ABSTRACT
The review of monitoring experiences in different world regions, which has been presented in detail in the previous chapters shows – not quite unexpectedly – a great variety of forms, actors, and depth of the monitoring processes. It shows also that whereas it might be true that the importance of the regional level of governance is gaining importance in most regions of the world, the regional governance reality is quite different from one region to another. Let us first briefly go through the different chapters and present a synthetic overview of their relevant contents. In the next section we will then proceed to extract the lessons that they carry and that are generalizable and applicable, or at least useful, to improving monitoring practices and the governance of regional integration schemes in the world, always acknowledging of course that each region and each regionalization experience is unique and develops in a particular context.
