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Table 4.

Activities, challenges and solutions of sustainable development project management

Sustainable project managerial activities	Challenges	Solutions
Project monitoring	• Understanding local needs and sustainable development issues • Approaching local communities • Technological adaptation	• Personal involvement in field work • Hiring local project facilitators • Developing • Constantly adapting technology to geographic specifics
Governance and regulations	• Institutional voids • Imbalance in national and regional regulations for managing projects focused on sustainable development	• Intolerance for corruption • Company regulations • Managerial and technological support for local municipalities as project beneficiaries • More involvement of local governments in decision-making for regional development • Improved managerial skills and knowledge of local municipalities among Water Users’ Committees
Approaching sociocultural environment	• Sociocultural specifics as hierarchy of power, caste system, attitude to sanitation, etc.	• Inclusion of all stakeholders in decision-making and involvement in the Water Users’ Committees • Educational programmes empowering women • Openness in the discussion of work-related issues
Communication and interaction	• Approaching government and local communities	• Efficient formal and informal communication (e.g. participation in community meetings/cultural events); moral support of workers and other project facilitators • Company’s/managers’ Finnish origin and Finland’s role in sustainability projects around the world, which facilitated trust development • Managers’ personal qualities (e.g. patience, listening, respect to culture) • Flexibility and adaptability

Sustainable project managerial activities	Challenges	Solutions
Project monitoring	• Understanding local needs and sustainable development issues• Approaching local communities• Technological adaptation	• Personal involvement in field work• Hiring local project facilitators• Developing• Constantly adapting technology to geographic specifics
Governance and regulations	• Institutional voids• Imbalance in national and regional regulations for managing projects focused on sustainable development	• Intolerance for corruption• Company regulations• Managerial and technological support for local municipalities as project beneficiaries• More involvement of local governments in decision-making for regional development• Improved managerial skills and knowledge of local municipalities among Water Users’ Committees
Approaching sociocultural environment	• Sociocultural specifics as hierarchy of power, caste system, attitude to sanitation, etc.	• Inclusion of all stakeholders in decision-making and involvement in the Water Users’ Committees• Educational programmes empowering women• Openness in the discussion of work-related issues
Communication and interaction	• Approaching government and local communities	• Efficient formal and informal communication (e.g. participation in community meetings/cultural events); moral support of workers and other project facilitators• Company’s/managers’ Finnish origin and Finland’s role in sustainability projects around the world, which facilitated trust development• Managers’ personal qualities (e.g. patience, listening, respect to culture)• Flexibility and adaptability