The training sessions aim to increase awareness of the guideline, provide a channel for dissemination and to familiarise potential users with the content and application of the guideline. Early evidence suggests that 97% of survey respondents had used the guideline to varying extents in the process of their work and that 56% believe the guideline has been useful to some extent to influence outcomes (Survey, 2014). There are tentative plans to make the use of the guideline mandatory through the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998) by requiring it to be used in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process. However, this would require significant additional stakeholder involvement and legislative processes, as the current version was negotiated as a guideline.