Civil Society, Local Authorities, and the Private Sector may wish to learn about how governments involve stakeholders in decision-making processes, how to leverage media tools to increase public awareness, and how to work with all relevant groups to ensure broad compliance with national laws to implement MEAs.
Relevant sections of the Manual for these users include:
- Involve stakeholders, local communities, women, and youth
(Guidelines 27
, 28, 29)
- Utilize media tools and improve public awareness (Guidelines 30, 31)
- Improve access to administrative and judicial proceedings (Guideline 32)
- Capacity building and technology transfer (Guideline 33)
- Institutional frameworks (Guideline 41)
- Coordination among government agencies and other national entities (Guideline 42)
- Training of enforcement personnel and related authorities (Guideline 43)
- Public environmental awareness and education (Guideline 44)
- International cooperation in institutional frameworks (Guideline 48)