Experts from the Philippines and the United States shared best practice and technical experience with officials of West Bengal’s Environmental Compliance Assistance Center (ECAC) in Kolkata from June 15-17, 2009.  The ECAC is being set up to assist key industry operators in the metal works sector to comply with pollution regulations.  ECAC staff and stakeholders benefitted from the successful models of compliance assistance centers in the Philippines and the United States to finalize plans for the West Bengal compliance center to begin operations.  The ECAC is supported by a grant through the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN).