The objective of the meeting was to consider the economic, environmental, social, legal and institutional implications of the internalization of environmental costs, principles for a practical approach to internalization policies, border effects and implications in relative competitiveness in national and international markets, linkage and relationship between internalization policies and other polices and environmental management tools and barriers and constraints for internalization and other environmental management policies. The meeting also aimed at providing recommendations for future work in the field of Environmental Costs Internalization.