UNEP, with the support of the UK Government, is following up a key recommendation of the UN Marrakech Process meeting in Costa Rica (2005) to develop International Guidelines for Developing, Implementing and Monitoring National Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). The Guidelines are informed by earlier work to develop national action plans on SCP in Asia (UNEP 2005). Experts from the project's advisory group have also provided significant inputs.