The national or regional funding body employs a
national or regional office to manage the programme
in the state or region. The national or regional office is operationally active and responsible for the formation of appropriate organisational structures in the state or region, the adaptation of the eea instruments and the eea process to the circumstances on the ground, the training and quality assurance of consultants and auditors as well as communication with and the informing of the interested and participating municipalities and the national or regional benchmarks.