This may include data being collected by governments, academics, industries, indigenous organizations, community organizations and NGOs, and may include survey data, government statistics, model results, experimental results, and remotely sensed data. Consider partnerships with entities that have already invested in infrastructure to support monitoring and evaluation activities. However, it is important to assess the monitoring and evaluation design and information needs with data from existing efforts, and the probability that these efforts will or will not continue to provide needed information, before deciding to depend on others to supply data.