- Having strong advocates of the sustainability initiative among the involved authorities.
- A declaration of the sustainability planning effort and the endorsement of the declaration by national authority.
- Broad public participation of community members is secured and their awareness level with respect to localizing agenda 21 is raised.
- Trust in local and national authorities is fostered among the community members.
- A comprehensive GIS based information system is established for each local council.
- Technical capacities of the targeted councils strengthened in GIS, database management and environmental monitoring.
- A project website to disseminate project results is developed.
- Baseline community profiles providing an assessment of the communities' environmental and socioeconomic conditions are produced.
- Understanding peoples' perceptions of their environmental futures and social well being.
- High level of dissemination of the resulting information, extracted knowledge, strategies and actions to the national and local authorities as well as the international funding agencies.
- Adoption of the recommended actions and strategies by the national and local authorities.
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