The programme has during its inception phase emphasized the attraction of the two most skeptical parties, the private and the public sector, to the ideas of PPP and has during this period increased the emphasis on commercial viability of the identified projects. To guarantee the pro-poor dimension, the programme has also worked extensively to ensure that the business plan for all projects eventually had a pro-poor focus. Consequently, some of the first projects identified have a more indirect poverty alleviation effect (e.g. bus park and market facilities), while later identified projects are more pro-poor oriented such (e.g. the establishment of public toilets and solid waste management). Most projects are being implemented by informal sector entrepreneurs, and are very much income-generating activities. While the pro-poor focus is key to poverty alleviation the programme activities can only be implemented in a sustainable fashion if the parties involved find the projects viable and their partners credible. In the case of Nepal, the initial focus on commercial viability has proven to be a facilitator for the initiation of PPP's and paved the way for more pro-poor PPP's. As indicated above, the focus of the programme was on awareness raising and consultations on the concepts of PPP's, and the immediate focus on environmental issues was given less priority until later in the implementation stage.