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Project implementation must be guided by sound monitoring processes, to ensure that information about results is used in real time, to improve decision- making. Monitoring must closely follow the actual progress of different components of the project. When necessary the attention of management must be called (both grantee and U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs) as to whether the desired results are effectively being achieved or not. In some cases adjustments must be made and compromises may need to be found. Thus, monitoring should be used for more than writing mandatory reports required by U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs. A good monitoring system is useful as a tool that can assist management with the identification of problems, before or as they occur, and allow for quick corrective actions when required. Timely monitoring processes that provide sound information can also be useful to provide learning opportunities for project staff and stakeholders.