With the implementation of the Solvent Emissions Directive (Directive 1999/13/EC), which aims at reducing the direct and indirect effects of the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the environment, a call for action exists for implementation in the industrial sectors. There is also a need for developing the implementation of environmental management systems in some industrial European sites through the Solvent Management Plan. The companies that have been selected for the project are small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which can set a significant example to extend the achieved results to other companies in the same industrial sector after the project has ended. The industrial sectors/processes under investigation are: the coating of several kinds of surfaces, surface degreasing, shoe production, car repair work, dry cleaning and production of coating products. Achievements: Planned and partly achieved results of the project are: - The development of the Solvent Management Plan to an operational degree, - To implement the Solvent Management Plan (SMP) in 45 firms and seven industrial sectors, - To establish a set of suitable indicators to verify and quantify the performance of the Solvent Management Plan. The set of indicators will allow some comparisons regarding the results achieved in different countries and in different companies in the same industrial sector, - To implement and distribute specific software to quantify the emissions values, - To organise management training sessions in order to form several internal operators to perform specific and very practical actions such as using and checking VOC abatement systems, using specific painting systems and checking their performances, etc., - The constitution of a network including stakeholders such as entrepreneurs' associations and local authorities, - To provide public administrations with operative procedures to optimise the monitoring activities, - To promote the diffusion of the SMP in Romania and Slovenia.