Ensuring support for the activities and functions of the bodies involved in the management and implementation of the Operational Programme Quality of the Environment (hereinafter referred to as the “OP of the Environment”) and their administrative capacities (hereinafter referred to as “ACP”), providing support for project preparation as well as for information to the public, promotion and exchange of experience, i.e. strengthening the quality of the activities carried out and functions related to the preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information, control and auditing, together with activities to strengthen the ACs by acquiring and maintaining the necessary sufficiently knowledgeable human resources, ensuring their professional development and the necessary expertise and adequate conditions for their quality decision making.