For larger-scale, specialised programmes, especially for programmes that involve the financing of capital investments, special institutional arrangements are recommended. These special arrangements may take many institutional forms and involve various types of implementing units (OECD, 2007). Regardless of the institutional form, public environmental expenditure management should involve institutional structures and procedures that promote environmental effectiveness, embody fiscal prudence, and efficiently utilise financial and human resources. This means hiring skilled, trained personnel with a dedicated focus on the programme. Environmental programmes of EUR 50 mln (USD 55 mln) annually and about 200 contracts per year, implemented in Central and Eastern Europe generally need staff of more than 20 people. In the case of the programme discussed in this study, given the relatively small number of contracts and homogenous types of investments required, only 5 people will be needed.