Lessons learnt from the past experience

	Weak institutional collaboration and co-ordination among various agencies
	Inadequate beneficiary and stake holders involvement in planning and implementation of programme with a tendency towards top-down approach resulting in lack of sustainability of project activities
	Weak linkage with PRIs
	Poor cost recovery in many programmes and inadequately defined benefit and cost-sharing arrangements
	Lack of appropriate and technical recommendations and norms suitable for rainfed agriculture in different agro-climatic Zones
	Inadequate emphasis on equity aspects of watershed development
	Inadequate Monitoring & Evaluation of physical, financial performance and quality indicators

The lessons learnt from the past experiences were thoroughly diagnosed and integrated in to the present ongoing projects by adopting an integrated participatory approach for watershed development. using appropriate technologies along with building up of an appropriate institutions to ensure peoples participation in watershed development and management, there by improving the livelihoods with equal participation of women & vulnerable groups.