**3.6 Challenges in developing countries in the field of financing of ENM and guidelines for overcoming them**

Funds are required to:


This section discusses challenges and provides guidelines to establish mechanisms for financial sustainability in regional, national, and local noise, health programmes including financing from the private sector and other sectors.

Challenges' in developing countries include [17]:

	- Good governance regarding financing with a high level of accountability and transparency.
	- Sufficient funding for institutional capacity enhancement.
	- Knowledge of opportunities in applying existing market mechanisms.
	- Co-operation and coordination among funding agencies.
	- Implementation and enforcement of the 'polluter pays principle'.

'Guidelines' for overcoming main challenges of financing of ENM include [16, 19]:

