plan’s objectives but no compensatory action is taken. This would naturally tend to undermine public confidence in the national action plan process. Where objectives and proposed activities have to be modified in response to the evaluation process or for other reasons, the coordinating committee should take steps to ensure that the changes are properly documented. As the original plan will have attracted official and media attention and will have been widely disseminated, any subsequent changes should be disseminated by the coordinating committee, at least to practitioners and organizations in relevant areas. They should also be incorporated in the coordinating committee’s media and dissemination programmes. 97