Analyse national priorities and identify entry points. National monitoring systems are subject to continuous review and data collection cycles (e.g. five-year household surveys) that are closely linked with the review and elaboration of five-year National Development Plans and sector strategies. Timelines and targets need to be mapped out in order to inform and influence national monitoring systems at a strategic point in the review and planning cycle. Identify key institutions and establish cross-sectoral working groups. Delineate the national, sector and subnational monitoring systems in place and the institutions charged with co-ordinating their application and those responsible for data collection. As noted above, the national statistics office, working in close collaboration with the ministry of planning, is typically responsible for the monitoring system, sector ministries are responsible for collecting data over time for a cluster of thematic indicators.