Olazabal et al.  argue that six components are at least required to make monitoring and evaluation operational for urban adaptation planning:  the definition of a context-specific tailored system adapted to existing local institutions,  the definition of a responsible party  that will be in charge of monitoring and evaluation system management,  the definition and assignation of the appropriate budget over time,  the identification of monitoring objectives and indicators,  the definition of a method and process to evaluate outcomes of the monitoring process and finally,  the reporting process . Klostermann et al.  emphasise the importance of learning through iterative cycles of selection of monitoring objectives, procedures, data collection and evaluation, and
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