With the law on grassroots democracy in 2002, the CNDP became an independent administrative authority. The law entrusts the Commission with the mission to ensure the participation of the public in the development of major projects of national interest that have strong socio-economic impacts and/or significant impact on the environment or land. Dining this time 16 public meetings were held with 7 420 participants, 405 contributions to the discussion were made by e-mail and, 1 860 written interventions were made (questions, comments, positions).