success.  Project activities, particularly those to be financed by more than one source, should benefit from strategic implementation approaches to make certain each is aligned to avoid conflict, increase efficiency and enhance synergy.  The success of many SLM projects globally is the capacity to catalyze inter-institutional coordination based upon a shared interest in project implementation. Projects should recognize this success and capitalize upon it by making plans to assist Steering Committees and Technical Advisory Committees to evolve into SLM support units.  Capacity building projects, particularly those based primarily upon training, should be designed to make certain that tangible products are developed that may be used by practitioners as reference materials and are built upon as replication and upscaling tools.  Predicating project success upon the timely adoption of laws and policies is inherently risky. Contingency plans should be in place to deal with likely delays.  PIR formats should be strengthened. PIRs should provide great information regarding the quality and impact of project activities. Project reporting should address not only achievement of outputs but, more importantly, achievement of objectives. Presuming that achieving originally conceived outputs will lead to achieving SLM objectives is not always an accurate method to monitor project results.