The network partners engaged in the following activities:

• collating and organising information;
• creating a meta-database including bibliographies and directories of environmental information;
• developing database search and web-based retrieval applications;
• linking the information sources of EPA, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), and the Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI); and
• identifying means of disseminating the information to ensure public access to the network and information sources.

Librarians systemised bibliography entries from EPA and FORIG's libraries, scanned documents and records, and uploaded these onto an electronic database. The EPA central office's Local Area Network (LAN) was connected to the internet, while EPA and FORIG were connected by telephone and e-mail. The EPA's 10 regional offices were connected to the unified database via a Wide Area Network (WAN). EPA and FORIG also established their own websites. Selected staff from the 2 agencies received training to help them manage the in-house environmental information database.

The EIN project was designed to enable partner organisations to access information from each other's databases at the click of a mouse. According to the organisers, as a result, the quality of EPA and FORIG's research improved and the two agencies were able to take on larger and more sophisticated research projects. Furthermore, the network provided access to international sources and facilitated collaboration between researchers and agencies. Documentation of information was ongoing and provision of information services occurred through the use of the email, mobile phone, fax, and telephones. Information available in hard copy format was digitised and made available in CD-ROM and DVD formats.

Environment, Technology.

According to the organisers, the EIN project was a success story which led to two other projects to continue from where the EIN project ended in 2004. The IICD and UNEP partnered to support the 2nd phase of the EIN project. The Agency was identified among 10 African countries to pilot the African Environment Information Network Project (AEIN). The African Environment Information Network is a muilti-stakeholder capacity building process that aims to harness and enhance access to information and knowledge to support the management of Africa's environmental resources as assets for sustainable development.