Administrative assistants are more often present in NGOs from Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia, and there are also more professional managers in Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia. Employing activists from the West occurs most often in the Czech Republic and Poland. A small number of groups do employ up to three paid staff members. Most Western employees working in CEE NGOs are paid by Western organizations. An NGO's communication and networking potential seems to be determined by the amount of communication hardware it possesses.
Many groups have personnel who can communicate in languages other than their native tongues.
It is important to note that while some NGO employees, members or volunteers may speak other languages, most probably do not. Therefore, providing environmental information in the local language is still very important.