It is therefore vital that initiatives are rooted in local operations and have the backing of local stakeholders. For example, despite the aim of the GGWSSI (Box 6) to integrate actions in national policies, progress reports have showed that this remains a difficulty. However, this issue has been mentioned by the initiative itself, thus recognizing areas for improvement. If technical, financial and other professional capacity resides mainly with external partners, the initiative is vulnerable to lacking such capacity if external partners lose their affiliation with the initiative or become preoccupied with other projects.