SADC Polic y for Strategy Development, Planning, M onitoring and Evaluation Monitoring is a continuous management process that all SADC operational units use to systematically collect data on specified indicators on regional integration to provide SADC governance structures and other main stakeholders with indications of the extent of progress and achievement of the integration agenda. Monitoring provides an early indication of the likelihood that expected results will be attained. It provides an opportunity to validate the design and logic of various programmes and projects of SADC as a means to making necessary changes in programme activities and approaches. 29