Recognising the need to establish better means of supporting and leading sustainable development, some of the focus countries have undertaken restructuring and educational activities to grow and adapt organisationally for this purpose. The programme used a capacity development model that involved individual-level training to develop knowledge and skills, as well as working with organisational structures to improve procedures and mechanisms to enable those individuals to apply their learning better. As part of this process, the programme worked closely with the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), and established a National Environmental Education Committee (NEEC) within it.