- Highlight and disseminate best practises of regional public institutions and Networks, which have developed efficient mechanisms and incentives for small business relation to voluntary approaches

- Promote models and practices which lower drastically the transactions costs for small business to access international EMS standards, EU voluntary labels or the EMAS Regulation.

 

- Promote and develop the step stones which are required to move from small regional management approaches to the demanding EMAS regulation and ISO 14001.

 

- Adapt existing smart on line models, which allow consultants to assess the economic and environmental benefits of their coaching activities. This will allow public agencies to assess the effectiveness of their support programmes.

 

- Innovate in terms of “E-Learning by doing “ by delivering individual capacity building in parallel to implementing stand alone of integrated management systems in SME’s  using IT and personal tutoring

 

- Organize hands on workshops and seminars to build capacity among European consultants community to practise lean and informal approaches to EMAS ISO 14001 to lower the barrier of access for SME’ s

 

- Experiment cluster approaches to create new jobs in the environmental field and lower transaction costs for SME’s.