Lakes and reservoirs play a central rolein integrated water resources management. Yet lake andreservoir basins have not received sufficient attention inglobal water policy discussion, even though lakes areessential to the lives of much of the world'spopulation, and provide habitat for aquatic life. Ananalysis of experiences and lessons learned from 28 lakesaround the world sought to identify practical lessonslearned from management of lake basins, create new knowledgeon lake basin management, fill an important gap in knowledgeof lake basin management in developing countries, and derivelessons from internationally funded projects. The main focusof this note is to summarize the monitoring and evaluationindicators of good governance in lake basin management thatwere developed.