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Pilot Programme for the Promotion of Environmental Management of the Private Sector in Developing Countries, P3U Sustainable Business Associates Good Housekeeping Guide for Small Medium-Sized Enterprises P3U-Working Paper No. 9e February 1998 The motivation to develop this ‘Good Housekeeping’ Guide has two origins: 1. P3UóPilot Programme for the Promotion of Environmental Management in the Private Sector of Developing Countries (P3U), which is implemented by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), is interested in identifying instruments of environmental management that are less complicated, easy to apply, inexpensive, and suitable for small and medium-sized enterprÌses (SMEs) in developing countries. In discussions with experts, the importance of ëGood Housekeepingí has emerged as an important starting point for improving environmental performance in SMEs. Until now, to our knowledge, there is no easy-to-use methodology on ëGood Housekeepingí that could be made available to SMEs in developing countries. Hence, the reason for developing this Guide. 2. When P3U/GTZ became involved in the DELTA programme (aimed at Developing Environmental Leadership towards Action) promoted by Sustainable Business Associates (SBA), both institutions felt that a ëGood Housekeepingí Guide could be developed and tested in Tunisia, using the technical expertise available within the country on environment-related issues, in order to present the concept and tool to Maghrebian industrialists during the DELTA North Africa Forum being held in Marrakech in February 1998. Both P3U/GTZ and SBA hope that industrialists will find this Guide to be a useful tool for integrating the concepts of ëGood Housekeepingí and environmental management into their business operations