In order to implement this field research the Regional Environmental Centre-office in Kosovo (REC), has engaged environmental non-organizations which act in the selected municipalities for LEAP development. The role of the engaged municipalities has been to interview the respondents, to transmit the research data to the research coordinators and inform the interviewers briefly regarding LEAP.

Before the field research, REC-u organized one-day training for the researchers who have been selected by the respective non-governmental organizations for conducting the field research. In this training there was explained the content of the questionnaire; the way of questionnaire’ administration; the way of conducting the interview; the distribution of the sample and the importance of its exact observance; confidentiality and the code of ethics during the interview.