Ever since it was created, the ANA has been managed by top experts: of the 110 people initially hired, 78% hold a MSc or a PhD. More broadly, significant progress has been achieved in terms of technically and scientifically trained professionals. But representatives of state and basin institutions often misunderstand basic issues and their respective role related to water management, the importance of co-ordination and the needed linkages between plans and budgets. Monitoring, evaluation and experience sharing are the top capacity bottlenecks at state level with one-third of the states surveyed considering them as always or often a challenge (Figure 2.14).